PROM?!

Yes. Indeed.

There was a corsage. No date, but a corsage nonetheless…(not my idea)

And a trippy limo.

We went for hibachi. It was incredibly tasty.

People looked like dinosaurs trying to catch riceballs.

And of course, the classic ‘onion volcano.’

Alethia’s other half had fabulous socks.

So fabulous that my incipient sock needed to pose with one.

Why yes, I did knit in the limo. Not surprising.

I also danced. And eventually enjoyedd it. THAT was surprising. Apologies for the horribly edited photo – I had to brighten it a bunch.

One fabulous hat to top it off

Odd flavors

So I was thinking today – I like odd combinations of flavors – sweet and salty, tangy and salty, sweet and sour…Well, I guess they’re not precisely odd combinations, but I find them in odd places. Examples:

• Tostitos and Nerds
• turkey sandwiches and cinnamon candies
• ice cream sandwiches and lemonade
• Skittles and Pringles
• fish sticks and cottage cheese with paprika

Anybody else like weird food combinations?

The FO-Fest continues!

Some pretty crappy photos of My So Called Scarf, which I like, but am honestly just glad to be done with at this point.

I am indeed alive.

P.P.S.: Another box appeared in my sidebar…box of ambisiosity. Probably not a word.

P.S.: I entered a contest. All you have to do to enter is measure your hands so Knitasaur can design some sweet gloves, and you get a chance to win yarn! And please say I sent you!

Wow, I haven’t done a real post in awhile. With AP’s, biking, and the violin recital, I have had little to no time.

First off – some FO’s:

Pattern: Braided Neckpiece by Teva Durham, from her book, Loop-d-Loop (ravelry link)
Yarn: My mom’s handspun BFL
Needles: 9, I think…
Mods: My gauge was 3.5 instead of 3 so I had to add a few stitches to everything
Comments: I love how it turned out, but the woven part was a bit tedious – lots of ends to weave in…
Also, I’m really proud of that first photo. I’ve been drooling over brooklyntweed’s photography, and actually asked him advice awhile ago – I think this is the closest to his caliber I’ve ever gotten. :D (the second photo’s just to have some idea what it looks like on a real human)

Incidentally, it’s also a good cat sleeping bag.

Pattern: Lucy Bag from Two Old Bags (ravelry link)
Yarn: Harrisville somethingorother
Needle: 10
Mods: None
Comments: As evidenced by the fact that this is the second one I’ve made – I really like this pattern.

(this one’s mainly because you can see my new haircut, which I really like)

Pattern: My own, general vicinity of stitch numbers obtained from Sweater Wizard
Yarn: Nashua Creative Focus Brushed Alpaca
Needle: 4, maybe?
Comments: It’s a bit scratchy – hopefully that will be remedied by blocking. But it’s also a bit small. My sister might end up wearing this more than I do.

(we had fun photographing this one…)

Pattern: Chain Link Scarf by Teva Durham from Loop-d-Loop (ravelry link)
Mods: I did each loop in a different stitch instead of all stockinette, also I have no idea if I used the same number of stitches as she called for in any case
Yarn: Elsebeth Lavold Angora
Needle: 7? I should keep better track of these things – it’d be good to know what needle I used for various yarns…
Comments: Angora…soooffffft…

All of these except for the sweater will be possible prizes at a raffle tonight at my brother’s recital to support our bike ride. We did the same at my recital on Friday and raised over $200!

‘K, now that I’ve finally posted all those…Oh, but there will be more! I’ve vowed to myself that from now until I have many fewer UFO’s/WIP’s than currently, I will finish at least two of them for every one new project I start. I call this endeavor The Finishing…sounds dramatic. I hope to have significantly reduced the pile by the end of the summer. And for awhile, there will be lots of FO’s because I’ve realized I have a TON of almost-FO’s. At least two scarves and some hats, among other things. Because those are the kind of things I start on a whim when I need a project to do doing a movie or something.

Anyways, my life…AP’s are done! Finals approach, but not too quickly. My violin recital went really well. I’m biking a lot. Oh yeah, and my sister, two of my friends, and I were a trivia bowl team yesterday and we came in second to win movie tickets! And that’s the Cliffsnotes version.

That’s pretty nifty

I’m famous!

http://rochesterhomepage.net/content/fulltext/?cid=15704

It was on TV, too! And I didn’t look like an idiot!

P.S. There are two basically-FO’s only in need of blocking. No pics of those yet, but this is next up, because I don’t feel like pulling anything out of hibernation at the moment.

It’s my mom’s handspun. And it’s BFL…

I feel so badass.

*points at sidebar*

Sorry for the lack of posting. I’ve been going crazy with AP’s coming up and biking getting ramped up since the 100 miles is in less than a month! Unfortunately, that’s not really going to change now. Don’t expect much until after Physics, ie May 13th or so.

I’ve kinda given up on the contest, but here’s another halfhearted plea along with a nod at the fifty different links to it around here.

On the bright side, knitting has been happening a bit! There are two almost-FO’s in the works.

*goes back to drowning in studying*