The Magic Yarn Ball

Unemployed complaining

2012-02-10T13:04:00.000-08:00

Still no job. Now it's only been a little over a month since I've been able to legal work, but the fact that I still don't have a job is really bumming me out. Not only is it bumming me out, it's also really grating on my nerves and stressing me out all at the same time. Oh sure, not having a job isn't so bad when technically you have a roof over your head, internet to get your school work done,

Giving it the ol' College try

2012-02-01T12:42:00.000-08:00

On Jan 11th, 2012 I had an interview with immigration and am now a Permanent Resident of the United States. I am a German citizen, so until now a lot of things were denied me, mostly higher education and of course a job. So on the 11th I was told that my application for permanent residency would be approved (I now have a spiffeh looking green card too. =D ), on the 16th I looked into going back

Someone make this!

2012-01-18T23:01:00.000-08:00

That's usually what I think when I have a design idea pop into my head and I think to myself "oh that would be cute!" but I have no idea how I'll knit it up, or even how well it will look once finished. I wish I could just draw the general idea of a pattern up for someone that said someone would then be able to knit it up and write up the pattern and I can just stick my name on it and call it a

I suck at this blanket thing

2012-01-02T14:39:00.000-08:00

So I thought if I got started on Cierra's baby blanket as soon as she told me she was pregnant, I would have all the time I need to get a blanket done. After all, at nine blocks total I could make one block every month and be done with it. Yeah...that so totally didn't happen. Leah is going to be here in a month (give or take) and I've only completely 4 blocks. Maybe I can give the blanket to the

Of 2011 and New Years Resolutions

2012-01-02T11:31:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year everyone! 2011 was, for the most part, a good year. I managed to find a little bit of work, met some great new people from following a local cover band around, lost pounds and inches that I've been battling with for years, and my paperwork was finally set in motion and for the most part approved. For those of you who don't know, I'm a German citizen, and we recently put in my

[Insert catchy title]

2011-11-08T00:38:00.000-08:00

I'd give you guys a catchy title, but I don't have one. I've been sick with the same damn cold for about a month now. Although since it's only coughing and the occasional stuffed up nose, I'm more inclined to think that alien babies are breeding in my lungs. Either that or it's TB and I'll die any day now.....alien babies sound like a better option at this point. I'll be starting up running

Washington, a spinners limbo

2011-10-25T17:20:00.000-07:00

I obviously live in the wrong state when it comes to spinning. As advised by other spinners I called around to yarn shops to see if any of them carried spinning wheels. Only a few of them did. So I picked the closest one (still an hour and a half car ride), and went to try some out. There were only three that were up my ally because they're small and compact or fold up. Now of course I'm waffling

I'm doing it for the baby!

2011-10-02T20:39:00.000-07:00

My best friend managed to get herself knocked up by a complete knobhead. I don't mind her boyfriend as a person, I do however mind him as her boyfriend; if that makes sense at all. And while my initial reaction was a mix of "Yay you're having a baby!" and "Oh god, you're having a baby..." I figured I would knit for the little bugger anyways, no matter what her ultimate decision would be (there

On my way to 5k (running that is)

2011-09-08T22:07:00.000-07:00

I've taken up jogging. Now this wouldn't seem strange to most people. Some might even give me the thumbs up and say "Good for you! Jogging is good exercise!" But those people weren't my friends in high school, or in my gym class. I hate running...or jogging. With a passion. Unless something is chasing me, I don't run. And even then I'd find a blunt object to defend myself with first before I

I love/hate roving

2011-09-03T20:31:00.000-07:00

Since I started spinning I've come across a whole new world filled with gadgets, and tools, and fiber, and people, and squishyness. I've also come across a new love/hate relationship. This time with roving...the stuff you spin into yarn. So far (I've only been doing this for a year, so don't quote me) I've established that there are two kinds of roving; batts and roving/top. Basically with one

Summer update

2011-08-24T22:59:00.001-07:00

It'll have to be the readers digest version of an update though. There is too much to cover other wise. After the family left on Thursday I spent the day laying around doing not much of anything. But it was nice to not have to check with the family if anyone needed the bathroom before taking a shower, and that I could simply walk from one end of the house to the other in my undies when I was

Oh Sunday...

2011-07-24T23:22:00.000-07:00

That is all I could think of tonight as I curled up on the couch with a glass of Merlot, my knitting and the TV remote to watch TrueBlood; I was very excited when season one came out as I had read the first book, but as time passes I find the show is starting to get stupid. But I digress.Remember how I said "What else can possibly go wrong?" in yesterday's entry? Yeah, I ended up sewing on one of

Halfway to the finishline!

