Yep, there's me fourth from the right in the front not throwing my cap because I couldn't get the tassel off. Sometimes I question the Ivy League acceptance. But hey, I GRADUATED!
And now I shall knit.
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Showing posts with label School. Show all posts
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Tassel Malfunctions
Yep, there's me fourth from the right in the front not throwing my cap because I couldn't get the tassel off. Sometimes I question the Ivy League acceptance. But hey, I GRADUATED!
And now I shall knit.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
I'M BACK!...and I have a shameless plug.
I've out-nerded myself once again. I'm doing a Shakespeare-themed yarn club as a last hoorah before I go off to college. The club will last three months and will include sock yarn and some stitch markers, and it should be a ton of fun! More info can be found here.
Aside from that, I don't have much to talk about. I finished school last Friday, but graduation isn't until the 28th, so mostly I've been trying to relax and start getting ready for college. I already met my pre-major adviser, peer adviser, and RA via email, and I got my roommate assignment a few weeks back. She's really cool, and she wants to learn how to knit!
I've decided to set a knitting goal for this summer, since my knitting goal last summer was, well...just a little unattainable (Ravelympics, first sweater/really big project, giant summer assignment...yeah, that didn't work out). This summer I am F-ing Os. That's finishing objects. Get your minds out of the gutter. I'm also going to try to blog more, especially since I hope to get into writing more in college, and I figure writing little bits about knitting isn't a terrible place to start.
Aside from that, I don't have much to talk about. I finished school last Friday, but graduation isn't until the 28th, so mostly I've been trying to relax and start getting ready for college. I already met my pre-major adviser, peer adviser, and RA via email, and I got my roommate assignment a few weeks back. She's really cool, and she wants to learn how to knit!
I've decided to set a knitting goal for this summer, since my knitting goal last summer was, well...just a little unattainable (Ravelympics, first sweater/really big project, giant summer assignment...yeah, that didn't work out). This summer I am F-ing Os. That's finishing objects. Get your minds out of the gutter. I'm also going to try to blog more, especially since I hope to get into writing more in college, and I figure writing little bits about knitting isn't a terrible place to start.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Project 365 1/3/09
This picture is kind of a cop-out. All it is is a slightly blurred (lighting was bad, and I don't have a tripod) photo of my physics homework and some of the knitting I've done today. On the left is my basic sock with a short row heel using Yarn Zombie DK weight yarn in the colorway Highway 9, which I looooooooooooooooove, and a teeny tiny sweater called Cheers made in a random sample of yarn from a dyer, but I don't recall which one. Technically it's supposed to be a Christmas ornament, but I don't celebrate Christmas, so it's just a tiny sweater. It'd be neat if I could find a way to use them as swatches. It'd be wayyyy more fun than knitting rectangles every time I wanted to figure out gauge...not that I ever knit a whole swatch (except when I'm making an actual sweater).
Sunday, November 16, 2008
I only blog when I have homework.
So it seems I only blog when I have homework and don't want to do it. Oh well, here goes.
I recently started looking at base yarn to order for dyeing over winter break. Just a couple months ago, I figured I'd be spending winter break putting together a yarn club for the new year. I then, of course, realized that I couldn't do a yarn club this year because any club requiring me to send out a monthly package wouldn't fit in with my school schedule, and any club requiring me to send out a package every other month would mean that I'd have to be dyeing and sending out yarn as I prepare to leave.
That's when it hit me. In less than a year, I'm leaving. It's one thing when you're a freshman or sophomore and the people you occasionally hung out with leave, and it's another thing entirely when you're a junior and some of your oldest and closest friends leave (My boyfriend leaving at the beginning of this year wasn't as big a deal as I thought it would be, since he's only a half hour away, but still...), but being a senior and realizing that you're going to be leaving your home, your family, the ability to drive for five minutes to see your best friends, and the easy 30-minute wait to see your boyfriend...
What if I get to school and can't find other knitters? What if my roommate or suitemates don't understand the big piles of stash or envelopes? What if somebody sees my dyepots and decides to make pasta and then everybody gets sick and there's a lawsuit and GAHHHHH!
Anyway! What was it like when you left home? Share your stories, advice, stash space-reducing (not stash-reducing!) secrets?
