January One -- Flower Basket


January 28, 2005

I need to be back in Florida...

RIGHT NOW!

Everything's gone down hill since I've gotten home. I won't bore you with details, but I will give you this little tidbit:

I've been taking pictures forever. I've been open for business for over a year. I've been using my camera for that long and have NEVER EVER had a problem.

Yesterday I had a job. I didn't bring the new camera because I'm not comfortable with it yet - I haven't tested the flash, shot with all the lenses, played with it - you know. So I leave it home. I get to the job, get everything set up, go to take pictures with my old camera, which I've NEVER EVER had a problem with - I hit the shutter and WHAMO, or I should say BLAMO - the damn thing dies.

ERROR 99

The death knell.

In the end, I ran home to get the new camera and everything went well, but still. My heart.

I'm tired and I'm cranky so I bought my yarn for The Flower Basket Bag. I'm using Cascade Magnum, which I found for a great price over at Hello Knitty. I need some big ass needles, but I'm on my way. I hope it's fast and fun. I could use some of that.

On a brighter note, I received my Secret Pal's name. I'm excited to spoil someone from a far - I've never done one of these before, so I'm hoping it's lots of fun.

Have a nice weekend everyone! Hope it's full of brightness and cheer. We could use some.

Posted by Cara at 06:59 PM | Comments (2)

January 19, 2005

Flower Basket

Picked up the new VK yesterday and this caught my eye....



And wouldn't you know it, while I was surfing the blogs today I found this:



So I joined up! The Tahki is really expensive so I'm thinking I'm going to go with Cascade Magnum. I just love this bag. It's so not me, but I think it would make a nice yarn bag or something as decoration, not necessarily as a bag per se.

School Daze is coming along better than I ever expected. It looks EXACTLY like I wanted it to. Neckband's done. One armband is done, but needs to be ripped a couple of rows - I think it's too wide, next armband, seams and .... expect a picture on Friday.

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I'm ready. Are you?

Posted by Cara at 12:56 PM | Comments (3)