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Okay, still no appliances, only part of the floor installed, and a few wall cabinets... yet, somewhat more kitchen-like...
And the bedroom is finished (!!), except for installing the light fixture. Yes, the ceilings are stupidly high. I'm on the top floor, and the guys were able to raise the ceiling about a foot in this room. Yippee!
Back when Wasabi was sick, I was knitting lace to distract myself. Yet, I never quite got around to posting a picture of the finished piece.
Well, here it is. Melissa shot this picture on October 1st. Better late than never.
And, just for kicks, the pattern can be found here in the 'Finished' album. My goal had been to put this up before the holidays, but hey, it's always a good time to give a gift...
Edited to add some Yeti!
I need a costume for a theme party in 2 weeks... 'Heroes and Villains'... Any ideas? It's a work thing, so head-to-toe spandex is out of the question.
This year for Christmas, I gave my mom and my sister each a package of yarn. Since they both knit, I suppose I could have just given them yarn and been done with it. The plan was, in fact, to knit for them. Since I had no chance of starting or finishing any knitting in time for Christmas, instead I let them choose what they wanted the yarn to become.
My sister's yarn is this yummilicious Shaffer Anne. Once upon a time, I made socks out of this exact colorway. The socks (finished, unworn, and un-blogged) were casualties of the Great Moth Invasion of 2006. Michelle very sweetly gave me this skein (as well as some amazing STR, on a day that she helped me move! Who has better friends than me?) I stared at it for the entire month of December before realizing that I didn't have it in me to re-knit my socks. However, I love love love this yarn, and knew that if I gave it to my sister I would be motivated to knit with it.
My sister also loved the yarn, and requested a scarf. Socks were too hidden for her. This is great, because I know in my heart that this is too colorful for me, and I only ever would have worn this colorway as socks. But I really wanted to knit Trekking is for Necking. So... (please excuse the crappy picture taken in a bar)
I'm really enjoying knitting this (although I am a bit shocked that I'm only halfway done!) And check out the cool color effect... I'm knitting DNA.
Here's what my apartment looked like at the end of December...
And here's where we're at now...
Another shot from December...
And now...
I'm still skeptical about my contractor's estimated date of completion- the end of Feb??? I really want it to be true. In the meantime, Fred and I are camping out in my friend Walter's place, conveniently located one building away. Poor kitten has had way too much change in the past six months.
