June 25, 2007
The Tragedies of a Knitter
I've been plugging away faithfully on some socks for my husband. I like them a lot, the color is very manly and the yarn is working up really well. The coloring is really cool and the pattern is just interesting enough to keep my attention while allowing for extended viewing of Arrested Development (possibly one of the funniest shows I've ever seen in my life).
All was going well with the socks. I've turned the heal on the first sock and no blaring mistakes are apparent as of yet. So I decide they would be a good travel project. But alas, purse + books + bamboo DPNs =
In a word? Disaster!
This is my first brush with a broken needle. I'm not only sad, but also annoyed. This was a pack that came with 4 DPNs rather that 5. So I can't even work with only 4, because now I'm down to 3. My LYS just closed, meaning I can't walk over and buy myself another set of needles and be about my business. It will be an event to go find some more. Lesson learned, never put a sock-in-progress in the bag with a text book ever again. Ever!!
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July 18, 2006
I Love This Crazy Life...
Holy fat cow, it has been nearly 3 weeks since I last posted! I have been run amok with school work and life responsibilities. Both of which have kept me from knitting. Never mind that there also happens to be a giant heat wave sweeping the country. Not exactly condusive to knitting.
However...I have managed to finish the Lydia's Lace baby dress/top I was working on. Pictures to come later this week. I've also made some pretty good progress on Eunny's Deep V Argyle Vest. It's such a fun knit!
So in the mean time, check out Corinne Bailey Rae, my new obsession. You can also find her on iTunes.
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June 25, 2006
What I Did This Weekend
Oh, the yummy goodness of
banana bread. Goes great with writing papers!
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June 23, 2006
A lack of blogging
I've been a little busy lately. Finals will do that to you. Not a whole lot of knitting has been accomplished and therefore not a whole lot of blogging has taken place.
I did change the look of the blog around though. That pink was getting a little bright for me so I opted for more muted tones and found this lovely template. I'm still playing around with some of the html so if things don't work, they will eventually.
I will have something pretty and purple for everyone to look at next week! Promise and cross my heart :)
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June 13, 2006
Of Weddings and Knitting
Our wedding was two years ago yesterday and while that might not seem oh so long, it has been a very full two years. The hub and I dated for what seems like forever (5 years) beginning in high school. It was one of those relationships that everyone was just waiting for us to get engaged. No one was suprised when we did but everyone was excited.
The actual wedding day was spectacular. It thunderstormed the night before but the morning dawned beautiful. We had a morning ceremony (fun, but I had to get up way too early). Everyone I love was there. It's funny looking at how skinny I was then! Crazy what a really busy schedule will do to your ability to eat well!
Being married has turned out wonderfully for me. My husband is my partner and my best friend, truly the love of my life. These past two years have been one up after another down with various problems, opportunities, and frustrations. Most of all though, we have had joy and laughter together. I wouldn't trade him for the world.
Now that the sappy stuff is over with :) I'll flash some knitting! (see next post down)
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June 08, 2006
Knitting Sarahs
I have quite a few projects currently in progress. One of which I am slightly freaking out about because I cannot find the yarn I thought I had to finish it. I am SO CLOSE to finishing Salina. I will have a nice long chat with the closet tonight that will involve taking everything out and putting it back in again. Hopefully then I will find the stray ball. Oy.
I was thinking today (such a scary thought!) after going through my bloglines and noticing comments on other's blogs, etc...that there are a whole lot of Sarahs out there who blog & knit. Now I know there is a Knitting Wendys web ring. If there's something more to that than I'm thinking there is (that it's just a ring for Wendys who knit) let me know. But I thought it would be fun to have a Knitting Sarahs web ring. Would anyone join me? At this point in time I have no clue how to set up a web ring but I'm sure I could figure it out. I love rings, it's so fun to hit 'next' or 'random' and just see who you bump into! And Sarahs are so cool (!!) that I'm certain every site in the ring would be fabulous. Let me know if you're interested at all...
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May 23, 2006
On the Train
Usually I turn on the iPod and listen to books while knitting on the train. Yesterday I forgot said iPod. It's amazing what you can overhear on public transportation when your ears wander and your eyes stay focused. It almost feels like evesdropping until you realize that either the person is seriously lacking in cell phone etiquette or they want the entire train to hear their conversation. I also wonder if people really think others are just oblivious. As I plugged along on my Green Gable (almost to waist shaping!) I heard a woman invite people she didn't even know to a party for her husband --always amusing to try and figure out who it is you're talking to on the phone because they know your spouse-- and two guys have a conversation like they were close friends, only for me to find out when they departed that they didn't even know each other before that train ride. On the way home I got to observe a couple awkwardly cuddling even though the girl appeared not to want any of that and several people giving me strange glances for knitting on the train. There are always several business conversations taking place in the background, none of which interest me but might interest someone else. Privacy has just gone out the window with the advent of cheap cell phones. There really are many kinds that ride the train. I find that the more I take public transportation, the more I enjoy it. It's so cheap compared to driving, it helps save the environment, and it's a fabulous place to people watch!
