Light as a feather…

Making major progress on the Featherweight Cardigan! I’m almost done with the first sleeve…

Not only did we see the Muppet Movie yesterday, we also saw Tower Heist (which was absolutely hysterical. Holy cow, you should see it.). the Muppet movie yielded a lot of knitting time.

Unfortunately, I was working on the last 2 inches of 1×1 ribbing for the sleeve during Tower Heist, and accidentally messed up the ribbing. Good thing was that I figured it out like after 15 stitches. So I stopped, which was sad. But oh well, I definitely enjoyed the movie :-P (I would have enjoyed the movie if I had been knitting as well, hahaha :-P)

I’m really excited about this… I’m thinking about what stitch pattern I should do for the collar… and I think I’ve settled on the linen stitch. pretty sure. Prettttttyyy sure… haha, but I’m still on the look out :-P

Yummy yummy pies and knitting

Happy belated Thanksgiving, everyone :-P Sorry I’ve been kinda away for the past couple of days, we have a lot of family here, and we’ve been hanging out a lot :-P

But I hope you guys had a *great* Thanksgiving.. and that it was just delicious as mine was :-P

I have definitely be knitting.

On my Featherweight Cardigan, by Hannah Fettig… which I started forever ago… and shoved it aside because I got bored with it, haha. Really really bored. But we tried to see the Muppet Movie on… Wednesday (which that didn’t end up working, oh well. We saw it today, and it was awwwwesome) and I wanted something to work on during the movie.

Which was rather insane of me, really. I knew if I was going to work on that, I would have to boing 1×1 ribbing. With lace weight. In the dark. For 2 inches.

yeah, sounds crazy. But I did do it…. and I got a lot done!

So much so, that I got the ribbing done, I cast the body off, and I’m more than halfway done with the first sleeve. Yep.

Haha, things get done when you have a lot of time on your hands :-P

Also, we stopped by Sam Moon’s today… and my sister and I got some epicly sweet earrings…

here are mine…

and here are Katie’s

and yeah. Feather earrings… sooooo awesomeeee!

Now I’m off to go knit some more :-P

FO: Acer Cardigan!! ^_^

My friends…

I present the Acer Cardigan. Completed in a grand total of 19 days. This was my National Knit Month (NaKniMo) and National Knit a Sweater Month (NaKniSweMo) sweater.

The above picture, the sweater was just to marvelous that I had to close my eyes. Oooor I may have been blinking. But this sweater is definitely amazing, if I do say so myself.

It also looks adorable buttoned up. I found the most perfect buttons ever. They’re just amazing. Wooden. With a uberly cool flower motif on it, that’s not like really flowery… or girly-girl.

They go so well with the sweater, it’s just perfect.

I adore this sweater, and if I need to make another one, I would gladly do it in a heartbeat. The pattern was so simple, easy to follow. The cable pattern was easy to memorize and keep track of. My only mod was to change the length of the sleeves, and that was easy peasy.

I’ll be wearing it on Thanksgiving, and many many many times after that :-P

Almost done… ALMOST DONE!

So the button bands took me about 20 minutes each. About 10 minutes to measure out where the button placement should be. And yeah. That’s just 50 minutes for both button bands…

I took the above picture this morning. Since then I have finished the second button band, and started picking up for the neck band.

Noro scraps used as markers is just happiness. In the form of wonderfully colored yarn.

So… now I need to find buttons.

I was thinking either… black…? Or maybe wood.

I really like the idea of wood buttons… the cardigan looks kind of organic with the color of the yarn and all that jazz, so it might add to the… look, haha, of it, if the buttons were wooden. Maybe..? Opinions would be awesome :-P

Also, the fact that I’m using really really old stash yarn to make this is just really really awesome.

It counts as using something from my UFO bin… right? Kinda? *is trying to feel better about self and the current state of the UFO bin* *it’s kind of embarrassing* O.o

5 days till Thanksgiving. I so have this. BOOYAH. <24 days = one cabled cardigan.

ACCOMPLISHMENT.

My older brother, when I showed him this morning, said that it looked better than the stuff you could by at J Crew. And he knows.

I was extremely happy about this statement. ^_^

Second sleeve done. BAM.

So, remember yesterday when I said something along the lines of “I hope the second sleeve doesn’t go slowly…” ….?

Well….

I got the *entire* sleeve done yesterday *AND* sewn in.

No joke. Like… yeah.

I mean, I can understand half of a sleeve in a day. But a WHOLE SLEEVE?!

True, these are elbow length sleeves. But it *is* knit on a size 5. I had to keep checking the other sleeve to make sure the increases were in the right places.

I’m still kinda surprised I got it all done… in ONE STINKING DAY.

I’m also really happy about this, hahaha :-P

Now all that’s left is… the button bands, and the neck band. Which should hopefully take a day and a half at the most.. depending on my requirements of the day, haha.

And I have 6 days left till Thanksgiving ^_^

*is extremely proud of self*

Ooooooh yeahhhhhh :-P

Knit, little knitter, KNIT!

Even though it looks extremely stupid like that, only one sleeve attached, haha, I’m going to show it to you guys anyway… cause I’m so stinking excited about this sweater.

(and I also do realize that my nails are extremely weird. I definitely agree, and I have no idea what I was thinking when I did them, hahaha)

So, I finished the sleeve last night during the most recent episode of Once Upon a Time, which I’m absolutely loving. I don’t care if people think it’s cheesy, or whatever. I like it, so I’m going to watch it, haha.

