Yup, I'm Back!

I must be sadistic but I just can't give up on the wingspan.  Even though with the acrylic yarn might make it rough and ugly, I can't stop trying to see if it is as easy as everybody claims.  Plus I want to see if I can actually do this bloody thing.  I just want to see if I like the pattern and see if I can do it, so I can buy better yarn to make it normal looking shawl.  I will knit a couple more rows and need to get back to homework.  Can't believe there is a ruddy exam on the third day of class, but I need to pass this course to graduate.  Fun times.

Amen and Pass the Ammunition!

have finished the purple people eater hitchiker.  All I need to do is wash it, cut the loose ends since I am not a 'let's weave in the ends type of gal' and then I will package it up to send to my friend for her birthday.  Of course it is not as big as the picture in the pattern, definitely did not use woolmeise.   Gotta save up my pennies for that stuff or the American version of it. 
Last weekend, my mother and I went to the Oregon Flock and Fiber.  It was nice to wander around the pens, looking at the goats, sheeps (yes I know its sheep but there were multiple different type plus I am a little punchy tonight), alpaca, and llamas.  We had the chance to pet this lovely dark brown/black llama.  O....M...G....!!!! Didn't matter if was the neck area, which wasn't sheered, or the sheered body, he/she was fabulously sooooo soft.  I didn't buy anything but am really jealous of the fiber and yarn.   There have been suggestions of conjoined projects (throat clearing-mother), where I knit and felt things and she sews cloth to them to make something or another....Number 1, good idea.  BUT  I don't know ANYTHING about felting, when I am I going to do these felting project?  On the bus?

Sorry just got a 'squirrel' moment.  Just saw a clip on the local news about Mr. Yuck stickers, I haven't seen those since the '70s.  Yup, old fart.

One thing my mother did bring back from her cruise is a boat load of Lopi yarn.  A lot of it is lace weight.... So guess who's going to learn how to use lace weight????  Yup, moi!  Maybe not right away but soon. Still getting used to work and school and long bus trips between the two.  Yes I do work and go to school at the same place but one of my classes is at the farthest branch away from me (about an hour and a half  bus ride if lucky)  then either a shuttle bus (if they dont leave early-had that happen) or a 40 minute bus ride up to the branch I work at.  Wahoo. 

Other notes....I really have slacked off with knitting videos on itunes.  I have about 2 1/2 days worth.  Am I the only one that seems not to be able to keep up with them on a daily basis because life kind of gets in the way?  Well gotta go to bed....can't stop yawning and that's not a good thing.

Ciao!

Yeah I know

In the summer semester being over till now, I haven't been feeling up to blogging.  My bad. Um....Let me see... the Urbana by Stepben West.  Finished the large one and been there, done that.  I don't know if it was just the yarn I used or what but the final project just didn't float my boat.  It was very helpful in keeping my neck warm during camping but other than that I am not sure if I would do it again.  I think the main drawbacks were the were the slot was with the large instead of the normal size and how, it couild be the yarn again, it seemed like it just wanted to slip out of the slot.  It could just be that I just move too much to have it stay wihtout a pin or something.   The Wingspan, I just am not sure if I can do it or not.  The yarn I am knitting this with just seems like it is very freaking small and I added stitches to it;.  In the last 3 weeks, I have done a row of wingspan and have done all of 10 points on the purple people eater hitchhiker.  I only have about 3 more points to do on it before I cast off.  
I don't know if its because I have not had the incentive to knit or because I have been a little depressed or the lack of things to do but I am looking forward to get out of the house for more courses and work.  Even though I know that for about a month or more I know that my bosses favorite worker is coming back to work.  I know that it's bad for me to think or talk about this but when you are bff with the mother and the worker is pretty much considered a child to the boss, it's a little sad and depressing.  I just have to finish this semester, get my degree, and get a job that I feel respected for what I do and get paid for the things I do for the company.  I am just tired of feeling like the dreg of the workforce and dealing with spoled little children that come through.   
But I have to admit that the little knitting I have been doing does fill the void of the 'fun' of work, school, and life. 
More light heartedness hopefully to come.