Ta-daaa!

And there she is, blocked (washed and stretched), dried and ready to wear.  I can't wear it as the stole that it was supposed to be, I'm just too plus size I guess.  But then too, I'm not comfortable wearing stoles.  So I scarf her up and tie her around my neck and basically abuse her.  But she's a bit of sunshine in an extremely rainy winter.

New Start

Well, what do you know. I'm back, hopefully for just a short time actually. I'd like to be working again soon. But it is what it is.

In the meantime, I'm going to spend some time catching up on the projects that I didn't quite get finished last time, and hopefully, start and finish some new ones. The room in the last post is on hold. We've pulled up the carpet, and I think we've decided to replace the sub-floor before we put down new carpet. It smells in there. And I'm afraid that if I put new carpet on top of the sub-floor, it's still going to smell. The problem is, I can't replace the sub-floor myself. It's one of the jobs that I would actually need to hire out. But other than that, I can't wait to move forward on it. I love my new light switch plates, and I'm anxious to see how it all ends up looking.

I've been working on a Christmas present the past couple of days. I'm using a Debbie Bliss Soho Variegated yarn that I bought when I was a fresh knitter, oh three years ago. The yarn is a single ply, thick & thin wool yarn that will probably felt if it just sees water. But I am just loving the fabric that the yarn is producing. It's soft and stretchy and bumpy and full of color. When I purchased the yarn, I felt for sure I was buying more than enough to do any project - larger than a scarf. Silly me. I didn't know to check yardage back then. And, I thought the colors were cheery and happy, only to find out that personally, I prefer the near-solids of a kettle-dyed yarn instead of a true variegation. So the yarn has been languishing in the stash, just waiting for the right project. Languish no longer!

In the works....

The first coat of Gadzooks - obviously I needed a second coat. But it does kinda have that "aged" look to it....


The Paint Colors:
I can't decide if these are showing true on the monitor or not, but regardless.... Gadzooks is on the short far wall of the room. Mango Twist is on the long wall and the wall with the doors. DH keeps calling Mango Twist "Cremesicle" so I guess that's closer than the "Flesh" color it looks like in the photo.

Before:


And yes, that ghastly color was there... the Green Carpet reflected back on the supposedly "white" walls. I keep telling DH that I don't want any more white walls, unless they are on a vintage car!

After:


Much warmer and it feels wider and shorter, more in a real size, even tho it is still 8' x 35'. Egads! A bowling alley! Not wide enough for even a real sofa to go across the room. Thank goodness that's not in the plans.

What is in the plans, is to pull colors from this piece of paper to use as accents in the room - make it feel fun and fresh. (Again, not showing up well on my photo!) I like the acid green and the teal/turquoise blue and add in some haute pink - the chocolate brown is well represented already by the original siding of the house. And there's plans for a neutral color on the floor and ceiling. But don't tell DH. He'd freak I'm afraid! There won't be much of any of them, but just enough to add some life to the room.

Next in this room is to pull the carpet and see if I have to replace the sub-floor or not. If not, I'll be ordering a neutral colored carpet and get that installed ASAP. Hopefully I'll find out this weekend. Otherwise, it's off to the hardware/lumberyard. Joy is mine!