I have finished the socks. The tofutsies socks. Orange and pink and purple. The first one is a total mess, but a mess in ways only I or a fellow knitter would notice, after I weave in the ends. My husband says they are "fine" and debunked my notion to create a THIRD sock to the pair, a THIRD sock that is not so messy. (What happened is, I tried to sewn bind off, made a mess of it, have a bind off that's still a bit too tight, then realized I had two major dropped stitches and was so mad at that point I did a messy crochet pick up then just tied a big ol' knot. Smart thinking, Athena! My skills are far above this sock.)


The messy, evil sock. Ends are not woven in.


The good sock. Ends not woven in.


Both socks. My carpet.

It's made out of Tofutsies, not sure of the colorway. It was supposed to have 50 stitches on each sock, and I think the second one had the right number, but I had like 22 on the first needle and 28 on the second (somehow?). I have about half the ball left.

I started the first sock about three weeks ago and finished just now. Whee!

I have far too many works in progress. Swatching for Knitty's Isabella, started a Malabrigo capelet, and a pinwheel baby blanket.



Somehow got some holes in this, but I'm not fixing it. Knitpicks Shine Sport in Apricot colorway, hopefully will trim it in a light green. I love this yarn, it works up SO nice, and isn't half as hard as some other cottons to work with. Size 4 needles.


Another sock in progress, and my three skeins of Colinette Jitterbug. Whee! I love this yarn, even if yardage is on the low side.


Artsy Yarn! Evening Fog colorway, I'm still waiting on my Trophy Wife. Hopefully I will have it Monday, the holiday slowed it down. Both will be socks. YAY!


The beginning of my clapotis, made out of super cheap SWTC bamboo in Bougainvillea (from discountbrandnameyarn.com, 42.50 by the bag, for 10 skeins!) I'm working it on size 5 needles.

In other news, got approved for 8500.00 car loan to buy the car off my parents and have 1600.00 left to repair my car. It's body work I need done, and the dealer quoted me 2300.00 so if I take it to the Mexican shop my husband goes to (rather, have him take it - he told me if I go there, they'll charge me more than they will charge him) I can half the price. Or even any other decent shop. I need a new tire, the quarter panel dropped because of a dent over the tire and is wearing big marks into the tire, so I need a tire, too. But the big thing is the quarter panel, to stop the scraping on the tire. I'm not getting a new tire until I'm sure the scraping will stop. Even if I don't go to the Mexican, I'll shop around and find something under 1600.00! I think the bank may be crazy to give a 20 year old that kind of loan, but OH WELL! At least this means I can register it in my name, because FLORIDA SUCKS.

Moving in three weeks. Have not started packing. AHHHH!

tough luck, sunshine.

Fell down the stairs Friday morning. Severe backpain ensued, and now I'm on a steady regimen of Darvocet, Neproxen, and Flexeril (pain, muscle relaxer, and muscle relaxer) until we get the x-rays back. I have a purple bruise the color of my mother's scarf I am currently knitting (too bad we don't have pictures...YET - I shall release myself from being too lazy to take pictures, I promise...or something). Friday was also the first day of The Diet. I ate salad for lunch. Then the weekend came and I did sort of good, considering the weekend is usually a free for all. Mirko went out last night with his friends, I stayed home which is a good thing because by 11:30 my back pain was so bad I took the Flexeril and was asleep within 15 minutes. I kept my phone by me so Mirko could call when he got home and I would know so I could open the gate - but the super loud GLAMOUROUUUUUS ringtone didn't even wake me up. Buh. I felt bad, but oh well. My mom's scarf is almost finished - alpaca, it'll be really warm for work where she's right under a blower and covered in blankets most of the time. I started some mint green lace socks out of Knitpicks' Palette. I love it for sock yarn, I want to order more when I get paid....I have a yarn problem. They're not real lacey, but a simple lace zigzag pattern. We'll see if I can bind them off correctly this time so I can at least model them.

today was almost productive.

So, I'd had enough this week when I tried to call Bank of America with a simple question and they asked me about everything they possibly could to "verify" me and then they said "oh, sorry, we can't VERIFY you" and I couldn't find out exactly what I needed to know. Oh, and it took me 15 minutes to get to a live person who I could ask said question. Not to mention how they stole the keep the change idea from a guy in West Palm, etc etc so I said, "Mirko, I am finished," and we opened an account at Achieva Credit Union this morning. When we opened our joint account at Bank of America, we waited for over an hour to see someone. Today? We waited 5 minutes at Achieva. Opened the account with no issues, except they had problems verifying me because my last name changed recently, our zip code is South Pasadena but Saint Pete and Gulfport also use this zip code and their verification system uses Saint Pete and not the other two. THEN, they couldn't verify my birth date. Uh, what!? My birth certificate says November 12, 1986, so I don't know what that is about. Anyway, found out my credit score is 655 which was way better than I expected. (So much for it being a closely guarded secret...they told me without charging! :o) Then we went looking for apartments. The Columns of East Bay are too expensive, but no one is ever at the office when we go there, so I'm done. This one place we liked is 1000 a month but if we move in during July we can take advantage of their move in special getting a month free ... it's a nice place, and a lot closer to everything - with a washer/dryer in the unit with cable included. Some of the other places were cheaper but without the washer/dryer and NOTHING included. So I'm not sure what we're going to do...not to mention we wanted to go visit my family in July. Anyway, I'm about 1/3 done with my mom's Ariel Scarf knit out of alpaca. Purple alpaca. No pictures yet, but it isn't much to look at since it's curling due to being stockinette based. After blocking, I think she'll love it. I also ordered some Knitpicks' Palette to attempt to knit socks out of (I finished one sock. The bind off was too tight and can't get it over my ankle. YUCK.), but I didn't tell my husband shh. Only 18.50 total though...but money is tight and I'm impulsive. OH! Mirko took me to Tampa for Peruvian chicken! So good. AND ALFAJORES! Speaking of which, I have to go finish mine. :D

it's been one hell of a year.

I know, I know - these types of posts usually come on New Year's Eve or Day, but I didn't make any resolutions this year and it's creeping up on July 1st - one of the biggest milestones I ever had, which got me to thinking while going to the bathroom this morning (don't ask).

July 1st, I move to Florida. Left a lot of crap being in Albany, NY - got a whole bunch of new crap. Moved for a boyfriend (ironic, given how independent I am and how dependent that looks to the rest of the world), but part of me was running, escaping from a lot of things. Had I never met Mirko, I never would have moved, but knowing he was in Florida and I most definitively was not. JCPenney, College of Saint Rose...Albany, NY. I was tired.

We had our trials, our tribulations. There were times that I thought I was done. That this was too hard, too much or other sentiments in that same vein. But...we survived.

Turns out, living in Florida sucks more than visiting (we want to move North eventually - CT or somewhere along those lines) - but we're staying so at least I can finish my education inexpensively, and hopefully he can too (although it's more of a start for him). Changed where I want to go - paralegal studies instead of speech language pathology. I still have an interest in SLP, but paralegal studies is another interest and it allows me to continue to work. And saves me money.

On January 5th, 2007 (my parent's wedding anniversary), we got married. I was 20 (still am), and he was 22 (almost 23 now). So we're still newlyweds. Anyway, point being - that was a big step, but not the biggest. People made a big deal about getting married (it was a small wedding, just my family and his) but it was smaller than moving.

But we're still alive. We survived.

This is supposed to be my knitting blog, and I'm sure it will be - go figure how into knitting I get when I move to FL (where I don't need wool socks but I get addicted to them anyway). But I'm more than that, so it'll be more than that.