I recently started looking at base yarn to order for dyeing over winter break. Just a couple months ago, I figured I'd be spending winter break putting together a yarn club for the new year. I then, of course, realized that I couldn't do a yarn club this year because any club requiring me to send out a monthly package wouldn't fit in with my school schedule, and any club requiring me to send out a package every other month would mean that I'd have to be dyeing and sending out yarn as I prepare to leave.
That's when it hit me. In less than a year, I'm leaving. It's one thing when you're a freshman or sophomore and the people you occasionally hung out with leave, and it's another thing entirely when you're a junior and some of your oldest and closest friends leave (My boyfriend leaving at the beginning of this year wasn't as big a deal as I thought it would be, since he's only a half hour away, but still...), but being a senior and realizing that you're going to be leaving your home, your family, the ability to drive for five minutes to see your best friends, and the easy 30-minute wait to see your boyfriend...
What if I get to school and can't find other knitters? What if my roommate or suitemates don't understand the big piles of stash or envelopes? What if somebody sees my dyepots and decides to make pasta and then everybody gets sick and there's a lawsuit and GAHHHHH!
Anyway! What was it like when you left home? Share your stories, advice, stash space-reducing (not stash-reducing!) secrets?
Sunday, November 2, 2008
While I was gone...
The last month and a half have been busy. During that time, I did a ton of schoolwork, produced ridiculous amounts of art, applied to college, not slept enough, and definitely not done enough knitting or dyeing. Actually, I haven't done any dyeing in a really long time. In conclusion, I'm just really tired, but I wanted to let you know I'm still out here and see how the rest of you are doing.
So...let me know!
So...let me know!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
I am alive! I promise!
It's just that...APs and my research paper kind of ate my life for a while.
But I am back!
Possibly with vengeance!
Or maybe I'll disappear for another two and a half weeks. It could go either way.
I think my problem is that this blog is really only about fiber, which doesn't suit my personality very well.
So...about me...lately (**WARNING** RANT **WARNING**). Honestly, everything here isn't so great. My family is a bit of a mess due to my grandma's fourth cancer surgery. There's been a lot of fighting, and, being a kid, there's nothing I can do but watch. On top of that, my favorite teacher refused to let me make up an essay because I missed it while I was sick and didn't know about it. I was really sick, and I missed school so that I could be there for HIS musical (I'm a techie). Now, no matter how hard I work, my well-deserved (I work hard. Really hard.) almost perfect average is going to decrease by several points. Right now it's more than ten points below where it should be because of the zero factored into my grade. There's nothing I can do about this either because I had planned on having him write one of my college recommendation letters. I can't go over his head, and I can't try to find a way around it. I've been sad almost non-stop for three days, and all I want to do is sit around and eat and buy several hundred dollars worth of stuff on etsy and listen to Pride and Prejudice on CraftLit. I don't want to knit, crochet, dye, spin, or make jewelry or stitch markers. I can't concentrate on my homework, and I can't fall asleep. My parents are sleeping, and my boyfriend's computer died in the middle of our conversation (again), and at 3:32 AM, there's no one to talk to. I don't feel like myself at all, and that's what I want more than anything.
Well, now that I've shared way too many personal feelings with "teh interwebz," I'm going to go try and do a bit more work and maybe see if I can get some sleep. Hopefully my next post will be a bit happier in tone with pictures of the wonderful things Beth at WhorlingTides sent me for my birthday and news on new etsy posts (I plan to do a lot of them as soon as I get a chance).
Anyway, faithful readers: good night.
But I am back!
Possibly with vengeance!
Or maybe I'll disappear for another two and a half weeks. It could go either way.
I think my problem is that this blog is really only about fiber, which doesn't suit my personality very well.
