The LIW Small Talk Thread

[ladypirate]

Close up of the one on the right:

 

[FrekeChild]

Left!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TooPatient]

Date: 9/17/2009 12:35:00 PM
Author: ladypirate
Elle, I was just looking back a few pages in this thread and realized that I have the shoes you wore for your e-pics. I got them to wear as a bridesmaid in my friend''s wedding next summer in the grey suede.

LOL. I like your style, miss!

So I''m knitting myself a lace shawl to wear for the wedding next year when it cools off in the evening and I''m trying to decide what to use as a center pattern. Here are the two test swatches I''ve knit so far--what do you guys think?

ETA: Ignore the one piece of stray yarn going across the one on the left--I didn''t notice it when I was taking pictures.

Those are both great. I like the one on the right. It is very delicate looking.
Tough choice though.

Where did you learn to knit?

 

[ladypirate]

Date: 9/17/2009 12:46:37 PM
Author: TooPatient

Date: 9/17/2009 12:35:00 PM

Author: ladypirate

Elle, I was just looking back a few pages in this thread and realized that I have the shoes you wore for your e-pics. I got them to wear as a bridesmaid in my friend''s wedding next summer in the grey suede.


LOL. I like your style, miss!


So I''m knitting myself a lace shawl to wear for the wedding next year when it cools off in the evening and I''m trying to decide what to use as a center pattern. Here are the two test swatches I''ve knit so far--what do you guys think?


ETA: Ignore the one piece of stray yarn going across the one on the left--I didn''t notice it when I was taking pictures.

Those are both great. I like the one on the right. It is very delicate looking.

Tough choice though.


Where did you learn to knit?

I''m actually self taught from books--I started knitting in high school. The type of lace knitting I''m doing here is a scottish style called shetland lace. If you''re interested in it, get a book called Heirloom Knitting. You have to order it from the UK, but it is SO good. Seriously, one of the best lace books I''ve ever seen and a great workbook if you want to start creating your own patterns.

 

[TooPatient]

Date: 9/17/2009 12:49:31 PM
Author: ladypirate

Date: 9/17/2009 12:46:37 PM
Author: TooPatient

Date: 9/17/2009 12:35:00 PM

Author: ladypirate

Elle, I was just looking back a few pages in this thread and realized that I have the shoes you wore for your e-pics. I got them to wear as a bridesmaid in my friend''s wedding next summer in the grey suede.


LOL. I like your style, miss!


So I''m knitting myself a lace shawl to wear for the wedding next year when it cools off in the evening and I''m trying to decide what to use as a center pattern. Here are the two test swatches I''ve knit so far--what do you guys think?


ETA: Ignore the one piece of stray yarn going across the one on the left--I didn''t notice it when I was taking pictures.

Those are both great. I like the one on the right. It is very delicate looking.

Tough choice though.


Where did you learn to knit?

I''m actually self taught from books--I started knitting in high school. The type of lace knitting I''m doing here is a scottish style called shetland lace. If you''re interested in it, get a book called Heirloom Knitting. You have to order it from the UK, but it is SO good. Seriously, one of the best lace books I''ve ever seen and a great workbook if you want to start creating your own patterns.

I''ve always wanted to learn to knit. I taught myself to crochet using some old books.

I''ll look into that book. Your work is beautiful.

 

[sunnyd]

Date: 9/17/2009 12:45:03 PM
Author: FrekeChild
Left!!!!!!!!!!!!

Leeeeffffttt!!!

 

[ladypirate]

Date: 9/17/2009 1:34:36 PM
Author: sunnyd

Date: 9/17/2009 12:45:03 PM

Author: FrekeChild

Left!!!!!!!!!!!!

Leeeeffffttt!!!

I''m actually kind of leaning towards the right just because it''s not as obvious a pattern...since my dress has an all-over pattern I really don''t want it to clash, you know? It''s also so delicate looking in person. Not that the other one isn''t, but the one on the right is just a little lacier, you know?

 

[winelover23]

I pick RIGHT.

