if you squint your eyes, you can almost see his face.

Love the scarf. I assume the bus is air conditioned.

Fibonacci?? Is that what you're talking about?? It involves MATH, which I never do, ever. Too scary!!

What a beautiful scarf! I love the pattern and color!

How did the weekend cleaning adecorating go?? I did absolutely nothing even though I had a lot of plans. In fact, it's 1:15pm here in the East and I am still in my pajamas. Don't tell anyone, okay??

Love your explanation of the DaVinci Code...that's sort of how I feel about it. :)

Your scarf is fantastic! I've never heard of Patons Rumor - I'll have to look for it. Sounds yummy.

Also, I wanted to let you know the books arrived Saturday (I have Mail Paranoia and am always afraid that the thing I sent, or am waiting for, will be lost in some kind of vortex - but fear not, your package did not fall into the vortex!). Thank you!

Yeah I think it may be Fibonacci, I saw a big episode about it on Knitty Gritty.

Jules, glad you got them! As usual, I was late to the post office but I am glad they did arrive :)

Liz -- My weekend of home improvement was awesome and EXHAUSTING. I have to recover before I can post pictures about it!!!

Somebody looks like he is really happy to see you.

Love the striping (or stripping).

Somebody help, I'm stuck with knitter's (and life) block!

Holy Cow! It actually happened, the zukes did away with a human to take their rightful place in society? We'll have to be careful from now on, they might try to ban deep fried veggies!

Kinda sorta squinting my eyes - cute white guy in tie. Yummy. I miss working in an office!!

Uh-oh.... your assistant transferred without filling out the proper paperwork! Awesome scarf, though. I wish I could knit during my commute, but it's hard to knit and drive at the same time. *siiiiigh*

Lovely scarf! If you put an extra skinny rib near the edge it will roll even less -- do a k1, p1 before and after the p2, for example. Not that you asked.

Is it hot there? It's quite cool here, for August, anyway, only about 70 today. Now and then a New England August sizzle fizzles halfway through or so, and we get an early start on autumn. Since our house doesn't have air conditioning, I don't actually mind.

The other day in Michaels I came across a new Bernat Alpaca.. yum! http://hookedonstring.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/bernat-alpaca/ If you like Rumor, you should definitely check this out.. the colors are a little limited, but it's SOOOO soft. And if definitely sheds, but I heard that stops after it's knit and blocked.

Rumor is a great yarn for anything you want to machine wash--I made a blankie for my cat Fred out of the red/black colorway and he adores it...I can tell by the way he lovingly kneads it every night, sleeps on it even in the summer. Washes and dries very nicely with no shrinkage, but those long white alpaca hairs can be tiresome.

Pretty scarf.

Math always = blah, blah, blah.

Co-worker looks like he might be handsome. Can't really tell though.

Was it just me, or was that picture rather erotic? Just me? OK. I'm jealous. I work in an office of overweight, rumbled, sixty year old men. Sigh...............

The scarf is lovely too!

Cannibalization in the office?!! Definately a write-up offense.

Beth, I rather liked the pic, too! ;)

And the scarf, very pretty scarf!

That zucchini is even bigger than I thought. Whoa.

Mostly I just wanted to let you know that, thanks to you, I have informed my husband which photos he should use in any "missing" posters or obituaries. And thank goodness we have now discussed it because the pictures he would have used otherwise were NOT good.

amazing how cute that zuchinni looks in a tie....

I'm going to have to try that pattern! I'm a beginning (very beginning) knitter and need to practice so that I can get my tension right and get in the knitting groove (I'm a crocheter mostly, so this two stick thing is sometimes difficult for me). But I do like that subtle ribbing. And I know those stitches! :)

You mathed your stripe pattern?

Awe.

Excuse me - is he HOT?! Because LOOKS HOT!! (The co-worker, not the zuc, so much). Sometimes I miss the formality of DownTown. White Guys In Ties INDEED!!

Oh My, Co-Worker is HOT!

Any cute guys, ties or not... oh the lack of cute menz here! You know I'm bad off, 'cause the Gadzuke is starting to look date-worthy...

Love the scarf!! Important question: Does Rumors shed after it's been washed? 'Cause my second son needs a washable scarf, and this is looking good to me...

I'm dying to know what happened on the 101 this morning because I get on at Sunset and it was clear sailing as far as the eye could see. However, the northbound lane was backed up for miles. I made it to work in 12 minutes--12!!! Un-freakin'-believable. Sorry you got stuck, but yeah for having something to do.

wow. your office is so fancy pants. even your zucchinis are better dressed than we are around here. (we have a guy here who wears athletic shorts with old t-shirts and flip flops. eww)

Are you suggesting that written inside the weaves of this scarf are the answers to all the questions of the universe? And this was accomplished on the 101 Freeway on a city bus?

I love love love that yarn. I love that Spanish Heather colourway best. I've made two scarves out of it, and love both of them. If I won the lottery, I would make a hugemongous afghan of it.

I am not a knitter, but I love your blog. So fun to read and always makes me smile. Your coworker is a brave fellow to hold such a ginormous zuchini—obviously secure with his manhood (or at least he is today!).

Is it just me or is your co-worker a cutie patootie???

Hiya Laurie:

Happy Monday! I have a request: would you post progress on Evan when you can? I hope everything goes well for him (think I need to buy some yarn now from Supercrafty...hmmm!)

gracias muchacha!

Yummy, cute guy is crisp white shirt with tan! Nice hands too...

Purty scarf. This will be a great pattern to follow (esp. w/ Lucia's suggestion about the skinny ribs on the sides) now that I've decided to break my "As God is my witness, I will knit anything but scarves" vow.

forget the crisp white shirt and tie - maybe this is a man who enjoys his veggies! and maybe even cooks!!

