The power appears to be back, so onward.
Inspired by that stack of Knitty.com mitt patterns, and annoyed by the single ball of Rowan All-Seasons Cotton I bought because I was going to knit a blue sweater and then they went and discontinued the color, I made these:
These are nice and cushy, but they're cotton, so they stretch out of shape too soon. Bummer.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Photo Dump and FCDB mercato results part one
Uhhhhh, I got a little startitis on my birthday and cast on a crapload of new projects, mostly from old yarn. Now I have little piles of stuff all over and I feel like things have gotten a little out of control. And I'm way out of date on my reporting. Let's do a little at a time, and let's start with finished stuff.
Remember this? I made that with two strands of Rowan Yorkshire Tweed--one dark grey and one light grey. That led to this: a pile of leftover yarn. Ye Olde Yarne. Even when enhanced by Kirby....
......It haunted me. I tried to use it up. I made mittens, I made socks, I made another pair of mittens. I still had three balls of dark grey left. I also had a stack of patterns for mitts from Knitty.com. The patterns all wanted worsted weight and the Yorkshire Tweed is sport weight and then I remembered that if I knit with two strands, I get worsted weight. That was all I needed to hear. I took one ball and divided by half and joined each half to one of the whole balls and LO! I now had two balls that could combine into one skein of worsted weight yarn. But was it enough? I went back to the scale, weighed one of the balls, calculated the yardage and......YES! It was enough. So I made these:
And now the offending grey yarn is gone. Totally and completely gone.
And now my power is cycling on and off, so I'm going to just post this as is and finished later. Cheers!
Remember this? I made that with two strands of Rowan Yorkshire Tweed--one dark grey and one light grey. That led to this: a pile of l
......It haunted me. I tried to use it up. I made mittens, I made socks, I made another pair of mittens. I still had three balls of dark grey left. I also had a stack of patterns for mitts from Knitty.com. The patterns all wanted worsted weight and the Yorkshire Tweed is sport weight and then I remembered that if I knit with two strands, I get worsted weight. That was all I needed to hear. I took one ball and divided by half and joined each half to one of the whole balls and LO! I now had two balls that could combine into one skein of worsted weight yarn. But was it enough? I went back to the scale, weighed one of the balls, calculated the yardage and......YES! It was enough. So I made these:
And now the offending grey yarn is gone. Totally and completely gone.
And now my power is cycling on and off, so I'm going to just post this as is and finished later. Cheers!
Monday, January 31, 2011
Old Lady Post: Why We Love Quags--and Udinese Spam---But Mostly Quags
Juventus 1:2 Udinese

Let's all pretend that the match ended here, mkay?
That blew. I'm not even sure what the problem was. Gigi had an awesome save or two. Claudio scored a miraculous Quags-style goal. Pretty much everyone else failed to deliver. It's too painful to do an actual spam with my usual uninformed commentary, so I'm just going to post some photos.
After that, we have an important birthday to celebrate.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Old Lady Post: *Opens mouth. Closes mouth. Shakes head Ruefully*
Juventus 0:2 Roma

That one hurt. For a while, it looked like something good was possible, then it looked like nothing was going to happen at all, and then the usual shit happened courtesy of the usual suspects, and then the whole thing ended with a goal from Taddei. TADDEI! I don't know what to say.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Old Lady Post: Um....Ouch. Plus, Breaking Gio News
Sampdoria 0:0 Juventus

Any questions?
Oh boy. This was a match in which only the brutes and Pepe stood out. There was kicking and screaming, pushing and shoving, eye-poking and hair-pulling, shootings and stabbings, military coups and counter-revolutions, and one poor excuse for Zorro in a tricked-out mask saving the day. OK, not really, but this was a crazy physical match that probably has every single player for both sides in the whirlpool as we speak. Poor babies. And the bit about the Zorro is true.
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Old Lady Post: Due Principini
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 19, 2011
*crosses fingers, cuts-and-pastes from notepad, and strikes off to edit html codings that I don't really understand*
Juventus 2:1 Bari
So that brings us to Sunday, which was the day that the Reds did not lose the Merseyside Derby, and the first day of the Ritorno for Juventus. Juve met Bari. Bari is at the bottom of the table, and the match was at the Stadio Olimpico, and Bari has already beat Juventus this year, and the only Juve striker who is not broken is Niccolo Giannetti. Four reasons for Juventus to choke hard. Did they?

I'm told this is a celebration. Romans. *shakes head*
No they did not.
Juventus 2:1 Bari
So that brings us to Sunday, which was the day that the Reds did not lose the Merseyside Derby, and the first day of the Ritorno for Juventus. Juve met Bari. Bari is at the bottom of the table, and the match was at the Stadio Olimpico, and Bari has already beat Juventus this year, and the only Juve striker who is not broken is Niccolo Giannetti. Four reasons for Juventus to choke hard. Did they?

I'm told this is a celebration. Romans. *shakes head*
No they did not.
Old Lady Post: Coppa Spam
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 18, 2011
Juventus 1:0 Catania
It was a busy week. Juventus advanced in the Coppa Italia and beat Bari at home to scrape up three much-needed points. There were some injuries and some recoveries and some transfers that ended up not happening, but by far the most important thing that happened was this:
Gigi is back.

That face!
His back is squared away. His hair is squared away. His form is squared away. His attitude is squared away:
It’s a beautiful emotion that for someone who has won a World Cup, played in a Champions League final, and played in so many important stadiums like me, that this night meant so much to me even if it was “just” a Coppa match. I must thank the fans who often said “Why the hell are you staying here when you could leave and win in other places?” I don’t think I could find this kind of affection anywhere else, and maybe it’s true that I could leave and win elsewhere, but the love they give me is worth more than any kind of victory, it’s amazing. I thank them from the bottom of my heart. source
He loves us back!
It was a busy week. Juventus advanced in the Coppa Italia and beat Bari at home to scrape up three much-needed points. There were some injuries and some recoveries and some transfers that ended up not happening, but by far the most important thing that happened was this:
Gigi is back.

That face!
His back is squared away. His hair is squared away. His form is squared away. His attitude is squared away:
It’s a beautiful emotion that for someone who has won a World Cup, played in a Champions League final, and played in so many important stadiums like me, that this night meant so much to me even if it was “just” a Coppa match. I must thank the fans who often said “Why the hell are you staying here when you could leave and win in other places?” I don’t think I could find this kind of affection anywhere else, and maybe it’s true that I could leave and win elsewhere, but the love they give me is worth more than any kind of victory, it’s amazing. I thank them from the bottom of my heart. source
He loves us back!
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