So I caved and decided to start a knitting blog, because really I need to spend MORE time on the Internet. It seems all my favorite Blacksburg/Christiansburg knitters are on here, so why not join them. I already have an account on LJ but I am very good about updating on there. My life doesn't seem all that exciting anymore, but school will do that.
So this will be mainly about knitting maybe a little bit about medicine... we shall see.
I am working on my first sweater (well actually sweater vest). I was deathly afraid of sweaters until recently. I've knitted a couple baby kimonos which are insanely easy, and I've knit a dog sweater. So after that how much harder can an adult sweater be. I am knitting the Little Sporty Number from Sublime. I am using Sublime extra fine merino, which is to die for. It is very soft and just fabulous to knit with. I chose the pinkish/red color redcurrant. When I get back to Wytheville where my camera is I'll try to take a few pictures of it in progress.
I also splurged on some new yarn yesterday. Because when I have the day off from working and Mosaic is having a sale I just can't resist. I bought 12 skeins of Louisa Harding Merino blend in Navy. I plan on making a poncho out of it. I know I shouldn't start it now, but I really want to play with the new yarn.
I also bought Weekend Knitting, which I'd been eyeing for quiet some time. Yay for new patterns and things that I don't have the time to knit. Oh well.
I finished a set of Knitty's fetching last weekend. I made them out Debbie Bliss Pure Cashmere. They are just fantabulous to wear. The pattern really needs to be a little longer on the finger part, but other than that it's a quick knit and the cables are an easy first cabling project.
I find it highly amusing that I am known as the girl that knits uteri or uteruses (I believe both are technically correct). My sister keeps asking me to knit a garnet and gold uterus for one of her friends. I have a waiting list of 4 or 5 people that want a knitted uterus, me included on that list. Pennington the cat decided shredding one was a good idea. So maybe this summer when I have a little more free time I'll be a uterus knitting machine.
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The ramblings of an intern that wished there was more time to knit during the day.
About Me
2009 Finished Projects
- Heather's Chemo hat
- Blue Nutkin
- Green/White Nutkin
- Broadripple socks
- February Lady Sweater
2008 Finished Projects
- Moss Stitch Sock
- Backward Cabled Sweater
- Noro Silk Garden Blocks
- Noro triangle bag
- Coronet Hat
- Noro 2x2 Rib sock
- Charade Socks
- Cozy V Neck Sweater
- Lace Ribbon Scarf
2007 Finished Projects
- 16 Hokie Squares
- Baby Bib in Denim
- Baby Kimono
- Bright Obnoxious Hat
- Frog Dish Towel
- FSU Uterus
- Harry Potter Scarf
- Hokie Rainy Day socks
- Irish Hiking Scarf in Blizzard
- John Deer Uterus
- Knitted Gallbladder
- Knitty's Fetching in Debbie Bliss Lime Green Pure Cashmere
- Monkey Socks
- Rainy Day Socks
- Russian Uterus
- Teal Scarf
- Uterus #1 Debbie Bliss
- Uterus #2 Debbie Bliss
- Uterus #3 Debbie Bliss
- Uterus - Rowan Calmer
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"You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should."
From Desiderata by Max Ehrmann
4 comments:
I definately need to make a uterus for the store! Did you see the picture of the one I put on my blog that is knitting? Funny!
So glad to see you have started a blog. Ain't it fun. I love the sublime, too. I need to start my sweater. I am trying so hard to control my startitis until I have finished some projects, but Gina doesn't make it easy with all the tempting yarns.
When my baby was born in October, I wanted to knit a thank you gift for my doctor and I almost made him that Womb from Knitty-but I decided on some nice alpaca gloves instead...I'm still not sure if it was a good choice or not...:)
Gina... yes you need to knit a uterus for the store you can even make it hokie colors or something random.
Jody... I knit a couple uteri for docs that I have shadowed as a thank you gift. They will always remember me as the girl that gave them a knitted uterus. So when I ask them for a letter of recommendation they at least have some idea of who I am.
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