 

[princesss]

Date: 9/17/2009 1:47:16 PM
Author: ladypirate

Date: 9/17/2009 1:34:36 PM
Author: sunnyd

Date: 9/17/2009 12:45:03 PM

Author: FrekeChild

Left!!!!!!!!!!!!

Leeeeffffttt!!!

I''m actually kind of leaning towards the right just because it''s not as obvious a pattern...since my dress has an all-over pattern I really don''t want it to clash, you know? It''s also so delicate looking in person. Not that the other one isn''t, but the one on the right is just a little lacier, you know?

FWIW, I prefer the one on the right for your dress, too. Keep making the one on the left, because it''s gorgeous and who wouldn''t love a shawl like that? But the one on the right is more delicate and says "wedding" to me a little more.

 

[ladypirate]

Date: 9/17/2009 1:53:13 PM
Author: princesss

Date: 9/17/2009 1:47:16 PM

Author: ladypirate

Date: 9/17/2009 1:34:36 PM

Author: sunnyd

Date: 9/17/2009 12:45:03 PM


Author: FrekeChild


Left!!!!!!!!!!!!

Leeeeffffttt!!!

I''m actually kind of leaning towards the right just because it''s not as obvious a pattern...since my dress has an all-over pattern I really don''t want it to clash, you know? It''s also so delicate looking in person. Not that the other one isn''t, but the one on the right is just a little lacier, you know?

FWIW, I prefer the one on the right for your dress, too. Keep making the one on the left, because it''s gorgeous and who wouldn''t love a shawl like that? But the one on the right is more delicate and says ''wedding'' to me a little more.

Yeah, that''s sort of my thought too. That''s why I did two test swatches! Thanks for the input, all!

 

[Lauren8211]

FWIW, I would have voted right!

 

[princesss]

Wow. So I love how posting here helps clear my mind. After posting here and thinking about it I realized I really do want to move in with M. Like...soon. It just seems like so much fun (work, yes, but FUN work), and like it''s really going to be right for us when it happens (which is soon, I hope). I always told myself I wouldn''t live with somebody for more than a year without a commitment (the kind that comes with at least one ring), but that''s mattering less to me now. What is mattering is thinking about having a HOME. With him and the cats and the puppy.

Gosh. Why can''t I just stick to the plan????

 

[misskitty]

Afternoon, ladies! How''s everyone? I''m procrastinating doing my hw.

 

[misskitty]

p.s. I love the swatches! I''m a bad knitter and never do a swatch, haha.

 

[Lauren8211]

Date: 9/17/2009 2:24:23 PM
Author: princesss
Wow. So I love how posting here helps clear my mind. After posting here and thinking about it I realized I really do want to move in with M. Like...soon. It just seems like so much fun (work, yes, but FUN work), and like it''s really going to be right for us when it happens (which is soon, I hope). I always told myself I wouldn''t live with somebody for more than a year without a commitment (the kind that comes with at least one ring), but that''s mattering less to me now. What is mattering is thinking about having a HOME. With him and the cats and the puppy.

Gosh. Why can''t I just stick to the plan????

Hahaha. Cliche, but life is what happens when you''re off making other plans.

Living together IS fun. A definite adjustment, but so much fun! I love driving by our first apartment together and thinking "Aww.. that''s where it all began!"

You''d have one big happy family, complete with furry children. What isn''t fun about that?

 

[Lauren8211]

Date: 9/17/2009 2:24:37 PM
Author: misskitty
Afternoon, ladies! How''s everyone? I''m procrastinating doing my hw.

Ahhh.. procrastinating. My favorite!

 

[princesss]

Date: 9/17/2009 2:33:55 PM
Author: elledizzy5

Date: 9/17/2009 2:24:23 PM
Author: princesss
Wow. So I love how posting here helps clear my mind. After posting here and thinking about it I realized I really do want to move in with M. Like...soon. It just seems like so much fun (work, yes, but FUN work), and like it''s really going to be right for us when it happens (which is soon, I hope). I always told myself I wouldn''t live with somebody for more than a year without a commitment (the kind that comes with at least one ring), but that''s mattering less to me now. What is mattering is thinking about having a HOME. With him and the cats and the puppy.

Gosh. Why can''t I just stick to the plan????