So...about me...lately (**WARNING** RANT **WARNING**). Honestly, everything here isn't so great. My family is a bit of a mess due to my grandma's fourth cancer surgery. There's been a lot of fighting, and, being a kid, there's nothing I can do but watch. On top of that, my favorite teacher refused to let me make up an essay because I missed it while I was sick and didn't know about it. I was really sick, and I missed school so that I could be there for HIS musical (I'm a techie). Now, no matter how hard I work, my well-deserved (I work hard. Really hard.) almost perfect average is going to decrease by several points. Right now it's more than ten points below where it should be because of the zero factored into my grade. There's nothing I can do about this either because I had planned on having him write one of my college recommendation letters. I can't go over his head, and I can't try to find a way around it. I've been sad almost non-stop for three days, and all I want to do is sit around and eat and buy several hundred dollars worth of stuff on etsy and listen to Pride and Prejudice on CraftLit. I don't want to knit, crochet, dye, spin, or make jewelry or stitch markers. I can't concentrate on my homework, and I can't fall asleep. My parents are sleeping, and my boyfriend's computer died in the middle of our conversation (again), and at 3:32 AM, there's no one to talk to. I don't feel like myself at all, and that's what I want more than anything.
Well, now that I've shared way too many personal feelings with "teh interwebz," I'm going to go try and do a bit more work and maybe see if I can get some sleep. Hopefully my next post will be a bit happier in tone with pictures of the wonderful things Beth at WhorlingTides sent me for my birthday and news on new etsy posts (I plan to do a lot of them as soon as I get a chance).
Anyway, faithful readers: good night.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
I am a bad blogger.
I think about things to blog...then I don't blog them. Remember those yarn shop reviews...ehhh...yeah, maybe when I go back to revisit some schools.
So anyway, a LOT of stuff has happened lately. Last Saturday I started work at Knitting on the Lamb.
I feel incredibly lucky to have a job doing something I love while my friends are off scooping ice cream or stacking cheesy romance novels with Fabio on the cover (and hiding my stuff while I look through the knitting books...clearly they don't have enough work to do). The people there are also exceptionally cool...and I get to arrange the sock yarn....and there's Schaefer Anne!!!!! I'll be going back on the 24th because I took some time off for APs, so if any of my local knitting buddies would like to drop by, I'd be happy to see you.
Hmm, what else?
Well, Pam at Yarny Goodness approached me asking me to sell my handpainted yarn and stitch markers in her shop, which I will be doing soon! You'll still be able to find my stuff on etsy, and my stitch markers will be available at Knitting on the Lamb. This is very, very exciting. It also means that I may be able to skip getting a second summer job and spend my extra days dyeing yarn and making stitch markers. I'm pretty thrilled.
As for my knitting: I recently finished my mom's first Mothers Day sock, and she's okay with getting the second one a little bit late, so I put that off for a bit in order to cast on my Snicket Socks (oh, go look them up yourself). I also received my yarn from Party 300 in the Teens Knit & Crochet group on Ravelry. Jeanie dyed a beautiful skein of yarn just for me! Her work is beautiful, and I recommend you check it out. Here's the skein she sent me:
The colorway is called Embers II. The photo really doesn't do it justice. It is gorgeous in real life. I'm going to use it for a pair of Bellatrix socks as soon as I get through another substantial chunk of my Jaywalkers (just finished the gusset). I can't wait!
Well, it's 2:08 am, and I have to be up by 10 or so tomorrow to try to get some work done before the Sheep to Shawl Festival (yay!). More on that after I go...maybe...you never know with me, do you?
Hmm...yeah...g'night.
So anyway, a LOT of stuff has happened lately. Last Saturday I started work at Knitting on the Lamb.
I love it. I love it. I love it.
I feel incredibly lucky to have a job doing something I love while my friends are off scooping ice cream or stacking cheesy romance novels with Fabio on the cover (and hiding my stuff while I look through the knitting books...clearly they don't have enough work to do). The people there are also exceptionally cool...and I get to arrange the sock yarn....and there's Schaefer Anne!!!!! I'll be going back on the 24th because I took some time off for APs, so if any of my local knitting buddies would like to drop by, I'd be happy to see you.
Hmm, what else?
Well, Pam at Yarny Goodness approached me asking me to sell my handpainted yarn and stitch markers in her shop, which I will be doing soon! You'll still be able to find my stuff on etsy, and my stitch markers will be available at Knitting on the Lamb. This is very, very exciting. It also means that I may be able to skip getting a second summer job and spend my extra days dyeing yarn and making stitch markers. I'm pretty thrilled.
