Someone has a finished objectttttt. And that someone might be meeee. ^_^
This may have been one of those projects that I just felt the need to start, even though I knew I shouldn’t… but I did anyway (heehee ^_^) so, it doesn’t *quite* count towards my “Demolish that UFO bin” cause. Because that totally became a thing with a name. About 2 seconds ago :-P
It really is a beautiful shrug, the lace pattern is so extremely easy… but it’s one of those ones that people look at and go “OH MY GOODNESS. You made *that*?!?? That looks so complicated!”
When it’s actually not ^_^
Yep, yep. I’m really really happy with it ^_^
Also…
I got lace Toms for Easter, and that’s kinda really really happy as well, heehee.
(AND I also have a more than amazing brother who takes pictures of whatever I ask whenever I ask, and the pictures are awesome. Yep, he’s pretty much thebomb. com)
Don’t you love those random and really amazing urges to do something?
Me too. Especially when it has to do with knitting. And knitting something really fast.
So, we went to Dallas for the weekendish. Thursday night to Saturday early afternoonish. And on… Wednesday night, I was browsing Pinterest (*cough* spending way too much time on there *cough*) and something caught my eye.
Free pattern on the Lion brand website, epiccccc! Though, the pattern is really simple. I made some mods to make the foot more fitting and the gusset more nice looking. But it was really easy to do, just take your basic sock principles and use them on this :-P
So, Thursday afternoon, before Ballet, my mom and I headed to Joann’s (cause we needed the buttons) and I got two balls of Lion Brand’s Thick and Quick in the Eggplant color. (which you can get on their website as well) and I had both socks done in about… a day and a half. Pretty epic sweet, if you ask me.
I loved the yarn though, it’s so so soft and squishy… it made a really dense fabric, which is good for house slippers. Plus, you can wash it *and* dry it.. win! And it’s really cheap, haha :-P
The pattern calls for a size US13 needle for a shoe size of 9-11. I have itty bitty feet, haha. So I went down to a US10, and they’re still a bit big for my taste in socks, haha, I like my socks pretty tight and not floppy. Though it’s not really floppy, haha.
I’ll definitely be making these again.. I think these would be really cool to make in like Harry Potter house cup colors. But next time, I might go down another needle size and make the leg longer..
Haha, first time I put them on they reminded me of Puss in Boots… in some weird way :-P You can check out my Ravelry project page here, if you so desire :-P (thowwie, Ravelry account required :-P)
It’s time to welcome fall in, since it’s finally getting cooler. it’s finally starting to rain more and more (slowly, but rain is rain. and I’m thankful for it, haha) Fall shoes and socks can be worn now. And that’s just happiness.
Fall-ish food items are being made. Fall candles are being gotten (like, the candle in my room? It’s cinnamon sugar donut. And it makes my room smell heavenly.) Fall… ness is starting to surround everything and everyone. Annnnd, I’m so happy about that ^_^
So, I just pulled this out of the oven, and sadly, my camera ran out of batteries. But I did make a pie. And it’s called the Vermont Maple Oatmeal Pie.
And right now… the house smells amazing, haha, if I do say so myself.
So yep, this is before-the-entering-of-the-oven. Now, it’s all delicious looking, brown, and the coconut on the top is nice and crunchy ^_^.
I’m happy with how it turned out :-P
I also meant to get picture of Hermione’s cabled hat, but I could not get said pictures before camera battery died. *headdesk* Tomorrow, tomorrow tomorrow. I’ve definitely made progress, finished the first set of eyelets, and completed the first cable round. And I can’t wait till it’s done, cause it’ll be adorable :-P
Bertie is happy that the fall has arrived as well ^_^
I SO GOT THAT SOCK DONE. In a day plus a little itty bitty bit. BOOYYYYYAH. *feels accomplished* ^_^
I kinda like wearing socks with high heels. Especially… fun socks like that. Bright colors.. Yep. I think it’s pretty awesome. (*hinthinthint for fall weather to finally come and *stay*)
Bertie. Has a sock. Not just any sock, though. it’s full… of catnip. Hence.. the greenness on the end, haha. It’s some old sock that was found, and I guess didn’t have a match. Sooo it became a very… popular cat toy, haha.
It also causes Bertie to play with little pieces of fuzz on the carpet.
Though… He does that even when he’s not under the influence of catnip :-P
For today’s Quotable Friday, just gotta scroll on down a bit :-)
Haley shared this on Twitter, and said that it played on the Joshua Radin station. Which I immediately went and turned on…and the whole station is ammmmazing. Just sayin’ :-P
I may or may not have cast on something new on Saturday night. *cough cough* *shifty eyes*
Ok, fine! I did, I did.
But I had a totally logical reason. Or if it doesn’t seem logical to you when I explain why, it made sense in my head, haha.
So, if you don’t know…we (my parents, my brother, and myself) are planning a trip over the Europe…sometime in the very near future.
And that “near future” is like really really near. Like maybe a month away (Ok, so maybe not *that* near. But it’s pretty stinking close, if you ask me.)
And…while we’re going to be over there, it’s going to be cool. Cooler…chilly. Cold. For…Houston people, anyways.
*cough* Like..mid 70′s. *cough*
Yeah, ok, I know…that sounds pathetic. But…the point is, it’s going to be cold for us.
So, I thought to myself… “I should make a shawl..in an aran or worsted..or DK weight, whatever weight. And it’ll keep me warm.”
