Pictures of my Projects

I've been saying for a bit now that I would post pictures of some of my knitting projects on here....and today I'm finally getting around to it! I started knitting a few months ago, and now I'm completly hooked.
My first project was a Tea Wallet I made for my dear mater, and it was my first time actually using the purl stitch and making a 'pattern' with my stitches. Quite proud of it, even though it was a bit rough.

My sister then asked for a pair of fingerless gloves, because her hands were getting cold when we went to our horseback-riding lessons in the cold November mornings. So, I made her a really easy pair of garter stitch mitts. I called them Cloudless Skies, because of the colour of the yarn. It's so pretty. :)

I made a few more little projects which I don't have pics of, such as a pocket purse for a friend and a scarf which I'm still in the progress of making. It's for a friend of mine who is obsessed with Harry Potter, so I'm knitting her a Ravenclaw scarf.

The next project, which I'm kinda proud of, is one I made for my friend Katie Sonner. :) It was a scarf, and I needed to finish it quickly, so I knitted it on the Knifty Knitter loom, instead of on needles. It was made using a gorgeous mohair yarn that I had been itching to use, blended with a soft grey.

The other projects I haven't quite completed yet, so I'm not going to post pics until you can see the finished product. If you're on Ravelry, you can friend me and see the rest of them in my Projects! :) This Lent, I'm hoping to start working on something called the Beekeeper's Quilt, which is an absolutly beautiful quilt pattern on Ravelry. It's going to take some time, but I think the end product will be worth it. I don't know if I'm giving it away, or keeping it for myself quite yet...although it would be funny to give to my parents, seeing as they're both beekeepers as a hobby. ;)

O Come, O Come Emmanuel...

This season of Advent has been quite a wonderful (but busy busy busy!) one. I've been very preoccupied with school work and homework, but now that Christmas Break has finally arrived, I can sit back, relax, post on my blog, and sip my tea. (Earl Grey. Hot. )
Just a summary of my last few weeks...December is the concert month for the Chorale...so I've had 4 concerts in two weeks, not to mention opera practice. The concerts wouldn't have been that bad...except that two of them happened on one night, with only 2 hours between them for dinner. It was exhausting, but worth it. Sadly, for the first time since I don't know when, I couldn't participate in Lessons and Carols, which is an annual concert our church choir does. I just couldn't fit it into my schedule without going mad. *sigh*. Oh well. There's always next year.
I'm trying to complete all my many Christmas present projects in the remaining 6 days before Christmas...thank God there are 12 days of Christmas. Otherwise...I just might be up a tree! :)
I'm still working on my siblings' present (which is the book I wrote for NaNoWriMo). It's going through some major yet hasty editing, and some POV changes. I'm not quite finished with it...still. I can't believe that I managed to write 50,000 words in November, but I've only managed 6,000 in this entire month of December. Oh well. I'll blame it on school, and not procrastination, who is the real culprit. *cough*
As for my dad's present...I've had to cave in my rule. I'm buying him something. I just could not think of anything to make for him that he would actually use.
Regarding the rest of the family, I am completely set. I've written some short stories for my aunt and uncle (they're summaries of stories that our uncle tells us after dinner about his hilarious mother - I'll have to post one or two up here someday), and my grandparents are getting a poem which I have written by hand with my best Levenger fountain pen, and framed on beautiful scrapbook paper. My mom is getting a pair of fingerless gloves, which I have yet to finish...I'm going to have to knit fast.
I wonder if you can count your knitting speed like your word count? Like, 40 STM(stitches per minute)? That would be a handy gadget...

NaNoWriMo Update,and Other Updates Too!

Well, I'm on track!! And, boy, has that been an accomplishment!! I didn't think I'd be able to stay up with the 1500+ word count you're supposed to type out per day, but at this moment, I'm only 200 words behind. Wow. And it's fun! I knew I would enjoy it, but I didn't know I'd enjoy it this much. I have a very big sense of accomplishment right now...I'm 30 pages into a novel I was just starting 7 days ago, and I'm approx. 10,000 words farther along than I was a week ago. How cool is that?!? :)

As for my knitting, I'm still doing it!! Yay! I found I can keep up with my schoolwork, (and get A's), do NaNoWriMo, have time for my family, and still knit! Wow. I'm doing it mostly in the car or during my online classes (Shh!), but you get a lot done if you do it just one row at a time. I've shown off some of the things I've made, and now I'm getting requests from my friends, lol. Now, my next task to tackle in knitting is to learn how to cable-knit, then knit in the round. Hopefully, I'll learn both before Christmas! And if not, there's plenty I can knit that doesn't need that knowledge. :) (However, if you know of a book or a website with a great tutorial on either of those, please let me know!!) I should be posting some pictures of the things I've made on here soon, I just need to find the time to upload all my pictures. :P

I'll write again as soon as I find the time!! :)

Cloudless Skies

In spite of the contradition of the weather, I'm knitting a project which I'm calling "Cloudless Skies". The yarn I'm using reminds me of the sky on a windy day in late summer, when the sky is so blue it seems to be almost as bright as the sun. I'm making basic fingerless mitts for my sister, and I've already completed one of them. The other is almost done...but I've not been able to find time to knit, or even write! *insert shocked gasp*. It's been very, very busy around here...but I'll elaborate more on that in the next blog post. :) Once I finish the gloves, I'll have to upload a few pictures for you as well :)