Looking back..

Wow, I was strolling through my old posts, looking for a colorway of yarn I had used, and realized just how much cool stuff is in my blog. Granted no one else really thinks it's 'cool', but it is such an amazing journal for my knitting.

So what better day to put up a new post than the last day of the year! :)

Currently I have a pair of Slippery Socks from Knitty on the needles in BMFA lightweight Grimm's Fairy Tale. One is finished and I'm going to cast on the second whenIt's a fun pattern, and I've finally learned to cable without a needle. It's relatively easy to do on the socks since they are really only 1x1 cables. Not sure how it would work on say.. 3x3 in a sweater, but it's a skill I'm glad to have. I'm trying to finish them up before heading back to school on Jan 19th. My next pair will be easier. I might even do another pair of monkeys. They are so easy and so wonderful!

Another thing that 'reminded' me of my blog was this:

Ah, clean hand knit socks! I wanted to share this with someone so I thought of you, dear blog! Not that I remotely imagine anyone reads you anymore, but there you are for posterity's sake!

And so it goes...

Classes are done. Managed to get an AB (WTF grade IS that? It's 90%) in my Excel class and a B in my Pathophysiology Class. Yay.

Summer school starts June 2nd. Boo. ;) I'm taking BioEthics so I'm sure there will be reading and, gag, papers. But for now knitting!

With various new babes in the family, hats are a must.



Nice blurry picture of one such hat. I had fun making the Pom Pom though!


Another of the same pattern in a different yarn, sans pom pom.

I added a crochet edging in an attempt to make it larger. Stopped knitting it a bit short. Funny about the color variation in each picture. The bottom shot is more true.

I managed to get a pair of socks done as well. This is from the Rockin Socks Club last year. The Yarn Harlot designed the pattern.



Love the colorway.

I knit V a sweater and am knitting the same pattern for my older girl in a variety of blues.



This is a clever knit, the Pinwheel Sweater. Easy to do, but interesting enough to keep you awake!



I have two projects that are actively being knit. I think I have a total of 5 on the needles. Anyway, both girls are getting one of these Twirly Skirts. This is A's colorway, figured I should do the skirt before her sweater considering it's May!



It will be finished off with a row that is a denim-like blue. Should be very cute. The younger's will be done in a different color story, and will be FASTER since her's is a size 6 not a size 10!

And what's life without a sock or two..on the needles? I had this Hickory colorway marinating in my stash for a bit. It's from ArtsyGal. As soon as I saw the colors I knew what it had to be. Nutkin. Easy to memorize and fun to knit pattern. Score!



These will be perfect for Fall..even though it should be AGES away!!!

Hope you are enjoying the warming trend and you are getting tons done. :)

A good read..

I'll get to the knitting in the next post, I still need to take photos and the weather/light is NOT cooperating. But this post will be about books. I don't read, rather I listen so I can knit or clean house while enjoying a book. I'm a HUGE Audible and good ole' public library fan. If I find a book I want to 'read', I check my library first and if they don't have it, I purchase it on Audible. If you haven't downloaded a free book from Audible yet, please do so! Tons of podcasts have a link, plus I think you can log onto Audible and get one that way.

Here's a few of the recent books I've "read":

Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer: Yes I succumbed to the pretty mind candy. It was fun to listen to. I listened to them back to back, so I wasn't forced to wait from one to the next. I'm not sure I recommend listening to/reading them this way. I was burnt out on teenaged angst by the end of the 3rd book, so it ended up being a bit of a haul to get through the last. Beware though, you end up a bit addicted to them and might show signs of Edward withdrawals! This happened to me and at least 2 of my other friends. Just a warning. ;)





Duma Key by Stephen King: I grew up with King. I read Night Shift when I was in 6th grade, from then on I was hooked. I continued to eat his books as they came out, but finally stopped around TommyKnockers. I hated that book and am still convinced that Tabitha really wrote it. :P BUT anyway, on a whim I decided to get a King book from Audible and came across Duma Key. I am so glad I did! It's an amazing book. It makes me want to start reading his books from here backwards until I find out where his writing was bad. ;)

Duma Key is not a jump out and scare you type of book. It's more tension and suspense being built gradually with some good writing thrown in to boot. I highly recommend this book.



The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage: This is an amazing book. I really enjoyed listening to it. The information on their relationship is in depth and very captivating.Learning about Lincoln as a man shed so much light on Lincoln the Politician. I do think there is a lot of history in it and that I may have been more bogged down reading it rather than listening to it.







Drood by Dan Simmons I adore books that are a play on something else. Doesn't make sense? Well this book is about Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins during the last few years of Dicken's life when he was writing The Mysterious Edwin Drood. Is Drood real or not? Awesome, such a great twist and original idea.



Devil in the White City by Erik Larson Wow. This is an amazing story, that isn't a 'story' but rather a non-fiction rollercoaster ride. I am an avid serial killer freak. :) I love watching things on the Discovery Channel and the like. Plus I am enamored with the World's Fairs, the grandeur and just immensity of them! What I wouldn't do to have seen one. The story about exactly what it took to make one happen was like candy to me and then mix in one of the all-time freak serial killers too!! And it's all TRUE! I'm feeling faint. ;)


As you can see my reading is a bit eclectic. I'll put up a few more of the things I've read in another post. I'd love to see what's on your shelf!

Sometimes you just have to..

And so I did..I took the test and will now torture you with the results.. Oh and I do still knit, I just apparently suck at blogging!