Not that the shawls I have no don’t, it’s just that they’re lace weight.
And before hand, my mom needed some size 6s to start her own Daybreak (she’s using DK yarn, so she went up a couple needle sizes) And the size 6s that I knew of were being used…
So I found them, and then thought about what was on them…and decided that I didn’t think it was *that* cute. And I had only knit like…7 inches or something, nothing big.
So I frogged it :-P And then decided what I wanted to do with the yarn! Whee hee!!
So yep :-) Started it Saturday evening, while watching Dr. Who (which…my mom and I have become addicted to, haha. We finished season 1, and are a couple episodes into season 2 :-P) And got a ton of progress done over the past two days :-P
Yaaaaay for bigish needles :-P
On a totally non-related note: I drove all the way home from church yesterday. 45 minutes. I didn’t die. Bam.
And…
Those are probably some of the cutest shoes in the entire world. Plus, they’re comfy. Can’t get much better than that, haha.
Do pardon me, this will be more of a…fashion ish type post, rather than knitting. But Joey oh-so kindly took pictures of my Easter dress (which I adore) with Bertie.
I *had* to post some of them, haha.
This is Bertie’s “Parrot pose”. It makes it really easy to carry around his…heavy mass, haha.
But the dress is from ModCloth, which I am now a HUGE fan.
Polka dots, I mean…come on…can it get better than that? Too cute. Just too stinking cute. (My hair was extremely kind to me on Easter, and decided to cooperate. Yesssss :-P)
Another thing I love about this dress, is the ability to twirl and such, haha. I remember when I was younger, at church, my friends and I would always have a contest to see who’s dress would twirl the biggest. There was “saucer”, “teacup”, and…”vase”, I think, as the terms of judging, haha. If you had a saucer dress, you were cool. Really cool.
This dress may not be a saucer dress, but it’s at least a teacup. So yeah, the wind was blowing in the picture above, and caused the skirt to fill out. (*poof*)
Even though you can’t see my shoes…I was wearing my mom’s black Tom Wedges. Which are probably the most comfortable heel I’ve ever worn, haha. They’re adorable, comfortable…so awesome, haha.
As a side note, did I mention how much I love my cat? Bertie is the best. EVER. Just sayin’ :-P
Hope that wasn’t too tedious, haha. I had to post them :-P
I made a cake for this evening, because we have some friends coming over. And it’s not like anything I’ve made before.
Well, I’ve made cakes…and glazes. But definitely not *this* kind of glaze.
As you probably read in the title, it’s a lemonade glaze. And it’s amazing.
The recipe is actually called “Pink Lemonade Cake!” from the new edition of The Cake Mix Doctor, a book that I love and adore.
(Is it just me…or is almost everything I do/use/make have exclamation points on the end. Maybe just me.)
It calls for a lemon cake mix, but I’m pretty sure you could use vanilla…or whatever you wanted. So you make just a regular cake, and the glaze is as follows:
6 oz. (thawed) Pink lemonade concentrate
3/4 cups of confectioner’s sugar.
You put those together, then whisk! And there ya go! Easy peasy.
I actually went ahead and used the whole thing of lemonade and added an extra cup, after the 3/4th.
*is now wishing I took pictures while making. Blargi*
Anyway, it’s pretty amazing, if you ask me :-)
Another subject of interest. Hurricane That-has-no-name??? This is news.
This no-name thing is supposed to hit Houston late Sunday night/early Monday morning. Apparently.
Why it doesn’t have a name, beats me. I mean, “Bonnie” is next on the list. Yet the Weather Channel is not…calling it Bonnie.
But this bugs me not.
Currently, it’s raining. And raining. and raining. And raining and raining. Lots of rain.
Sooo…the idea of ballet class today isn’t such a great one. Flooding would be a serious issue.
Random. BUT. I am now the owner of a pair of AMAZING shoes.
Red. Toms. OH MY GOODNESS.
Oh, and today’s Plinky was something about your worst teacher.
I can’t answer that, because all my teachers have been so amazingly awesome, I have nothing to complain about. I love my mater and I love online classes.
This Plinky happened a couple of days ago, but when it popped up, I couldn’t think of anything that was really….weird.
I finally thought of something…
I really…dislike it when you’re tying your shoe…and you see that one lace is longer than the other…
Why this bugs me, I have nooo idea. But it does.
In the two pairs of Converse that I’ve owned….it’s happened. Several times.
Several times, because SOMEONE, I won’t say who, took of my laces as a joke. TWICE.
It was kinda a moment of: “I’m not happy, Bob. Not. Happy.”
Though Converse lacing can be tricky sometimes, they are definitely some of my favorite shoes.
I <3 Converse. And just btw….these (above) are NOT pink. They are RASPBERRY. Just wanted to clear that up ^_^
Oh, speaking of awesome shoes…(Lol, talking about pet peeves can lead to shoes…)
My Toms should arrive today :-) *Major excited/happiness*
OH, annnnd speaking of an awesome person who lets me use his camera for blogging purposes, it's my darling younger brother's birthday today. Turning the ripe old age of 15.
Somehow, this does not make me feel bad…because he's already at least a head and a half taller than I am. So I started accepting it awhile ago.
If I finish the back of my Sparkle! dress today. I will be elated. More than elated. Ecstatic. Rapturous. In transports of delight. Jubilant. euphoric.
You get the idea.
But whether I'll actually do it today, that is a totally different matter :-)
