A Story

Once upon a time there was a princess. She was unlike any other princess, this princess knit, and she knit everywhere around her kingdom. While the court jesters performed various things, comedies, tragedies & nonsense. Others thought the princess was odd for her knitting, feeling it was something that only old women did, but our princess dismissed these thoughts as foolish and laughed at these poor misguided fools.
The princess knit all sorts of things, a sweater, a few hats, a blanket and socks. Oh did our princess love to knit socks! She had a favorite pair that she wore whenever her royal tootsies got a chill.
One chilly, snowy day, our princess pulled out her favorite linen heeled socks, to put onto her royal tooties, when what did she discover? A HOLE! Yes, you read that correctly a hole at the bottom of the heel of her sock. The princess took a closer look, apparently our princess dropped a stitch.
So now our princess, has to learn how to darn a sock.

Hearts

I'm still knitting on my little hearts. I have about 36 hearts knit up, I'll have an offical count later this week. 12 out of the 36 are made with leftover sock yarn, unstuffed but sewn up, any non felted hearts from here on out will be stuffed with cotton balls to make them all purdy and fluffy.
The remaining 24 hearts are knit up from the noro leftover from my log cabin blanket, which I plan on stuffing and felting.

Each of my little hearts take me about 30 minutes each to complete, and I can usually get 2 out of the leftover Noro which is nice.

I'm excited and nervous about the Noro ones as I've never felted before. I'm usualy Silk Garden so I know it won't felt felt, but from what I've read, the stitches should fill out, I'll post pictures when the ones I have are felted. I have a lonely skein of Keyron in a pinky color, I think I may have to make some hearts out of it.

So....

I've been seeing alot of patterns on Ravelry for crocheted blanket and I LOVE THEM! So I was thinking, I may learn how to crochet. Ya, I know, believe me I know. I'm insane.

Money

I am not good with it. I pay my bills, for the most part on time. I'm trying, but it's hard. I have a budget recipe, I just don't understand it, I know what bills I have to pay and how much they are, so what's the point of a budget? I know, I have to put on my big girl pants and suck it up. I wish I could designate when my bills were due, the fact that they are all due at the same time, kills me.

If anyone has any advice on how to not be a financal f**k up, I'm listening.

Thanks!! =)

So...

I knit a short row... and I liked it. Well, I liked it once I learned how to execute it correctly (thanks youtube! you rock!!).

I have bangs, they are past the longish sexy stage and at the long annoying stage. This makes me sad, I do not feel I had enough time with the longish sexy bangs.

I am on the lookout for twinkle lights. Not just any twinkle lights the kind that hang like icicles (wow, that word just doesn't look like it's spelt right...but spellcheck says it is so we'll go with that). Where's a Harry's House of Twinkle Lights when you need it?

I have a new ipod, which I love, it's a touch, named Chester. I have the most bizarre playlist. Seriously weird. I'm kinda concerned.

12 in 2011

So, I joined a little group on Ravelry, 12 projects in 1 year with lists and everything!!

Here's my list:

(edited January 1/11/11)

January: Finishing up UFO's: second stornoway sock, casting off my BSG sock, finishing gridiron...

February: Strangling Vine Lace Scarf, Mmmmalabrigo Sock Yarn, Brick Red

March: Camden, Knit Picks Andean Treasure, Lagoon; Some mods: Short sleeve & no baubles

April: Bella's Mittens in Cascade Superwash Chunky, Blue

May: Saroyan, DiC Classy, Green

June: Sizzle in Knit Picks Merino, Hollyberry

July: Charybdis, BMFA Socks that Rock, Pucks Mischief

August: Cambridge Socks in Araucania Ranco Multi, Green

September: Francis Revisited, Cascade Ecological Wool, Cream

Sock-tober: No Purl Monkeys, Knit Picks Gloss, Pumpkin

November: Marta, Yarn unkown...

December: Sockhead Hat, Hazel Knits Artisan Sock, Sugar

Happy New Year!

It is offically 2011. A fresh start for a new year. My room is clean, my knitting organized, ok, just a couple of things but the closet is alot neater than it was so that's a win in my book.

I finished one of my stornoways sock. Ooooh, purdy.

I am at the ribbing stage of my BSG sock.

Also, I knit a heart before falling asleep last night, in Noro no less. It's pretty and pink. Granted I still have to weave in the ends, but I'm planning to stuff it, so, I can't weave till it's stuffed, so there :p

Meet my original monkey George. Now I've had George for years!! My big squishy. Here he is modeling my button hat. I got 2 little faux diamond flower buttons as I couldn't find my big button I got originally for the hat. I kinda like the flower buttons better anyway. (I'll try to get a close up of them)

Resolutions, everyone has them, here are mine:

• Be a better blogger: that means post more of projects here, including pictures
• Update my Ravelry project page: hey, I'm uploading pictures to here anyway, what's putting them somewhere else.
• Knit 1,000 hearts: if a wish can be granted by 1,000 folded paper cranes, why not 1,000 knitted hearts?
• Be a better person: I suck, I know this, let me 'splain. I'm a moody bitch, who on a bad day has the patience of a rabid pitbull. On a good day, I'm funny, pleasant, happy-go-lucky. My goal, have more good days and have less life rage.
• Live my life for myself: Granted, you do have to take other people into consideration, and I understand that. But when you start to ignore what you want in favor of what others want then I think it's a problem. Yes I know, it's a smidge selfish and that's ok, it's allowed, like everything in moderation.
• Get in touch with my inner Holly Go-Lightly: have the confidence I had when I was HS. The crazy one who took a belly dancing class on a whim, who maybe wasn't so crazy.
• Not believe the hype and just be myself: I'm done caring what other people think of me (see above) If you like me, you like me, if not, your loss. I'm fabulous, I know it. :p
• Knit more: I know right. I have my 12in2011 projects (will post those later) all set up, written down with the yarn I'll be using for each project. Using up stash yarn - yay me!
• Swear less: I have the mouth of sailor on leave (no idea where that turn of phrase came from but I digress) now, this doesn't mean that if I stub my toe, I'm not going to drop the F-bomb, studies show that swearing helps the pain go away faster, I'm sure I read that somewhere....
• The standards: Eat better, more fruits, veggies etc, drink more water, exercise etc.
• Let go of my anger: Learn to forgive.
• Have faith: In myself and in others. The older you get, the harder it seems to be to see the good in people and yourself.
• More whimsy: twinkle lights, fairies, swinging on swings, catching snowflakes on my tongue, skipping down the street, running around barefoot in the grass. More silly, more fun.

That's all I got, all do-able I think. What are yours?