2011-07-23T22:54:00.000-07:00

(For some reason this entry was marked as draft, so it was never posted for you guys. It's about the horribleness that was those two baby cardigans I knitted last August.) Yeah, I'm halfway to the finish line, meaning I have almost one cardigan finished all the way. That is if the damned thing start behaving itself. Oh yeah, when I said "baby cardigan, that will be easy!" I was definitely

Spoke to soon

2011-07-22T20:54:00.000-07:00

I was asked by a family friend to knit two baby cardigans for a friend of hers. No problem! I thought. They're for babies, hence they are small and easy to make. WRONG!I have come to the sleeve part of the first cardigan and figured to save myself time I would knit them at the same time. In hindsight that was a bad idea. Instructions say to "Work 41 rows, inc 1 sts at each end of 5th and every

Going to Texas!

2011-07-10T02:19:00.000-07:00

The family is going to Texas at the end of the month for Grandpa Cardwell's 80th birthday. Because I have other, pressing, engagements up here, I will be joining the family on the 1st of August (well didn't that sound posh?). Mind you, this other pressing engagement is Sock Summit '11 down in Oregon. Hey, I will not miss out on my first ever knitting convention just because the man is turning 80,

Zombie noises

2011-06-22T11:54:00.000-07:00

That would be me coming back from the dead, so to speak. It's been forever since I last posted and my Mom pointed it out so I figured I would post something. Something. My work here is done. But in all semi-seriousness (this is the internet after all) nothing much has been going on around here. Aside from work, and husband getting discharged from the National Guard (it's a long story) and

Her name shall be PETUNIA!

2011-03-31T21:51:00.000-07:00

In case I haven't mentioned this before, or if I have and you just don't want to backtrack my blog (gods knows I don't), let me fill you in: I started spinning last year and now that I've gotten decent enough on a drop spindle to produce mostly even single, I want a spinning wheel so I can spin up more then maybe half an ounce at a time (did I mentioned that I always manage to make lace weight

It's around here somewhere....

2011-03-25T17:11:00.000-07:00

Scissors, Missing.Knitting pattern, Missing.Food for Frog, Missing.Cat, Missing.That should probably be my hint that I need to clean my room up. Even if the tripping and hopping about that my family does when they enter is highly amusing to watch. I s'pose I shouldn't make too much fun of their efforts to not step on my things, but it's hard not to.I seem to have out knitted myself a little too.

I can only take so much!

2011-02-25T23:27:00.000-08:00

I can now sing you the "Happy Birthday" song from the Sunny Side up show, the "Good night" song from the Good Night show, and the theme songs to Cailiou, Monster Club House, Elmo's World, Kipper, and Monkey See Monkey Do. I can also dance the Potty Dance for you, and hum along to several of the Wiggles song. In other words I watch too much Sprout channel! O.OIt's the only thing that the Mom wants

Cardican't

2011-01-30T23:05:00.000-08:00

Yeah, this cardigan is absolutely the most awful thing I have ever knitted. There is no other way to describe it. Not in the sense that it looks horrible, but more in the sense that putting it together is proving to be harder to do then shifting the Continents back into Pangaea. My sleeves are longer then both back and front. So now I'm having to scrunch, and staple, and threaten the wool for it

To Vlog or not to Vlog

2011-01-30T12:07:00.000-08:00

So I spent a good chunk of my time on YouTube (mostly to run music in the background), and sometimes I check on my subscriptions, mostly when one of the more amusing people posts a new video. And whenever I watch Vlogs I can't help but think "I can do that." Especially what the more basic people do. You know, sit in front of a Webcam and talk. I can do that. As a matter of fact I like talking

Le Update

2011-01-22T00:58:00.000-08:00

Whenever I'm done with work on Fridays the song "Proud Mary" by Tina Turner pops into my head. Mostly because of the line "working for the man every night and day". Which makes no sense cause the rest of the song is like about dinners, and southern states, and rivers, and fish, and boats...or something like that. But that's the song that pops into my head every time I walk to ma momma's.

New Years update! and random video

2011-01-08T00:06:00.000-08:00

Yes, I know we're only a few days into 2011, but so far quite a few great things have happened to me. The husband finally got a job. He works as a security guard and although I don't get to spend a whole lot of time with him now (aside from sleeping and I don't count that), I'm happy that he gets off his butt every day. I have a job now too! I'm a nanny for two wonderful children. The pay sucks

Happy New Year!

2011-01-02T13:43:00.000-08:00

I'm only a little bit late on that one.So, the new year is already off to a good stat. =3 All my Christmas knitting was done on time, Husband finally has a job and he loves it; he's a security guard for UPS., and I have a tentative job as a Nanny for two very wonderful children. I say tentative because there is a bit of an issue with payment. But we'll work it out.On Ravelry a lot of people are

It can't be!