Don't get me wrong - "Women go crazy for a sharp dressed man..." But women ALSO go crazy for a man who knows his way around a kitchen, or garden.

I swear - I was completely WOOED by my ex with his mad gardening skills. He would pick zucchini (and summer squash and peppers) fresh from his garden, then stir fry it over rice/pasta for me.
I'm not a fan of zucchini, but I ate every bite and was hooked. Darn zucchini - tricked me again!

cowabonga, dude! That Zuke is big enough to be named Zeke and the Zeke holder?? Sizzling - even with a blurry face!

I'm with Nette - hard to knit on the commute when driving. I content myself with audio books so I can use my reading time at home for knitting :)

Laurie Ann: A man was killed this morning in a traffic accident on the southbound 101 Freeway in the Cahuenga Pass, authorities said. The man died at the scene of the crash, which occurred about 6:30 a.m. north of Mulholland Drive

Your blog is enough to make me want to take up knitting again. Even down here in Savannah where it's been around 100° for weeks. Lovely scarf.

Striping yarn has always been magic to me :) Lovely scarves!

Eeek! Scary Pixelated Co-Worker! Teehee, nice of you to protect the innocent.
Seriously though, cute scarf! When I knit with shedding yarn, I feel like I should wear a suit of tape.

You gotta love a man holding a big zucchini.

Love the colors on your scarf!

I heard about your blog & just keep LOL. You rock GF : )

I think we as a society should dress up veggies more often. That zucchini looks smart in the tie.

Maybe- I should use math when I knit? Maybe that would solve the 'mystery' of.. do I have enough yarn or not? Nah, probably not.. since, I don't ever use the recommended yarn.. maybe I like to live on the edge... (ok, it's the EDGE OF DO I HAVE ENOUGH YARN TO KNIT THIS THING when the label only gives weight and not yardage.)

I'm sure that there's some way to figure out the yardage... when not given.. but, something like that sounds like it would involve involking the use of MATH..

Math is useful- but, *looking over my shoulder* I have a math phobia... and I use up all my math ability/interest just in daily life.

Sigh..I feel so much better confessing that outloud. Quickly snapping my tape measure back into it's case.

Pretty scarf! The men in my office are all either: a)rapidly approaching 60 b) overweight c) bald or going bald d)seriously deficient in social skills e) unable to put the toilet seat down in the unisex bathroom [eeewwww!!!] or f) all of the above.

Very jealous of your pixelated, apparently cute, hottie in a tie. With a waist. Very jealous indeed.

This just cracks me up *SupaTight Knitter™*

I tried a fibonacci striped scarf once--it didn't end well. Come to think of it, it didn't end at all, I think it's still on the needles in a ziplock bag somewhere, waiting for Tom Hanks to find it and set it free. I hope you fare better with yours!

Laurie, I took an entrelac knitting class last weekend. We were told to bring a size 6 needle. When I cast on and followed the directions the teacher gave, my piece was half the size of everyone else's. So, apparently I am a *SupaTight Knitter* also and did not ever realize it. LOL. Very simple cure, just as you said, use a larger needle :).

Oh and I LOVE the scarf. Patons Rumor..yum.

your scarf is very lovely
I think you need to plan a trip to cooler climes to wear it.
May I suggest Michigan??
(totally not self- serving at all)

Yeah!!
Lovely assistant holding the zuke for ya!
I know about getting inot the knitting groove....Went to a "Fiber Fest" in Michigan this past weekend......I'm all jacked up!!!!!!!!

Love the scarf. It is so pretty.

Looks like they are still trying to take over. Get out the frying pan.

Duuuuuuuuuude, he looks HAWT!!! And no wedding ring. HELLO! Hook it UP!

Seriously, you need to enter that zuke in a state or county fair. I bet you could get some sort of ribbon for that.

Are you going to tell your coworker about all the invisble peeps that are now lusting after his zucchini holding skillz? He is dressed nicely. They don't dress like that in Austin much, that's for sure.

Why do I think of your office as very much like the one in the dearly-departed Showtime series "Dead Like Me"?

All I can say is: "Dayuuuuum" (Southern for "Damn !"). What a hottie ! Now I feel all 'pixilated' too !

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/p/p0340300.html

Dish, girlfriend ! Oh, and make sure you tell him he has a fan club. Not that I'd travel all the way to Cali just to meet him. I'm just sayin'...

Cheers !
(and Dayuuuuum !!)

Love that yarn too! And in combination with my 3 kitties, I need more than a lint roller! Have knitted a couple scarves this summer with the Patons Rumor. Also working with the Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Superchunky---knits a wonderful scarf (if you can find it cheap). Happy knitting!

Someone STOLE the zuke? Sheesh!

Your Mondays are way more ambitious than Bossy's.

This is just why I love you. You start with your 'this is just a plain ole scarf' (though it it not, I like it very much) and you jolt us at the end with this office cutie heralding a large zuke! My mind is a warble, now!

Very nice! Pixel-Faced Man has lovely, big shoulders.

Looks like part of your SupaTight supaskills come from the twist in your stitches. This would come in very handy for the ribbing on socks.

My natural knitting style twists too. When I don't want to twist I have to make a supaconscious effort to wrap the other direction.

Love the scarf!! How many scarves do you own now? (just curious). I've been knitting through the summer, too - which is very odd for me! But, my friends continue to procreate and their babies need blankets, dammit!

Hey!! You're not the only one. I started knitting yesterday too... Maggie's, my chihuahua mutt, I restarted her soon to be sweater,which I'm suspicious that it will fit tight 'cause she keeps gaining weight!

Laurie, you get some of the strangest spam.

Is that a zuke that guy is holding or is he just happy to see me?
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