Craftzine is hosting a That Girl KAL, yay! We’re getting started next week, and I’ll be posting variation ideas and casting on a version with collar and sleeve variations. I’m very excited–I haven’t do a KAL in ages, and this project works up quickly. If you want to join, cast on in ravelry:
Natalie’s even sending me an extra camera she has so I can get some decent photos! Yay! I have sent my very broken camera off to Sony, and hopefully they’ll call me next week and say, no problem! We’ll fix it right up for you, and for cheap! And not, sorry lady, you are horsefucked. What did you do, drop this thing and then throw it in a puddle? Sigh.
Speaking of technology, I finally replaced the dead hard drive on my iMac, thanks to the excellent instructions at ifixit.com. I’ve been booting from an external hard drive since it crashed, and I’m going to keep that setup intact in case of another epic failure. But I had pretty much a full day of updating software, re-installing everything, transferring files, etc. Which meant lots and lots and lots of waiting. I’m also thinking of breaking down and buying the Mac Box Set. I only want the software upgrade and I resent that they’re sticking me with all the other crap, but the price is down around $100 on Amazon, and that’s edging into my rationalization zone.
Happily, I have plenty of knitting to conquer while I watched the creeping status bar. I’m working on a Deep Fall submission and I’m very pleased with it. It’s a very simple but also very cute pattern I’ve been meaning to write forever.
And as soon as my new yarn shows up, I’ll be casting on a new variation of the That Girl! Cardi Jacket. More on that when my yarn arrives!
Oh! and Tour de Fleece! I’m a little behind, but the goal is to spin 30 minutes a day, anything I want. But bonus points for spinning last year’s Rhinebeck stash.