be patient i am getting to the point

Posted: May 2nd, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: berocco ultra alpaca, projects: ms marigold vest, things i knit, vests, yarn i use | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »


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I took a several-month vacation on this vest, and I won’t lie – the big stumbling block was that I hadn’t wound the last skein of yarn yet.

I finally got around to that this week, and my vest is finally almost-done. (Just in time for spring, of course, but that’s beside the point.) I still have to weave in all of the ends and block it, but I’m really, really excited about this. You have to picture it under a white button-down with some dress pants, but trust me, it’s going to be adorable and make me feel like a pretty, pretty princess.

And, because I can, a picture of my cat. The logic here was that if she tried to drag the yarn away very, very slowly, I wouldn’t see. (Unfortunately, I am not the T-Rex in Jurassic Park, so it didn’t go so well.)

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Song of the Entry: Jack’s Mannequin – Spinning (feat. Stacy Clark) (Listen)

take me for granted you

Posted: March 20th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: things i sew | Tags: , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »


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Spring has sprung, and now that it has I’m feeling more like I want to be creative again. I’ve been working through a patch of srs bzns academic burnout, which is fine – but it means I’m spending more of my “down” time sleeping and reading gossip blogs than I am making things. Such is life.

Lately, though, I’ve been thinking about sewing. I have been using this bag as a pencil case all year, mostly because I was so proud of it I had to use it for something, but it’s actually not wide enough for my pens (they fit diagonally) and doesn’t hold as much as I’d like. So the other day, I went for a walk down to MacFab, where I picked up some things:

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Which, hopefully, I’ll turn into a new pencil case (or two) for myself over the next few days, now that I’m on spring break. Oh, also? I have a kitten. Her name is Vesper, and she is the fluffiest kitty oh my gosh ever.

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Song of the Entry: New Found Glory – Reasons