This is for my reference only. Unless you are actually interested in what yarns and knit projects I'm using/doing currently, feel free to ignore this.
In-Progress Projects:
Cheshire Striped Scarf:
brown: Patons Decor. Color: "Rich Grey Heather", #01673. Dyelot 148779. 75% acrylic, 25% wool.
teal: Lanaloft. Color: "LL92W Turquoise Magic". Dyelot 004. 100% wool.
Pattern: 1. k-> 2. k2tog, k->, kfb CO 18, #10 or 10 1/2 needles.
Got yarn at Velona's.
Red Tweed Wrap:
yarn: Plymouth Yarn's "Paca Tweed". Color 2015, Lot 883. 50% alpaca, 40% merino wool, 10% donegal.
Pattern: 1. p1, k4 2. p3, k2 3. rpt 2 4. rpt 1 CO 70, #8 needles
Got yarn at Knot Garden.
Mock-Cable Scarf
yarn: Berroco's Cuzco. Color 9640, Lot 0802. 50% superfine alpaca, 50% Peruvian wool.
pattern: 1. (RS) p2, *sl1, k2, psso, p2* 2. k2, *p1, yo, p1, k2* 3. p2, *k3, p2* 4. k2, *p3, k2* CO 25, #6 needles
Yarn from Knot Garden
Future Projects:
Possible neckwarmer? Only 50 meters or so.
Yarn: Noro BigBebe. Color 2, Lot A. 38% cotton, 29% Ramie, 29% wool, 4% nylon.
http://www.jimmybeanswool.com/freeKnittingPatternBasicNeckie.asp - yarn varies too much, maybe?
Scarf/wrap; lacy or plain. no cable.
Yarn: Bernat's Softee Baby. Color: Pale Blue; 02002. 100% acrylic. sport dk weight.
Maybe http://straw.com/cpy/patterns/scarves/kidm-mist-lace-scarf.html ... but is yarn too heavy?
http://home.online.no/~tu-mell/onerowlacescarf.cfm This would probably be better.
Lace wrist cuffs a la Mad Hatter:
Yarn: Sirdar Snuggly's Baby Bamboo. Quality: 071. SH 129. Lot: 90308. Royal blue. 80% Bamboo sourced viscose, 20% wool. Have 2 in stash.
http://stickfrossa.blogspot.com/2009/01/annas-wristwarmers.html I'm still not thrilled with the Internet for not having a better pattern. I may have to dabble into lace making myself. Yikes. Don't forget to look at patterns saved/favorited on ravelry.
I'm sure this has just been THE most interest post to the poor souls who actually read through it. Let me know who you are, and I'll give you a cookie. There will be a quiz to prevent free-cookie-giving. :)
xoxo!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Grr
I hate this thing.
The app for blogging on my phone, that is. I was midway through a really really long post-
When my mom calls.
Not a big deal... But when I put the app back up, everything was gone.
It wasn't like it was my deepest darkest secrets or anything. This is just frustrating.
Okay. See you next post. This time from the computer.
The app for blogging on my phone, that is. I was midway through a really really long post-
When my mom calls.
Not a big deal... But when I put the app back up, everything was gone.
It wasn't like it was my deepest darkest secrets or anything. This is just frustrating.
Okay. See you next post. This time from the computer.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
My handwriting
I was filling out a few birthday cards today and a few things came to mind.
I am always able to tell what mood I was in, when I later examine something I've written. For example, when I am upset, my writing gets very compact. It also tends to be neater. When I'm content with life, it tends to be bigger, more rounded. If I'm trying to impress someone, I'll also do my best to fully separate each letter.
Also- I never did it in school really, but I adore notes. It feels like we're in some kind of plot and everything is completely top secret.
No one's written me anything, really. I mean, of course I get birthday and holiday cards, but stuff like poems or letters. I love tangible signs of affection. No, not just gifts, though those are always nice. Just... Signs that someone is thinking about me, you know?
Before I get too maudlin and spill things to my blog that I'd rather keep inside my head....
TTYL
I am always able to tell what mood I was in, when I later examine something I've written. For example, when I am upset, my writing gets very compact. It also tends to be neater. When I'm content with life, it tends to be bigger, more rounded. If I'm trying to impress someone, I'll also do my best to fully separate each letter.
