Musical Monday!!

I know I’ve done this once, if not twice, before.

But I can’t get enough of this song.

It’s so perfect.

Almost done with Wispy ^_^

(this is actually a pre-posted post, I’m currently in Branson (though, when I’m actually writing it… I’m not. But when this is posted. I will be in Branson, haha) with some amazingly awesome friends for the week. So, this is my progress as of 6-22-2012. Hopefully by the time this post is posted, I’ll be done with it.

I absolutely adore it. Like, really. It’s amazing. Totally worth the heartache at the beginning of having to pretty much start over, but not really. I’m so so so so glad I took the time to get the fit just right.

I’m kinda mixing and matching numbers when it comes to the length of various things (like the sleeves, ribbing, and body). I was going for the 8″ before the ribbing on the body. But once I hit the 8″ we’ll see how I like it.

I love love adore it. Oh yes. Oh, and check out my awesome necklace. it was my graduation present from my parents from James Avery. The charms are a G (obviously, because of my name), my birthstone for February, which is Amethyst, and then a cross to symbolize my faith in our Savior. It’s perfect :-)

FO!!: Stripy TARDIS Socks ^_^

I got me a little FO ^_^

I finally finished my Stripy TARDIS socks, wheeee!! I was able to finish the toe on the plane to Tulsa on the 18th, but I didn’t get around to weaving the ends end until recently :-P

Nothing special, just the sock pattern I have in my head. But they’re so soft and squishyyyyyy. I got the yarn is Lollipop Yarn, and like I said… it’s pretty amazing stuff. If you’re looking for some epic self-striping yarn… go there. And the customer service is amazing as well :-)

Summer Book Recommendations ~ Part 1

The summer is coming. People, hopefully, have free time. More free time than normal, anyways, those who were in school. Unless you’re doing summer school, then you’re probably not as free as you’d like. Anyways, I digress.

The summer is coming, it’s pretty much here. I’ve completed *both* graduations. I’m officially a college student now (got my student ID, whaaaaat) I’ll be at our local community college this fall, and then after that I’ll make the big decision of which major university I’ll go to. Once again, I’m digressing.

THE SUMMER IS COMING. And you know what this means? Besides more knitting time, heh heh. More reading time!

I know I’ll have lofty goals of reading at the beginning, and it’ll actually come down to me reading probably only 5 out of the like 20 book list that I come up with. But hey, it’s 5 more than I was able to manage during the school year.

I’m really… not going very far with this post, it’s kind of just… rambling, haha. But that’s this blog is, right? The Ramblings of a Knitting Goddess, haha.

Long story short, I’m going to give you some book recommendations. Just one, right now, in this one post. But there’ll probably be more coming.

I will be re-reading, for probably the 15+ time, the Emily of New Moon series by L.M. Montgomery.

I know I’ve expressed my love and adoration for this particular series and this author many many times. But it’s just one of those things that has to be done every so often… because I love these books and this author so stinking much.

Why do I like these books? Why do I like L.M. Montgomery in general?

Her writing is so personable. It’s real. It’s full of amazing descriptive-ness of everything and anything. But not in a flowery, over-the-top way. Her characters, in all her books, aren’t perfect. Which bugs me, when authors start off with their characters, who obviously aren’t perfect, then slowly they become more perfect, till it’s kind of silly and it’s like “wat”.

I don’t really find that in L.M. Montgomery’s writings. They have their problems, and they still have their problems at the ends of the books. Obviously, some problems are fixed, but they go through hardships and trials. They’re very believable. And I like that. These characters have dreams, passions, goals, and strive to reach those goals.

“When I read that the flash came, and I took a sheet of paper. . .and I wrote on it: I, Emily Byrd Starr, do solemnly vow this day that I will climb the Alpine Path and write my name on the scroll of fame.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Emily of New Moon

Another thing is that the romance that she writes is just perfect. Like, oh my goodness, I love it. Sure, I like that kind of stuff. I’m not afraid to say that I am :-P

The books are some of the most quotable books as well. There are so many good lines and paragraphs, it’s almost ridiculous. In a really really good way, of course :-P

These are also the kinds of stories that once you start them, you have the hardest time putting them down. They pull you in, and you’re then part of the story. You live and breathe the characters and their adventures.

Plus, another reason why I love these books is that they remind me of when I was younger. I remember what I was going through when I read different parts. I remember learning lessons from the stories, and then rediscovering what I learned. Then discovering brand new things I didn’t see before.

These books, especially the Emily of New Moon series, are full of treasures for everyone of any age.

*end rambling-rant-whatever-you-wanna-call-this*

I know I didn’t really like say what the Emily of New Moon series is about, but I’ll just say that they’ll make you laugh. They’ll make you cry. They’ll make you cling on to the nearest cat due to scary situations. You will love these books.

