AtomicKnits

Whirlwind week.

The Friday before last, our landlord told us that he was selling the house that we live in and that we'd have to GIT OUT asap.  So, we started apartment hunting.  Santina looked at one place in Bookline that was nice, but the guy advertised the wrong price.  We looked at another apartment in East Boston that was SO TERRIBLE.  We got off the T there and we automatically knew we didn't want to live there.  We decided to go through a realtor and he took us to this awesome apartment in Cambridge right near Harvard Square.  Everything worked out and we got that apartment!  We put our money down on Thursday and moved in over the weekend.  It was a lot of work, but it is for the better.  Because of all this, I hardly got any knitting done.  I'm still on sock #1.  I turned the heel, and I'm just starting to do the lace pattern all the way around the ankle.  I don't know when I'll get to take a picture.  My computer is in pieces and I don't know where my digital camera went.  There is stuff all over the place.  One great thing about my new apartment is that they have top loading washing machines in the basement!  That means I can felt my Flappers!

I need to think of something to get for my brother for his birthday, or to knit.  He's going to China in May for a while.  Can anyone think of something I could get him that would be useful for over there?

And because of this move, I'm going to miss American Idol AGAIN!  I missed it last week, because we had to go look at the apartment we now live in.  At least Bucky is still with us, but this might be the last week!  I gotta watch it!

Weekend of NOT knitting.

I didn't really get to do a lot of knitting this weekend, which is a bummer.  Our landlord sold our house on us and we've been kind of scrambling to get a new place ASAP so we don't lose any money.  It's a big suck.  Our landlord didn't tell us the house was on the market until after we moved.  I mean, I am glad we're getting a new place and in the end it will be better.  We'll no longer have oil heat or anything like that.  It's just going to be a pain to pack up all my stuff again and everything.  We're looking at two apartments tomorrow, one in Davis Square and one in Harvard Square.  The one in Harvard Square looks promising, but we'll see.  I've been thinking about it a whole lot, it's been consuming and has prevented my knitting.  I did start that pair of socks though.  I completed the toe and I'm just starting the lace pattern.  I LOVE the colorway.  The spacing of the colors is perfect, and even though small needles are a pain in the ass, it looks awesome and really professional.  I'll post a picture when I get farther along.  I have knitting group tonight, so I'll get some good knitting in at last!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I decided to start knitting a pair of socks.  I really love the yarn - I'm using Kiogu.  I think the colors are going to turn out awesome.  I had to start the socks over three times because I fumbled up the short rows.  The stitches are so small!  The socks are knit toe up, so you start off with knitting a short row two with a provisional cast on, and then knit the body of the sock after that.  I didn't make a lot of progress after my screw ups because I fell asleep really early.  This weekend, I'm going to buy some yarn to knit those mittens, and hopefully start designing a hat and scarf set.

So this is kind of a cool time, because I don't have any knitting projects going on while I wait to felt the Flappers.  I REALLY want to get going on a new sweater or poncho or something, but I think I'm going to take a stab at a pair of socks.  I've never really done real socks before with the small yarn and needles.  There is also a pair of mittens I've been meaning to knit before it gets to warm out.  There are also some other things I really want to get started on as gifts.  I have some Kiogu  ready to go to do the socks.  Maybe I'll start out with those with the option of doing something else in between.  I wish I could knit right now.  I'm at work and my eyes are tired.  It's so sunny out too!  Maybe I should think about knitting a tank top or a halter top to wear to CALIFORNIA GUYS, COME ON!  I really hope that trip all works out.  At least for some of us.  We'll all have to find some other way to get together this summer.  It just makes me want things to be the way they used to be so bad sometimes that I want to do something about it.  But I don't know what.

Speaking of work, I get really dissappointed when I run out of adventures in Kingdom of Loathing or I get too drunk to adventure properly.