Then I sewed it in after that, while watching the last episode that’s on Netflix of The IT Crowd. *is so sad there isn’t any more* *why do some tv shows have to be canceled* *weeps*

I was a bit worried about “easing the sleeve cap into the armhole”… so I quick quick looked it up on YouTube, and it was extremely helpful. I found Seaming a Set-In Sleeve by the BerrocoKnitBits

Which, it’s for a garment with seams down the sides of the front and back as well, and I didn’t have that. So I just had to wing that part, haha.

It wasn’t a huge deal though. I have set in sleeves before, and they turned out fine. Buuuut those had seams down the sides of the garment, haha.

And just so everyone knows, I just got a huge urge to just sit, knit, and watch about 10+ Doctor Who episodes. Why did I want you to know that? I have no clue. But now you know.

The sleeve itself, I love. It’s a little snug, but I prefer my sweater sleeves more on the snug side rather on the loose/flappy-aroundy side. But that’s just personal preference :-P

The pattern has full-length sleeves. But that doesn’t… really combine well with Houston weather, haha. Yaaayyy for easily shortened sleeves ^_^

I did update the stitch counter, woot woot! Moving along nicely. I’m surprised as to how much I’m actually getting done.

Haha, I remember this from last year… I never really think about how many individual stitches I’m knitting.. until I have to count them, haha. Or, do the math, haha.

Then it’s like “O.O… hooooly cow. That’s. a lot of stitches.”

So I started on the second sleeve this morning, during my physics lecture, haha. And I’ve got around… 10 rows of the 2×2 ribbing done so far. Only… 14 more rows left then I start on the…. non-ribbing part of the sleeve, haha.

So I have a week to finish it. Completely finish it. Button band, buttons…maybe… and the sleeve. Can I do it? YES I CAN!

Er… I hope I can, hahaha :-P

Knitting headway ^_^

Knitting post! Woot!

So here’s the first sleeve.. which I cast on yesterday. Making pretty good headway, I think…

It being only… the 15th of November, I think I’m doing pretty good.

(this picture and the next picture were taken yesterday.. hence the different lighting, haha)

Yeah, I’m really really really happy with it.

I really want to have it done by Thanksgiving, so I can wear it on Thanksgiving… if weather permits, haha.

I’m behind on my stitch counter, as well… rats. Obviously, I have a lot to add since I last updated it, haha.

Musical Monday!!

This is currently… one of my favorite songs.

It’s just happy.

And how can you go wrong with happy music?

Day 3 of 14 Days of Thankfulness!

Today.. I’m thankful for my sister. Cause.. she’s so stinking awesome. You should be jealous that my sister is *that* awesome.

She gets excited about knitting, and actually knits awesome stuff herself. That right there? That’s a hat. A pretty awesome hat.

We went yarn bombing together (which that post is coming, haha)

And she’s pretty much one of the coolest people I know.

She listens to my problems, helps me with encouraging words. Has great advice about fashion.. and other stuff.

Plus, she has, like any big sister, given me a lot of clothing/jewelry items that she doesn’t want anymore. Which results in a lot of compliments, which I can reply to with “My big sister give this to me ^_^” And that’s just happy.

I’m extremely blessed to have the sister I have… she’s the best, and I wouldn’t trade her for anything in the world. <3

Other 14 Days of Thankfulness :-P
Samantha (on facebook)
Raidin’ Braden’s Brain

If you would like to be added (or removed, that works too!) just let me know in the comments below :-P

14 Days of Thankfulness!

What’s this? It’s.. 14… 13…ish, haha, days till Thanksgiving! and you know what that means…?

It’s basically where you post every single day, either on.. your blog, facebook, twitter, pinterest, tumblr, any kind of social media, about something you’re thankful for.

Yep, every day. Or not every day! Whenever you want to, between *now* and Thanksgiving. You could also make it a family deal, and have everyone come up with something and then make a cool board that you create. Or, you could do it with a friend, and send emails back and forth every day. Or write it on a sticky note and stick it somewhere where you’ll see it.

I did this last year, and the year before. So you can read that introduction post as well, haha, if this one was confusing.

And I’m not saying… that I’m not thankful the rest of the year, haha. It’s just a fun thing to do right before Thanksgiving where you celebrate being thankful!

If you do want to join in the fun (because, seriously. It’s a ton of fun! I love doing it) if you want to join in, leave me a comment with your blog link, if you’re doing it on your blog. Or, say that you’re doing it somewhere else… even if you don’t have a link, I wanna know!

Oh, and if you join in, where ever you post it, please include a link to my blog :-)

And I’ll be making a list of people, links included if they’re there, so you guys can go and check out what other people are thankful for :-P

ALSO. I feel very proud of myself. I created a button for the 14 Days of Thanksfulness for you guys. So, you can grab that button and stick it on your own blog! Haha, when I was trying to make one… I had no idea what I was doing. But I did figure it out.. maybe on accident, haha. But it worked! *accomplishment*

When it comes to posting about things, sure, stuff like family, friends, all that stuff is really awesome! But try and think outside the box. Stop a minute, and look around really quick.. see anything that you wouldn’t really think about that you’re thankful for? I have like… 3 keychains on my desk right now, haha. And they’re all from different places. THey have happy memories! I’m thankful for keychains like that, haha.

Be creative! Include pictures, quotes, songs… Make it *you*

So, yes, grab the button, stick it where you can… and yep ^_^

<a href="www.knittinggoddesswithacat.wordpress.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m535/littleminky93/14daysthankfulnessbutton.png" alt="KnittingGoddessWithaCat" width="125" height="125" /></a>

Phew, am I forgetting anything..?

If you have any questions, feel free to send me a message, or comment!

Now, off to do my first day of thankfulness :-P