Guess what I did this morning? I’ll give you a hint.
I finally (finally) took a shower in my shower this morning. It was great. And oh, the water…
I wanted to wait until we finished painting before showing it off, but I couldn’t. It’s mammoth, and I love it.
Is the bathroom done? Not by a long shot. I have no idea when I’ll be done painting.
Aside from the high and strangely angled walls, if you look at the part that’s still brown, you can see heavy texture. They’re all like that, and it’s difficult to paint. Plus, I’m painting over dark brown, which requires more paint. Everything is going to be sky blue when I’m done, except for around the crazy sink, which will be an earthy green color. And the green color has grit in it, so it’s even more difficult to paint. The lady at the store suggested it be a 2 person job.
Also, there’s already a work order phoned in for our shower door, which squawks and leaks. (Not impressed). And most of the new porcelain handles in the shower and on the bathtub are broken. They came that way. We need to either glue them back together or exchange them, but I’d imagine that any new ones we get will unglue the same way. But they’re plummed in now, and they’re the ones I want, dangit dangit dangit.
But I got to take a shower! In lots and lots and lots of water! That’s something, right?
Ok, ok. Enough about me and my stupid bathroom.
Knitalong day!
This is where I’m at, and you even get a peek at my messy house. (I did yard work instead of housework yesterday)
Darra has finished all FOUR. She’s totally showing us up. Give her props!
Carrie has reknit her Santas, and is asking for opinions.
Amy Lu‘s are gorgeous. (Scroll down).
For stocking progress, go check out Michelle
and Brandy.
Harriett has frogged and restarted.
Cathy finally got her pattern.
Lisa, oh Leeeeeeeeeeeesa, what happened to you? I read your post. I saw your WIP list and your wanna start list, and there were no stockings. Oh Leeeeeeeeeeeeesa. (That’s very fun to say).
Olivia has made some nice progress, and is doing some great color combining, but I’m going to wait to get a better picture of hers.
Anyone else?
October 6th, 2006 at 2:19 pm
I have 1 finished, but still have to find the time to send/upload photos. The 2nd one I am just starting to turn the heel…Maybe I can kick my husband off the computer long enough to actually show off my work, some time this weekend!!
October 6th, 2006 at 7:15 pm
Well, not much progredd this week. Much work, but not much progress. The charts are indecipherable to me. I have tried and tried and tried and they have me beat. I finally went in to Weaving Works. Shirley was teaching a class so someone else tried to help me and then she decided it would be better to have Shirley take a look at it and call me later which she did. She understands the pattern and understands that it is doable, but agrees that it is not simple to understand. SO…I’m going in to Weaving Works on Sunday to attend her clinic and she’ll help me translate the pattern then. I wish I had more to report…
October 7th, 2006 at 4:52 am
I haven’t forgotten, but I still have to buy the yarn!!! I only have 1 to make so maybe I can squeeze it in under the wire.
October 7th, 2006 at 6:09 am
Only 2 of those were from this year, the other two I made last year.
I’m dying over here from shower envy, seriously.
Thank you again for organizing this knitalong–I’ve put off knitting those other two since LAST DECEMBER and probably would have done it again if I hadn’t stumbled across that post!
October 7th, 2006 at 7:35 pm
Oh how annoying for your new bathroom taps to break like that. Maybe Clark will need to grow up and become a plumber, then you wont need to wait so long to get things fixed. I cant wait to see Olivia’s stocking, I bet it looks fantastic.