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May 01, 2006
100 Things About Me
- I am a follower of Jesus Christ.
- I was supposed to be named after my great grandfather, but my dad changed his mind right after I was born.
- I was born in a hospital with a stork on the roof.
- I am the oldest of two girls.
- I live in Chicagoland currently, but have lived all over the country.
- I have lived in 7 states and 2 countries.
- I lived in Bermuda for 2 years.
- People always thought my sister and I were twins growing up. Now we don’t look anything alike.
- My husband and I are high school sweet hearts. He was my only boyfriend.
- I am older than him by 6 months.
- He designed my engagement ring.
- We have no pets but want a puppy real bad.
- I used to have a horse.
- My mom has a dog that is as big as a horse (practically).
- My first pet was a hamster.
- It bit my mom.
- It got thrown over the hill behind our house.
- I will never own another hamster.
- I love diet coke. I mean LOVE it.
- I started knitting about 1 year ago.
- I will never stop.
- I taught myself from a book.
- I want to start designing when I get better at the basics.
- I am very persnickety (hence the blog name) about my yarn choices.
- I’m more or less a fabric/fiber snob.
- I started school as pre-med.
- Then I switched to psychology.
- I am now in grad school for school psychology.
- Working with kids has been an ambition of mine for years and years.
- I love to travel (especially on missions trips).
- I spent 2 weeks in England in high school riding horses.
- Did I mention that I used to be a rider?
- Used to in the sense that I rode my whole life but haven’t been able to ride since high school.
- I spent 1 month in China in college.
- I love Chinese culture.
- I have the Chinese symbol for love tattooed on my back.
- Chinese history (especially the history of Chinese women) fascinates me.
- I make an angry foot at my husband when he bugs me.
- Don’t ask.
- Or maybe do, it’s kind of funny.
- I have a hypo-thyroid.
- That means I’m always cold.
- My belly button is pierced.
- I am addicted to lip gloss.
- My favorite show is Gilmore Girls.
- I’ve seen every episode at least 3 times.
- I also love Lost, House, CSIs, Numbers, 24 and Monk.
- I am 24.
- I love Nordstroms.
- I really love Anthropologie but only buy things there on sale.
- I got married on June 12, 2004.
- I graduated college in 3.5 years.
- I love watching movies.
- My husband loves watching movies even more than me.
- We want a HUGE dvd collection someday.
- I love the Beatles, but I really love their songs covered by other people better.
- I know French
- I used to know French a whole lot better, but translating Phildar helps.
- I adore reading.
- I never have enough time to read all I want and have a to-read list about a mile long.
- I’m very excited to have kids.
- I am a perfectionist.
- I started this blog in April 2006.
- I am only good at preppy sports.
- Going to the summer Olympics is a dream of mine.
- I have pointy knees.
- I love sweets.
- Ben and Jerry’s ice cream is my downfall.
- I do not own any professional-looking socks.
- All my socks have kitties or flowers or sunglasses or the like on them.
- My socks rarely match.
- I am apparently very bad at laundry.
- One day I want to write a children’s book.
- I have a newfound love/hate relationship with html.
- God has blessed me in so many ways.
- I used to be really shy.
- I still am in certain situations.
- I want a rescue Greyhound.
- I hate going to the dentist.
- I also want a Chihuahua.
- I would really love a cat but my husband is really allergic.
- I am horribly nearsighted.
- My husband is my best friend.
- I really wish that I could sing well.
- My favorite color is blue.
- I’m a little bit squirrelly.
- Tapioca drinks from this restaurant in Chinatown are divine.
- My name backwards is Haras.
- My sister and I used to call each other by our backwards names all the time when we were little.
- Hers is Einahpets.
- We pronounced it Ee-nah-pets.
- I love all kinds of music and have very eclectic tastes.
- My favorite kind of food is Italian.
- Sometimes I wish I was Italian.
- I do really wish I had stronger cultural ties to my past.
- I am part Cherokee Indian (or Native American).
- I love cheesy made for TV movies.
- I am always losing my cell phone and my keys.
- I love to laugh.
- I have a huge, contagious smile.
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