K is for Knitting

Knitting is my favorite hobby.  One of my favorite things to do is sit down with my knitting, a cup of coffee and a good movie.

Weekend Scenes

I meant to blog this on Monday.  And here it is Wednesday, and my scenes from the weekend are kind of irrelevant.  However, here are my photos from the weekend.

My bed always becomes the place everything is deposited at instead of being put away.  Then at night when I stumble into my room ready to fall into bed, I have a task ahead of me.  So I just move it from this pile to another.  Bad habits die hard, guys.

Sorry for the blurry photo.  I just about finished this scarf.  I started it last January.

New glitter manicure - love it!

Hope you're all having a good week!

Crafty

I hope you all are having a good week so far.  It was 70 degrees here in Iowa today and sunny, so I really can't complain :)

I really love making things.  If you've read any of my other (few) posts, you'll know I love to bake.  I also like to cook, sew, crochet and knit.  I know, so, so, old?

Not unless almost-25 is old,  which I sometimes feel it is :)

Anyways, knitting is the craft I am able to do most, for the main reason that it is very portable.  I would probably sew a bit more than I do now, but taking a sewing machine everywhere with me could get a bit awkward.

I have a habit of starting projects and not finishing them.  Case-in-point:

I started this quilt four years ago, and have worked on it on-and-off since then.  It's still not finished.

I started this skirt four years ago as well, and have actually worked on it recently.  Then I got to the zipper.  And, oh, zippers scare me.  I know, it's ridiculous, I let some plastic teeth scare me.  I'm hoping to conquer my fear soon.  What can I say, every weekend for the last month I've told myself to conquer this fear, and it hasn't happened.  So all I can do is say that I'll do it soon.

After that's done I hope to make this:

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Somehow, I can actually finish knitting projects.  Here's what I'm working on right now:

Squares for a blanket inspired by the Log Cabin quilting pattern.

A scarf, in purples.

A sweater in bulky yarn.  Yes, more purple.

Some socks.

And, to be honest, I'm consistently working on the scarf and blanket right now, and the other two have kinda been pushed back.  But they will get done, don't worry.

Hope you all have a Super Tuesday!  Yes, I know, cheesy pun.

Weekend Photos

Welcome back from the weekend folks!  I hope you had a better-than-usual Monday. 

Mondays are usually pretty good for me, I have a great job that I'm very thankful for (I get to work with all my immediate family, as I have been for the last 7 years...and we all still like each other!) and today was sunny.  I'm talking bright, blaring sun, which was very welcome after the unexpected snow we had yesterday. 

So, yes, photos. 

I painted my nails with another new Essie polish, "Orange, It's Obvious" - another new favorite.

I also used a new-to-me topcoat, Seche Vite.  It's a wee bit pricey, but worth every.single.penny.

I got on the treadmill, ran 2.5 miles (for the first time a while), and walked another couple of miles.  While I walked, I finished another square for my blanket.

On Sunday, I made granola.  I want to blog the recipe, but I got it from a friend, and want to get her permission first.  It's a very good recipie, I can assure you, since it was approved by my Dad.  And it's no small thing for my Dad to tell me that granola actually tasted good :)

On Sunday, while i was making granola, it was snowing.  This was very unexpected, since we have had barely any snow all winter, and it had already snowed on Friday.  The good thing about snow this late in the season, though, is that it does melt quickly.

So there were a few things from my weekend.  I didn't get all the things I hoped to do done, but that's ok.  I think I'll keep enjoying low-key, low-pressure weekends for as long as I can - I probably won't have that luxury forever!

Way Into 2012

I had intended to write this post shortly after the New Year.  But, better late than never.

At the beginning of the year I did make a list of things that, Lordwilling, I'll accomplish this year.  I'm teased quite a bit in my family, especially by my Dad, for setting lofty goals and acting like I've accomplished them, and, of course, not following through.  It feels like I'm accomplished in my mind, though :)

Anyways, I decided to make the goals a little simpler this year.

1.  Exercise regularly and run more 5k's, the Dam to Downtown, a Duathlon and Half Marathon.  Ok, so this one isn't so simple.  My sisters and I have been running the past couple years and have really enjoyed running 5k's.  I ran three last year at the beginning of summer, before exercising got pushed to the wayside.  So this year, I'm hoping to change that.  I've started running regularly, and signed up for a local race, the Dam to Downtown (10k) at the end of April, and the Rock n' Roll Half Marathon in Chicago at the end of July.

2.  Knit, sew and craft more.  Because of school I hardly did any of this last year.  I'm not in school this year (so glad!) and I've already been doing a lot more knitting.  Now I just have to get onto the sewing part.  I have a skirt that I'm about 3/4 through but have stalled because I'm kinda scared of sewing in the zipper.

3. Don't just pin on Pinterest, do a project a week.  I actually have been doing some nail ideas I got from there, and last week I made this cake.

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Mine had one less layer, but it came out so well!  This is the only photo I got of it, after 99% of it was devoured:

4. Shop less.  This has actually been going quite well, thankfully.

5. Blog more :)

Well, I've got a lot for my easily distracted self to do today, including some Pinterest baking :)  Hope you all have a wonderful Saturday!