2010-12-10T11:59:00.000-08:00

Someone is obviously manipulating the space time continuum. There is no other explanation. After all, how else would it be the 11th of December already when yesterday it was only the 3rd. At least that is the deluded explanation I'm giving myself, because despite my best efforts (insert sarcasm here) my Christmas knitting list is not getting done. I've actually managed to add 4 people to it. So

Freak out time

2010-12-05T21:50:00.000-08:00

Today I was reminded that it's December 5th. That means in only 20 days it will be Christmas. I'm hitting the panic button so hard I'm surprised it hasn't broken yet. Now if I was just buying presents that would be one thing, but somehow I managed to create a sizable list of knitted gifts that I need to get done as well. They are as follow:Sister: Totoro Mittens (one more to go)Sister-in-Law:

It's here, it's here!!

2010-11-29T19:56:00.000-08:00

I remembered this past weekend that the oh so lovely Allitrya Spelling send me a confirmation number for my package. So I checked it and you know what it said? "Your package has been delivered." So with an excited squeal I ran to the front door and sure enough there was my package. Not checking my number every 5 hours actually made the waiting time seem shorter, imagine that. But I digress.I

Of Elephants, Thanksgiving, and Gloves

2010-11-24T22:39:00.000-08:00

I once heard that if you lose one too many toes you can't stand straight anymore.Great opening, innit? But seriously though, I heard that once. "But Nici, why the hell are you telling us (all one of us) this?" you might be asking yourself. I share this with you because my toes had turned into tiny blocks of ice earlier and I worried for a moment that they might fall off. *wiggles toes* but

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2010-11-21T00:40:00.000-08:00

Because I can't think of a snappy title today...I blame lack of wine for that one.Anywho, I ordered some wonderful stuff from a wonderful online store for my HSKS partner today. Can't really mention what it is, since she could technically go have a peek around here and find out what's in her package. For my Fingerless Glove package is almost done too. I mostly have to find some hot beverage packs

Denial!

2010-11-12T12:48:00.000-08:00

I'm denying that it's already almost Thanksgiving, which makes it already almost Christmas. I'm denying the fact that I have billion things to knit and do. I'm denying that fact that both Swap send dates are coming closer. And I'm denying that The Nile isn't just a river in Egypt.Otherwise nothing else is really going on. My FG swap package is almost done, and my HSKS package finally has a theme

Week 9 Assignment

2010-11-10T20:50:00.000-08:00

Aaaand it's another quiz. *headdesk* It's been so long since I've read this book! *whine* And some of the detail I skimmed over so fast I'm amazed my eyes didn't get whiplash. But here it goes anyways. To which prison was Gellert Grindelwald sent after he was defeated by Dumbledore in 1945? Nurmengard Who is the first casualty in The Deathly Hallows? Charity Burbage (although personally I count

Day 3 at katie's

2010-11-06T16:42:00.000-07:00

Staying at Katie's has made me realize that I really wouldn't have a problem living by myself. As long as I have a cat to keep my company of course. It's rather peaceful being here. Peaceful, but boring as hell. O_O;; like oh-my-god-you-don't-even-know.We ran out of anything good to watch on TV after being here for 5 hours. And after making dinner, there really wasn't much else to do. The cat is

Somewhere in Washington...

2010-11-04T00:06:00.000-07:00

I'm house sitting for one of my friends while she and her husband are going down to San Fancisco. The house is nice, and sits in a decent neighborhood she told me), but it's making all these creeking noises which is starting to creep me out just a little bit; it doesn't help that I've been watching horror movies on TV since there is nothing else on. Why do I do this to myself? The only thing that

Week 7 Homework

2010-10-26T11:20:00.000-07:00

O.O We've lost a whole week! What did we drink last Friday? Anyways, this weeks homework was to find the 7 Horcruxes that Harry Potter has to find in the 7th book....crap, did I just give it away for someone. *hangs head* But here they are:1) Harry Potter2) Nagini (poor Nagini)3) Ravenclaw’s Diadem(Harry should have looked atComic Con first, me thinks.)4) Hufflepuff’s Cup5) Slytherin’s locket6)

Netflix rant and other things

2010-10-21T02:34:00.000-07:00

I just finished watching a very good German movie called North Face (are movie titles underlined or italizised? I can never remember that). Basically it's the true story about two mountain climbers that wanted to be the first to climb the north face of the Eiger in the Swiss Alps. The movie drags it's feet just a tiny bit, but it's about mountain climbing so honestly I didn't expect it to be

