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.
1 comment:
It sure has been an interesting winter. We hit 61 yesterday should have opened the windows to let in some fresh air!
Glad to hear you finished up your clover hat can't wait to see it. I'm hoping for the best for your classes and that you get some youths to sign up for the class. :)
It's a shame the bead store is closed you can also check the bead section at JoAnn's, Michael's and Hobby Lobby that's where Mom gets all of her seed beads.
Linhart and I have been playing Darkspore need to lax up on the game time though so I can get some knitting done.
Hope to talk to you soon! *hugs*
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