Rows Red

This post is brought to you by Darvoset, which appears not to work on me, and a dead opera singer. I was wondering when I’d find something I was immune to again with my weird metabolism. When you leave me alone on a Friday night I sometimes start cruising iTunes and Youtube, a deadly combination for the neighbors, who really must wonder what the f*ck is going on here on the 2nd floor, as I’m a fan of singing Italian Opera when I can figure out the words (or look them up online.

I’m a fan of Pavarotti because, personal life aside, he was amazing. He and I get along, as I can TOTALLY rock the tenor. This song features the best of two worlds, U2 and The Tenor.

This next one features him singing my favorite opera piece, Nessun Dorma. I waffle between preferring this sung by a female soprano, or by him (tenor). This is the last song he sang before he died of pancreatic cancer, though this is not that last performance, just a better video.

And just so you don’t think I’ve been up to nothing fibery in particular, despite not being able to eat solid food (yay oral surgery), I’ve been crocheting on mom’s mom’s shawl. That’s boring to post a photo of, since it still looks exactly the same, but I will show you my nerves sock I started at the convention last weekend and worked on in the surgeon’s office. It’s a little further along than this now, and while I really did try to work a pattern from Knitting Socks with Handpainted Yarn, the white ply of the yarn kept making it look too busy, so it’s a Plain Jane sock. The yarn is Patons Stretch Sock yarn in “Olive”.

Also, here are a couple of shots of the fingerless mitt pattern I designed for my Secret Pal reveal package. I didn’t realize until after I’d pored over all the Walker books that the quilted pattern I chose looks just like the Leyburn socks, at least on the back of the hand. Oh well, I really did try several patterns from the book before choosing this one. They fit both me, and Connie (my old boss/friend), which is good because Connie has average girl hands, while mine are plus size. The fully ribbed palm was the special touch added in for knitting for someone whose dimensions I know nothing about. Here’s hoping she likes them! The yarn is hand dyed rayon I got in a swap, another reason for the stretch. The recipient isn’t too sure about wool so I wanted to play it safe.

They’re not really mismatched, I guess it’s the angle I took the picture at, or how she pulled them on.

Tags: Designing, Knitting, Ramblings, Swaps