Jeans and Sneakers

But I didn’t. Got to bed reasonably late, waiting for the roomate and his (ex)gf to come back to see if they’d fight some more before I went to sleep. They did all of their fighting while gone though, I guess. I think she’s got until Sunday to move out. At least he didn’t back out of it.

I made reservations for lanes on Saturday! Word. Bowling is on. Didn’t get much else done today. I should do up some laundry, I have to wash a comforter for a friend who’s likely staying over saturday night.

No weird dreams to report, none that I can remember anyway. I’m super excited though. Myspace actually served a purpose, I found a kid I’ve been looking for since right after we graduated. It’s awesome when someone is just as excited about finding you again as you are about finding them. YAY! Hopefully we can hang out sometime.

And now for some pictArs! (click for bigger)

Here’s a picture of the golden tunic lying flat. It looks kind of fat, and the bottom looks like it comes up on the right side, but I assure you, it does not. This is only a testament to my poor photography skills. It came out pretty nice, and I promise better pictures by Saturday or Sunday, once my sister comes out and I figure out if it fits her or not.
I also posted pics of my favorite parts of the sweater. First, comes the pretty weave of it. Then there’s the side seam, you can see the decreases and increases that made the nice shaping, and it looks really pretty forming around the seam. This pattern calls for some fancy yarn, cashmerino, I think, but I knitted it up in acrylic, and I can see how it would be a smoother, more drapey sweater in the other. Not bad for a first attempt though, and I had a hell of a time figuring out how to attach the sleeves. I look forward to another chance at sleeves with Sonnet.

And now for the current sweater. . .Sonnet (and a closeup of it’s stitches):

There’s a lot to do still, but this pattern is WAY easy. It’s knitted sideways, in garter stitch, with decorative vertical stripes done in box stitch. It’s going fast, and I took a break from it for a little while. I think I might start knitting it again tonight though.

It’s really such a pretty color yarn, but you can’t tell from the pictures. I
chock it up to poor lighting (despite two lamps!), but it’s really a very light grey/blue color. In the daylight it almost glows.

Both sweaters are done in acrylic yarn, but I like the feel of the yarn used for Sonnet better than the yarn used for the golden tunic. I think for my next project I’m going to do something in cotton, or some other natural fiber. . .just something for a change.

Ok, and one more pictAr. Find the chinchilla!

A few hours ago, my roomate came in to talk to us.  He’s dumping the gf.  She’s been coming home between 3-6am for the past couple of weeks. . .with no real explanation of where she’s been.  And she’s been talking to this guy and just all around being really shady.  He said that the other night out of nowhere she said to him suddenly that she wasn’t happy in their relationship.  He thinks she’s cheating.  She came home around half an hour ago, and they went into his room, only to have her storm out a few minutes later, slamming the door.  He went after her, and yelled “Don’t slam my shit!”

Hopefully he’ll actually dump her.  I’m so tired of dealing with that whole situation.  The thing that really bugs me though, is when he came in, he started off like “I hope you guys haven’t found another roomate yet.”  Like he hasn’t done anything wrong, and we just wanted him to leave because he was with her.  Like he hasn’t lied for about a year now, and been even more of a scumbag than ever.  Like he didn’t light the frigging house on fire.  I’m pretty sure that he’s going to (be allowed to) stay if he dumps her.  I guess I’ll deal with it so long  as I get my frigging kitchen back.  >:[