As for my knitting: I recently finished my mom's first Mothers Day sock, and she's okay with getting the second one a little bit late, so I put that off for a bit in order to cast on my Snicket Socks (oh, go look them up yourself). I also received my yarn from Party 300 in the Teens Knit & Crochet group on Ravelry. Jeanie dyed a beautiful skein of yarn just for me! Her work is beautiful, and I recommend you check it out. Here's the skein she sent me:
The colorway is called Embers II. The photo really doesn't do it justice. It is gorgeous in real life. I'm going to use it for a pair of Bellatrix socks as soon as I get through another substantial chunk of my Jaywalkers (just finished the gusset). I can't wait!
Well, it's 2:08 am, and I have to be up by 10 or so tomorrow to try to get some work done before the Sheep to Shawl Festival (yay!). More on that after I go...maybe...you never know with me, do you?
Hmm...yeah...g'night.
Monday, April 21, 2008
I'd show you pictures of all the new things available in my etsy shop, except...
most of them already sold! Yay for me!..okay...I'm excited. You don't have to be, but it's encouraged.
I spent some time dyeing on Friday before I had to show up for tech at my school's production of Guys and Dolls, and I think I'm getting the hang of it.
First I dyed some yarn for a sale I did through Ravelry. I call this one Hugs & Smooshes, and it's for bonnieshae. I love this skein, and I don't even like pink...
I also did some rovings, which I already sold on etsy. I think I'm going to have to buy some more base roving even though I haven't finished dyeing/selling all the sock weight base yarn I bought, but it comes from Nebraska, which is nowhere near here, so shipping is kind of a drag. Anyway, I call these colors Peel Me a Grape and Cherries Garcia, respectively *points at pictures* (the latter is named after my dad's favorite ice cream flavor...I personally don't like it that much, but the roving is nice...I'm kind of sad to see it go).
That's all for now, but there'll be more updates...next time I do something worth posting about!
Thursday, April 10, 2008
So it seems I have been tagged.
This is My Brain on Crochet has tagged me in AJknitz's power-of-7 taggy game-like thing.
So...7 weird/something else that I forgot....things about MEEEEE!
1. I have two violas. One is too big for me (it's my old one), and her name (yes, her) is Charlie. The other is the smaller one I got when I realized that Charlie was too big, and his name is Lucius and I looove him. I should probably sell the old one (yarn money???), but it was the first instrument that was my very own, and I'm really attached to it.
2. I am never taking the SATs ever again!
3. My glasses fall down my face all the time, but I still haven't gotten around to getting them fixed.
4. I have about 300 vocab cards in front of me, and I should be studying them.
5. I do, however, know that "egregious" means "conspicuously bad or offensive."
6. I love show tunes.
7. I enjoy speaking lolcat whenever it is appropriate.
Now, I believe, I must tag 7 people. Sorry in advance if you've already been tagged!
Okay, here goes:
http://jeshknits.wordpress.com/
http://thelumpysweater.wordpress.com
http://nameisie90.blogspot.com
http://knitteddistraction.blogspot.com/
http://crochetcollection.blogspot.com
http://fiberfiend6891.wordpress.com/
http://teenspinyarn.blogspot.com/
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So...7 weird/something else that I forgot....things about MEEEEE!
1. I have two violas. One is too big for me (it's my old one), and her name (yes, her) is Charlie. The other is the smaller one I got when I realized that Charlie was too big, and his name is Lucius and I looove him. I should probably sell the old one (yarn money???), but it was the first instrument that was my very own, and I'm really attached to it.
2. I am never taking the SATs ever again!
3. My glasses fall down my face all the time, but I still haven't gotten around to getting them fixed.
4. I have about 300 vocab cards in front of me, and I should be studying them.
5. I do, however, know that "egregious" means "conspicuously bad or offensive."
6. I love show tunes.
7. I enjoy speaking lolcat whenever it is appropriate.
Now, I believe, I must tag 7 people. Sorry in advance if you've already been tagged!