Don’t know what to read this summer? Read these books, you definitely won’t regret it. :-)

The Journey of the Featherweight Cardigan

So, you know how lots of knitters, who are definitely not monogamous, have these projects that have literally been on the needles for almost more than a year and a half (or more) and these projects get either a ton of work done on them. Or none at all, haha.

Months pass, then all of a sudden it’s resurfaced to the top of the UFO bin, and an inch is knitted on it. Then it goes back into hiding again. Then it’s resurfaced and worked on again. Just a cycle.

That’s kinda like me and my Featherweight Cardigan, haha.

We went to see the Avengers recently (which, btw, is AMAZING. Oh my goodness. If you like those super heros, or action movies in general.. Go. See it. Now.)

And I needed theater knitting. Unfortunately, I couldn’t bring my Stripped Doctor Who socks, because I was too close to the toe, and there was no way I was going to be figuring out the toe decreases in the dark. No way.

We were headed out the door when I realized this, and in a panic, I grabbed something I knew I really needed to finish, not really caring what was actually in the bag. Or really remembering, is more like it, haha. So when I pulled out the project out of the bags, I realized something else. Thanks to my choice, I had to do something new, I had never done before.

I had to do the linen stitch. in the dark. with lace weight.

Quite an adventure, huh? (*all the other knitters out there cringe*)

But actually, it was extremely successful. More so than I thought, I knit almost the entire time. haha, the only time I wasn’t knitting was when I was indulging myself with some popcorn ^_^

I got an *entire* inch knit. In three hours. This is a big deal, people. Big big deal.

This means, that I only have .5 inches left on the collar, technically, before I cast off.

My Ravelry project page tells me I’ve had this on the needles since July 23rd, 2010.

If I don’t get this thing done before July 23rd 2012, someone please badger, pester, and annoy me to get me to finish it. Because, this thing really. really. really. (haha) needs to get done.

IT’S ALMOST DONE, PEOPLES. I CAN DO THIS. HALF AN INCH MORE. Then I’ll be done.

Musical Monday!!

The Wispy and it’s Progress

Hallelujahhhh! Progress on the Wispy!

I am actually quite proud of myself for several reasons. One of which is that I’m moving forward, and I’m… technically winning the KAL. not that it’s a contest or anything, cause it’s not (heh heh) ^_^

But I actually picked up all the stitches and started the ribbing while walking around the mall. Yep. I know it’s probably not as hard as I’m making it out to be, but I think it’s pretty cool.

So now, I’m 1.25 (cause I’m that awesome with decimals. Woot.) inches into the ribbing, out of the 2.5 inches that I need. So yep, I’m feeling pretty good about myself. Knitting those 1.25 inches of 1×1 ribbing while walking around the mall, people watching, helping my mom pick out clothes for graduation, AND not running into anyone or anything.

Oh yes, that’s what I’d call major success. Woot woot.

Plus, I have a cute stitch marker. That’s happy happy ^_^

I have a little helper

I had a helper while blocking the shrug portion of the Wispy (which I’m now up to speed on, hallelujah!)

He was alllll over it. He knew he was being helpful.

So helpful. As you can see. ^_^

Even though it may now have a relatively large amount of cat hair on it, I still love him anyway. Because, nothing is fully mine.. until it has cat hair on it. And I can always brush it off, I don’t really care a whole lot anyways :-P

Musical Monday!!

Stripy TARDIS Socks. *wiggles with joy*

Yaaaay, Wispy cardigan update! Woot woot! Sadly, there’s some sad news with that update…

It looks kinda sad, doesn’t it, haha.

So, now for the story. I knit the whole shrug portion. Blocked it, seamed it. All that jazz, it looked amazing.

Then I tried it on. Yeah, no, it didn’t look amazing then, haha. It didn’t come close to staying on my shoulders…. it looked horrible, haha.

So after a discussion with my madre, and my fellow KAL person, Hannah, I decided to figure out where the middle of my back *felt* (not the measurements, cause we did that before and look where that got me, haha) mark that place with a marker and then frog to that marker. Which was obviously, before the fake seam.

So I did, and I’m about 1.5″ into the second sleeve. But since the yarn had been blocked and been in the “knit” position (cause that’s totally a position, don’t cha know, haha) the yarn was really… crinkly. (I think there’s a technical term for that, but I have no clue what it is, hahaha :-P) so that’s why the second half of it looks like a sad bundle of bleh. And the other half looks semi-decent. Minus the cat hair, haha. ^_^

But on more positive knitting knotes, I’m more than halfway done with a second sock! Yesssss.

Calling these my TARDIS socks. Because of the blue, obviously, and the gray kind of remind me of the TARDIS ^_^ This is Ladybug Fiber, which is some of the most amazing sock yarn I’ve knit with. Plus their customer service is awesome, they’re extremely sweet people :-) Go check out their stuff!!

So I’m kicking second-sock-syndrome in the rear, and getting this one knit up lickity-split. it’s my purse knitting, so it’s been everywhere with me :-P