Week 5 Assignment

2010-10-12T12:18:00.001-07:00

I'm actually going to do this weeks assignment, 'cause its a lot easier then the questionnaire from last week. Even if I was told by a fellow Slytherin that I was welcome to "peruse her paper." But laziness got the better of me, so I didn't. But this week we get to match wands to wizards/witches. Piece o' cake.Vine wood and Dragon Heartstring - I. Hermione GrangerWalnut and Dragon Heartstring - K

Small post of randomness

2010-09-28T22:18:00.000-07:00

My sock design is history. I put the finished sock on my foot only to discover that A) it was too short by a good 2 inches, and B) that with the amount of stitches I had for my medium sized foot, the sock simply didn't work. The stitches were being stretched out too much. So I've unraveled one completely, the other I will give to my Mother (who has a small foot) and see if the measurements work

HSKS Week 3

2010-09-28T12:28:00.001-07:00

Word Association! *excited arm wiggle thing*So, for this weeks assignment we're doing word association. I've been given a list of words and are supposed to type in the first word that comes to our mind (or small phrase). So where we go. My answer shall be in red....or maybe teal?Pumpkin Juice Owl MailLeaf TreeWeasley GingerQuaffle FlyingHallow HonorMad CrazyDragon ScaleCrystal EarringsTrees

Week 2 Assignment.

2010-09-22T12:26:00.001-07:00

This weeks assignment is to list 5 things that we couldn't live without if we were to go into hiding/camping/running away and explain why. At first I figured that I would add the husband onto that list, but then I realized that he might be the reason I would be doing the afore mentioned. So where is what I came up with.James - As silly as it may seem, I would take James with me. He's this large

Assignment part 2

2010-09-16T20:27:00.000-07:00

I realized as I was writing this, that I should have done the whole assignment in one go, instead of taking my sweet time with is. 'cause I couldn't remember my own answers sometimes; like my fav season/holiday. So while hunting people down, and reading through a ton of blogs, I had to have 4 different windows open. That's what I get for not paying attention I s'pose.Here is part 2 of this

HSKS Swap Week 1

2010-09-14T15:24:00.000-07:00

I really should start a different blog for these swaps...although this doesn't get any traffic as it is, so I suppose it doesn't really matter...unless of course my regular readers (all one of them....HI MOM!) get annoyed with these. But moving on.I'm part of the Hogwarts Super Kit Swap (or HSKS) again this time. It's pretty friggen awesome. And gives me something to do while I sit around,

What's with all the skinny bitches?

2010-03-19T19:58:00.000-07:00

I decided to take the plunge and knit a cardigan. I had a pattern all lined up already, thanks to my Mom and her ever growing stack of knitting magazines, but when I looked at it I thought that maybe I could locate something that was a bit different (the sleeves looked too short for my taste, and the jacket could have been a bit longer too. And yes, I know that I can always alter the pattern a

Ravelympics results

2010-03-08T23:39:00.000-08:00

I'm not sure how the results for the Ravelympics works, and I don't really care either. I had fun and that is all that matters to me. =)I had been down to the wire on my last project, fingerless mitts for my sister-in-law, and I would have made the dead line for 3 more events if only I hadn't been asked to babysit at the last friggin' minute. Any knitting that I had planned to accomplish pretty

I'm not selfish, just picky

2010-02-21T14:16:00.000-08:00

My friend Cierra and I went Swing Dancing on Tuesday. She came over my house so we could car-pool to the ballroom and she spotted my Felted Slippers. "So when am I going to get a pair?" she asked as soon as she put them on her feet, wiggling her toes around and strutting back and forth in my bedroom. "Whenever I get around to it," I replied as I rummaged around for the Odessa hat I had made for

Ravelympics, part 1

2010-02-13T21:20:00.000-08:00

The ravelympics are going on at Ravelry right now. Basically knitters and crocheters try to get as many self picked projects done in the 17 days that the regular Olympics take place. Each project can be tagged under one or more "events" and you can even join teams if you want, or be a lone wolf. This is my first time take part in the ravelympics and I am a proud member of Team S.P.E.W. The first

Imma spinnin' fool

2010-01-29T21:59:00.001-08:00

Just before Christmas last year I learned how to spin, I even took a class at my LYS and for Christmas my mother got me two spindles, and some roving (which is sitting in a air tight container because it's too precious to do anything with yet), and I've been spinning like there is no tomorrow.My Mom and I even spent an hour on etsy looking for more roving after I had run out of the super soft

The Project

2010-01-15T12:25:00.000-08:00

Last year for Christmas my mother bought me a 365 knitting stitches a year calender. I love that thing. Every day it shows you a picture of a new knitting stitch with the instructions on the side. Lil' old me thought, "I should make a swatch every day and at the end of the year put it all together for a blanket!" What did I do? I made about 20 little swatches and then gave up.But not this year!

