knucks?

okay. confession time. this isn't actually a blog. see? i'm not even bothering to capitalize stuff. it's just going to be a list of stuff i want to put on my knucks. i haven't actually started them yet, so i don't want to create a ravelry project, and i don't want to save it as a file on my computer, because it will undoubtedly get lost in the abyss.

alright, enough justifying myself to you, you nonexistent reader.

teh list:
nerd core
wzrd rock
kthx bai!
soda spill
read jane
nerd girl
teh() lulz
hugz plz?

so the first three are my favorites. the only one that was an original idea was "wzrd rock." very tempted to go with that for my own ego - makes me feel witty or something.

<3jenny

Maybe I Will?

It has been quite a while since I last blogged. This is a problem.

I decided to keep the cowl that I mentioned in my last post, and it is lovely. I just wish that it complimented all of my outfits, because I would wear it all the time. It is warm and cozy, and doesn't get in the way like regular scarves. I have many cowls lined up to make in the future as well, so I suppose you could say I'm addicted! =D

Also, in one of my previous posts, I calculated the percentage of each type of knitted/crocheted item that I had in my ravelry notebook. I am going to do this again, hoping that 72% of my projects aren't scarves. Here it goes...

Hats - 17.8%
Scarves - 39.3%
Cowls - 3.5%
Toys - 14.2%
Mittens/Gloves - 3.5%
Housewares - 3.5%
Other Accessories - 7.1%
(these are approximations. i'm pretty sure they don't add up to 100%.)

Alright. I can handle this. Still primarily scarves, but hats and toys are slowly gaining on them, so I'm happy. My next two projects are most likely going to be hats too, so that should add some to that percentage. I'm glad that my knitting diversity is blooming as compared to last time.

autumn

There are few things that bring me more joy than fall. I love watching the leaves change and then drift to the ground like snowflakes. I love the chilly weather and being able to wear scarves and hats and coats. And knitting during the fall? The most satisfying thing EVER.

Unfortunately, along with fall comes school, and along with school comes copious amounts of homework and little time to knit. However, I try to do the best with what little time I have.

Recently, I've been working on a cowl for a Christmas present for someone (to be determined) and I really love it. It has a simple lace pattern, and the yarn (Tweedle Dee by Moda Dea) is awesome. So soft and chunky and just all around lovely. I'm still not exactly sure how it will turn out or if any of my friends would even like it, but it's just really relaxing and soothing to work on.

I hope to finish up my granny square scarf soon (it has been far too long. the thing needs to be done) and I'm considering going back and finishing my hufflepuff sock that I started two summers ago. But I also have Christmas presents to think about, and my time limits. So, who knows? I just know that I'll still be knitting!!

<3jenny

double you tea eff.

Don't get me wrong, I love knitting fellowship. A lot. Possible more than is healthy. I am an awesomeknitter, for goodness' sake. The Yarnettes group has never dissapointed me with insightful conversation or good company. However, today was a slight dissapointment. If any of you are reading this, I love you all, and thank you for accepting me into your group. I appreciate all of your wisdom and humor.

But I do not enjoyed being called "little girl." At all. So please, avoid that phrase.

Honestly. I wouldn't even mind being called "girl." (Though, admittedly, that is slightly harsh.) But last time I checked I am not "little." I may be short, but that is something that cannot be helped. According to my doctor, I have stopped growing. I am not six. I am sixteen, and while that is younger than most people who are assosciated with knitting, that does not make me any less of a citizen than you. It doesn't give you permission to talk to me like I am a lesser being. I may be slightly more naive, and have more years to live in front of me, but I am a human as well, I am over the age of ten, and I am not "little."

Please, never ever call me "little girl" again.

kthxbai.

yarnettes ftw.

Today was the meeting for the knitting group I go to when there's no school. And, as it's summer, there's no school, so I got to go. There were a lot of people there today, a pretty big crowd, and it was so fun. I don't talk much, just because it's so interesting to sit and listen to what everyone else has to say. They talk about everything - how to smuggle needles passed the TSA, yarn (of course), and basically anything you can think of. And, honestly, it totally jam packed my brain with knitting. Later, when I was talking to my mom I kept substituting words like "librarian" with "knitter."

I love knitting.

<3jenny

fiveawesomeknitters!

It's been a while since I've blogged, but as it's summer, I thought I'd try to get back into this kind of thing. I also have a lot of time to knit (and thus a lot of things to talk about) and also started an exciting project this week.

My latest project is a baby hat for my good friend Christina, who's due in August. I'm using the Cozy Cuddles pattern by Ruth Maddock from Issue 37 of Simply Knitting Magazine, and it's very well written and easy to follow. They color code the different sizes, which prevents stitch confusion. It's really fun to knit, and it's turning out really nicely. My stitches are pretty even so far, and adding the earflaps was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I'm excited to finish it, because then I can start Rosemary Wait's Harry Potter Hufflepuff House Bag (which will be awesome!) I have to have that finished by (hopefully) the second week of July, so I'm trying to be quick but efficient.

AND, the exciting project that I've started is called fiveawesomeknitters. It's a video blog project along the vein of Brotherhood 2.0 and fiveawesomegirls. For those of you who are completely lost, the idea is that there are five of us, and we are each assigned a day of the week. On our day (I am Monday, for example) we make a video blog in which we talk about knitting, our lives, etc., and get to know each other. Then, we post it to YouTube. This week is the first week, and so far it's been incredible!! I couldn't ask to be in a collab channel with better people - they are all so clever and talented and awesome. Sometimes I feel slightly inadequate in the midst of their awesome!! So basically, KNITTING kNERDFIGHTERS FTW!!!

Tube Scarves Eat Yarn

I am so excited to give my music notes scarf to my teacher with the, "105 Reasons Ms. Bowers CANNOT Leave Next Year," list, but I did not know what I was getting myself into when I decided to make it in the round.

Tube scarves eat yarn!! I am already on my second skein of Fisherman and it's barely two feet long. And I don't know if I'll be able to endure two more feet of straight knitting. To remedy this boredom, I started winding the yarn for the baby hats and mittens into a ball yesterday, but it got a huge knot in it. Why do the knitting gods hate me so? Is this for never making a gauge swatch? Becuase I promise that I'm going to knit one for this project!! So please have mercy, O powerful knitting gods.

In other news, I am working on my first amigurumi crochet project as well!! She will be an orange elephant for my friend Nichole. So far, she is half a head and a trunk, but she's coming along nicely, and actually works up quite fast. Any suggestions for names would be much appreciated.

<3
jenny