rosey heather.

life has continued even though i have not blogged all too often. i apologize to all the one person who reads this for not posting too often, but she understands that i'm a busy little worker bee (that was for spring).

spring. how beautiful. all the ice and snow melted (except for in parking lots where the snow is piled six feet high). the song birds are finally carrying a tune along the chilly breeze and the air is warming up just enough to allow me and several others to leave our jackets in the car. i am looking forward to spring and summer. to relax. to sit outside and read and knit. to romp through the woods with friends and pretend to have picnics amongst the trees and dirt.

spring is also bring about my internal writer. my desire and love for writing seems to be coming full swing lately. i have put down the needles several times just so i can write or read. i just finished reading "the things they carried" by o'brien. a wonderful story about the vietnam war. i was so enthralled, drink tea and reading, that i lost track of the hour. funny how that happens.

i feel lighter, in a better mood, than what i've been in for weeks. i do believe, whole heartedly now, that the weather affects my moods. for the past handful of days, the weather has been warmer than usual and the sun has broken through the clouds to warm the ground. i am so very pleased, i finally feel as though i'm out of this mini-rut i've been in. the weight of the world is not longer resting upon just my shoulders. i no longer feel as though i'm carrying a burden. classes and work have finally fallen into place. and i am overjoyed.

life in general has been excellent. the boy and i might go out to ice skate this weekend or just spend some time together. i am receiving a couple more potential orders for knit items. my fiber arts club is finally taking off and we will finally have our first meeting soon (though some have possibly given me attitude through email correspondence about meeting times). things are falling into place this week. and i cannot be happier.

though i miss several people and wish them to just come home. actually i only wish one to just come back home. i want her back her so i can bother her by stopping by her house before her family comes home instead of staying up until eleven at night to talk to her on aim. which is not the best option when most of my days start with eight am classes. i miss her terribly so and wishes she were here.

i wish i saw more people more often that i really, truly love. i miss my friends dearly and have yet to make any tight bonds with those at school. but, summer will becoming and that leaves only time to hang out with them.

prom is also coming (for the boy is a senior in high school). in may. perfect timing. the week after i final exams and the weekend before summer one courses begin. after mother's day and our anniversary. joy! elation! this year the boy's mother and i will be making the dress (the boy and i have gone to several of these so its finally time i just make the freaking dress). after prom, we will be spending the weekend on the beach and boardwalk. for this, i am more the excited!

in knitting news, i am currently working on my mother's gift which will no longer be for mother's day but her birthday (which is in august so it gives me all summer) and the dollar and a half cardigan from interweave knits in dark rose heather (wool-ease worsted weight). pictures will come shortly. though, feel free to go to interweave knits and search for the dollar and a half cardigan. i am super excited. it is working up a little faster than anticipated though i've only knit about six inches of the back.

life is good and one cannot complain too much.

it could always be worse.

ice days

hello again!

i know, it has been a bit. i've been crazy for the past week or two. lots of things have been going on and updating my blog did not seem so important. but now, things have calmed down (thank the good lord) and i have a little extra time to update.

first (since this is the first picture here) i've decided that i will be making my mother a blanket (which she always said she wanted from me) for mother's day. it will be 11 by 11" blocks of red, pink and gray. i will knit five blocks together and then knit five of these rows, sewing them together at the end. i will also put a 2" garter stitch border in (probably) gray. here is what i have so far:

moving on. valentine's day. yes, in the area where i reside, there was a horrible snow storm on tuesday. the snow storm really wasn't that bad until wednesday when everything (and i do mean everything) turned to ice. so, needless to say, the boyfriend and i decided not to go out. but he did come over and surprised me with six roses (which is divisible by three and i love the number three), a teddy bear, chocolate, balloon and an andy kaufman dvd.

for the boy, i knit him an ipod holder:


and a pair of socks. they were crazy fast because i knit them on us11 needles with chunky yarn. but, i over estimated how big his feet were and they were several sizes too big! we laughed, they looked like clown slippers! but i pulled them back and here they are:


now, they attempted to be socks but they look more like bed slippers. so they shall be slippers. him and i are going out today to eat and maybe go to the bookstore and get some tea then back to his house. he will receive the slippers today and i hope they fit well.

before i move on, here is the teddy bear that he gave me with a balloon chocking him around the neck when i first met him:


please don't mind the crazy patterns behind him. i ran out of good, clean sheets.

at my college, i've decided to start my own fiber art's club. last night, i sat down at my computer and typed for three hours to make a preliminary constitution. i'm hoping to have a meeting soon to go over the constitution and start moving forward with the club. i will keep you updated as to what happens with the club.

i finally finished a book for fun! i didn't realize until a couple weeks into my first semester that it is so difficult to get reading time in. but i started reading knitting rules! by the yarn harlot. it was really great. great information, funny and entertaining all the way around. i suggest it to any one, beginner or experienced knitter, its great to have in your library.

i found a great pattern and some pretty cheap yarn (on sale at a local yarn shop) and am going to pick up the yarn and eventually knit my boyfriend this sweater. i figure it'll be a random gift at a random holiday. i doubt i will even start to cast on until i finish my mother's day gift. but i have this great pattern and idea! i'm very excited.

