In Training

I could make lame jokes about triple lutzes or salchows but I see it is time for the West Coast airing of Skating with the Stars. UGH! I hate watching people fall so I'll skip that, thank you! Anyway, I've joined the Yarn Harlots Knitting Olympics and I am in training. Below is my swatch/training for the Aran hooded pullover I plan to knit in February. I'm using Lion Brand Kool Wool I got for a steal at Smileysyarn.com. My knitting has changed so that I actually had to use a needle larger than called for. I may swatch again, just to be safe. Don't want to overtrain, but want to be sure. I do like how the Lion Brand Kool Wool feels. The color will show the detail and look like the cover. I'm afraid it may make me look even bigger than I am though. Oh well, it will look nice.

A Meme or Fours

Sonya at Cottage46 Knitter tagged me with the following meme. Thanks Sonya, this is my first too!

4 jobs you have had in your life
Worked in a lumber mill
Worked in a Movie Theater and Drive-in.
Resident Advisor in a College Dorm
Tutor in College

4 movies you could watch over and over
Sound of Music

4 places you have lived
Small lumber town in Northern CA
Small but a bit bigger College town in CA
Bay Area
In a really cool apartment built in the hay loft of an old barn

4 TV shows you love to watch
HGTV
Monk
My husband likes 24 and Lost, so I'm knitting his sweater during those shows.

4 places you have been on vacation
Canada
Mexico
New Orleans and Florida
Europe – Italy, France, Belgium

4 websites you visit daily
Bloglines
Knittingpark
Yahoo groups Aranknitlist, FiberRaok and FLAK

4 of your favorite foods
Chocolate
Sweet Potatoes
Vegetables and salad
Chocolate :-)

4 places you would rather be right now
At the beach knitting and/or hiking
In a mountain Cabin knitting and/or hiking

4 bloggers you are tagging
Anyone who reads this and wants to put it on their blog.

I'm Selfish, I'm Selfish I'm really really Selfish!

I started the Town Square Jacket from the Aug-Oct 2005 issue of Cast on. I'm using Lion Brand Wool-ease in the color pines. I keep teasing Cindy at Knitting Park that flattery is the highest form of compliment. I swear everything I'm making she has made ;-). I put a blog up of my WIPs. Click on Wips to see it. I have some work to do on it as I didn't mean to wipe out the comments. Oh Well,