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Did anyone watch Lost last night? Our recording cut off the last minute or so.
What did Richard say to Dan?

Thank You Scarf

I had an audition last week and when I asked my friend Kirsten if I could pay her in knitwear to be my accompanist, she said yes.
So, as a thank you for her great work, I made her this scarf.
It's just a little spring scarf, more of an ascot really, made from one ball of Malabrigo Laceweight in color Lettuce. I held the yarn double. I wanted the scarf to be a little more substantial than one strand could give me, also I wanted to get it done in less than a month.
This construction is the same as the Candle Flame Scarf I made for myself last fall.But I made the pattern look a little leafier (is that a word?) and made the whole scarf a little more narrow.
This was a super fast knit, and I think I need one too. The colors in Malabrigo are terrific!
Have a great Monday!
Jess

I'm it!

Paige tagged me with a fun one.
Here's the rules:

1. Take a picture of yourself right now. No primping or preparing. Just snap a picture.

2. Load the picture onto your blog.

3. Tag three people to play.

I didn't do any primping, as you can see. I am just coming in from toiling in the yard at this point.

The newly tagged are

Jen, Anna and Sarah

Now you're it!

Beginnings

I am very happy to say that Spring seems to have arrived here in Saint Paul.
With Spring comes some lovely things, like knitting outsideunexpected bloomsand the beginnings of a gardenI am going to try to focus on these nice things rather than the fact that with Spring, we also have arrived at the beginning of motorcycle tinkering weather, which means that at all hours we will have a symphony of roaring engines from across the alley.

Enjoy the weather today!
Jess

On the Radio (Oh oh oh oh oh)

Caritas is going to be on the radio on Sunday April 26 at 6:00 PM.
A local community radio station, KFAI, has a weekly show called the Wave Project.
Folks can come in and take over the station for an hour and do whatever they want.
We will have a couple of recorded pieces and some talking, but the bulk of our show will be us. Live. On the Air.
Please tune in at 6:00 on 90.3 or 106.7 FM in the Twin Cities, or it will also be online at www.kfai.org.
They archive their shows for 2 weeks, so please give us a listen!

You know how I dislike photo-less posts, so here is a little bit of spring.

Earth Day

I celebrated Earth Day today by repurposing a paint-blobbed pair of pants into a skirt.
The pants had really wide legs and they were too big for me.
I cut the pant legs off about at the thigh, cut away one of the seams on each piece to have two flat pieces, then I sewed them together with the cuffs at the waist and put in darts to fit.
I hemmed the bottom and I have a new, really comfy, knit skirt, and it only took about 30 minutes.

I also embellished a favorite tank top with some pictures of a plane and clouds.
I have had this tank for easily 8 years, and I love it, but clothes don't last forever, and I had a big hole in the front.
I decided I could extend the life of this piece if I just covered the hole.
I have a co-worker who has gone a couple of times to workshops with Alabama Chanin and I was inspired to use an old t-shirt (that had also seen better days) to make some applique.These didn't take long, and they are super fun to wear.
Happy Earth Day!
Jess

Totally Awesome!

I am a child of the 80's. I was born in the 70's, but I don't remember much.
Yesterday the Hug-a-Bugs and my husband spent the day looking up cartoon theme songs from the 80's.
This morning we all were bonding at the breakfast table, singing the theme to Gummi Bears, Thundercats and Transformers.
Damn. Cartoon theme music was awesome back then!