matt turned 30

my good friend matt turned 30, so we karaoked our brains out. it was so much fun ($454 worth of fun to be exact!) here are some highlights compliments of my friend newsy!

birthday bathmat?

tonight i cast-on for the muriwai bathmat (i'm on a major casting-on kick) and i'm debating whether or not to give it to my mom as part of her birthday gift next month. i feel like a bathmat might not be a very personal birthday gift....but its handknit! from the heart! i don't know, what do you think?
the bathmat is knit holding two strands together, and instead of doing one solid color...

i'm going to do these two, to give it a little pizazz! i really like the speckles of color in the cream yarn...

i guess if i don't finish it by september 17 though, that will make it easy for me to decide if i should gift it or not! :)

FO: edi cowl

pattern: edi cowl

yarn: lion brand thick & quick in snapdragon

needle: sz. 15

started: july 27, 2010

finished: july 31, 2010

so, this didn't turn out quite as i planned. i still really like it, but it doesn't really fit over my shoulders, i think i'm built like a linebacker. i really love the color, and how chunky it is....even though when i have it on it kind of feels like a neck brace and i feel a little claustrophobic. but i think it looks pretty cool, so it's totally worth it! ;) hehe

while taking these pics i got an order from someone who wants one! weeeeeeeeeee

ps. hi newsy! hehehehehe

FO: calorimetry

pattern: calorimetry

yarn: lion brand organic wool

needle: sz. 7

started: july 25, 2010

finished: july 26, 2010

i only cast-on 96 sts. instead of the suggested 120...and it is still a little big, and i have a big head! i also only did 12 repeats of the 5th row (instead of 15 repeats). i got my friends at the studio to try i on also, it looks great on everyone! :) now they all want one...lucky for me it's a really quick knit.

i'm back on the knitting train in a major way. lots of projects in the works and on the to do list...weeeee!!!





ps. july 21st was mine and betty's one year anniversary! i can't believe we have been in love for a whole year already, this seems like just yesterday! i'm so glad that i adopted her, and can't wait for a long life together. :) don't mind the picture, she hates cameras...

baby yogi

one of the teachers at the yoga studio i work at is having a baby! she is due in december, so i decided to get started on my baby knitting asap...since you never know how long it might take me to finish. :)

when she went to find out if it is a boy or girl, they couldn't tell because the baby was upside down and in a weird position....total yogi baby!!!

i decided to just go with neutrals, mainly because i really wanted to get started. i'm going to make a log cabin blanket out of 4 neutral shades in the tan/cream family...i think it will be really cute.

i also plan on sewing a lining on it........scary! i will definitely be looking for help with that when the time comes.

here is betty and the work in progress :)


ps i've been thinking about piercing my nose! ah! what do you think, yay or nay?!

hippie stuff

today my good friend and yoga teacher, luke, led a workshop that was part yoga class, part tie-dyeing. it was so much fun (and so messy!) i dont think my hands will be clean for a while.

we started off with an hour of yoga and then 3 hours of tie-dying! i have a new addiction. i was really interested in how we would do this in the city. at home in michigan, we could just go outside and use the sidewalk or driveway, but here it gets a little tricky. there is really nowhere to do it outside and inside it could be a real disaster. but we put garbage bags down and went to town. i made so many things! we used the regular dye, and then also fabric spray and stencils.

i did tshirts, pillow cases and tank tops. :)

soulstice

monday was the official first day of summer. could have fooled me! i've been melting since late april. anywhooooooooooos, there was a solstice celebration in times square and my boss was invited to teach a yoga class. the class was right in the middle of times square. i couldn't really picture in my head how they were going to do that. have you ever seen that place?! its sensory overload, but i went, and it was the coolest thing. hundreds of yogis getting down on their mat right at 47th and broadway.

it was interesting to just watch a whole class happen, normally i'm in it! i must say, it was pretty cool. all different kinds of people, different ages, different levels and i think everyone had a great time.

there were a ton of my friends/coworkers there helping assist the class (it's hard for one teacher to make it around to 100s of students)

here are some pics of the event...






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