Day 2

I did a lot on the Second Day.  I visited the Central Market, full of local wares and handicrafts and Petaling Market, with knock offs of every name brand you can think of.  I didn’t buy a thing

I went to Batu Caves

and climbed all 272 steps to the top

Once inside you go through the cave where you come out in this opening, very cool

The view on the way back out

I saw the Petronas Towers

Went to the top of the Menara Tower

I also walked all 6 floors of this huge mall and didn’t buy a thing

On the third day I worked in the morning, but in the afternoon I went back to the markets and shopped

and I’ve done some knitting

I’m leaving on a Jet Plane…

Yep I’m off again.  Thursday at 6 am my flight leaves for Kuala Lumpur.  I’ll be there for about a week for work.  I’m hoping I’ll have plenty of time for sight seeing and picture taking too, so expect new pictures.

In other news I’ve had some time to knit, but it’s that time of year again – super secret Christmas knitting, so no pictures, except sneaky ones.

Where did my mojo go?

Chunky Monkey Scarf

I think I might be the only person in the world not watching the Olympics. I know I know, but I’m not.

Ok I need my knitting mojo back please, have any of you seen it?  According to Ravelry I have 12 Wips

1. Dollar and a Half Cardigan
2. Lace Tank
3. Gossamer Stars Scarf
   
4. Hemlock Ring Blanket
5. Melon Pattern Scarf
6. Juno Regina
7. Hemlock Ring Blanket
8. Prarie Boots
9. Chunk Monkey Scarf
10. Off Shoulder Tank
11. YOu don’t know our women hat
12. Knotty Gloves

Yeah, I don’t want to work on any of those.   I’d work on the Chunky Monkey Scarf but I’m waiting for more yarn.  I think maybe if I could find a pattern with cables?  I don’t know.

What’s wrong with this picture?

I have to say I’ve been going to the gym regularly for the last month, except for the gap last week caused by the blisters and I haven’t lost a fricking pound!  Although I did notice this morning when I was riding my bike to the coffee shop that it felt less like I was gonna die

I saw The Happening this weekend, M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie, and just to add to the creepiness I was the ONLY person in the theater!  I really thought they should have come out and handed me a giant remote so I could turn the temperature up and pause it when I had to run to the Ladies room.  No such thing happened though. I did love the movie!

But something even scarier happened yesterday, I layed out my Dollar and a Half cardi to measure and noticed something. Do you see it?

The bottom 3 sets of cables seem to have more space, like and extra 2 rows in them.  Now I know I’ve been following the same pattern. Did my guage tighten?  Later when I get home and find the patience I’ll actually count rows.  grrrrr!

WiPs

Well I gave up today and marked everything in my bloglines account read. So what have I been doing since I haven’t been blogging or reading blogs? Well, let’s see, going to the gym, I joined about a month ago, knitting, working too much, playing a new video game, going to the farmer’s market and just enjoying the nice weather. Some how I’ve got to find a balance, I’m getting better. But not great cuz I took these pictures for a WiP it Wednesday post and well it’s Thursday night as I write this. hmmmmm

First up the Gossamer Stars Scarf from the new Interweave Knits. I’ve had this Handmaiden lace silk since last April. It looks beautiful in this pattern. I did go down a needle size so it will be slightly smaller.

The Off The Shoulder Tank from Vogue Knitting, I’m using Berroco cotton Twist that I’ve had in my stash for years. It’s gonna be a bit heavy but I think it will be ok.

Last up, the Dollar and a Half Cardigan, modified. This is the back. I wont be doing any vertical stripes, they are not flattering. I love the lace pattern so I just did some calculations and added cables to the back.