This weather is driving me bananas. I feel so rotten, between stuffy nose, cough, and a raging sore throat... Ugh. Boyfriend and I stayed home yesterday, me because of germiness and him because he had an insane amount grading to get done. I don't think I ever appreciated before exactly how much work teachers put in. He's done absolutely nothing but work for the past six days, at school and at home. No one is underpaid like teachers are underpaid. Kind of disgusting really.
Anyway, I finished a cowl yesterday that I'm pretty excited about. I love to buy variegated yarn, but finding patterns to show it off can be tough. When I get pictures I'll post them along with some more about the pattern. If there's enough interest maybe I'll post the pattern! I had enough leftover to start a matching hat too, though I'm not sure that's going to work like I intend. We'll see.
I also descended once again into time sink that is The Sims. Sometimes its sirens' song just calls... and I am powerless resist. It may impede upon my knitting time, but this phase too shall pass eventually. :)
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
A New New Leaf
Finally, the holiday madness has subsided in its entirety and I'm feeling like myself. Not entirely well, of course, because with the temperature swinging from one end of the spectrum to the other every four days my allergies & sinuses are extremely unhappy. But just gotta take it in stride.
I've been knitting my buttski off, but with stuff (by and large) that I want to make, which is nice after all the Christmas madness. I think I made... 24 Christmas gifts? I actually finished them up a few days before Christmas too, which as never, never, notinthehistoryoftheuniverse happened to me. I was irrationally giddy about it.
Now I'm just looking towards the future, getting stuff ready for the show season to come, dyeing and experimenting with new colorways, bases, etc. I put my Christmas money towards a spinning wheel too! It's small, a Fidelis wheel from Heavenly Handspinning, but it works well and I'm practicing a little every day. Not as good as with my spindle by a long shot but I'll get there. Until then all I can do is practice. I do really wish I had gotten a double treadle, but that's my only regret. And I'm sure this won't be my last wheel, so it's something I know for next time.
I was on a roll with blogging before, but I'm hoping I can be more involved starting now. I've got a lot going on - I've started Weight Watchers (and lost 9 pounds!), I'm making an effort to cook more and make new recipes, and I may be getting involved with a local community theatre troupe after a long hiatus - in addition to my knitting. I want to start releasing patterns too, challenge myself to get more involved in design work. And I'm going to need somewhere to write about that, right? I hope you'll read along, and feel free to leave me comments!
Much love in the new year,
Angela
I've been knitting my buttski off, but with stuff (by and large) that I want to make, which is nice after all the Christmas madness. I think I made... 24 Christmas gifts? I actually finished them up a few days before Christmas too, which as never, never, notinthehistoryoftheuniverse happened to me. I was irrationally giddy about it.
Now I'm just looking towards the future, getting stuff ready for the show season to come, dyeing and experimenting with new colorways, bases, etc. I put my Christmas money towards a spinning wheel too! It's small, a Fidelis wheel from Heavenly Handspinning, but it works well and I'm practicing a little every day. Not as good as with my spindle by a long shot but I'll get there. Until then all I can do is practice. I do really wish I had gotten a double treadle, but that's my only regret. And I'm sure this won't be my last wheel, so it's something I know for next time.
I was on a roll with blogging before, but I'm hoping I can be more involved starting now. I've got a lot going on - I've started Weight Watchers (and lost 9 pounds!), I'm making an effort to cook more and make new recipes, and I may be getting involved with a local community theatre troupe after a long hiatus - in addition to my knitting. I want to start releasing patterns too, challenge myself to get more involved in design work. And I'm going to need somewhere to write about that, right? I hope you'll read along, and feel free to leave me comments!
Much love in the new year,
Angela
My first FO of 2013! A Kindle paperwhite cozy! Anyone interested in seeing a pattern like this?
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