Ugh headdesk

2009-12-26T01:09:00.000-08:00

That is pretty much the way I feel right now. Just, ugh. I'm so tired from Christmas and shopping, and knitting that all I want to do is sleep for the next 2 weeks.Christmas was amazingly wonderful though. I got more stuff then I know what to do with. All my goodies from my Mom and sister for instance are still sitting in their giant box by my desk because I have no room for them. My Mother got

Stil pretending

2009-12-16T22:46:00.000-08:00

I'm still pretending it's not December.I'm pretty much done with most of my major knitting, including the scarf for the sister, but now I have to make 2 felted slippers, and manage to crank out a pair of socks within the week because the lady I have been making them decided she needed one more pair. *growl* Oh, and make a pair of fingerless gloves for my sister-in-law. But I'm not worried about

sticks fingers in ears Lalalala, I can't hear you December

2009-12-12T16:19:00.000-08:00

It's December.I'm not sure where all the extra days went, but I'm sure someone else stole them. Thus I am ignoring the fact that it's December and am happily walking around in my ignorance. It's sorta working for me.My list of knitted gifts has been dramatically shortened and some items have been thrown out the window in favor if other, less time consuming projects. Like Pinky's Hat and Scarf set

The Amazing Scarf

2009-11-24T22:40:00.000-08:00

A few months ago I thought my friend how to knit. She's still not very good at it, but getting there. When Pinky first learned she joked that her first scarf was going to look horrible, with holes all over the place. "We'll just fold it in half, and wherever there is a hole we'll put a button on the other side. You'll have a button up scarf, no biggie," I teased her. And thus was born the idea of

The Christmas list

2009-11-11T20:40:00.000-08:00

For the past 2 years of my obsessive knitting I've made a Christmas list. Each year I start a little earlier, thinking I'll get everything done in plenty of time for Christmas with maybe even enough left over for me to make myself something. Every year, that turned out to be wrong.This year my list is simple enough;Brandon - Gloves and HatMaggie - Gloves and HatCierra - Hat and scarfKatie

Owl Post!!

2009-08-15T14:18:00.000-07:00

When I opened the front door this morning I was pleasantly surprised by a packet sitting on our porch. I would have given the owl that delivered it a treat, but it was no where to be found. I took my packet in with a bouncy sense of glee and opened it right away. Here is what I received from the awesome Calypsobard (aka Piper Poplartree).This was really an awesome kit. I have never done much

I'm determined!

2009-08-07T23:53:00.000-07:00

Yup, I'm determined to get a real head start on my Christmas knitting this year. In December I don't want to do knit a single Christmas project, unless that project is for me and I won't care if it's done on time or not. I definitely don't want a repeat of last year, where I was frantically knitting the last four inches of a hat on Christmas day, to be given as a gift to a friend in three hours.

Almost there, just a few more things...

2009-08-02T20:45:00.001-07:00

I am down to the last....6 inches before my first ever HSKS kit is done and able to be sent out. I am highly happy with the result. Everything is being wrapped as we speak, and stuffed back into the flat rate shipping box. Although now that I look at it, I'm thinking that maybe I won't fit everything in unless I shrink it, or vacuum pack it. Although then it would be considered "altering the

Camp Game #6

2009-08-01T22:55:00.001-07:00

Our Camp Director presented us with her potions trunk on Tuesday and told us that we were to guess which seven potions she kept in there at all times. She had given us some clues and we went on our merry way. So here are my guesses.1. Drought of Peaces2. Mandrake Drought3. Babbling Beverage4. Murtlap Essence5. Pepperup Potion6. Invigoration Drought7. Blood-Replenishing Potion

Camp Game #5

2009-07-23T21:03:00.001-07:00

Last weeks camp game was a disaster. We were supposed to be looking for 40 golden eggs that were hidden over the camp site. Phoenix cabin found a grand total of...0. None. Not a single egg. So this week we are determined to reclaim our slightly bruised dignity. This week we were given 10 hints to which were were supposed to find the answers too. They were each a bit tricky (I'm a Slytherin...I'm

All I want is yarn

2009-07-18T13:17:00.000-07:00

Knitpicks should know better then to let me track my packet from them. Because since Wednesday I have been sitting here in front of the computer checking at least every 4 hours to know where the hell my packet of yarn goodies it. Because I want it and I want it now. Can you tell patients was never taught to me? I would be a lot more calm about this if very important yarns weren't in the box, as

Camp game #3

2009-07-06T22:20:00.000-07:00

This weeks camp game was defeating a boggart. Mine ended up looking something like this. Poor guy, in his multi-colored robe and being oogled at by a wee doggy.