Also- I never did it in school really, but I adore notes. It feels like we're in some kind of plot and everything is completely top secret.
No one's written me anything, really. I mean, of course I get birthday and holiday cards, but stuff like poems or letters. I love tangible signs of affection. No, not just gifts, though those are always nice. Just... Signs that someone is thinking about me, you know?
Before I get too maudlin and spill things to my blog that I'd rather keep inside my head....
TTYL
Friday, March 5, 2010
Okay.
So the super awesome Wonderland hat I was making?
Turned out, it was so colorful, it became a gay rights hat. I've a third of a mind to send it to a gay performance artist that came to campus, a second third to save it for the Day of Silence, and a third third (haha) to have the gay character, Peter, wear it in his coming out scene in the show. I have to say, the third third is by FAR my favorite. Even so, I made another hat in a different color scheme of the same brand of yarn with the same pattern, and that is much more Wonderland-y. Not to mention, I could actually wear that one out in everyday use. Which is always good.
As I'm sure everyone can tell, I am super super excited for Alice! I'm meeting my friend Juliet and some of HER friends to see the movie later on tonight. I don't think I'll be getting back to campus til 1 or so, but I can't wait! Plus, tomorrow's Saturday so I'm allowed to sleep in. ;) Another truth: I'm excited to hang out with someone without the show being the majority of our conversation. I don't have to bring my prompt book along, I can drop the title of Stage Manager for a night.. oh, happy happy day!!!!
The show is taking a LOT out of me. A lot a lot a lot. And I don't know if anyone is noticing or caring. I've been close to breaking down a few times in the past few weeks. But I have to swallow that lump in my throat, determine that the director's getting less sleep than I am, that the actors are still memorizing, that the other production team people HAVE to be as busy as I am or they would offer to HELP..... and go back to normal. I like my sanity. I'd like to keep it.
It's hard, though. I was chewed out twice this week. One was partly my fault, the other was NOT AT ALL. 1. I got excited when an actor did something right and made a fuss. Director made me feel an inch tall. 2. An actor was late and didn't notify me. As I'm getting a hold of her, director made me feel an inch tall. That was not a good night.
I'm gonna break away from Heidi conversation, or I'm going to cry again.
I admit I'm not a girly girl by any real stretch of the imagination. Pink is seventh on my list of favorite colors (tying with yellow... the only one to come after that is orange). I have no skirts here at school, and only a few at home. When I look at actors, I look more at talent and versatility than looks. Hence why Johnny Depp is shown in my room twice (as Jack Sparrow and Sweeney Todd). Sure, he's handsome, but I appreciate how good he is at his profession more than I do his looks.
That being said, I do love being romanced. Wooed. Made to feel special. I love making an effort to look good or do little things to/for Ernest to, if not help, let him know that I'm there to share the burden. If all else fails, I'm there to vent at.
THAT being said, (and this is directed at EVERYONE), I am sympathetic. I am your friend. I am there if you need me. BUT I AM NOT YOUR FUCKING PROBLEM. Keep in mind that I am lending my ear to you. Do not make me deaf, metaphorically speaking. If I am your problem, let me know, and we will deal with it together. Whether that means avoiding one another (as I determined to be the problem with a friend a few months ago) or working things out so we're strong again, LET ME KNOW.
Well. That certainly came off different than how I planned. My main point was going to be how I enjoy feeling special in the way I hopefully make others feel. But that does not make my caps-lock bit moot. Not. At. All.
So, my four readers (that I know of).... thoughts? Advice? Don't leave a girl stranded here...
All the best-
Turned out, it was so colorful, it became a gay rights hat. I've a third of a mind to send it to a gay performance artist that came to campus, a second third to save it for the Day of Silence, and a third third (haha) to have the gay character, Peter, wear it in his coming out scene in the show. I have to say, the third third is by FAR my favorite. Even so, I made another hat in a different color scheme of the same brand of yarn with the same pattern, and that is much more Wonderland-y. Not to mention, I could actually wear that one out in everyday use. Which is always good.
