Since I work at our University's Card Services office, I tend to do my homework and knit
in between making new cards and whatnot. Today I brought my
Ravenclaw scarf, which I modified from the pattern
here to be a 1x1 rib, and 45
sts long instead of 90. Also, I'm knitting it flat (hence the 1x1 rib) instead of in the round. So essentially .... I've kept the color scheme and number of row repeats. And possibly the fringe. :D
People tend to look at you funny when you knit in public. This may also have something to do with the fact that I brought my new
iDog,
Bleu, and am playing Christmas music rather loudly though him. But I've gotten a lot of compliments on the scarf so far. Only 7 more repeats of 27MC, 3CC, 5MC, 3CC to go,
whoo hoo! That is actually probably a lie. It's more like 8. I hope. God, this scarf is taking a while.
Ok, time to work on an
axonometric drawing. By which I most likely mean "knit some more."
Also, I have been reminded that dearest
Uhlissa visited me earlier and wound a ridiculous skein of yarn into a manageable yarn ball for me. God bless
Uhlissa. I tried to do this earlier and nearly destroyed the entire thing. For some godforsaken reason the end of the yarn was nowhere to be found, until the entire yarn ball was essentially done. Ridiculous. Then again, I DID pay about four American dollars for the thing.
Whoo cheap acrylic yarn!
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Ambrrr
than New Orleans for sure. Well, anyways, I've been here for a little over a day, so of course I've accomplished something knit related (while accomplishing nothing else that I needed to). I realized earlier today that I needed to make my mom something for Christmas, so I headed to a yarn store I had never been to before. It was nice, but I think nothing compares to my love for Garden District Needlework. I picked up some wool in a beautiful turquoise. It's Mission Falls' 1824 Wool. I really like it. I was knitting with some Mission Falls cotton a couple of weeks ago, and I really liked that too, so maybe the brand is just awesome or something. Well, anyways, I bought some beautiful wool and decided to make some beautiful mittens for my beautiful mommy. I have this really easy mitten pattern that someone gave me when I learned mittens this summer, and I added a simple cable down the middle. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. I've used the mitten pattern/ cable combination pattern before on some really cute mittens I made for one of my suitemates. I wanted to do a more complicated cable, but I wasn't in the mood to try and fine one. Oh well. I love it the way it is. 
I'm not so excited about making the other one tomorrow. That tends to be my problem with making pairs of things - I never want to do the second one. I need to get it done tomorrow though, so I'm sure I will. I'm pretty excited about the knitting I'm anticipating doing over the rest of the break. I might have an offer to sell a scarf, so that might be the first thing I have to do, but it's not for sure yet. I'd also like to start something big and complicated to test out my skills. Either a sweater or the most adorable baby dress I've ever seen from the awesome "Knitting for Babies" magazine I purchased at the grocery store and have since been in love with. It's a tough choice. We'll see what happens. Be sure to look for frequent updates, as I have nothing more important than my knitting for the next four weeks. <3>
So, in my attempt not to learn anything today, I knit. I should be studying for my finals, but where's the fun in that? So, I worked on a baby bootie that needs to be finished this week. And then I made a letter 'm'. I don't remember why, but at some point last week one of my friends decided I should knit them an 'm', so I did. It's very cute and it was fun, and good practice of intarsia (I think). He loved it and apparently it's getting hung on his wall. Tomorrow I really need to start studying, which means I'll probably finish the baby booties if they don't get finished tonight. I promise pictures soon of the projects I've finished recently. 