DONE!

2009-07-05T15:08:00.000-07:00

I am finally done with my Such a Slytherin socks; and only after a few threats and banishment into dark corners of the room. I feel accomplished. Now I'm working on a pair of for my sister. This pair is not only slightly smaller (I've taken out 4 stitches), but because I don't have enough for an identical pair, she'll get what is basically the negative of the sock (mainly silver, with the 'S' and

WWW and Game part 2

2009-07-04T00:11:00.000-07:00

First, I got a Witch and Wizard Wisecrack from Bevin Mooney today. It was fabulous. She had come across some Genuine Cocobolo Wood DPN's in Slytherin colors and thought I should have them. She also included a knitting pattern for a lovely top...in French. >w< Thank you Bevin! I love it. And yes, the pattern is even in a protective sleeve in my pattern folder...as soon as I know french well enough

Look what my sister made!

2009-07-01T21:24:00.001-07:00

I'm totally pimping this awesome necklace that my sister made for me. It's so totally made of win. I love that girl to death!She made me that Slytherin Necklace for the HP6 movie premier and was going to give it to me then, but couldn't contain her excitement anymore...so I got it today. Score for Nici.And while I'm add it I'll also post the second week of camp games from HSKS. This week it's a

I'll just tie him down

2009-06-24T23:45:00.001-07:00

Me, very excited: "Oh look at this! I should make you a pair of these socks." Husband: "Erm...I'm good. Thanks anyways." Me, looking up from pattern book: "Why don't you want some socks? I never made you any before." Husband: "Because I don't need any? Plus I'll never wear them. You've knitted me enough things already." Me: "...I made you one beanie and a pair of crappy fingerless gloves. That is

Argh!

2009-06-22T22:21:00.001-07:00

I am so ready to set these stupid socks on fire. Just a quick incendio, and I won't even have to worry about them. Then I'll find something else to wear on July 15th, and Katie can just knit her own Gryffindor house socks. I'm still not even sure why she would want a pair...oh wait...I've been sitting here with a little black cloud over my head for the last two hours, working on these damned

Because I'm crazy like that

2009-06-20T22:25:00.001-07:00

Finished with the leg portion of my Slytherin socks. On to the heel! Aaaas soon as I get an e-mail back from the creator of the pattern, Lykkefanten, explaining the pattern to me. It's not that I don't get it, I'm just wondering if it's a typo, or if my brain is having a dead moment.The heel is worked over half the stitches (32), with two picked up along the side as a base for the heel stitches (

Part 2 of the camp games

2009-06-18T09:39:00.001-07:00

I've been up since 6 and have already done everything I could think of doing. I've taken a shower, the laundry is finished, the kneazle box has been cleaned out, all my owls have been checked and replied to, and all important muggle sites have been gone through, replied to, and read. So I'm doing the last of the Week 1 camp games.As the last...second part of the camp games, we are playing Wingo!

Argh! Delete, delete!!

2009-06-16T11:32:00.001-07:00

*nervous giggle* I am SO glad that I found out that unfortunately due to our cabin having more people, and this making the numbers uneven, some of us (me for example) have been matched up with our own cabin mates for the swap!! o.OShelbyknits is in my cabin, so she'll be able to get on our cabin blog, and had I posted anything about her kit (not knowing she could see it) I would have given it all

Finally!

2009-06-16T10:49:00.000-07:00

I received and Owl today with the information of my spoilee and my spoiler. I'm not sure the Owl was very happy when he didn't get a treat, but honestly I have more important things to do then feed a stray bird. And there was toast of the table...it was more then welcome to take some.Anyways, my spoilee is Emma Scamander, and my Spoiler is Piper...something or other. God, I'm horrible with names.

Thank you for posting. Please hold...

2009-06-15T12:35:00.001-07:00

*elevator music* Info about my spoilee and my cabin blog, and other important thingies should be coming my way hopefully today; or so I've been told. I'm really hoping that my spoilee didn't sign up for potions...'cause I suck at making anything with edible stuff. I might end up poisoning the poor dear. *keeps fingers crossed* The lovely camp counselors came up with a few camp games, and I

Oh knittery things, and HSKS

2009-06-14T00:59:00.000-07:00

Just a quick one before I collapse into bed, hoping that I don't have to get back up for a long, long time.Today was my father-in-laws graduation ceremony for his Masters Degree. I think, besides his parents, I am the only one in the family that is rather proud of that. And I was the only one cheering for him when his name was called. Brandon just kinda went "whoo" and Brittany did a strange

Sorted!

