Painting in progress May 2015

It looks a little lumpy on the right because I added a 2-stitch stockinette selvedge, so it will be easier to seam onto the sweater.

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I think the Zeemonster is changing substantially, so these are for posterity.

NOS Stronglight 93 with the cyclo-cross bash guard. Off the bike, it seemed like a good idea. On the bike, it's just too heavy-looking. I also had problems with the FD contact. An older NR derailleur, without the later "lip" might have worked better. The bash guard came off.

Because the bash-guard sits in the position of the first ring, it requires a triple BB to run a double crank. Swapping off the guard means swapping out the BB, too.

Pedals are Barelli B-10 with Christophe clips. Fabulous pedals.

Pattern: Cedar Dancing Sock, from Cat Bordhi's New Pathways for Sock Knitters

Needles: US 1.5 (2.5mm) DPNs for body of sock; US 1 (2.25mm) circular for freaky-deaky cast-on.

Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks That Rock Mediumweight, color Count Cluckula (somebody has entirely too much fun naming these).

These were my grandmother's. None of them work (not that I wear watches anyway) so I'm going to dismantle them and make jewelry. Except possibly the big one - it's quite lovely as is, I'm not sure I want to take it apart.

All that's left is to add a button closure and make the napkins! There might be 5 after all!

Just when I was relieved getting rid of the ice from the top shelf, I had to get rid of the ice/snow from the bottom of the top shelf!!! AAAHHHHHH! Part 2/2 See...

table without drawers inserted

Front of the tee finished... it's kind of hard to see the shaping at the waist and sleeves because the stockinette made the whole thing want to curl in on itself.

Kara works it out

Old furnaces

start of painting started a few mos. ago....I'll upload a more current version soon.

Look at that lush head of hair, not a bald spot in sight!