Posted: October 2nd, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: cascade eco wool, projects: big-kid tomten, sweaters, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: cascade eco wool, crafty, diy, garter stitch, handmade, knit, knitting, notes, paper, smarties, studying | No Comments »
Well, it’s that time of year again. The time when I stock up on coffee, retreat into my apartment, and start a very serious battle of wills with a stack of paper that looks a lot like this. (Fun-size box of Smarties for scale, obviously.)
Now that school’s back in session, I’m back to having to write a major exam once a month (give or take). Unfortunately, this month I’ve also been struck down with a pretty fierce cold, which is doing terrible things to my ability to concentrate on my notes, so my knitting progress has taken a nose-dive.
However, the past few days have been a sudden, bracing leap into autumn, and it’s too cold for me to not be knitting something. So I finally sat down, did some math, and started my fall sweater, which is basically the knitting equivalent of autopilot. Garter stitch on 5.5mm needles, which feel ginormous after knitting with teeny yarn on 4mm needles for most of the last year. It’s extraordinarily comforting.
Song of the Entry: Owl City – Fireflies (Listen)
Posted: May 3rd, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: lorna's laces shepherd worsted, projects: worsted owl cardigan, sweaters, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: coffee, crafting, crafts, creativity, handknitting, knitting, knitting patterns, purple, stress, studying, swatches, sweaters | No Comments »
This would be the stack of notes I need to learn for my latest exam, coming up this week. I’ve been a little on-and-off about knitting while I study, despite the fact that knitting really really helped back in November, when I was working on that sweater I love for NaKniSweMo. But I think a lot of that has been because, when exams roll around, I don’t always have a project that I’m in love with. That, apparently is the trick.
I’ve had six skeins of Lorna’s Laces Worsted sitting in my stash for a few months now, waiting for the Holy Grail of Sweater Patterns. I thought maybe that pattern was going to be Francis, or this button-sleeve raglan (without the dorky Harry Potter lettering), but then I saw elevenstitches’ cardigan adaptation of Owls, and thought to myself, “. . .aha.”
A few swatches and a lot of math later, and I think I have something to help me destress while I’m studying this time around.
Song of the Entry: Lil’ Wayne f. Juelz Santana and Starr – Rockstar (Listen)
Posted: December 17th, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: non-crafty | Tags: academia, books, coffee, notes, paper, school, studious, studying | No Comments »
This is what I’ve been working on for the past few days, and this is what I’ll be working on pretty steadily until Friday. These are all of the notes I need to remember for my exam (yes, just one exam) that day.
The coffee is helping.
Song of the Entry: Jonathan Coulton – Re: Your Brains