Hahaha. Cliche, but life is what happens when you''re off making other plans.

Living together IS fun. A definite adjustment, but so much fun! I love driving by our first apartment together and thinking ''Aww.. that''s where it all began!''

You''d have one big happy family, complete with furry children. What isn''t fun about that?

Freaking exactly!

M will be the first to tell you that I absolutely HATE not sticking to a plan. I like to make plans (and make them faaaaar in advance) and then stick to them. It causes serious personal difficulty to admit that maybe the plan needs to be changed to accomodate what''s actually happening. Actually, he told me that on Tuesday, lol, so he''s very well aware. He''s pretty laid back and goes with the flow, which is something I''m working on (and I have the steps I feel I need to take planned out, and a tentative date set for when I should be more comfortable going without a plan - do you see my issue here?????).

But yeah. I think about coming home to him, and just living day to day life with him and I get all warm and fuzzy and excited and just...happy. Like that''s how life should be, and it''ll be fun once we get there.

 

[jcarlylew]

my ring is in the shop. *sniff*

 

[misskitty]

Aw, what happened?

 

[Lauren8211]

Date: 9/17/2009 8:42:45 PM
Author: jcarlylew
my ring is in the shop. *sniff*

That''s not cool.

 

[ckrickett]

Date: 9/17/2009 8:42:45 PM
Author: jcarlylew
my ring is in the shop. *sniff*

 

[Lauren8211]

Date: 9/18/2009 9:04:35 AM
Author: ckrickett

Date: 9/17/2009 8:42:45 PM
Author: jcarlylew
my ring is in the shop. *sniff*

HAHAHAHAH!

 

[Squirrly]

that. is. awesome. not that your ring is gone but the perfect response. CK gains 6783 xp, 42 gold, and levels.

oh and there is a musical card, one about 8" by 8", that has the scrolling script "a long, long time ago" on the front, and when you open it up it says "you were born" and the star wars theme plays and you can feel the bass cause it''s so huge....
no i did not spend half an hour last night running around opening all the musical cards, why would you insinuate such a thing...

anybody want to go to mammoth caves and or land between the lakes saturday or sunday? everybody that was going to go with me had something come up

oh and HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!

 

[princesss]

Awesome, Ck!

Morning, ladies! Sorry your ring is in the shop, Jcar. That sucks.

I talked with BF last night about the whole moving/moving in together thing.

 

[Lauren8211]

aww squirrly i love mammoth caves, i wish i could go, but its like a 10 hour drive!

princesss - what'd you guys talk about??

ETA: I lied. 7 hours.

 

[ckrickett]

Date: 9/18/2009 9:15:06 AM
Author: Squirrly
CK gains 6783 xp, 42 gold, and levels.

ding!

 

[ckrickett]

Date: 9/18/2009 9:57:14 AM
Author: elledizzy5
aww squirrly i love mammoth caves, i wish i could go, but its like a 10 hour drive!


princesss - what''d you guys talk about??

ETA: I lied. 7 hours.

what are these mammoth caves you ladies speak of!

 

[Lauren8211]

Date: 9/18/2009 10:02:48 AM
Author: ckrickett

Date: 9/18/2009 9:15:06 AM
Author: Squirrly
CK gains 6783 xp, 42 gold, and levels.

ding!

gratz.

go train up!

 

[ckrickett]

Date: 9/18/2009 10:04:27 AM
Author: elledizzy5

Date: 9/18/2009 10:02:48 AM

Author: ckrickett

Date: 9/18/2009 9:15:06 AM

Author: Squirrly

CK gains 6783 xp, 42 gold, and levels.

ding!

gratz.

go train up!

where should I put my points... I''m tired of being just a healer!

 

[Lauren8211]

Date: 9/18/2009 10:03:17 AM
Author: ckrickett

Date: 9/18/2009 9:57:14 AM
Author: elledizzy5
aww squirrly i love mammoth caves, i wish i could go, but its like a 10 hour drive!


princesss - what''d you guys talk about??

ETA: I lied. 7 hours.

what are these mammoth caves you ladies speak of!

It''s a giant system of caves in Kentucky that you can walk through. It''s pretty fun - went there when I was a kid!