Office Space

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

With the new job, my daily commute entails a short, stumbling, sleepy-eyed walk across the hall from the bedroom to the office. The splash of all that oranginess wakes me right up. Its attempt to be grown-up and professional is thwarted by that relic from college, The Futon. Will we ever be rid of it. And will we ever decorate the bare, bare walls.

That's Veebs filling up the wicker basket nicely. Its usual place is in the basement but since working from home, I have this cat glued to my side 99% of the day. He's such a little lover. An annoying little lover. He's on the desk, in front of the keyboard, walking back and forth, tail in my face, on my lap where he won't sit still, behind me on the chair taking up space, making work furry and soft but quite impossible. With the basket in here he has his own place to sit, and can leave me in peace.

Aimee and Electra are on the blocking board. (Uh, Electra kinda looks like the rug...) I'm wondering now if I should just finish up Electra first, since it really only took about a week to finish a panel. I'm losing focus these days, which is why I haven't been knitting as obsessively as I used to. I just can't do multiple projects at once, and yet my mind wants to wander elsewhere...

Anthropolgie cardigan. I like you.

...to this lovely cardigan from anthropologie. It looks like a very simple construction - the bottom looks to be knit in one piece all the way around, then you pick up stitches along the side for the top portion. I could take a pattern from the Japanese stitch book for the top...and maybe decrease that bottom part so it looks less empire-waisted... yeeesss... yeeeeessssss... The store has so many other inspiring knits which I may just have to go out and buy.

I just found this on amazon.co.jp! Books of 200 more stitch patterns, 500 aran patterns, 1000 aran patterns!!!! God help me.

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Tuesday, November 08, 2005 3:45:56 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Oh, those graveyard pictures from yesterday raised goosebumps on my arms...wonderful shots. I thought I was the only person who liked gleaning stories from the tombstones. Brad's parents inherited his grandparents farm and the house and barns are literally filled with old papers/receipts/diaries/letters, etc. I could sit and sift through it all day. Who would have thought a 100-year old grocery receipt could be so fascinating - it blows me away that their Xmas shopping was nothing but oranges and tobacco - in a good year, there would be some candy. I get the same feeling from really old graveyard engravings. How morbid.
Tuesday, November 08, 2005 4:11:14 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Hey, those are the books I was telling you about! I think they have more versions... heheheh... go shop at Kinokuniya soon! BTW, thanks for sharing that cardi inspiration... I think I can make something similar too.
Tuesday, November 08, 2005 5:19:31 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
That's a lovely office, it's so neat and tidy too. I love looking at anthropologie for inspiration too.
Tuesday, November 08, 2005 5:34:41 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Did you weave in all of your ends or did you carry the yarn up the sides?

I love, love, love Anthropologie, but not their prices. :( I wish they would start offering patterns b/c their knits are to die for (well not literally, lol!).

How do you like working from home?
Tuesday, November 08, 2005 7:12:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
Love, love, LOVE the color on the walls and the rug! Kitties included too? Great office!
Wednesday, November 09, 2005 9:06:57 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
I was looking at that same cardigan in the new Anthropologie catalog. I thought it would not be *too* difficult to reproduce... not just to find the time to do it!

What a pretty office ;) Lucky you!
Saturday, July 19, 2008 12:48:03 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
ooh, that does look like fun to figure out! what would the general working of the top be do you think? (i would really like to make something like this but this would be my first time to do figure out a pattern like that for a sweater)

love your work on ravelry, too!
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