It’s Furious Balancing

And I’m firmly planted inside the house with the air conditioning set at 75 degrees, thankyouverymuch. I turned it lower a while back when I was steam blocking the Malabrigo scarf up in the cats’ room.¹

So, one thing off the list of things to do. Additional items include:

• Unbox, catalog and shelf the sexuality and erotica books currently packed up in a cardboard box in my study.²

• Work on my tradeskilling in Vanguard.I did manage to ding level 21 carpenter, but I need to grind to an artisan faction of 500 to get the continental quests for panels for houses and ships.³

• Maybe, just maybe, do the remaining seams on the Noro sweater. I put in the second sleeve this weekend, and I’ve got to do the side and arm seams. Then, I need to try to rework the visible neck seams. Then, I get to block that project before I start another one. I’m itching to get my hands on the dark blue yarn I bought last month (no pun intended; it’s 75% acrylic/25% wool). It’s going to be a boxy turtleneck with drop sleeves (not set in sleeves). There’s a big difference if you’re a beginning knitter.

I can’t get my pictures of the blocked scarf to come out properly. It is a real pain to get the colors to look true, especially reds, unless you photograph in sunlight (and we all know how likely that is to happen). /cough

So, sorry, no scarf pictures today! Here’s a LOLcat instead.

LOLcat courtesy of ICanHasCheezburger.com

1. I will confess that when The Husband wanted to buy the clothing steamer at a going-out-of-business sale as a fabric store, I was not enthused. I can’t live without the thing now. If you knit, you need a steamer to do the blocking. Unless, of course, you want to wet block everything that needs blocking. /shudder. If you’re remote curious about what this “blocking” thing is of which I speak, go here. [↩]
2. Don’t look so shocked. Everyone, well, almost everyone, has some interest in sex, and it’s not like I own Unleashed Lesbian Cheerleaders — but I will admit it sounds like an interesting title. [↩]
3. If you have no earthly idea what I’m talking about, that’s pretty much par for the course. I’m a gamer. In this particular MMORPG I’m a woodworker, which fits in nicely with being a Ranger. I can make my own bows and fletch my own arrows. Vanguard is incredibly complex, so you’re going to have to do your own research. Start here. [↩]

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