27 April 2015
Calender Week 17
No weigh in, the scale was blocked by a blocking shawl. I finished my Flukra and love it, though I could have made it larger. On to Ostermond socks and then I want to return to my cardigan.
23 April 2015
20 April 2015
Calender Week 16
Weight is back up at 73,2kg, not a big surprise, too much wine, too little excercise.
Finished the socks for MyGuy's physio, so we can gift them tomorrow. Knitting on Flukra and enjoying it.
Finally started a book again, Aloha Quilt.
Finished the socks for MyGuy's physio, so we can gift them tomorrow. Knitting on Flukra and enjoying it.
Finally started a book again, Aloha Quilt.
13 April 2015
Calender Week 15
Good news for my weight curve, after having higher weight all week today I saw 72,7 kg on the scale. Yeah!
I have after several false starts finally gotten a good start on the socks for MyGuy's physio. I am also still enjoying knitting on Flukra, the yarn is so soft and the colors are cheerful. Bergweihnachten is my WIP for the HabitRPG group challenge for April, so hopefully that will get done this month, too.
Not much reading going on, just prefer knitting at the moment.
MyGuy is back at work and so far taking it ok. Let's hope he can keep that up.
I need to get my bike checked, but this weekend it was used bikes at both dealers, so I will try for next week.
I have after several false starts finally gotten a good start on the socks for MyGuy's physio. I am also still enjoying knitting on Flukra, the yarn is so soft and the colors are cheerful. Bergweihnachten is my WIP for the HabitRPG group challenge for April, so hopefully that will get done this month, too.
Not much reading going on, just prefer knitting at the moment.
MyGuy is back at work and so far taking it ok. Let's hope he can keep that up.
I need to get my bike checked, but this weekend it was used bikes at both dealers, so I will try for next week.
06 April 2015
Calender Week 14
73,1 kg, ok. Finally I am moving down again. Otherwise knitting on Flukra, started the two sleeves for Fintry and decided to knit socks from the April Wollkenschaf Sockenkalender, aber Ostermond statt dem Muster aus dem Kalender.
Finished Accidental Athlete, not enthused by the book. Pity.
Finished Accidental Athlete, not enthused by the book. Pity.
01 April 2015
Calender Week 13
Last week without MyGuy. Finally he came home on Tuesday. Yeah!
Weight at 73,7kg is ok, but will need to decrease it, my knees keep aching.
Started Djinn and Golem, great read so far. Otherwise enjoyed more of the universe of Old Man's War.
Weight at 73,7kg is ok, but will need to decrease it, my knees keep aching.
Started Djinn and Golem, great read so far. Otherwise enjoyed more of the universe of Old Man's War.
23 March 2015
Calender Week 12
Feeling shitty, so forgot to weigh myself and to take my bell peppers along. gah!
Made nice progress on my Fintry while watching the last ski alpin races of the season. Not much else to report.
Made nice progress on my Fintry while watching the last ski alpin races of the season. Not much else to report.
16 March 2015
Calender Week 11
Yet again forgot to weigh myself. Last Tuesday ended up at 74,4 kg. Drat.
I am knitting on on my Fintry and think it might look ok. The colors are still worrying me.
A visit to MyGuy kept me from doing much else on the weekend, but it was good to catch up in person. Easter cannot come soon enough this year as that will mean he will be home again.
I added some habits to my HabitRPG and hope that will finally get me moving again.
I am knitting on on my Fintry and think it might look ok. The colors are still worrying me.
A visit to MyGuy kept me from doing much else on the weekend, but it was good to catch up in person. Easter cannot come soon enough this year as that will mean he will be home again.
I added some habits to my HabitRPG and hope that will finally get me moving again.
13 March 2015
Terry Pratchett
I was sorry to hear that Terry Pratchett, best know for his discworld novels, die at 66:
NYPost
Time to reread some of the DEATH books.
NYPost
Time to reread some of the DEATH books.
09 March 2015
Calender Week 10
Forgot to weigh myself this morning. Cannot be good news with no sport and lots of sweets.
I am reading the sequel to Old Man's war and am enjoying it. I suspect my dad will like them too once I get there again.
I finished the first clue of the Kamelia mystery from Vera Sanon just in time for clue 4 to come out. Now I need to find my 2mm needles for the pick up of the sleeves, but while I have found anything from 2,75 to 5 mm, so far no luck with the 2mm. I have also done my swatch for the Rangel Kal that starts tomorrow and because I needed something brainless I have cast on another cardi in the meantime. However brainlessness was overachieving and I had to rip 297 stitches times 5 as I had used totally the wrong needle size. Duh! Restarted, I love Simply Merino, just hope the colors work out.
