wip round-up

in the last 24 hours i have cast-on for two new projects. yikes! hehe. my brother will be graduating from college next month, and i thought it would be a great idea to knit him a blanket. ya know, with it being almost summer and all ;) i really think he'll appreciate it, and hopefully it will be something he keeps for a long time. i hope he thinks of me whenever he uses it. i don't really get to see my family that much, them being in michigan and all. i see them about once a year, maybe twice. at first it was really, really hard being so far away, but i've gotten really used to it. i'm not sure if that's a good or bad thing. :)
anywho's i decided to make him the cable comfort throw. it calls for lion brand thick & quick, which i was going to use, but it seems there are never enough skeins of one color that i want. so i decided to use lion brand homespun instead. oh man, i'm beginning to think that might not have been such a hot idea. homespun is kind of a nightmare to knit with, the stitches are hard to see and it doesn't help that i picked a dark charcoal color. but it is sooooo soft, and i know i'll be happy i gave him something machine washable. the blanket is knit in panels and i'm about halfway done with the first of five panels.
i also cast-on for some fingerless gloves for a friend in nyc. my good friend, patrice, has been running around town doing all my dirty work. :) she has gone and met with my future roomies, checked out the place, it's been such a big help. i feel so much better knowing the place and the people have her approval. so i'm going to knit her a little gift!
i cut out the felt eyes and mouth for bob the blob, i just need to glue them on. i decided not to use safety eyes, even though i think they would look better. the eyes i found at joann's had a warning for kids and i just don't want to risk it.
here are my works in progress posing on the floor, there is also my mom's blanket (for xmas) and that sweater i was working on once upon a time. ;) the dark grey is the panel, the little grey thing at the bottom are the gloves and there's bob!


perhaps my knitting eyes are bigger than my stomach?

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survivor knitting

my boyfriend and i usually mosey on over to his parent's house on thursdays so we (i) can watch survivor. i love me some survivor! i've become a reality show nut. even though i know the show is about 95% made-up/scripted/bull....i still love it! so last night we headed over there and i worked on bob the blob. that's what i've named william's toy. i figure he can rename it if he'd like, after he can talk. :)

i'm pretty much finished with bob, i just have to sew on the arms, sew the belly button, eyes and teeth on. and stuff him! bob is so soft, he will make such a great little pillow for william when he has those spur of the moment baby naps. :) i even tested him out on my face! aaaah soooo soooooft.

here is maggie watching me take pictures with my knitting. she's so nosy. and i've also found that bob is popular among dogs. maggie tried to steal him twice.


here is bob pre-stuffing.


as you can maybe tell....i'm trying to blog more, my goal is at least every other day! i hope that doesn't mean my posts get boring though. maybe that will motivate me to keep my knitting life exciting! ;)

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knitting love

last night at knitting group i got such a lovely surprise from my friend julie, she made me a going away present! how sweet! she made this cute little bag, which is the perfect size might i add. and a cowl from yarn i gave her :) hehe. now that i see this yarn all knit up, i must say, i have good taste!!! ;) it's perfect. a girl can never have enough cowls in my opinion. here are the lovely things...

i love the little speckles in the yarn

she makes her own tags! get outta here with that cuteness...


and i got going with my monster for william. shawn helped me out with this one. the legs were kind of tricky, and it was my first time doing magic loop (!) somehow i got the needles all backwards, insideout, upside down, who knows. but with shawn's help, i was on my way! nice. i think it's going to be so cute, i'm not sure what i'm going to do about the eyes. they suggest using 'safety eyes' but i think i might just stitch some on. we shall see!


right now it just looks like a little pair of pants. :)

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namaste, yay!

i just found out my first day back at my old yoga studio will be june 3!!! so, right when i get back to the city! i am so excited. the studio is laughing lotus and it is where i fell in love with yoga. just being there makes me so happy. i can't wait to get back. and free yoga!!! whatwhaaaaaaaaat. yoga is not cheap anywhere, especially in the city. i think classes run about $16 per class (!!!) or about $150 for a month (!!!!) yeah, that is so not in the budget. so i am so very lucky i get to go for free. and trust me, i will be taking full advantage.

yoga is the perfect balance to living in the city. if i didn't have it i'm sure i would be bouncing off the walls. laughing lotus is such a bright, energectic place. it's definitely not your grandma's yoga. ;) here is a peak inside, with the lovely dana teaching my fav. pose, triangle! yum.


i'm really hoping to start teaching once i get back as well. the idea of teaching kind of terrifies me, but i really, really want to do it. the few times i've done it, it starts off crazy scary...and then is just awesome :) so i'll have to get back in the groove. here is me at my yoga school graduation with two of my bestfriends . oh yes, good times were had.

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shhhhhh

things have been pretty quiet around here lately, at least on the knitting front. this past weekend i think i picked up my knitting maybe once! what the?! usually it's glued to my hands, not sure what my deal was. i'm sure it's the fact that the only thing i really have going (not hibernating at least) is that scarf. oh scarves, i own about 20 and if i had it my way i would have one on year round, but they are so boring! the most boring of the boring!!!

i just bought a toy pattern to knit up for a friend's son. i'm so excited to meet him! he was born after i moved, i got a chance to hang out with him while he was still in the womb so we're not total strangers. :) the pattern is a cute little monster thing, and i'm using some left-over malabrigo. it is going to be oh so soft, i can't wait!

and in other exciting knitting news, i recently found out the apartment i will be subletting is 2 min. away from the yarn tree in brooklyn! ooooh yeeeeah. this could mean trouble.

here's baby will, how can you not LOVE that face! :)


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old habits dye hard

my room is a total disaster! always has been, but i'm trying to change! seriously. it's kind of hard right now though because i'm trying to pack, get rid of stuff, organize, oh man. organization is key in nyc, being that a person only has about a corner of space to their name. i have to get back into the groove of living in a tiny space. here is what my room here looks like at the moment (i hope you are sitting!). this isn't really my ROOM room, this is just where i keep most of my things. :)


on the knitting front, i got a section of the sisterhood of the traveling scarf! i have to add my section, write my letter and send it on. i'm excited to get my scarf! i think this traveling scarf was a really cool idea, and even though we've had a few hiccups, it's been fun and i can't WAIT to read all the letters that come with my scarf. :)

it was such a nice day today, i didn't do much knitting though. i thought about knitting alot though, so that counts for something! my mom got the two cowls and the gloves i sent her in the mail, and she is still bugging me about the other pair of gloves she wants. what the!? ummm, can you say greedy?! and its like 100 degrees out. i swear, she is insane. aaaaaaanyways, i guess with mother's day around the corner i should zip it.....but seriously folks!

here's the scarf i'll be adding my section to...


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christmas knitting: take 1

nothing too exciting on the knitting front for me, i've been working on this scarf for a few days now. although i like how it is turning out (after 2 false starts) the pattern isn't that exciting. i'm thinking this scarf will be a gift for a dear friend this winter....which friend, i'm not sure. :)

i've been going through alot of my stuff lately, deciding what i want to take with me to ny and what i want to leave/get rid of. i have a habit of actually getting rid of too much. but really, what does a person really need?! my ipod and some sticks and string. if i have those i am all good, oh yeah, and my favorite stuffed animal. :)

i'm planning on bringing a car load of clothes and shoes to good will or salvation army this week. it feels so good to purge things. i love it! i'm resisting buying yarn everday....ok, every minute of everyday! i want to order some more comfy from knitpicks so badly, but i know i have to save my pennies. i want to be able to eat when i get to ny! or at least have a drink.

yay it's wednesday! you know what that means....oh yes....knitting group! love it. and here's my scarf at lunch!


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