2009-06-13T00:33:00.000-07:00

So I got sorted into my cabin already, along with eight other lovely ladies.The camp officially starts on Monday, but so far we're "chilling" in the cabin, getting to know each other. Me is highly excited.I wonder who my spoilee is going to be.

HSKS8

2009-06-11T13:02:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Ravelry I have joined a Swap. It's the Hogwarts Sock Kit Swap and I can't wait to get started. I found the group through a bunch of other group posts and links and after reading their blog and figuring out what the heck the swap is, I said "what the hey" and signed up. *is excited*In other news: I finished the first ever pair of socks for myself. That's right, a pair of sock I don't

Of finished things, cakes, and civil war

2009-05-19T13:15:00.000-07:00

First off, Maggie's twilight socks are done and she is proudly wearing them. When I had first finished them I had seriously considered not giving them to her for a few days/weeks, but figured she would catch on sooner rather then later when I was working on something else during knit night.The pattern is a simple knit 4 rows, knit1 purl3 for 2 rows, repeat. And the cuff is knit1 purl3 for about 2

It's a sock!!

2009-05-06T00:16:00.000-07:00

I just finished weaving in the last end of the first of the twilight socks, and you know what? It FITS PERFECTLY!! It's my first ever, perfectly fitting, amazing looking, totally awesome sock. And I have to give it away once it's twin is made. *sighs* Go figure.Pictures to follow soon.

Lakeside Knit

2009-05-05T12:38:00.001-07:00

On Sunday it was such a nice day that my sister and I decided to go to the park and sit at our favorite spot by the lake; the concrete shell of a old water drain...or so I think. It's nice and closer to the water and most people don't go there, opting instead for one of the benched areas.We ate lunch there and fed the geese which turned out to be so much more assertive then the ducks, coming

A frog I didn't mind

2009-05-01T13:05:00.000-07:00

The Kermit the frog socks I've been making for Will are finally done. It only took me forever and a day. I call them Kermit socks because when he first saw me knitting the pair previously shown he said, "I want a pair of socks too. A bright green pair." "What, like Kermit the frog?" I asked. "Yeah, like that."They don't look very green but that's because of the horrible light, and the crappy

It's finally done!

2009-04-22T13:33:00.000-07:00

After a lot of complaining about it, and throwing it into several corners in frustration I finally finished Ben's baby blanket. And it even managed to still look good after I put it into the wash; I figured it could use it since the poor thing has been dragged around quite a lot.Honestly though, I hated making the thing. It was fun for the first two stripes but then when I realized that I would

It's overflowing!!

2009-02-16T11:49:00.000-08:00

One should really consider buying a new stash bin, when one has to sit on the lid in order to secure the latches on the side. Or maybe I should just use up some of that yarn....naw! I'll just buy another bin.At the moment I am staying with Brandon at his place, because my mother decided that she wanted the house to herself while she is off work this week, and while Maggie is at school. Selfish

That crazy Mary Kay girl

2009-01-29T00:25:00.001-08:00

At the last second Carrie one of my sister consultants called me to ask if I would be able to stand in for her at the Home and Garden Show at the Tacoma Dome. After checking with Brandon I told her that I would be happy to do so. It was really scary at first, since I am not a people person in any way (most of the time I avoid talking to people I don't know). After the first 30 min though it was

Socks that don't look like fish

2009-01-27T00:21:00.000-08:00

Explaining the title would be an entry in itself so I'll give you the short and sweet version. My first attempt at socks was with the instructions my Mother had remembered from way back when she used to still make socks. They ended up with feet that were way too big, and when my little sister held them side ways she laughed and said, "Sew the end top together, add a fin and some eyes and you have

Why can't time stand still?

2009-01-25T13:51:00.000-08:00

There are so many projects that need doing, and for some reason time is totally against me and brings around a new day just when I think I'm making a dent in my pile. And the yarn stores are against me too, with their sales, and uberly soft yarn that turns out to be less expensive then I first thought.So far I am 16 days behind on The Project. I managed to knit 2.5 squares yesterday in record

If it weren't for knitting...

2009-01-11T11:51:00.001-08:00

For the last 28 hours, I have been watching my friends children while he is doing his Army weekend thingy. And for the last 24 hours I have been supressing the strong urge to strangle both boys with the knitting in my bag.Stephen and Aiden are 4 and 2. So you can imagine the trouble those two can get into when you're not keeping your eyes glued on them. Aiden tends to do whatever Stephen is doing

And then there were only two

2009-01-05T14:25:00.000-08:00

Remember how I said that I had a feeling I would lose interest with The Project by the time Feburary rolled around? Yeah...well...it seems that loss of interest has come way sooner then I thought. xD I have block #2 done, #3 is on the needles and I'm almost done with it, and I still have to make #4 and 5 if I want to stay on track...not counting the other projects I have to still work on, like

