Sad Face

Lots to talk about, but not alot of knitting. Love my smittens, love my hats!!! I was named a captain of Local University Lacrosse and life as ensued. I love my team but I hate their drama, overall I'm slightly angry with my coach and sometimes my teammates but I've reached the halfway part of the semester, and I am still alive.

I've been soooooooooo busy, I took a praxis prep class, I sit for that at the end of April & the semester is over in the begining of May, thank god. Taking one summer class, prepping for science & math praxis's and praying I have some energy left over to enjoy my summer.

So currently my semester is: 17 credits, lacrosse, not so much working anymore, and trying not to kill my teammates. I drink alot of tea.

Life is good. I hope to be knitting again sometime soon, and mainly things to wear in the winter, maybe a summertime garment, we will see.

love you !
jersey

...Finished Another Hat!

So I finished another hat, which is awesome. The blue/red is slightly larger than the purple/green one, but I like it. I took some time off from work before I start the spring semester and I've been knitting a lot. The yarn harlot's unoriginal hat is super easy & fast because its knit in practically six hours tops. So, I'm loving it. I also posted a picture of all the yarn together, they are really beautiful, vibrant colors. I purchased it at Nangellini in Philly.

That's it. Thanks!:)
jerseyknits

Finished a Hat!

I finished the yarn harlot's hat - I love it. Posted more pictures to Ravelry. For Christmas I also received the Winter Knits Kit, which is adorable and among other things, really sharp scissors(!!!) and an electric tea kettle. Love it, very happy. I've been simultaneously working on two hats, a second yarn harlot hat & a "rosta" type hat for a friend on my team. Both of which are moving slowly, however I plan to knit most of today, so maybe I'll have another hat to show for it. I have three skeins of Talinay for three separate hats. Which means I plan to knit three separate hats - the yarn name reminds me of Elane's boss on Seinfeld but I don't watch the reruns often enough to know if I'm right or not.

The boyfriend also mean to get me a ball winder, but something fell through so I bought one for myself. It's small and adorable and I wound a tiny ball of sock yarn but considering that I don't own a swift it was slightly odd - and the way the ball was originally rolled also didn't help the re-rolling process.

I'm forcing the boyfriend to take pictures of my finished Smittens because I've been using them nonstop since I cast off and I really need to get some finished pictures. They are absolutely amazing and I DEFINITELY plan to knit another pair. They would probably be best knit during the summer since they are pretty small, they won't keep you too hot or grossly warm, you know?

I start Local University next Monday which totally sucks because we have two separate week long breaks so they are starting the semester a week early which just totally absolutely sucks. I spent a lot of my break working, knitting and sleeping which I must say, was probably the best use of my time away from school.

More pictures soon!
jersey


**forgot to mention, I bought myself a new camera! Sony W120, 7 megapixels, which is up from 4 so I feel pretty awesome about that. Its super tiny and adorable and PINK! so I will hopefully have lots of new pictures to post.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah , Happy Kwanza and Merry Winter Solstice!

This has been the craziest semester that I've ever had. I was finally admitted into the education department at Local University, however because I'm a transfer I was forced to redo my educational hours of observation. This was on top of a month of lacrosse, 17 credits and forced voluntarism. I was sick three different times, which I hope I'm now getting over because as if that wasn't enough my winter break is week shorter than usual because the university is giving us two, separate (not consecutive) breaks this upcoming semester.

So, no trip to see Dad in Florida which I'm upset about, but I got a hat finished tonight and! my Smittens nearly a month ago! I also purchased a new camera because I grew tired of my old camera. The batteries also crapped out during the Rhinebeck trip so I have limited pictures which bums me out. I was also in NYC for Halloween, with the boyfriend and another friend dressed as the Incredible's. We had awesome costumes!

Anyway this is a simple update because its apparently 1am on Christmas morning, but I'm taking some time off from work to knit, relax and de-stress so I have every intention of making more posts.

-jersey

Getting Ready

I'm getting ready for my trip to Rhinebeck, NY. Which, if you don't already know is where the New York Sheep and Wool Festival is held! I'm so excited. We are planning to get there around 10 am, which is when the festival opens. I have two projects that I'm buying for. One of the girls that I play lacrosse with at Local University asked me to knit her an ear flap hat. I have previously used the pattern "Red Baron Flys Again" with great results. She wants it in a rainbow color scheme so my hope is to purchase some yarn for her hat. Now that I think about it I may actually buy some yarn to make myself a new hat.

Thats about it. I've been working on Smittens with no real progress. Hopefully I'll have them done soon. It's starting to get cold here. Tonight we finally got our first frost advisory!

This is it, I'll have Rhinebeck pictures up soon!

I'm frustrated.

Pictures of the Smittens are up on Ravelry, but I'm not going to bother posting them on here because I don't really know how to do it correctly.

I'm frustrated. I feel like I make the same mistakes over and over in my knitting. I feel like I'm not progressing. I feel like my thumbs are all over the place in these stupid Smittens and its not their fault, its a good pattern, but I dont know, I don't know how to be a better knitter.

I want to be a teacher. In fact I wouldn't mind teaching knitting eventually. But I need to be soooo much better. I'm not satisfied with my skills.

Thoughts?

-jerseyyy

ps: local university's lacrosse team is going to be going to two tournaments in the tri-state area AND! hosting our own!

Hihihi

The only reason my head isn't lost is because its attached to my shoulders. I've been so out of it with the start of the semester (three weeks strong ::gag::), a car accident, redoing my room and a semi-vacation I'm surprised I have knitting in hand. In fact! I finished a basketweave scarf (awesome!) and I am in the process of knitting what I call, Smittens. Smittens are actually the Urban Necessity Gloves by Colleen Michele Meagher and the pattern is great, easy and I'm about halfway done with my first pair and I'm sure not to be the last pair.

I decided to knit both of the glove parts first and knit the mitten caps second. I'll have pictures up I promise, the semester kind of took me by storm, and the car accident, well.. that just took me by surprise. (I was rear ended leaving my job, I serve aka waitress but not at a diner, I KNOW! you would think I would, living in New Jersey and all...)

thanks friends for reading, if you still read :)

-j-unit.

PS: I MAY HAVE TALKED THE BF INTO GOING TO RHINEBECK. (just for Sunday, I have a lacrosse tournament Saturday)