A weekend of swatching
July 31st, 2006No pictures. There's the warning. I'm too lazy in this heat to dismantle the usb hub and set it up on the kid's computer. With that said, we've done as much as we can to try to fix my mac. So its probably dead. Our last option is to take it to a data recovery specialist, and pay a small fortune to retrieve the pictures.
Hopefully in the next week we'll be buying another computer.
I spent the weekend swatching for a design idea I have. I'm repeatedly inspired by a garment on one of Cassidy's favorite DVDs, so I'm making a go of it. I've swatched Dale Stork, a Rowan cotton (and its name escapes me at the moment), Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece, Laines Du Nord Giunco, and Dale Baby Ull. I'm having great luck with all of the wools, especially the Laines Du Nord, however I originally envisioned this item as summer wear, so cotton is pretty necessary. I have a winter version in my head too, but I want to do the summer version first.
I think once I pick the right yarn, the rest of the process should go smoothly, and I'll be rounding up some test knitters.
Around a year ago on this day..
- Shove it Mr Coffee! - 2007
July 31st, 2006 at 2:10 pm
Ugh–so frustrating re the computer. For the first time in my life (after the middle-of-the-month paycheck comes!!) I’ll be buying a new computer before the old one dies, but I have lost enough impt stuff to totally feel your pain on this one. Hopefully your successful swatching is cheering you up a bit!
August 1st, 2006 at 7:03 am
Hey Carla… bummer about the computer… have an astrological tidbit for you… mercury just went direct (after 3 weeks of a miserable retrograde) and will be in the shadow until around August 12-13… which means we will still be dealing with things mercury related… communications (which includes equipment such as computers, phones, etc.), travel (which includes vehicles) and contracts. My suggestion is to wait until after the shadow period before you trash your Mac… once Mercury is back on track and out of the shadow, you may be able to pull up the stuff you are worried about. My other suggestion is… keep things on disc.
- In case you are wondering, Mercury went retrograde around 7/4… and the shadow period was approximately 2 weeks before that date… this was an especially irritating retro…if it’s any consolation, it hit me hard too.
love you all
Nana
August 2nd, 2006 at 7:39 am
Can’t wait to see your design! Have fun computer shopping.