I am reading the sequel to Old Man's war and am enjoying it. I suspect my dad will like them too once I get there again.
I finished the first clue of the Kamelia mystery from Vera Sanon just in time for clue 4 to come out. Now I need to find my 2mm needles for the pick up of the sleeves, but while I have found anything from 2,75 to 5 mm, so far no luck with the 2mm. I have also done my swatch for the Rangel Kal that starts tomorrow and because I needed something brainless I have cast on another cardi in the meantime. However brainlessness was overachieving and I had to rip 297 stitches times 5 as I had used totally the wrong needle size. Duh! Restarted, I love Simply Merino, just hope the colors work out.
02 March 2015
Calender Week 9
Weight: 73,3 kg. Surprised but happy. Now I am actually more motivated to go back to working out. Luckily it seems that walking to and from the railroad station already helps with a lot of it. Happy!
Still knitting on MyGuy's socks, but expect to have them finished by next weekend at least as I hope to go to St. Wendel and see him then. The knitting meeting this Saturday was small, but nice and I have made nice progress on the back of the Spring Mystery Camellia. As I am knitting eastern uncrossed and my hands are not used to that it takes longer and more concentration than stockinette usually does. On the other hand it does not row out, so well worth it.
Not a stitch sewn.
Small progress on decluttering, but every little bit counts.
Still knitting on MyGuy's socks, but expect to have them finished by next weekend at least as I hope to go to St. Wendel and see him then. The knitting meeting this Saturday was small, but nice and I have made nice progress on the back of the Spring Mystery Camellia. As I am knitting eastern uncrossed and my hands are not used to that it takes longer and more concentration than stockinette usually does. On the other hand it does not row out, so well worth it.
Not a stitch sewn.
Small progress on decluttering, but every little bit counts.
26 February 2015
Calender Week 8
No weight (likely still up) as we were away over the weekend. No fitness units either, but at least I picked up walking again to and from the railroad station.
Knitting on some socks for MyGuy and eyeing the newest mystery from Vera Sanon.
No patchwork progress at all last week. Need to get on to it this week.
I finally read An Old Man's War, a book that I have owned since 2007. I am also continuing on with Tiger Queens, might have to read some non-fiction on Ghengis Khan to put this in perspective.
Knitting on some socks for MyGuy and eyeing the newest mystery from Vera Sanon.
No patchwork progress at all last week. Need to get on to it this week.
I finally read An Old Man's War, a book that I have owned since 2007. I am also continuing on with Tiger Queens, might have to read some non-fiction on Ghengis Khan to put this in perspective.
16 February 2015
Slow Blogger
As I cannot seem to get to the meetings of the local Slow Food group, maybe I have more luck with this one:
Irish Chain Twist QAL
A bit behind, but I have socks inspired fabric in hand and can start this one:
Calender Week 7
Back to 75kg, drat. No wonder since I have not moved much the last weeks.
For the Sicilian Oranges I have decided on 117 blocks and have cut out the remaining 13 blocks. 100 sewn now.
Cast on a new pair of socks for MyGuy on Valentine's Day, hope to get them finished by next Tuesday, so he can have them when he is away. The brown ones are on hold because they are annoying me.
Read Memories of Running and have now started Winding Ways.
Additional Habit to establish: write down something I am grateful for each day.
For the Sicilian Oranges I have decided on 117 blocks and have cut out the remaining 13 blocks. 100 sewn now.
Cast on a new pair of socks for MyGuy on Valentine's Day, hope to get them finished by next Tuesday, so he can have them when he is away. The brown ones are on hold because they are annoying me.
Read Memories of Running and have now started Winding Ways.
Additional Habit to establish: write down something I am grateful for each day.
11 February 2015
Habits
Inspired by a post from A Stitch in Time I have started using Habit RPG. I like the idea, but will have to see how much I am going to stick to it. I have added some stuff that I want/need to do, like finishing Sicilian Oranges with substeps in the checklist, walking and not drinking coke, doing my dishes daily etc. Of course I am still exploring the site, but it looks like fun.
Calender Week 6
No weight this week as I was already in the Netherlands on Monday morning.
No fitness update because the damn cough came back. I want to get out and to the gym, so get lost cough.
