Monday, January 19, 2009

Knit Spot Knits

Finally the yellow sweater



The yellow sweater. Finally I know.

The sweater turned out really nice but super warm I mean warn enough to wear on a really cold day. In a blizzard with wind chill.
The color is so pretty and rich. A buttery yellow.
I changed the pattern a bit. I added the seed stitch border at the bottom to keep it from curling.
The picot crocheted stitch on the sleeves also add a nice touch.
The buttons were some I found while cleaning out Grandma Gray's house. They were the replacement buttons for something she no longer had in her closet.
I had chosen wooden buttons to go on the sweater before I saw these on the sweater.
So, all in all a nice sweater for cold days and good memories.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Viruses for the holidays

Viruses struck me over the holidays. I got sick and so did my computer!

I used to think that virus software would keep you from getting a trojan. That thought went to the wayside along with the theory that Airbourne would keep me from getting sick. Neither proved true.

I got a terrible virus before Thanskgiving and didn't get better until almost Christmas.

The computer virus struck right before Christmas and it took days to make it go away.

I have always used Norton AntiVirus and did the live updates. So when I found that I had a virus (not from Norton but a freebie SpyBot.) When I contacted Norton, they were willing to make the virus go away, for $100.00!

Instead, I went to www.bleepingcomputers.com and downloaded instructions on how to clean it off the computer. I used Malwarebytes malware remover.

This was the only combination of software that removed the trojan. Others said they could but their claims were false.

So now I am back and more posts are on their way.

I finished the green sweater and some Christmas presents.

In my rush to get everything done and wrapped, I didn't take pictures of some items like Miranda's convertible mittens, so cute. Megan's purple hat...looked great on her and perfect color match for her snowboard outfit.

So look for the photos...I just need to get them off my camera.
Challenges. I can't find my battery charger and I can't get the pictures off without it working.

Challenges.