pattern:
susie's reading mitts
yarn: lion brand angora merino in blossom
needle: sz. 5
started: july 12, 2011
finished july 15, 2011
these mitts are sooooooooooo soft! i got this yarn as a gift from my boss...which i'll tell you more about in a bit :) the pattern is super easy and fast, a little bit too girly for me though. i love knitting with pink but i never wear it, so these will be an early bday present for my mom!
pattern:
baggy bolero
yarn: knit picks telemark in aubergine
needle: sz. 8 & sz. 10.5
started: june 30, 2011
finished july 12, 2011
i wasn't really sure how this was going to turn out, i was worried it might be a little too shapeless. but i think it works! it doesn't go over my shoulders as much as i'd like, but i really like how baggy it is....very cute! i like the color alot too, any color i can get into my wardrobe besides black is a good thing :)
now for the story of my toes! not for the squeamish!!!!!! :)
you might be wondering how i all of a sudden have had all this time to knit! well a couple fridays ago i had an accident at work. we are doing construction and i was carrying some cardboard boxes to be thrown out and i bumped a radiator cover that wasn't attached to the ground or wall and it fell on my right foot.
my first thought was 'of course! there is always something falling on me!' but then i looked down and saw blood and two of my toes were cut very badly. people came running and they all freaked out, which really freaked me out, i honestly though my toes were goners. since i've never been to a hospital or really had an accident this was SO scary.
turns out i broke (or as the dr put it 'smashed') two of my toes and have stitches in both. :( its been really hard getting around, i laid in bed for the first few days then tried to hobble around the city....but that was so exhausting. so i've been pretty much knitting non-stop with all my free time! my boss bought me yarn as a get well gift. :)
im just now starting to feel a bit better, i get my stitches out tomorrow! also, it was really weird how bruised my arm got from the iv they gave me, as you can see from the bruise below something went wrong?!
here are some pics for you to enjoy of me with my wonderful friends in the hospital and my healing arm.
