Bad Blogger

I really miss my camera. And not having a digital camera makes for a pictureless blog. I hate that. Hence my not posting.

Over the past few weeks, my finches have had two eggs hatch, I bought Mason-Dixon Knittng and Knitting Rules! from Barnes and Noble, Dooce.com rocks, I've started my second year of golf lessons, and school has been out since the seventh. I'm a Junior!

And tomorrow. Oh, tomorrow. I will be on a charter bus on my way to the Grand Teton Mts. To hike. For 7 days. It is going to be a blast. I hope I don't fall up a cliff.

Knitting: (I wish I had pictures!) Marseilles is slow going due to another project. I've only added three repeats to the back and none to the sleeve that I have started. Annie's second sock is still stuck on the gusset decreases. I dyed some Knitpicks yarn and I used orange and lemon (Oh crap, finch has escaped!) Crisis averted. My fault. I left the main door open a smidge. You wouldn't think that a teeny-tiny bird could push open a door, but they can. Anyway. Back to the yarn. I dyed it with orange and lemon-lime. I put two-thirds in the orange and the rest in the the green. It's really pretty. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it though. And my distraction project. Icarus. It's a shawl from InterweaveKnits Summer '06. You'd think that a 15 year old would just want to knit mittens and scarves, but I digress. I love lace. Lace is awesome. And I hear that blocking makes it even greater. I can't wait.

I hope that I don't get blisters while hiking! Happy knitting!

Bloglines and Marseilles

Bloglines.com is a very useful thing. I love it. Now I just have to find all of the blogs I read and finish putting them all on there.

School is almost over for the summer. Wonderful news. Half of my classes, I just watch movies. Gorillas in the Mist, The Dead Poets Society, WWII stuff. Math is still hard for me to understand, partially because I can't learn from my non-teaching teacher. Anywho, it's almost over and I won't have him again. (Just wait, that will come back and bite me in the ass in my senior year.)

Knitting blog. Right. Hard to do without photos. But I am knitting, I promise. It's the Marseilles Pullover from the summer Interweave Knits with Plymouth Galway Highland Heather 100% wool in color 704, which is heathery gray. I have about one and a half pattern repeats done on the back and 5 inches of one sleeve. Hehe, this yarn is so scrumptious.

Have a great day!

August Birthday Swap

Ch-ch-ch-ch-check it out!
Wha-wha-wha-wha-what's it all about?

Yarn! And Birthdays! And a swap! What could be better?

August Birthday Swap!

Guilty

Guilty of neglecting my blog. I should be back to daily/every other day posting as soon as my AP Euro test is done on Friday. (That's also a good-bye to Miss Sparrow, our student teacher. We'll miss you!) I've been trying to study for the past two weeks. I don't think I'll do too well. I will be extremely happy if I get a three (out of nine) on my essay. Studying for this test has been hard for me. I start to read and study, but then I get distracted. Then the tv goes on. Then I try to study again. Then I need to do laundry. Study. Need to feed the birds. Study. Need to wash my hair. Study. Friends is on. SVU is on. ER is on. Time for bed! Ugh. I have a pathetic work ethic. I should work on that....

I miss my camera. I want to take pictures. I hate pictureless posts. Pout.

Oh, the joys of AP tests.

I'm really sorry that I haven't posted all week...or much of last. I've been busy studying for the AP test on May 5. Not too much knitting progress, partially because I missed a yarn-over two and a half rows back and I haven't had the motivation to fix it yet.

I'd love to show you a picture of my new socks in-progress, which are a fiddled-with version of Broadripple from Knitty with my Lorna's Laces, buuuuttt....My sister broke our wonderful, awesome camera. She dropped it while it was on and the zoom lens got...crooked...Or so she says. Never can tell with that girl. And the best part! Amanda was home for two days before mom found out that the camera was broken. While we were at school! Apparently Amanda had something to hid. Silly kid. Tsk.

Weelll. I should finish my assigned reading for tonight. A.k.a : Read blogs. Wish me luck on finishing my reading, haha.

Happy Easter!

Quick note to say happy Easter. More tomorrow once I've settled from my sugar high. Fun weekend with my cousins.

Spring has Sprug ( Like some curly knitting)

Ooh! I'm really likin' this Reid pattern. Man, is it purdy. (It's pretty hard to photograph a piece of knitting that rolls with one hand on the camera and one on the knitting.)


And it's greening up! Woo! It's been a perfect temperature of about...70..ish. Not sure, but it's nice. (Isn't Fletchie beautiful?...He needs to be fluffed (a.k.a. brushed).

B for Books

Here a book (and some movies)
There a book.
Every where a book, book.
And here are some more. And there are plenty that I have around the house.
Here's some knit books. I have (had) all three KnitLits, and I also have The Secret Life of a Knitter. Sad to say, but I lost my KnitLit(too) on the plane to Florida. I only had half of it read too...Darn.

Boy, I love me my books.

Flash Your Stash : Belated

This is my sock yarn. Knitpicks' Flower Power, varigated. Blue-blood red Wildfoote. Some black that I'm not sure of the name and some Lorna's Laces in #76, Aslan.













This is my wool. I've got some color your own, which should be really fun. I've got some left over Lamb's Pride worsted. I've also got some lace yarn which I'm hoping to make a shawl or shrug for my mom for Mother's Day.
This is some CottonTots. I really like it. I'm going to attempt to make Reid from the new spring Knitty. I'll post that link soon. I'll bet the guage will be off, but I'm making the smallest size (that's the beginning on the needles) and hoping that it will fit my three year old neighbor, and if not, I'll make her another one (if this goes well, haha) and give this to some other baby/kid that my mom probably knows.


Anyway, sorry that this is ten days late. I really am trying to post as often as I have something to post about.

P.S. I'm really happy to start getting comments! And as soon as I figure out how to respond I will. Thanks!

Vacation : Pre-Break

Just a quick note. I'm leaving for a week tomorrow evening and I won't have (much) internet access. My Flash your Stash post will be posted once I get back. (Man, I'm bad at this schedule thing.)