right now i have purple/pink wool/cotton blend socks on the sticks, my mother's day gift and soon plan to cast on for a little shrug.

i know, i'm just rambling and moving from topic to topic so fast. i'm sorry. i'm just so scatterbrained right now.

oh, for anyone interested, there is this great podcast on itunes that i just found (though its been around for almost two years) but its called cast on. podcasts are free and i suggest everyone to download itunes (its free!) and search through the free podcasts and download your favorites! but cast on is a great podcast and i suggest it to all knitters.

okay. i think this is my time. i have to start to dust and vacuum today before i run out with the boyfriend. or, if my brother doesn't wake up before 11:30am, then i'll have to vacuum and dust (not in that order) when i come home.

oh, i hear him! he's up! i guess i should start cleaning up, call the boy and start getting ready for a day out on the town. yay!

sorry this is so scattered. i'll try to work on it next time.

have a wonder day lovelies!

EDIT: (10:09pm 2.18.07) i just wanted to inform about today's events since after i posted this early in the morning. after i vacuumed and cleaned the house and other such chores, i started to primp for the day out with the boy. we went to friday's and barnes and nobles and we were out until about 3pm (he picked me up around noon). afterwards, we went back to his house, played around on his computer and watched four (yes four) forty-minute episodes of LOST (i am currently a season behind). his mother is italian and made some really great food! overall it was a wonderful day. but the real reason i wanted to edit this was to inform that the boy (along with his twin siblings, mother and father who went on to tell me stories about such slippers) loves the slippers and they fit him pretty well and they are comfortable! he loves them!! and i'm so happy about that! so happy! that's all. thank you.

leg dreamers.

its late, i know. but i finished my leg warmers yesterday before i headed out with the boy to a party around the corner. i was so excited. its been two months in the making! my laziness has held them off far too long. i'm so happy to have them with this really cold weather.

though, it is great that i didn't have to create or sew a seam for this, it was the biggest pain to knit this in round (double-pointed needles, size US 11).

here are some pictures of the finished product (with some socks i did not knit and my school books with shoes):

and again, with different leg posture:

hope you enjoyed. hopefully, more pictures on the way!

good evening.

winter less than wonder.

hello all! how has everyone been? i know, it's been a while. i've been knitting like there is no tomorrow and have had to catch up on some homework so i've been unable to update (though a few have been bugging me to).

right now, winter is being less than a wonder as it has been to me in the past. no sun, just clouds. except at night. the boy and i went star gazing after a basketball game one time. it was beautiful. no clouds whatsoever. just beautiful. but otherwise, its been really not fun. i don't know what it is, but i've just been really down and when i'm in these moods (which i blame the weather) very few things make me happy.

my best friend called me the other day and we talked for about an hour. it was so good to hear from here and i loved talking to her. she really made me smile that day.

my boy has talked to me and taken me out a bit more lately. and its very nice. he makes me feel happy, he takes my mind of all the things that might be going wrong.

my knitting. i've been selling a lot lately so i've been knitting a lot to keep up with demand. knitting relaxes me so much and takes my mind off everything. and i love it!

as i said, i've been selling a lot lately, but first i should show you the final outcome of the sweater i had been working on for the boyfriend. it took me exactly a week (mind you i was still on winter break at the time so i had a lot of time on my hands). it was possibly the fastest thing i've ever knit. it was my first sweater, so it holds a big place in my heart (i told the boyfriend that if we break up, i want the sweater back). its chunky (knit in lion brand wool-ease wheat), thick and very warm. it was almost to difficult too part with! the boy was so kind and said that if i wanted to, i could keep the sweater for myself and knit him a new one later (with me buying the yarn 'cause he bought $40 of yarn for this sweater). but i think it turned out well. i'll have to get a picture of him in it:



pretty cool, huh? like i was saying before (for the second time) i've been selling a lot of knit stuff recently. i have sold two head bands and am currently knitting two more for others and a pair of fingerless mitts. in total, i will have made $80 by the time i finish knitting these things. yay for me!

here are one of the head things i've sold as it's being worked on:

and some extra yarn that i'm playing around with on one of the sunny days. i planning on making a little shrug using the wool-ease in rosebud i believe it is.

currently, i've decided to knit the leg warmers that i've put on hold for over two months! its getting too cold and i need thicker leg warmers to wear under my pants. i'm really excited about these so much! i'm hoping to finish them by tomorrow. i only have five or so inches left and i can get them done within the next day. after that i have several projects in the making (two caliometries, two pairs of fingerless mitts and a wraparound jacket that i will also be working on my second harringbone glove).

i just want to knit all the time! that's all i want to do now. though, i've picked up reading again. of course, it's a knitting book called "knitting rules!" and i've picked up writing a bit. in english 102 (english literature) we've been reading a lot (duh!) and i've been reading some really fascinating things and it makes me want to write more.

oh well. the boys on the phone talking about some stupid show (what can you do with tv?). so i guess i will depart.

good evening.