the week flew by

Day 8 - Some progress


Day 9 - No time for knitting!

Day 10 - Too much homework!

Day 11 - Went snowboarding and had outrageous fun again.


Day 12 - Knitted about 10 garter ridges

Day 13 - Finished Block 3!

This week was a little crazy because I was planning on being gone all night Wednesday so I was booking to get my homework done.  It totally paid off; I got to knit a lot at the end of the week in front of The Big Bang Theory.

My baby blanket is coming along so well! I figured I have knit about 180 rows in 13 days. Not too shabby.

Block 4 is looking really intimidating right now. Instead of 60 stitches wide it asks to pick up 72 stitches along the right side of Block 3 and across the bound off edge of Block 2. Block 4 will also require 36 garter ridges before it can be bound off.

Now I am switching to my final color, Fresh Green.

I think I will start that later.

block 3 going fast!

Day 7 - Major progress on Block 3
We went shopping in Des Moines, and with the father-in-law along to make conversation with the hubby, I got lots of knitting done! The 16 garter ridges I have left don't seem so far away.

End of Week One! (Jan 16 - 22)


I think for the first week, this project has gone really well and its helping me work on my Photoshop skills.

This is really fun :)

finishing block 2 and beginning block 3

Day 4 - Knitted but didn't get a whole lot done.
I went snowboarding tonight what do you expect? & watched Conan when I got home.


Day 5 - Barely got anything done.
I went to hang with friends on Welch Ave.

Day 6 - Block 2 complete
Finished 18 garter ridges! This project is way more fun than people credit it with. Binding off after each block is a satisfying experience that usually only comes with finishing a project, and another thing that adds to the satisfaction is changing to a new color each block.

2 out of 10 complete! (It looks as if there are 12 blocks total but Block 9 and 10 use the Intarsia technique to knit with 2 colors at once to make less to seam!)


Here is a new progress photo starting with Day 1's progress on Sunday to Day 6's progress today (Saturday). It was super fun doing Block 2 probably because it will be the smallest block.

Now I will just turn the work clockwise and pick up 60 stitches in the lime green-ish color:

It may be difficult to get used to 60 stitches that I need to knit into for 36 garter ridges! Perseverance.

adding a new block

Day 3 - Adding a new colored block

Now I did a little research before I bound off the last square. I was wondering if I should keep the stitches live (on holders) or do the bind off and picking up stitches like the pattern says. After consulting the Ravelry forums, I decided that I would try it the bind off way because then all the blocks will have a distinct edge, and some Ravelers preferred the look. I don't have any problem with picking up stitches anyway.

So here we go, Block 2
Pick up 36 stitches along the right side (I did 1 in each "valley" between ridges).
Knit 18 garter ridges. All I got to tonight is picking up the stitches in yellow, and I just turned the block on its side to knit into the right side of it.

One thing I know is that Calculus homework really sucked tonight. Then I realized all of the answers were in the back of the book! Wondering if this is a trick. Maybe they want to see how many people get A's on homework but fail the tests? No idea. What a boring semester though. I hope knitting keeps my busy and makes it fly!

Well almost 2am better hit the pillow.

Droid blog

I finally downloaded a Blogger app for my phone!
Now I can update more often. Right now I am working on a pair of crocheted booties for a friend. They are orange, the yarn left over from another baby gift. So cute. The pattern is from Crochet Today! Magazine. Pic coming to Ravelry.
Last night I pulled out my Delphine lace knit top. Just started the main lace pattern. Have just about 3 inches done. Pattern is in Interweave Knits spring 2009 issue. It's also in the book French Girl Knits. Pic also in Ravelry.
Ugh I have such bad news...I think I am developing an allergy to wool! I wore a sweater the other day and after I took it off I had red hive bumps that are still there. And when I was knitting my Delphine (100% wool, Blue Sky Alpacas yarn) my hand started to get red bumps on it where I was touching it! All I know is I am not giving in! Wool and I are such good friends. Plus I want to learn to spin so this can't be. All my dreams of sheep and llamas running through fields are now beginning to make me itch with despair. I will do what I have to do to stay on good terms, even if it requires medication! Heck don't all of us knitters require medication at some point? Or at least all of the non-knitters in our lives might say so.
I have here now a couple of book reviews. Go get these from the public library (my new favorite place)!
[Grade: A+] I just finished the Yarn Harlot by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee...hilarious and I was laughing so hard at some parts. She tells stories about experiences with knitting blunders and creates a yarn world that us knitters can relate to.
[Grade: A] I also just finished reading The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood. It's fiction and interesting if you like reading mini life stories about women from different worlds meeting together and knitting. The only bad part is that the main character lost her little daughter and it takes the whole book for her to deal with the grief. But its ok because it was still a good read, even though sad at times. But real-life.
Well my fingers are freaking sore from texting. Thanks for reading!

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new wordle

This is a great Wordle =) 

colorado calls

Well starting by looking at my last blog post, I sort of dropped that friendship...good thing, huh?

Anyways- this week is looking crazy. That's why I'm still awake, I have so much on my mind.

In the midst of school, work, and "finding a new church"...CFC is still my church though. I miss it :,( ...I am jumping in an ISU van at 4 AM this Saturday to leave for Colorado, for a group trip with the Ski & Snowboard Club. I have obviously spent some money on this trip which has me feeling a little guilty.  I'm trying to think how this will be a fun experience and not about the cost. I always pinch my wallet so there comes a time for my own sanity that it needs to be opened!

I am really nervous because I have never boarded in the real mountains.  I have heard that you can't see the top and that it takes hours just to get down the mountain. It sounds so scary. I am hoping I don't forget anything, hoping that I will be warm enough, hoping that the trip is worth it.

One good thing is taking a break from classes. And spending time knitting. I have to show you what I am working on! I am in an "intermediate knitting class" through a student organization called the Workspace in the MU on campus.  The teacher is a Chemistry grad student.  The pattern we are making is called Fiddlehead Mittens. We have had 2 classes and we have 2 more left. I am enjoying the fellowship with other knitters. Otherwise I am sad without a knitting group. (Shoutout to Gen, Michelle, and Jill...I miss you girls!!) I knit in class sometimes if it is a really boring lecture. Actually I knitted through all my classes today working on this mitten. It actually helps me pay attention.  So here it is, my Fiddlehead!

So having a small project with on the drive will really help the hours go by.

Well when I get back I will probably be sponsored by Burton to compete or something :P if only I would wake up from my daydreams :P ;) !

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! <3 <3