Okay, here goes:
http://jeshknits.wordpress.com/
http://thelumpysweater.wordpress.com
http://nameisie90.blogspot.com
http://knitteddistraction.blogspot.com/
http://crochetcollection.blogspot.com
http://fiberfiend6891.wordpress.com/
http://teenspinyarn.blogspot.com/
Friday, March 28, 2008
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My dad just agreed to get me a ball winder and swift for my birthday (I had a 40% off coupon to JoAnn)! This means I won't be spending several hours of my life winding up all the yummy new yarn I bought! Yay! Actually, I'm not sure "yay" can even begin to describe it.
This should also free up some cash for the purchase of base yarn and dyes (and possibly some new knit picks needles (they're my favorites) so that I can knit up all this yarn), so keep an eye out for my upcoming line of handpainted yarns. I think I'm going to start with just sock yarn (75% superwash wool, 25% nylon), but message me if you think I should do something else. I'm open to suggestions...at least until I've already ordered the supplies, which will be on Monday or later. If you're interested in purchasing some yarn, leave a comment. I'd be happy to custom dye some for you as long as you message me in advance. I'll probably be selling the skeins for $20. Each one is about 440 yards long, so there's plenty for any size pair of socks!
Also, I WILL get to those shop reviews, but right now I have two essays (four pages or so each) and a bunch of non-fiction to read, so they probably won't be happening. Then again, I'll be up for a while posting on the teen knitters and crochet-ers board for the raffly contesty thing, and it's tough to concentrate on anything but knitting when you're doing that, SO...maybe not so long?
This should also free up some cash for the purchase of base yarn and dyes (and possibly some new knit picks needles (they're my favorites) so that I can knit up all this yarn), so keep an eye out for my upcoming line of handpainted yarns. I think I'm going to start with just sock yarn (75% superwash wool, 25% nylon), but message me if you think I should do something else. I'm open to suggestions...at least until I've already ordered the supplies, which will be on Monday or later. If you're interested in purchasing some yarn, leave a comment. I'd be happy to custom dye some for you as long as you message me in advance. I'll probably be selling the skeins for $20. Each one is about 440 yards long, so there's plenty for any size pair of socks!
Also, I WILL get to those shop reviews, but right now I have two essays (four pages or so each) and a bunch of non-fiction to read, so they probably won't be happening. Then again, I'll be up for a while posting on the teen knitters and crochet-ers board for the raffly contesty thing, and it's tough to concentrate on anything but knitting when you're doing that, SO...maybe not so long?
Monday, March 24, 2008
Worst Blogger Ever
So those shop reviews I promised...yeah, they'll come eventually. I've been to three shops so far, and each one has been wonderful in its own way. All three were very unique, and I have pictures of everything I bought. I haven't had a chance to upload them yet, and I want to be able to give each review the time it deserves, so they'll come as soon as I get a chance. I'll hopefully be going to at least three more shops (one or more for every place I visit!) before Round 2 of college visits are over.
I can't wait to upload the pictures. I scored big time on the free yarn because I did really well on the SAT (and I NEVER HAVE TO TAKE IT EVER AGAIN! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!), so my parents were more than happy to buy me all sorts of fun stuff.
I don't remember whether I mentioned the possiblity of starting my own handpainted yarn line or not, but I haven't bought the dye or base yarn yet...I'm not sure why. I could use a little bit of convincing (help would be welcome!). Any ideas as to where I could sell the yarn aside from my etsy shop would be really helpful, too.
Anyway, I have to be up at the crack of 8:30 for college visit #3 tomorrow, so I'll be leaving you for the evening.
Good night my yarny comrades!
I can't wait to upload the pictures. I scored big time on the free yarn because I did really well on the SAT (and I NEVER HAVE TO TAKE IT EVER AGAIN! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!), so my parents were more than happy to buy me all sorts of fun stuff.
I don't remember whether I mentioned the possiblity of starting my own handpainted yarn line or not, but I haven't bought the dye or base yarn yet...I'm not sure why. I could use a little bit of convincing (help would be welcome!). Any ideas as to where I could sell the yarn aside from my etsy shop would be really helpful, too.
Anyway, I have to be up at the crack of 8:30 for college visit #3 tomorrow, so I'll be leaving you for the evening.
Good night my yarny comrades!
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
So I haven't been here in a while, and I'm not really here now...