The Project

2009-01-03T17:10:00.000-08:00

For Christmas my Mother gave me a 365 knitting stitches a year calender. And as I was sitting there, flipping through the pages, totally thrilled that I had such a great referance, a thought occured to me; Each day I could knit a 4x4 swatch of the displayed stitch pattern and at the end of the year I'll sew them all together. And thus I started The Project.Thus far, I have the 1st block done (the

Friggen frogs

2008-12-26T17:49:00.000-08:00

I had to rip back a finished hat last night. Why? Because it turned out that the hat was too small for my head. Mind you, I followed the instructions perfectly. I worked 13 rows of the ribbed brim, then switched to stockinet to do the rest of the head until the whole thing measured 5" from the edge of the brim, and then I began the decreases. But still the hat didn't fit! I ended up measuring my

Baby stuffs

2008-09-15T15:28:00.001-07:00

I'm really glad that baby's are small. Mostly because projects for baby's don't take long, but you still feel really accomplished about it. I knitted this cute baby hat for Yorkshire Yarns in about two days...give or take. xD The yarn I used was Fortissima Sock Yarn (strange, I know, but Sonya didn' think itw ould make a good sock...so I just made this) And there is the little bugger on one of my

New Yarn!!

2008-09-12T13:42:00.001-07:00

*drolls* After a week of waiting, I finally got my Warm Peruvian Sampler from KnitPicks. It's amazing. The colors are wonderful, and the texture is great too. I'm soo glad I bought it. The whole thing comes with 5 skeins of yarn (3 50g, 2 100g), and 4 patterns that the yarn can be used for. Now I wish I didn't have 3 other WIP, because I want to drive right in and starting playing around with

Yay for Male Knitters!!

2008-09-04T12:39:00.000-07:00

The other day, at my local starbucks, I saw this guy sitting at one of the outside tables with a ball of blue and green veriegated yarn and a pair of circular needles, making what looked like a beany. I sat a few tables from him, only half listening to the conversation my friends were having, because I kept staring at his work. Before my eye it turned into this amazing hat, and I kept thinking 'A

Knitting for Yorkshire Yarns

2008-09-01T23:31:00.000-07:00

Thanks to me not having anything to do at the moment and to Sonya, the owner of my favorite LYS, having more yarn in her shop then she has knitted into something (she hates making swatches xD), I have three beautifully soft skeins of baby yarn sitting on my bed, waiting to be turned into something. I'm not 100% sure what they'll be thought...I'm thinking of turning one (all three are different

First post!

2008-09-01T21:56:00.000-07:00

Yet another website to remember. xD Oh well.

The Magic Yarn Ball

Unemployed complaining

Giving it the ol' College try

Someone make this!

I suck at this blanket thing

Of 2011 and New Years Resolutions

[Insert catchy title]

Washington, a spinners limbo

I'm doing it for the baby!

On my way to 5k (running that is)

I love/hate roving

Summer update

Oh Sunday...

Halfway to the finishline!

Spoke to soon

Going to Texas!

*Zombie noises*

Her name shall be PETUNIA!

It's around here somewhere....

I can only take so much!

Cardican't

To Vlog or not to Vlog

Le Update

New Years update! and random video

Happy New Year!

It can't be!

Freak out time

It's here, it's here!!

Of Elephants, Thanksgiving, and Gloves

[blank]

Denial!

Week 9 Assignment

Day 3 at katie's

Somewhere in Washington...

Week 7 Homework

Netflix rant and other things

Week 5 Assignment

Small post of randomness

HSKS Week 3

Week 2 Assignment.

Assignment part 2

HSKS Swap Week 1

What's with all the skinny bitches?

Ravelympics results

I'm not selfish, just picky

Ravelympics, part 1

Imma spinnin' fool

The Project

Ugh *headdesk*

Stil pretending

*sticks fingers in ears* Lalalala, I can't hear you December

The Amazing Scarf

The Christmas list

Owl Post!!

I'm determined!

Almost there, just a few more things...

Camp Game #6

Camp Game #5

All I want is yarn

Camp game #3

DONE!

WWW and Game part 2

Look what my sister made!

I'll just tie him down

Argh!

Because I'm crazy like that

Part 2 of the camp games

Argh! Delete, delete!!

Finally!

Thank you for posting. Please hold...

Oh knittery things, and HSKS

Sorted!

HSKS8

Of finished things, cakes, and civil war

It's a sock!!

Lakeside Knit

A frog I didn't mind

It's finally done!

It's overflowing!!

That crazy Mary Kay girl

Zombie noises

Ugh headdesk

sticks fingers in ears Lalalala, I can't hear you December