4 posts tagged “fo”
I realize I haven’t posted in a while. I’ve been busy!
Classes have been insane this semester, but are starting to wind down (one last weekend of crunching!). Work’s been crazy too. Also, new boyfriend (Since February) that I’ve really been spending a lot of time with. And lately… knitting. I can’t stop!
I’ve been working on EZ’s seamless hybrid, and the miles of mindless st st have been excellent. The best part? I’m knitting this for said boyfriend, but he doesn’t know it. For some reason he thinks it’s a skirt. I love being sneaky. And yes, I know all about the Sweater Curse, but you know what? If the worst happens (which I don’t foresee happening at all) the sweater would totes fit me (I’m knitting the 40” size… sweet!). A slim boyfriend is all a knitter could want.
Recently, I noticed that I hardly have a single picture of myself from the last 3 months. Plus, all of the pics taken of me have been in bars. Not cool! So I decided I want to start the Flickr 365 project. My friend Jane said she would do it with me. I recently signed up for Weight Watchers (again) and I think it will be a good way to track my progress, too. So… that’s that. Here's 365:1 (weird ceiling fan pic):
Since my last post, I’ve finished knitting the Hanna cardigan (from cocoknits). I bought this sweet shawl pin on Etsy, and thought it made the perfect fastener for the sweater:
I also knitted Habitat for the boy (woo, that was a fun/complicated knit):
Started knitting Ysolda’s Ishbel (with some KDG hand-dyed farm wool, which I got from Lancaster Yarn Shop):
Started and abandoned a pair of Nutkin socks (love that colorway! It’s Amy’s Vintage Office from Lorna’s Laces):
And finally got myself some KDG yarn in mustard seed, which I promptly knitted into a scarfy:
P.S., I totes dropped the ball on MDSW this year again. Last year, same issue: broke. A yarnie festival is the last place I want to be with no money. I know I should be able to enjoy an event without having to buy anything, but in this case… nope. Not possible. I know I would have just been pissy about being broke. So next year… yeah, I hope it works out next year.
Well, my week and a half of freedom is drawing to a close. After spending much of Christmas Eve all alone at the office, I was able to stay outta that place... until tomorrow. I think I forgot what it's like to do work.
I have been having way too much fun. Cheap fun though. Like making Jane help me rearrange my living room. Also, lots of games of the new Trivial Pursuit 25th anniv. edition (Christmas pressie from my parents), lots of good TV/knitting time with friends (last night Jane and Ali came over and stayed until 1 am... watching TV, messing around on facebook, eating pizza, having indigestion). I read Steve Martin's book Born Standing Up (loved it... love him. He's my birthday buddy). It's been a good run.
Yesterday Jane, Ali and I made the trip to Lancaster. We first stopped at... a Mexican restaurant (I won't name names) but it wasn't what we were expecting. I can't say the food wasn't good, because it was... Some kind of good peppery chicken, and I know I ate at least 3 cups of yellow rice. But we all had indigestion allllll day from it. Nobody can say it wasn't authentic though, because the only other people in the place spoke only Espanol. We love ethnic food.
Afterward, we walked all over the city on what felt like the coldest day of the year. Those streets are wind tunnels, in the words of Ali. We hit an art store so she could stock up on canvas. Then... we hit Lancaster Yarn Shop! It's always so exciting to me to hit an actual brick and mortar yarn store... we have 0 near us (well... there's one in Bel Air, but that's still a good 40 minutes of driving!). I think I touched every skein in that shop. I finally went with some KDG farm wool which looks to be a heavier fingering weight, in this gorgeous "London Fog" colorway:
Wouldn't this look sweet as a Swallotail shawl(ette)? I think I'll save it for spring time knitting, it's the perfect color.
We met LYS' owner, Wendy, who was so so nice and knowledgeable. She told us where to go all over the city, and we did head in the direction she told us to. We stopped at a Creperie for coffee (Jane and Ali got nutella hot chocolate... I sipped it and it was GOOD). It started to get dark though, and colder, so after a few thrift shops, we headed home. But we're definitely going back soon to see more of the shops. It's really close too, closer than I thought.
This weekend I committed to finishing Ali's Christmas pressie, Coraline:
I just need to get some buttons on it. It's a bit (ok, way) small on me, but it will fit Ali. And, among a ton of other goodies, Ali made me a drawing/painting:
I love it. Especially the "no hipsters" sign on the front steps. We did a handmade Christmas this year -- Jane made me an awesome DVD of photos from... I want to say the past 5-10 years. Unfortunately (for me) she also included a video from my birthday... we went to a piano bar (Howl at the Moon, in Baltimore) where my friends TOLD THEM IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY! AHHHH! I hate being put on the spot... but then, they made me dance like a stripper. I looked more like a slothy old lady. Ha ha, oh well, at least I was behaved. My friend Myrick made us all a Moroccan feast for our gifts. But for me, handmade means knitting, so I knit mittens, a cowl, a sweater, a scarf, a blanket, a llama... a hat... and I think that's it. Also, I gave out some baked goods for presents, like rosemary shortbread cookies, homemade hot chocolate mix and homemade peppermint marshmallows, salted caramels, fruit and nut bark, and oatmeal raisin cookies, to name a few. I was sooo worn out come Christmas Day, but it was worth it. I'm not completely broke, and I don't think anyone felt at all slighted.
So my plan for today... finish (or come close to finishing) Hanna, finish watching Meet the Press, watch Elvis the Mini-series, watch the CHarm School Reunion show tonight (um, hello... Sharon Osborne in a fight? I'm so tuning into that). Also, since the diet starts tomorrow, I'm going to eat or toss all the bad bad goodies in the house.
My new years' resolution: stop half-assing. I mean it.
Hope everyone had great holidays and plenty of time to relax!
Seems like all I've been doing is cooking up produce:
I've made beet ravioli, pickled beets, sauteed zucchini, boiled beets, boiled wax beans, oh... and probably the best soup I've had in a while... potato & spring onion. It's sooo good, and so simple... only calls for 2 bunches of spring onions, chicken stock, 3 potatoes (I used 4), a yellow onion, and a few tablespoons of veg. oil. Seriously, it was sooo good, but next time I will definitely double everything else but only use 3 bunches of spring onions.
Last night while I was watching Shutter, I saw something clinging to my baclony door. I got up to look and found a couple of toads. How they got to the third floor, I don't know:
Finished the Bloody Mary socks today:
Have you ever seen anything so glorious?
If so, then you are not me at this current moment.
It's a rare occasion when I have all of the right ingredients to make something... bread but no cheese (I haven't had cheese on hand in months), or no bread AND no cheese. But today... today I had bread, cheese (the orangey government kind... yum), and butter... and an appetite for grilled cheese.
On the knitting front, I've finished KB's thong:
Also snapped a photo of squares that will someday be stitched into a monstrous blanket:
AND... my first skein of handspun:
Fatty, isn't it?
Already started spinning another, this time alpaca:
The colors remind me of a melted sundae. SLURP.
I'm running around cleaning and doing miscellaneous other before I head down to the beach. Tonight we're (about 20+ ladies) dressing in our sl00tiest black and pink apparel (I had to scramble, I don't normally wear pink) and taking KB's bachelorette train to Fager's in OC MD. I will be drunkst. It's ok though, we'll be busing it I think, and I have no schoolwork to worry about.
Speaking of, I decided I would also like a M.A. in Humanities. Maybe someday when I can afford to foot that bill.
Have a splendid weekend.
