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August 11, 2005
i finished a pair of the sox from the yarn i got when i went to hear the harlot. it's lana grossa self-striping yarn, which is a 45% cotton blend. i think it makes great summer sox. i don't know why i would think about needing summer anything, living in san francisco as i do. i guess it is pretty warm here in september and october...anyway, i finished them using my staple sox recipe. i like how they match, but not quite; i really embrace that part of the self striping yarns.
of course this means i went out and got new sox yarn. i was feeling so much lana grossa love, that i got another skein in the pink colorway. i even got to the gusset just from yesterday! i kicked ass on the trip home. sometimes i wanna shove my knitting in other commuters' faces and exclaim, would you look at that turned heel?!?!? PERFECTION!!! or damn, look at how that lace came out!!! did i hit the tension right on or what?!?!?!?!!!! somehow i don't think it would be too well received, especially cuz people can get weird about pointy objects in close proximity to skin.
as i mentioned monday (cuz of course you've been paying close attention to my ranting), it was juana's birthday yesterday. this is a pict of the necklace i made for her. actually, assembled would be more appropriate. she immediately wanted to know how i made the focal bead for it. of course, i didn't, which then i felt badly about, like i had misrepresented myself or my project somehow. i'da made it all myself if i had a blow torch, but i'm kinda scared to have/use one in my little apartment. i feel like folks would be real pissed at me if i burned the building down, knowhattamean?
i've really been enjoying the recent installation at the san francisco arts commission window, which is located accross the street from city hall, on the grove street side. www.sfacgallery.org
it's titled, invisible city of moon watching plants. you can't tell from this angle, but there's more to the installation on the floor of the space. you kinda get right on top of the window to see, though. it looks as though there's a reflection of a tree in the window to the left, which there is, but there's a tree outline in the way the window's been painted. i like how the shapes that are painted on the window pull away from the 2d surface, and become 3d in paper-type form. there's also this great airy music being piped out to the street. nice to see in the early morning, but i'll bet it's even better after dark, cuz there's lights inside...
Posted by Meagen at August 11, 2005 05:14 AM