Fics, Knits, and Blasted Alarms

[anogete]

I finished and polished up my Jarlaxle/Catti-brie fanfiction. It can be found here, among other places. Although, I don't think anyone on my flist is a Jarlaxle fan. You all would love him. He's oh-so-devious, a non-conformist, a total dandy with self-serving intentions, and a great deal of fun.

Last week I said I was going to knit a Harry Potter house sweater like the dork that I know I am. Here is what I have thus far:



This is actually the back portion of the sweater. The bottom two inches are 1x1 ribbing. The silver and green stripes are settled just above that, and the remainder of the back will be in the solid dark grey. The front will have the stripes, as well as the cuffs of the sleeves. I'm not rushing this one -- just taking my time with it and enjoying the knitting itself. Maybe I'll get it done in time for fall.

Jason had a mishp with the burgler alarm in our apartment last night. The motion sensor (which picks up a limited area around the door) caught him creeping through the kitchen for a drink of water at 3:30am. It went off, which woke me up. He was able to silence it, but neglected to actually disarm it. A few seconds later, the real alarm went off, waking the neighbors, I'm sure. He finally disarmed it, but had to drag my ass out of bed to call the alarm company and confess to him being a total idiot. I certainly didn't want the police banging on my door at 4:00am, asking if I'm okay. Suffice it to say, I was grouchy all day because of my interrupted sleep last night.

Comments

[neriah.livejournal.com]

That looks like great start. Wanna hear my fun adventure. Tom's sisters were in for the weekend. We went on a paddleboat ride Saturday. I went to use the women's restroom. It is a single entity. The door wasn't locked. Someone was in there. The whole right side of the boat on the main floor got a show when the woman was flapping like a chicken with her pants at her ankles.

[anogete.livejournal.com]

Wow... At least you weren't the one who was doing the flapping. How embarassing would that be? And you can't escape after the incident because you're trapped on a boat.

[bookofmoonrevel.livejournal.com]

Hahah, that's so funny, because that's about how far along I am on my Slytherin sweater from the Magical Knits book! I decided to make mine with a much lighter weight and finer wool yarn than called for in the book, so at this rate it ought to be done by the time it's cold enough to wear it. It did give me a good excuse to buy an addi Turbo size 3 circular needle, though, muahaha.

[anogete.livejournal.com]

Good luck with your sweater! I had to fiddle around with the stitches because my gauge was way off. I'm using regular old worsted weight, and the yarn in the pattern is lighter than the usual worsted. I did a swatch to check my gauge and it was waaaay off. I *think* this thing will fit me when it is done. I don't want to swim in the sweater because my gauge was a full inch too large per 20 stitches.