The linemen were back this morning. I kid you not. The power was out for a little while longer while they replaced the second transformer, making certain that this would never ever ever ever (touch wood) happen again. After the fiasco wrought by the man who got to die instead of go to jail (you know, Kennyboy and Enron) the infrastructure was not maintained properly (hey, Queens...sound familiar?) and so the prolonged torrid heat has been kicking the behinds of these ageing transformers. Now I know what it sounds like when one of those puppies blows up, as it did yesterday afternoon. BOOM! This is followed by the swear words and the sound of two computer rooms and beeping battery back-up thingies. No more boom, just the drone of the house fan and the little wall unit AC. Ahhhhhhhhhh...
Funny, after dealing with the heat and no air movement, being in the HOT dye room this afternoon with a fan blasting, I felt like...HEY, no problem! I've been getting a lot of requests for solid colors of Fatima and so some beautiful rich shades are going to be on the shoulders of the people knitting Tink's Lacey Shrug
Work has been going on again, (now that the lights are back on...sigh) with the two new yarns. I am glad that I have them to futz with now that I am in the ration mode for Sock! until the giant box hits the porch. Yes people, I am STILL waiting and can't wait to have tall stacks of cones littering the S Abode. Whattanightmare...SO, I am mighty glad to be spinning and dyeing and just doing OTHER stuff in anticipation of the workload for now and Stitches East. Bring it on, baby.
Now, on to the title of today's post. I have three sock knitters that sent me pictures of their wonderful work and I want to show them off to you! First is my buddy Kathleen Day who made the cutest pair of What-a-melon socks for a friend and finished off heels and toes with a pink yarn. So great, Kathleen.
Next comes Deepa, who did this great Pomatomus in South Pacific (yes, it is reading a little too green). See? you CAN make some of the handpaints play nicely in a fancy pattern! I am in awe, Deepa and thank you for sharing your picture with me/us. :o)
Last, but not least is Terri, who is modeling the latest way to wear a sock. :o) This is a beautiful rendition of the Embossed Leaf pattern in IK and Terri made this with Sock! in Blue Sky. I am liking this look...were you doing the beauty queen wave? Beautimus.
Thanks for sending the pictures, you guys. I love show and tell day. Hey, we will all have to wait until July '07 for the big show and tell when Alison Hyde's book is published. I can't wait to see it, Alison.
Speaking of books...it is time to pre-order my buddy Vicki Stiefel's next one. Hey, if you like the CSI or House or any show dealing with Medical Examiners, you will have a blast with Vicki's protagonist. Each time I have finished a book (great bathtub or beach read) I say to her...VICK! How do you think of such gross stuff? Just a gift...the gift of ewwwwwwww. Gotta love it and I have to love that I have writers in my life. Oh yes and I can't wait for my daughter in law to begin publishing her photos...this girl is uber-talented and another Vicki. Hey, Mrs. S-The Younger...I dare you to put your Flicker addie in a comment. Double dare ya. People, you should see what she did with her eye and a camera down in NZ...spectacular. Perhaps she will share with the class.
Time to move out of this room...Tank is snoring and filling the room with green clouds...no wait, they are both in here...SASHA is filling the room with green clouds. Lemme outtahere.
Thank you, Lisa, you're a dear. And I'm so glad you've got your power back.
Posted by: Alison Hyde | July 26, 2006 at 08:31 PM
I wonder what the temp is like where Ken is now??? heehee
Glad you at least have a little comfort back. Don't know how you did it.
Posted by: Kerry | July 27, 2006 at 05:28 AM
Ken likes it Steamy in the summer and Snowy in the winter. He also really loves Target, dogs, fiber and squash.
The FOG is deep inland this morning. I am wearing PANTS that go to my P 8es...no more scaring the neighbors. :o)
Posted by: Lisa S | July 27, 2006 at 08:19 AM
Hmmm, that is weird. I wrote ankles...what is that up there?
Posted by: Lisa S | July 27, 2006 at 08:20 AM
Greetings! I wanted to let you know that I just e-mailed you a copy of the ring code from the RingSurf admin. site. You’re listed as a member of the Fiber Arts Bloggers webring, but your blog is in the queue at the moment as you haven’t the ring code up on your blog. If you want to e-mail me when you have the ring code back up and whatnot, I’ll check it out and get you back into the ring as quickly as I can. Let me know if you need any help! :)
Posted by: Joni | July 27, 2006 at 09:36 AM
Oh my Lisa!! Do you double-dog-dare me? Of course I would be happy to share my work (although I think I have some talent...not so sure about über talent!!) Thank you for your vote of confidence. You are the best MIL one could ask for.
Love, Vicki (the DIL)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vsavarese/
Posted by: Vicki Souza | July 27, 2006 at 03:33 PM