Oy, I really need those circs if I want to speed up on this sock progress... =p I don't think that'll happen soon, though, so I'm going to continue plugging away... It's just kind of hard to try them on to see where I am...

::shrug:: =)

OH - was just reminded of something:
I need to learn how to crochet so I can make these.

=D

Socks update

Still working on the first sock from the Red Dwarf pattern. It's kind of awesome. =D

I also started reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. This, I am ashamed to say, has made me neglect my knitting severely because Zombie hunting is just SO entertaining. =D

No doubt I'll finish the Zombies tonight or tomorrow and begin working on the socky-sockersons again. =D

Also, I need to find two pair of size 2 circs so I can knit these socks well, because it CAN be done on dpns, but it's unnecessarily complicated... =p

more socks! =D

started new socks today. same yarn, new pattern.
problem is, the pattern calls for 2 circs and I just don't have the time or money to acquire those, so i'm kinda fudging the recipe and doing what i can... it seems to be working pretty well, though, for now =D


hm, i really need to start doing the whole "uploading pictures" thing again...

Finished the socks this morning around 7:45. Just before class. Forgot to drop them off at campus on my way home... Thankfully I'll be going there tonight to meet up with Bonnie and Genevieve for the DMaC concert at DePaul. Yep, going to IIT to go to DePaul to go back to IIT. Plenty of train time with means plenty of time for knitting to be done! =D

Socky-sockersons =)

Got one of the socks done. =) Went with the simpler pattern because it was, well, simpler. It turned out pretty well, I'll have to remember to take pictures. Mom laughed at me, said it was a very "grandma" thing to do. ::shrug:: oh well... Though, having your mother call you a "grandma" is a but unnerving ;-)

Watchin' NCIS and starting on sock 2. =)

Life is good.

project "update"...

So, I've been following a comic artist lately, and yesterday he posted this one
It's pretty awesome, not gonna lie =)

Bought new yarn and started a new pattern yesterday. =) I'm mildly obsessed with socks... =) I don't have anyone to give these to, yet, but I might just keep them for myself... Also, I'm pretty sure that this pattern is too complicated for this yarn, so I might just frog it and start over with something a bit simpler...

=)


Ok, time to work now. I can knit during my lunch break.

No knitting lately =/

Argh! Finals are keeping me from knitting!

This is so disappointing.

THANKFULLY, I have a trip to Iowa coming up soon, during which I intend on making the wedding presents for the wonderful people who are the reason that I'm going to Iowa in the first place.

That was a very long sentence... I'm giving up. Back to studying and packing... ew.

DiA Swap!

I got a package from Canada today! I knew it was coming, but it was sooo exciting to actually get! I took a bunch of pictures, which I will upload somehow and show them here. Included in the package were:

• Some BEAUTIFUL handpainted yarn
• 
• Dragonfly and amber stitch markers
• 
• A dragonfly necklace
• 
• Dragonfly buttons
• 
• A beautiful felted bag with a dragonfly and amber pin
• 
• Stationary with a fleur-de-lis on it
• Tea!
• Shortbread cookies
• 
• Dragonfly washcloths
• 
• and a very sweet card from the woman who sent it

I feel soo absolutely spoiled!!! Everything is SO nice!!!! The pictures just don't do it justice. I wish I could have recorded my opening it, I did it in the living room of the house and the girls were so confused/jealous. They didn't know why I was getting a box of goodies from Canada, but they thought the gifts inside were absolutely beautiful!!!

I feel SO spoiled!!! =D I can't wait to figure out what to do with the yarn, there's about 1000 yards of it and it's a really thin (light) yarn so I might try to use it as an attempt at lace =D

Eeee!!! Yay! I feel like knitting again!!!! And just in time for the semester to start ending so I can continue my habit. =D Oooh, I'm so grateful for my wonderful gifts!!!!!!

Hello, my name is Erin and I'm a yarn addict...

I have a bad habit of buying yarn because it's pretty and not because I have something that I want to do with it. If I'm in a bad mood, I go to a yarn store and peruse, pick up a few things, and come out about $50 lighter in the wallet but feeling so much better and with beautiful colors in my bag.

The only major problem here is that I have NO room to have this much yarn. My entire life at the moment is crammed into a 12' x 14' room... Yay for still being a college student, eh? And I have a sneaking suspicion that when I go home, my mom will infiltrate my stash... ::sigh:: That just means I'll have to do a LOT of knitting before school's up. 6 weeks and counting... =D I have at least two pairs of socks due then, and possibly a hat. We'll see...

I think I need to make another list of promised/started items...