As I'm sure everyone can tell, I am super super excited for Alice! I'm meeting my friend Juliet and some of HER friends to see the movie later on tonight. I don't think I'll be getting back to campus til 1 or so, but I can't wait! Plus, tomorrow's Saturday so I'm allowed to sleep in. ;) Another truth: I'm excited to hang out with someone without the show being the majority of our conversation. I don't have to bring my prompt book along, I can drop the title of Stage Manager for a night.. oh, happy happy day!!!!
The show is taking a LOT out of me. A lot a lot a lot. And I don't know if anyone is noticing or caring. I've been close to breaking down a few times in the past few weeks. But I have to swallow that lump in my throat, determine that the director's getting less sleep than I am, that the actors are still memorizing, that the other production team people HAVE to be as busy as I am or they would offer to HELP..... and go back to normal. I like my sanity. I'd like to keep it.
It's hard, though. I was chewed out twice this week. One was partly my fault, the other was NOT AT ALL. 1. I got excited when an actor did something right and made a fuss. Director made me feel an inch tall. 2. An actor was late and didn't notify me. As I'm getting a hold of her, director made me feel an inch tall. That was not a good night.
I'm gonna break away from Heidi conversation, or I'm going to cry again.
I admit I'm not a girly girl by any real stretch of the imagination. Pink is seventh on my list of favorite colors (tying with yellow... the only one to come after that is orange). I have no skirts here at school, and only a few at home. When I look at actors, I look more at talent and versatility than looks. Hence why Johnny Depp is shown in my room twice (as Jack Sparrow and Sweeney Todd). Sure, he's handsome, but I appreciate how good he is at his profession more than I do his looks.
That being said, I do love being romanced. Wooed. Made to feel special. I love making an effort to look good or do little things to/for Ernest to, if not help, let him know that I'm there to share the burden. If all else fails, I'm there to vent at.
THAT being said, (and this is directed at EVERYONE), I am sympathetic. I am your friend. I am there if you need me. BUT I AM NOT YOUR FUCKING PROBLEM. Keep in mind that I am lending my ear to you. Do not make me deaf, metaphorically speaking. If I am your problem, let me know, and we will deal with it together. Whether that means avoiding one another (as I determined to be the problem with a friend a few months ago) or working things out so we're strong again, LET ME KNOW.
Well. That certainly came off different than how I planned. My main point was going to be how I enjoy feeling special in the way I hopefully make others feel. But that does not make my caps-lock bit moot. Not. At. All.
So, my four readers (that I know of).... thoughts? Advice? Don't leave a girl stranded here...
All the best-
Monday, March 1, 2010
I don't really...
have too much to say right now. Haha! Just because of that, I'm sure that this will end up being a super super long post.
I have about fifteen minutes before I have to head off to rehearsal. We don't have to start until six, but our director made a very clear point of telling me today in Business that I have to be there before. So I'll leave my room at 5:30 and be there soon after. This isn't a very big campus.
This weekend, my mom and I discussed my living arrangements for next year. One of my friends wants to move off campus and into an apartment... but I'm not sure if I can do that. For one, I adore having the option to wake up fifteen minutes before class, get some coffee, and walk over to the Bell Tower. If I lived off, I wouldn't have that option.
Not that I even do that. I just like having the option to sleep in.
But right now, the conclusion we've come to is that I will move into the "senior" dorms, rather than stay isolated in my room in the "freshman" dorms. It'll be like having the apartment experience, but not actually off campus yet.
I've been doing a lot of knitting recently. There's about four (soon to be five) projects spread about my room - the mock-cable scarf that I need to get more yarn for, the lacy pattern that I need to pull out, as one repeat makes a large coaster, and I don't want a scarf of it just yet, the basketweave pattern scarf from the yarn I made my socks out of, the headband from the yarn I made these AMAZING fingerless gloves out of. I can't wear the gloves, as the thumbs came out weird and I keep making holes in the space between my thumb and forefinger as that's where I hold my bag, but they're still amazing. And so is the yarn. I wanted that for like, seriously two or three months. And my latest project - labelled the Samantha hat on dailyknitter.com (how could I resist?) will soon become my Wonderland Hat.
