It's was 53 F out yesterday, wake up this morning and there is snow. Huh, welcome to Indiana.
I have today off from work and am taking epic advantage of it to knit.
I woke up at 4:30 this morn, I went to bed super early as I haven't been feeling well lately. First thing I did was to finish up that clover hat I had been working on. The hat is now drying on my kitchen table and later I will take some photo's to update the project page over in Ravelry. Whew, that's effectively off my plate.
Now I can work on other knitting things! Like the samples for work I need to get done ASAP!
I have cast on the simple scarf. You can see its basic stats on my project page, labeled: Class Sample, Warm and simple scarf. I'm hoping to attract some teenagers for this class by using colors that seemed to fit the upcoming color trends for 2012. Hope I picked right. It's going amazingly fast... well was. I stopped knitting to make a blog post. The yarn is omg, Red Heart Super Saver. yes, I said red heart. Seriously though, this yarn is fine. I also feel it is PERFECT for a beginning teenage knitter. Very cost effective and machine washable if one so dares. The scarf is turning out pretty squishy too.
Next I believe I need to make a slipper sock for another class sample. That's going to be done is some um, let me think..., Lion brand tweed stripes? I think. I'll find out when I get to it here in a couple days probably.
Other non-work related knitting I want to do: knit an ear-flap hat for my husband and a new scarf for him. I also want to do a longer term knitting project such as a shawl. I just can't decided what one. I was going to do a lace weight with beads till I found out that the local bead store closed. :( so instead I'm looking to do a fingering weight shawl.
The reason for all these fresh projects? well I didn't know about the work samples till just recently, but I want all this stuff to qualify for Nerd Wars!!! Go Team 1up! I just have to figure out how they fit the monthly categories. Ug.
My sewing/fiber room is pretty well moved into and set up. Now to just get in there and sew. I even bought some more fabric. So projects are lining up! (for a new shop and personal, whew)
I have also started casually playing WoW again, but on a fresh character and new server. Though my crafts are getting preferential treatment over gaming. Hah! I know what I like and I'm keeping it balanced. This doesn't mean I don't enjoy the game, I just know that if I'm attached to the stupid pc for that long I become a VERY cranky girl and my world goes wonky.
I heard from an old friend yesterday, it wasn't much, but it surprised me. They managed to forget to show up to my Commencement and the party that followed, since I was constantly feeling like an after thought in their life, that was the straw that broke the camels back. I put the friendship into hibernation. It's an interesting thing for me to reflect on and muse about over my coffee and knitting. I know I am no longer upset over it, but I have no desire to go out on a limb.
Back to knitting.