PROMISED:

• Annie's Socks
• Jeremy's Socks
• Rina's Socks
• Jeremy's Hat
• Ellie's Hat
• G-Baby's Socks
• Zack's hat/scarf
  

STARTED:

• Courtney's gloves (second sock syndrome on that one... finished the first one and the needles and yarn are just glaring at me because i haven't cast on the second one yet...)
• My Magical Felted Bag (started it, ran out of yarn, found more yarn, re-started it.... still working on it... It was going to be for my spoilee in the DiA Swap, but now I think I might just keep working on it, make it bigger, and keep it... Considering I don't want to give her something that's demented and I'm pretty sure I messed up the bottom of the bag... oy.)
• James's Scarf (Started it, got distracted, not sure if I should scrap it and start over or keep plugging on...)

I really shouldn't be looking at ravelry patterns or buying more yarn, considering I have SOOO much that I'm doing nothing with at the moment... ::sigh:: but it's SO much fun...

I would totally quit school and knit for a year if I could... =) But I think it's better (being as close to DONE as I am) to just finish the degree and knit while I'm looking for a job... =)

ALSO, I need to stop "donating" items to people... I started an Etsy account for a reason... I should make people use it... But that feels so cruel... How can I ask someone for money?? Granted, they ask me to make them things and yarn is not free... ::sigh:: Yeah, I guess that if I do decide to help support myself by knitting, I'm going to have to not be so nice when it comes to receiving compensation for my time and yarn that I've put into their items... That's not going to be easy...

OK. On to more knitting!!! =D

~e

"more" free time means

More knitting!

Yes. No longer having an SO (significant other) to talk to and go out with and whatnot gives me more time to knit furiously... Good thing I have a mild yarn addiction and therefore lots and lots and lots of pretty yarn to use...

Also, good thing it's spring break and therefore I have ample time to use the pretty yarn without having to worry excessively about classes. =)

I started knitting a bag (that I intend on felting) on the 7th. It's looking pretty good, I think... But I'm afraid that I'll run out of yarn soon... hmmm... go me for "reading" the requirements before starting a project, eh? Oh well... I'll post pictures as soon as I get around to taking them =)

Ok... time to get to work... =p

Knitting!

Ok, since my last knitting update:
~ I've almost finished a pair of Dragonfly socks (my first "big people" socks ever!!)
~ I've started my first felting project
~ I finally finished Juliette's hat =)

I'll post pictures as soon as I get my camera back. =D

The "big people" socks =)

Random Philanthropic notification:

Last year, I shaved my head for St. Baldrick's day. It was amazing, no doubt, but with trying to find a job and prove that I'm a credible, useful person in society, sadly I didn't think that it would be a good idea to do it again this year.

Instead, I'm jumping into Lake Michigan on Sunday, March 1, for the Polar Plunge to help support the Special Olympics.

I love doing crazy/amazing things to raise awareness! =D


(Please forgive the insane run-on sentences... I often type how I think and, well, sometimes that doesn't work out as well as I think/hope it should...)

Learned how to make socks!

I learned how to make socks! They're really not as daunting as I had previously thought... Which is good to know =)

I started with baby socks, and now I"m going to try a pair of "grown up" socks. =)

I have readers?

Yarn and finished projects!

(See? I can finish projects!)

So, on Friday, I bought a lot of yarn. =)

wool!
more wool!
more wool!
sock yarn! Yes, i intend to learn how to make socks at some point =)

ALSO -

I finished the uterus!
=) Showed Kit on Skype, she's so amused. Especially since I had lost the "middle" and was "looking for her uterus" in my room. =) Not gonna lie, it was pretty great.

Working on the Heart, still, but i'm on the last bit now, so then just a little bit of sewing (eww) and then I"m all good.

=)

gotta run, almost time to sing!

Finished Project!

Finished Stephanie's hat. =) At 2am on thursday night =) So proud of myself!
(Excuse the bad quality picture, my camera phone isn't the greatest...)











Also, bought more yarn. =D I love yarn. It's like crack. I'm going to become a junkie, really. =) Spent over $80 at Michael's yesterday =) Makes me so happy...

And yet another WIP

And another WIP =) I started a Slouchy Copy Cat for Stephanie on Saturday.

I seem to love starting projects... =) I know I can finish them too, but I like having a choice of projects...

And back up in the WIP count...

Still haven't finished Courtney's gloves or Juliette's hat, but started some organs to send to Kit along with her gloves.

(I can link this because nobody reads it and therefore the secret is still safe!)

Ok, it's late, time to stop knitting and start sleeping. =)

Down to TWO WIP's!

Finished Eliza's gloves

And Kit's gloves

newest project...

began last night while watching 24 =D