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I wasted some quality time browsing random websites, and here are the fruits of my labors (the first few pictures just speak for themselves, but click the images if you like)…
From seller: “If like us, you suffer from the almost constant disappointment of holy effigies failing to miraculously appear to you during breakfast, well, fret no more, because help is at hand.”
*chortle*
This one I would actually consider buying. Awhile ago, thinking it would help me get up, I bought an alarm clock called ‘Sonic Boom.’ It comes with a vibrating disc that goes under your pillow to literally shake you awake. My theory was that if it were more irritating, it would wake me up. Instead, it made me press the snooze button sooner. Alas.
So on Monday (MLK day), my friend Saedi and I went snowboarding before the swim meet. We were soooo sore afterwards, and I could barely lift my legs afterwards.
So what did I do, you ask?
I bought a snowboard today! We had a blast, and I was using my mom’s snowboard (which is significantly better than my foam piece of crap) and I made a ton of progress (I only fell 5ish times on our last run, as compared to at least a dozen the first time we left the bunny hill). And my mom offered to pay for half of it – plus the store was having a sale! So I’m only going to have to pay $125 or so, which is pretty good for half a snowboard. I’m pretty excited to try this thing out, and irritated that I have to miss the next two ski clubs because of swim meets (and I missed the last one – darn close meets!). I can’t WAIT until swimming ends…
Anyway, here’s a pretty close-up picture of the board. By the way, the main part is really a dark navy blue sort of color, not black like it came out.
Aaaand…*drumroll, please*…An FO! I finished my Manos sweater, and only used about half of the KILO of yarn! I hear that stuff felts really well, so I shall be playing with that. Anyways, here are some pictures for you all:
As you can see, the variegated yarn pooled a bit on the sleeves, but not enough to bother me. Originally, I thought the whole sweater had come out too small because the sleeves were tight, but I realized that if I wore a thinner shirt underneath, it was perfectly comfy. I wore it all day today. :)
And finally, my WIP! Another raglan, this time out of some fuzzywuzzy Nashua alpaca. I’m hoping for it to be a close-fitting sort of thing that you’d wear over a cami – anticipating it getting nice and soft and cushy when washed. So we’ll see. But here are a few pics. The bluish one is actually more of a sage green, but it changed a lot in the photo…
For Ravelers – don’t forget to vote in The Bobbys! I’m up for ‘Most Unusual Project,’ and I’d obviously appreciate your vote, but please do vote for the multiple awesome things in every category!
…in contrast to the previous wordy post.
I had a swim meet basically all day today, and I’m totally pooped, so this’ll definitely be brief.
Exciting events in my life since we last spoke:
- losing power for the better part of two days after the huge windstorm
- getting several best times in swimming – two today, and one or two in the past week
- Okay, either my life hasn’t been too exciting since we last spoke, or I just can’t think of anything because I’m sleepy, but I needed a third bullet point…
Before we part company once more, here’s a cool site to check out – Art Lebedev Studio. They have a bunch of cool stuff, some of which is actually for sale, others just weird concept products. A few for your enjoyment (the images are links):
I. Introduction – I have so much to say in this post that I decided to organize it 7th grade English-style. This is how they used to make us organize our essays. Anyway, I’ll try to include lots of pictures to make it interesting, and thereby keep resolution IV-b-ii.
II. Regarding Knitting
a. FO: Camera sock
That’s my speedy cute little newish camera.
I knitted it a sock. Because that’s what I do. You can’t see it, but I even grafted the ‘toe’ with Kitchener stitch.
b. WIP: Manos Raglan
I got a kilogram of gorgeous Manos del Uruguay at Stitches, and I finally started the sweater. That’s just a sneak peek. And I think I’m going to have at least a third of the yarn left over, so I can play with felting it! I’ve seen amazing felted stuff out of Manos.
c. Bobby’s – I got nominated for a Bobby on Ravelry for Most Unusual Project. The voting starts on January 14th, so please vote for me! There’s a lot of other cool stuff, and you can vote more than once!
d. I have a new idea for a design. I haven’t even started knitting one yet, though, so it’ll be awhile before a pattern emerges. If it works out, though, I do hope to write it up.
III. Regarding Life
a. Animals now outnumber people in our house – that’s right, our family now consists of five people (mom, dad, brother, sister, me), a dog (Erie), a cat (Pixel), a hamster (Java), two fish (Dimaggio and The Babe), and two birds. They’re zebra finches, called Tweedledee and Tweedledum, after the Lewis Carroll poem, and they’re cute. Addie calls them the Beeperbirds.
Erie. She does this when she thinks we’re not looking.
Pixie, doing what she does best – looking down on people.
This is Java. It’s really hard to take pictures of twitchy animals.
This is Tweedledee.
The lighter-colored one is Tweedledum. Even though I turned the flash off, they both hated the camera, so these pictures are less than marginal…
b. Snow sports
i. Skiing – Ski club starts this coming Friday, and it’s supposed to be 54o on Tuesday. On the bright side, ski club conflicts with five swim meets, so I almost hope it’ll be cancelled because Coach is going to kill me if I actually miss that many. Ski club was paid for before I even decided to swim, though, so if it comes down to it, ski club wins, except for the League Meet. Also, we’re going to Gore Mountain over February break, which should be AMAZING.
ii. Skating – Yesterday a bunch of friends and I went ice skating. It was really fun and we took some pictures. But I’m not posting any because they all suck.
c. I can SEEEE! That’s right. My glasses are back! Huzzah! And no, I’m not angry at all about this. I just thought that was a really cool picture.
IV. New Year’s Resolutions (overlaps with II a bit)
a. Break out the spinning wheel again. I barely spun at all in 2007, and I have this lovely Lendrum!
And a wonderful stash of fiber. So I want to spin more and actually use the yarn I make. To make cool stuff like this hat, which was the original inspiration for the Mutant Bunny Hat. Ignore the stunned look in my eyes and focus on the handspun hat, please…
b. Use>Buy: I want to use more of my stash than I accumulate. Here’s my stash now.
And to make me feel better about myself, here’s my mom’s:
And there’s actually more than that, I couldn’t back up far enough to fit it all in one frame without falling out the window!
c. Health
i. (continuing from last year) Only eat when I’m hungry. I think this is a good practice for everyone, honestly. It really makes you aware of how much you actually need to eat.
ii. Stay in shape! I love being in shape. I want to keep exercising (running, biking, swimming, whatever, combination) all year and beyond! Buzz Lightyear-style.
d. Blog
i. For myself – it’s like a diary. Both in the sense that barely anyone else reads it, and that it keeps track of my life.
ii. For other people – but, I want to make it interesting! I’m going to try to take more and better pictures, and write coherently about interesting things. Feel free to make suggestions to this effect.
V. Conclusion – This is a concluding conclusion which concludes. It’s quite conclusive. Oh yes, and apologies for the slightly screwed-up formatting. Pasting from Word into Blogger doesn’t quite work perfectly.
Enjoy it, everyone!