I did sew a bit on my Sicilian Oranges, but I am now considering if I want to add another column to it to make it wider. It would then measure 170 * 220 cm. Maybe I will leave it at 153 * 220. I need to cut a bunch more blocks (either 13 or 26 depending on what I decide). I am also still sewing on my Star Struck blocks. And I had this idea spinning around in my mind for green liberated frames on white. I made a few test blocks, but am not sure they are all going to end up in the final quilt.
Started a new pair of socks for ski world championship watching and traveling. Brown for MyGuy.
No fitness update because the damn cough came back. I want to get out and to the gym, so get lost cough.
I did sew a bit on my Sicilian Oranges, but I am now considering if I want to add another column to it to make it wider. It would then measure 170 * 220 cm. Maybe I will leave it at 153 * 220. I need to cut a bunch more blocks (either 13 or 26 depending on what I decide). I am also still sewing on my Star Struck blocks. And I had this idea spinning around in my mind for green liberated frames on white. I made a few test blocks, but am not sure they are all going to end up in the final quilt.
Started a new pair of socks for ski world championship watching and traveling. Brown for MyGuy.
02 February 2015
Calender Week 5
Surprisingly enough I weighted in at 73,8kg this morning. Surprisingly because I had not moved a lot, the sniffles could not keep me indoors, but the coughing was no joke. I am sure my work colleagues were happy when I finally went home on Thursday. Friday I had a fever on top of the cough and stayed home. Still better off than MyGuy as he is now on sick leave for pneumonia for the second week.
Luckily sewing kept me from eating even more sweets than I did. The good thing about this is that I have now 90 of the blocks for Sicilian Oranges, however I am considering making it one row wider than the brothers' quilts as MyGuy is a bit more substantial than those lads. That would mean I need 130 blocks. I have another 14 cut, so might sew those up first. In addition for every two orange blocks I make one for my star quilt. I laid out a couple of blocks yesterday and I am sure now I am not going to put the sashing from Bonnie's book version, I like the interplay of the triangles and the secondary stars too much. Might mean I need more blocks there, I will have to check. And of course with the sewing of those blocks figured out my brain was off entertaining itself with the idea of green frames. I made one test block yesterday and think I need to make a few more to see if what I am seeing in my mind is what I will get.
Not a lot of reading, but I did start three new books and finished one of them last week, Night Broken by Patricia Briggs.
Luckily sewing kept me from eating even more sweets than I did. The good thing about this is that I have now 90 of the blocks for Sicilian Oranges, however I am considering making it one row wider than the brothers' quilts as MyGuy is a bit more substantial than those lads. That would mean I need 130 blocks. I have another 14 cut, so might sew those up first. In addition for every two orange blocks I make one for my star quilt. I laid out a couple of blocks yesterday and I am sure now I am not going to put the sashing from Bonnie's book version, I like the interplay of the triangles and the secondary stars too much. Might mean I need more blocks there, I will have to check. And of course with the sewing of those blocks figured out my brain was off entertaining itself with the idea of green frames. I made one test block yesterday and think I need to make a few more to see if what I am seeing in my mind is what I will get.
Not a lot of reading, but I did start three new books and finished one of them last week, Night Broken by Patricia Briggs.
27 January 2015
Calender Week 4
I finally finished the Georgette Heyer biography, but now am not finding any book that captures me. However (2/10) read.
I lost another pound and now weigh under 75 kg again (74,7 kg).
Gym got a bit lost due to my cold, but I did take my first few running steps for this year over the weekend. It does not amount to any real distance, but mentally I have a good feeling because I got started. My knees are not too keen on it, but hopefully the weight loss will help with that and I am not going to have to go to the doctors.
I restarted sewing on MyGuy's orange blocks and think of calling it Sicilian Oranges to remind us of our nice vacation there. 64 done, 117 needed altogether, so more than half way there. I have also sewn a few star blocks for my quilt using them as leaders and enders.
I lost another pound and now weigh under 75 kg again (74,7 kg).
Gym got a bit lost due to my cold, but I did take my first few running steps for this year over the weekend. It does not amount to any real distance, but mentally I have a good feeling because I got started. My knees are not too keen on it, but hopefully the weight loss will help with that and I am not going to have to go to the doctors.
I restarted sewing on MyGuy's orange blocks and think of calling it Sicilian Oranges to remind us of our nice vacation there. 64 done, 117 needed altogether, so more than half way there. I have also sewn a few star blocks for my quilt using them as leaders and enders.
22 January 2015
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