2eclipse: (knitting)
2eclipse ([personal profile] 2eclipse) wrote2008-05-05 10:03 am
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lovely lovely weekend.

this weekend was lovely.
friday i finished my second knithulhu....(and i already have requests for more! really i should sell them on etsy)
ross and i had a lovely dinner at the local indian place and then went to see 88 minutes - which he liked and i hated. the acting was great. but al pacino yells a lot and i don't like yelling. and i didn't like any of the characters. and there was too much cutting and suspense for me. and then ross and i had a disturbing conversation and i had nightmares.
so i gues that part wasn't so good.
but saturday was sunny and i started the PRETTIEST socks ever. they are called marie antoinette socks and they feature honeybees in the lace pattern. and i am using a super smooshy cat's pajamas yarn that i love.
also i read a lot. i finished newton's cannon by greg keyes. it wasn't great, but it was enjoyable. i liked the characterizations and the alternate history was very interesting even if there were parts of it i didn't buy. i am now about half-way through kepler's witch, a biography of astronomer johannes kepler, his science, his religion and his mother's trial as a witch during the 30 years war. it is very interesting.

ross and i went out to see forbidden kingdom as a matinee. it was fun. not a great movie, but a good one. then we met jory and simona for some food and drinks at washington square.
yesterday was beautiful and spent with more movies (at home), more reading, more knitting, and a walk in the beautiful sunshine with ross.
overall a very relaxing and wonderful weekend.

[identity profile] mamaursula.livejournal.com 2008-05-05 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG, I want that pattern. I have some beautiful varigated red sock yarn among other skeins just waiting to be something lovely.

[identity profile] 2eclipse.livejournal.com 2008-05-05 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
i bought the pattern from the link on ravelry. it was super fast and easy to do and only 7 dollars!

[identity profile] mamaursula.livejournal.com 2008-05-05 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
If it were only so easy to get from skein to socks, instant gratification.

[identity profile] 2eclipse.livejournal.com 2008-05-05 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
i wholeheartedly agree. there's usually at least one or two things in a pattern that i have to go back and re-read just to figure out what i'm supposed to be doing. i'm still struggling with my brioche hat big time.

[identity profile] plsurkity.livejournal.com 2008-05-05 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
ooh, those are some lovely socks!

[identity profile] 2eclipse.livejournal.com 2008-05-05 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
i take it you found the pattern on ravelry?
yeah. they are tres bonne. :)

[identity profile] plsurkity.livejournal.com 2008-05-06 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
*nods* indeed i did. in fact, i'm there now doing research to see if can order more of the yarn i bought at the maryland sheep and wool festival online. :)

[identity profile] 2eclipse.livejournal.com 2008-05-06 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
i have so much envy that you got to go...

[identity profile] queenlyzard.livejournal.com 2008-05-05 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
sounds lovely.

[identity profile] 2eclipse.livejournal.com 2008-05-05 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
as edward gorey said, "books, cats. life is good." i would add knitting to that, but he basically got it right. :)

[identity profile] queenlyzard.livejournal.com 2008-05-06 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Edward Gorey said that? One expects something more.. morbid... from him :)

[identity profile] 2eclipse.livejournal.com 2008-05-06 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
http://www.wonder-shirts.com/illustrator-detail.aspx?illid=5

okay, sweet, not good...but i was close.
and those were two of the 3 things that really made him happy - the third being ballet.

[identity profile] queenlyzard.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
hee hee hee. Ballet, eh? I knew the man was a sadist!