How insane was the bottom 3 last night in American Idol?!  Who the hell is voting?  I mean Kevin could make it a bit farthur I guess because he's like a little cute dorky kid, but Bucky?!!  He looks terrible and he sings so bad!  I hoped Lisa would get kicked off last night.  I liked Melissa.  I always forget that Lisa is even on the show.  There's nothing really different about her that makes me want to watch for her every week.  Bucky...god.

Oven mittery.

I've finished the knitting for the flappers set.  Here is a picture of them.  Don't they kind of look like ass?  I wish I didn't have to wait so long to get them felted.  I don't know if you can tell in the picture, but they're HUGE.  You know, I kind of feel like they're a lit-tle ugly.  They kind of look Narnian or something.  So these will be put on hold until I go home next time and can felt them properly.  I will take much nicer pictures once they are all finished and wearable.

Ironing your hair makes such a difference.

Yesterday I finished knitting the body of the flappers hat.  I wanted to get more done, but I talked on the phone and did other various things.  Having a job is really cutting into my knitting time.  I'm still getting a lot done each day though.  I still haven't bought any yarn since I got hired.  (I made a personal rule that I could not buy yarn until I got a job.)  I'd really like to find a store around here that carries Classic Elite Lush, or anything Classic Elite, for that matter so I can buy the yarn for my next sweater.  I'm still trying to crank through the patterns from the 1st SnB book.  I'm almost done.  I maybe have about 6 left or something like that.  Then onto the next book.  There are also a LOT of awesome sweaters on Knitty that I'm dying to make.  Santina and I also got a new book called Funky Knits that has some crazy stuff in it.  Easy stuff on big needles, and that means instant gratification!

The first night of the top 12 of American Idol was on last night.  The top 12 means that each contestant gets a stylist and that means HILARITY.  It looked like they ironed, fluffed, and curled Bucky's hair, which looked insane.  I thought they would have made Taylor dye his hair, but I'm glad they didn't.  They finally got rid of Chris's half sideburn, half beard, weird behind the ear facial hair thing.  I felt really bad for Kelly.  I mean, she sang like crap and her make-up and clothing really took away from her playful innocence that has been working so well for her.  I know she won't get kicked off tonight though, which is good, because I really like her.  I'm sure it will be Kevin or Melissa.  But I really like Melissa too!

Green Monday

I had my weekly knitting group meeting last evening in Somerville.  I gotta say, I think it's my favorite part of the week, and it's such a nice way to start the week off.  Mondays really suck otherwise.  We celebrated St. Patrick's day early, and a lot of people brought in green food.  We had guacamole, green cupcakes, green pistachio cake, green grapes, various breads, and other stuff.  I wish I had known or else I wouldn't have rushed home to eat dinner before I left.  I started the body of the Flappers hat, so hopefully I will be done knitting this in the next few days.  I have to wait until I go home to felt them, though, which is a suck.  I can't really do it at Big Bundle.  I think the next time I'll be heading home is Easter weekend.  When I started these I thought they would be my style and be a cool set to wear around, but now I'm not so sure.  They may just end up in my Gallery of Things I've Knitted but Will Never Wear.

Ola introduced me to an awesome web-base RPG called Kingdom of Loathing.  It's free to play and it's so cute and funny.  It's filled with all kinds of nerd references and awesome line drawings.  If anyone out there is playing, my character name is Atomic1159 and you can add me to your contact list.  I don't really have the RPG players intuition yet, so getting through some of the quests takes me a little bit of time.  I bet it would be easy to knit my own KoL gear!  I'd be so hip.

I have also been paying a lot of attention to American Idol.  Tonight is the first night of the top 12.  I was suprised, but I'm pretty happy that Ayla Brown went home and Melissa stayed.  I just like her better.  And it's SO CRAZY that Bucky got through!!  Purely for the entertainment factor I hope.

My Very Own Knitting Blog

Introducing...AtomicKnits!  This will be my knitting journal from now on.  I can talkabout and chronicle all of my knitting adventures and thoughts and display the results for everyone's enjoyment.  I've been meaning to do this for a long time, but haven't found the right way to do it or the motivation.  We'll give this a shot.