Well HELLO, apparently nonexistent readers (anyone there?)! I haven't posted much lately because, well, high school is a busy place, and my teachers can't seem to understand that knitting is more important than their homework. I did, however, manage to get through a few inches of my first Jaywalker (pretend there's a link here) and plan on finishing the toe tonight before I pack for college visits starting tomorrow.
Speaking of college visits, I'm lucky enough to have a dad who understands...no...gets nervous about, maybe...my love for all things yarny and knows that saying no to yarn makes for one very disagreeable teenager, so he said we could, if time allows, go on a mini yarn crawl near Princeton and UPenn! Findings will be reported here!
Also, I get my SAT scores back tomorrow, so I'll be buying the yarn and dye to start my own line of handpainted sock yarn probably as soon as I find out (if I met my goal, it'll be a reward; if I didn't, I'll buy it to make myself feel better). I'm thinking of doing an artist series that translates the work of some of my favorite artists (mostly of the 20th century) into socks. Yay!...Well, I think so, at least. The yarn will be available on my etsy shop (link that-a-way) unless I find somewhere better to sell it. I really do need to sell it...I seem to be spending all of my money on yarn...better hope for that summer job at the LYS...
Anyway, I'm not really here. I WILL finish the toe of the Jaywalker, pack, and find a good project to work on in the car tomorrow by...oh, I don't know, 2am?
Good night faithful yet apparently invisible readers. :)
Speaking of college visits, I'm lucky enough to have a dad who understands...no...gets nervous about, maybe...my love for all things yarny and knows that saying no to yarn makes for one very disagreeable teenager, so he said we could, if time allows, go on a mini yarn crawl near Princeton and UPenn! Findings will be reported here!
Also, I get my SAT scores back tomorrow, so I'll be buying the yarn and dye to start my own line of handpainted sock yarn probably as soon as I find out (if I met my goal, it'll be a reward; if I didn't, I'll buy it to make myself feel better). I'm thinking of doing an artist series that translates the work of some of my favorite artists (mostly of the 20th century) into socks. Yay!...Well, I think so, at least. The yarn will be available on my etsy shop (link that-a-way) unless I find somewhere better to sell it. I really do need to sell it...I seem to be spending all of my money on yarn...better hope for that summer job at the LYS...
Anyway, I'm not really here. I WILL finish the toe of the Jaywalker, pack, and find a good project to work on in the car tomorrow by...oh, I don't know, 2am?
Good night faithful yet apparently invisible readers. :)
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Bandwagon, Hive Mind, etc.
So why a knitblog? Why just one more knitblog when there are so many perfectly good ones out there?
Sure it's kind of creepy that I found one skein of ridiculously expensive sock yarn so gooooorgeous that inspired me to make a knitblog...but...but...but...yarnpr0nz!?!
No, that doesn't work for you?
Errr, well, it's pretty. It also made yesterday, which could have been a really bad day, a whole lot better. I won't bore you with the story of my whole day, but I will say that I took 4.5 hours worth of SAT, found out my mom was in the hospital for a minor surgery, and got in a pretty bad fight (verbal, I assure you, I'm far too weak and spazzy for any other type). After all that, my dad bought me girl scout cookies (mmm) and took me to the LYS, which was probably a bad idea on his part because I was mad, and he was paying. I bought two skeins of Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino to make Shedir from the Knitty breast cancer awareness mini issue for my best friend's birthday, four skeins of Blue Sky Alpacas Sport Weight in navy for Henry (also) from Knitty, one skein of Reynold's Andean Alpaca Regal in the Cranberry colorway for a hat, and, of course, that Schaefer Anne, which I may use for a pair of Pomotomus...Pomotomi...something like that, which also comes from Knitty.
I should probably let you know about some of my WIPs, but that would take a while because I am definitely a process knitter. Check out my Ravelry page (link is that-a-way >>>) if you'd like to see some of my past and current projects.
So I guess a more in depth "About Me" than the one you'll see to your right is in order. My name is Molly. I am a young but very avid knitter who especially enjoys KIP-ing around high school and confusing those who don't know that knitting is actually very cool. It's possible that I'm really as big a dork as they think I am...in fact, I'm pretty sure I am. My mom likes to tell people the story of the time she walked into my room without knocking and found me abruptly turning off the monitor. Your average high schooler might be buying drugs or looking at pornography, but no, not I. My vice? Excessive stash, perhaps. Knitting when I'm supposed to be doing other things? Too many "Just one more row!"-s? I believe that was the time she realized I was an addict.