Yes, you read that right. I picked this one Noro yarn that is seriously color varying all over the freakin' rainbow. As I wanted to make something really bold and "out there" as homage to the spirit of both Tim Burton and Lewis Carroll through this film, it's going to be PERFECT. I contemplated making a really odd scarf, but I couldn't think of any really crazy patterns offhand, and honestly, I have enough scarves for the time being. Hence why I'm making coasters instead of another lacey scarf.
But I digress.
I am REALLY looking forward to this Alice in Wonderland movie - have been, ever since I saw the first poster put up months and months ago. I adore Tim Burton's work (and not just cuz Johnny Depp is in most of it, though there is that! ;] ) and to see his dark oddness combined with, I hope, the eccentricity and trippyness that is Lewis Carroll and Alice... well, it's going to be an amazing experience.
Thinking of Alice leads me to Disney. I haven't gone for a few months, and as I have my pass still good until June, I REALLY want to go soon. Spring break is coming up in a few weeks, so there's then, but I also really want to make this a cast trip. If anyone can't afford it, there is the option to do the "Give a Day, Get a Disney Day" volunteer stuff.
Okay! It's five-thirty. I now have to go to rehearsal, maybe have a panic attack at how much I'll be doing for the next three and a half hours, get back, write (and finish) a paper, and go to sleep. Hopefully all this will happen before midnight.
Don't wanna go from the belle of the ball to the ragamuffin, after all.
Hopefully happily ever after (today),
Samantha
I have about fifteen minutes before I have to head off to rehearsal. We don't have to start until six, but our director made a very clear point of telling me today in Business that I have to be there before. So I'll leave my room at 5:30 and be there soon after. This isn't a very big campus.
This weekend, my mom and I discussed my living arrangements for next year. One of my friends wants to move off campus and into an apartment... but I'm not sure if I can do that. For one, I adore having the option to wake up fifteen minutes before class, get some coffee, and walk over to the Bell Tower. If I lived off, I wouldn't have that option.
Not that I even do that. I just like having the option to sleep in.
But right now, the conclusion we've come to is that I will move into the "senior" dorms, rather than stay isolated in my room in the "freshman" dorms. It'll be like having the apartment experience, but not actually off campus yet.
I've been doing a lot of knitting recently. There's about four (soon to be five) projects spread about my room - the mock-cable scarf that I need to get more yarn for, the lacy pattern that I need to pull out, as one repeat makes a large coaster, and I don't want a scarf of it just yet, the basketweave pattern scarf from the yarn I made my socks out of, the headband from the yarn I made these AMAZING fingerless gloves out of. I can't wear the gloves, as the thumbs came out weird and I keep making holes in the space between my thumb and forefinger as that's where I hold my bag, but they're still amazing. And so is the yarn. I wanted that for like, seriously two or three months. And my latest project - labelled the Samantha hat on dailyknitter.com (how could I resist?) will soon become my Wonderland Hat.
Yes, you read that right. I picked this one Noro yarn that is seriously color varying all over the freakin' rainbow. As I wanted to make something really bold and "out there" as homage to the spirit of both Tim Burton and Lewis Carroll through this film, it's going to be PERFECT. I contemplated making a really odd scarf, but I couldn't think of any really crazy patterns offhand, and honestly, I have enough scarves for the time being. Hence why I'm making coasters instead of another lacey scarf.
But I digress.
I am REALLY looking forward to this Alice in Wonderland movie - have been, ever since I saw the first poster put up months and months ago. I adore Tim Burton's work (and not just cuz Johnny Depp is in most of it, though there is that! ;] ) and to see his dark oddness combined with, I hope, the eccentricity and trippyness that is Lewis Carroll and Alice... well, it's going to be an amazing experience.
Thinking of Alice leads me to Disney. I haven't gone for a few months, and as I have my pass still good until June, I REALLY want to go soon. Spring break is coming up in a few weeks, so there's then, but I also really want to make this a cast trip. If anyone can't afford it, there is the option to do the "Give a Day, Get a Disney Day" volunteer stuff.
Okay! It's five-thirty. I now have to go to rehearsal, maybe have a panic attack at how much I'll be doing for the next three and a half hours, get back, write (and finish) a paper, and go to sleep. Hopefully all this will happen before midnight.
Don't wanna go from the belle of the ball to the ragamuffin, after all.
Hopefully happily ever after (today),
Samantha
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