Crunch Time

Wow, so we only have two more weeks left of school. I've got about 42 pages to write by next Thursday for four different projects and a final exam in another class. But at noon next Saturday, I'll be all done with school. At least for now.
My life is beginning to take more shape than it had been before--I'm definitely moving to Philadelphia and I've applied to jobs in a law firm and the Philadelphia Art Museum, hoping to explore the potential for a career in either of those fields. I have only about 150 pages left of Les Miserables, which I plan to finish Wednesday morning. I'm starting to get really excited about graduation and the next chapter of my life. I'd be a little more excited if I had an apartment and a job lined up, but you can't have everything.
Yet through all this, I have found the time to knit, as always. I finished all the graduation gifts I had been planning, but no pictures--it's a surprise! I'll put some up after graduation, though, as I am quite proud of them. I have also managed to finish off that lavender yarn with a lovely reversible cable scarf for my sister:I think she'll like it. The trick is really quite simple: it's just a K1, P1 rib all the way across. It took forever and it's only about 4 1/2 feet long, but the effect is rather neat. Detail below:
I don't think I'll be making another one of those any time soon, but it was an interesting thing to try. So now, apart from about 2 half skeins of red yarn, 1 worsted, one heavy worsted, my stash has been emptied. If anyone wants those half skeins, there's probably enough in each of them to make a hat or something. If you don't want them, I might try to make up a phoenix pattern for Caroline (for which I might need to steal some of Jodi's yellow) with the worsted and...I don't know what with the heavy worsted.
And because I managed to burn my stash down to this meager pile, I allowed myself to refill it a little, with some lovely pine-colored merino, with which I will make the Chapeau Marnier, and some turquoise-colored cotton, with which to make the Seed Cabled Cardigan from the Sensual Knits book. Once those are finished, I promise I will get back to the Cleopatra wrap. I think by that point, I'll have had a sufficient break and be able to make some more headway.

And maybe I'll work on my school projects too =P.

Cheers,
-Allie

Over the Hump

So this last week has kind of been the week from Hell, what with huge papers, presentations and poetry recitationt to memorize. But I still managed to get a few projects done, including finding a use for that yarn Mrs. Matthews gave me:I made some lovely, and festive cabled mittens that I really have no use for. Does anyone want these (who has hands about my size) or know anyone who does? If not, I'm going to donate them to charity so that at least someone will love them.

A few weeks ago, one of my mother's employees gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, so to celebrate the occasion, I made him an adorable little blueberry hat (yeah, yeah, I ordered more yarn...) that is accompanied by matching booties:

Too. Cute.

After that, I'll set to work making Jodi's graduation gift and after that a scarf for my sister, using the final remnants of that lavender yarn. I found a neat reversible cable scarf that my sister can enjoy and than I will finally be rid of that pile of purple yarn. Yay!

And then who knows? I'm sure I'll find something to do when I really should be wrapping up my final projects. =P

Cheers,

-Allie

Home Stretch

So we're in the final stretch of college. No more breaks before graduation, just lots and lots of work. That's why I haven't posted--because I haven't had much time to knit. I've been too busy trying to throw this research paper together for Monday that there hasn't been much room in my schodule for knitting, which is really saying something as far as I'm concerned.
I don't even have any fun pictures for you this go-round. Just changes to the project line-up.
Remember how pretty that Latvian mitten pattern was? I thought it was perfect until I learned it's a children's size. Oops. So I took that apart, as well as the gift I had in mind for Jodi, which I no longer think she'll like, and I'm going to use the yarn from both to make her something entirely different that I think she'll like better =).
I haven't really made much progress on the Cleopatra wrap, either. It's just taking too long and I'm getting bored with how slow it's going. Maybe if I just do one other project I'll be able to come back to it. Right now I've got about 2 1/2 feet of wrap, which is not even half. Maybe I'll finish it by the time I'm 30 and then you can all bask in its glory...maybe.
I also still need to figure out what to do with the rest of that lavender yarn and stripey yarn. No suggestions? Maybe I'll make some hats and mittens and donate them if no one wants it.
Well, there's my meager update. Back to the grindstone with me.

Cheers,
-Allie