Now, I've only been knitting for about a year and a half, but when I start doing something, I get really, really into it. I'm almost entirely self-taught through various internet sources, so I was able to learn as quickly as I wanted. After about a three days, I bound off my first scarf (turquoise acrylic, some garter stitch, a bit of ribbing, and about six inches long) taught myself to cable, and made a belt...which I never finished because it's 80% acrylic. That's when I realized I was a fiber snob. Ever since then it's really been downhill. My stash has grown to fit a shelf and two drawers (not to mention the 10+ WIPs...), which is a lot when your stuff is confined to a room and a half or so, and I knit all the time and everywhere. Add this to an AP-heavy high school workload, and I don't get much sleep, so if my rambling is incoherent at times, that's why.
I think that's enough for now. I'll post...when I feel like it! Yeah, that sounds good. Questions, comments, concerns, etc.: leave a comment! Just don't ask if you can lick my Schaefer Anne. It is mine and all mine and no one else can lick it. :D
This is why:
Sure it's kind of creepy that I found one skein of ridiculously expensive sock yarn so gooooorgeous that inspired me to make a knitblog...but...but...but...yarnpr0nz!?!
No, that doesn't work for you?
Errr, well, it's pretty. It also made yesterday, which could have been a really bad day, a whole lot better. I won't bore you with the story of my whole day, but I will say that I took 4.5 hours worth of SAT, found out my mom was in the hospital for a minor surgery, and got in a pretty bad fight (verbal, I assure you, I'm far too weak and spazzy for any other type). After all that, my dad bought me girl scout cookies (mmm) and took me to the LYS, which was probably a bad idea on his part because I was mad, and he was paying. I bought two skeins of Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino to make Shedir from the Knitty breast cancer awareness mini issue for my best friend's birthday, four skeins of Blue Sky Alpacas Sport Weight in navy for Henry (also) from Knitty, one skein of Reynold's Andean Alpaca Regal in the Cranberry colorway for a hat, and, of course, that Schaefer Anne, which I may use for a pair of Pomotomus...Pomotomi...something like that, which also comes from Knitty.
I should probably let you know about some of my WIPs, but that would take a while because I am definitely a process knitter. Check out my Ravelry page (link is that-a-way >>>) if you'd like to see some of my past and current projects.
So I guess a more in depth "About Me" than the one you'll see to your right is in order. My name is Molly. I am a young but very avid knitter who especially enjoys KIP-ing around high school and confusing those who don't know that knitting is actually very cool. It's possible that I'm really as big a dork as they think I am...in fact, I'm pretty sure I am. My mom likes to tell people the story of the time she walked into my room without knocking and found me abruptly turning off the monitor. Your average high schooler might be buying drugs or looking at pornography, but no, not I. My vice? Excessive stash, perhaps. Knitting when I'm supposed to be doing other things? Too many "Just one more row!"-s? I believe that was the time she realized I was an addict.
Now, I've only been knitting for about a year and a half, but when I start doing something, I get really, really into it. I'm almost entirely self-taught through various internet sources, so I was able to learn as quickly as I wanted. After about a three days, I bound off my first scarf (turquoise acrylic, some garter stitch, a bit of ribbing, and about six inches long) taught myself to cable, and made a belt...which I never finished because it's 80% acrylic. That's when I realized I was a fiber snob. Ever since then it's really been downhill. My stash has grown to fit a shelf and two drawers (not to mention the 10+ WIPs...), which is a lot when your stuff is confined to a room and a half or so, and I knit all the time and everywhere. Add this to an AP-heavy high school workload, and I don't get much sleep, so if my rambling is incoherent at times, that's why.
I think that's enough for now. I'll post...when I feel like it! Yeah, that sounds good. Questions, comments, concerns, etc.: leave a comment! Just don't ask if you can lick my Schaefer Anne. It is mine and all mine and no one else can lick it. :D
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