Kitten's Knittin and Stuff

fun fun

2005-08-11T17:14:00.000-04:00

fun fun

ok, some things in my life are just plain wierd. and i mean WIERD.
I've been working with my friends on designing new cards to go with a game we like to play. Only thing is, since i am the one sketching and creating the damn things, shouldn't i at least have a say in what it says? i mean damn!

on top of that it seems to be that my word means s*** (yeah, i bleeped out my own curse LOL) to everyone. but whatever. it could be a combo of things making me feel that way.

on the knitting front...
I totally learned how to do a provisional cast on. toe up socks are now a piece of cake... that is until i hit the heal. In the mean time i am using a thin yarn (but not a sock yarn) to make a small bag. hey its a start

I have been trying to clean my room a bit and i have been winding yarn into pull balls for easier organization. yep, me and organized, it don't work, but i keep trying and trying.
I should have tried at the BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER, and not wait until 2 weeks before school starts...

got knitting stuff plus others (which will be later on in the entry) for my birthday.
size 2 bamboo circular 35in knitting needle, 3 balls of a sock yarn that i was admiring, 4 size 6 dpns that are the length of regular needles. (ok they are these "chinese dpns" that were being sold in this japanese outlet store that my friend frequents. she was telling me and others about them and we expressed interest, they were sold out when we checked them out, so i don't know HOW she got these, but AWESOME)

i also got a knitting book - The New Knitting Stitch Library, Lesley Stanfield. its all charts and i don't know how to read them yet, but i'm learning LOL

Now: non knitting gifts
A pocketbook, a calculator pen, and saftey pins (ok, those are knitting) w/o the coils so they don't snag the work.
An Anime music CD. i'm new to listening to the stuff, but its sounds nice :)
A DnD campaign book that i was too cheap to buy for myself LOL.
a game for my Xbox
and oh yeah AN Xbox! a group of my friends chipped in to get me it and the game and the extra controllers. 2 of my friends put in alot of money, more then i would have ever expected. what i didn't get it how they did it RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
talk about different groups acting differently

its an interesting situation... but i'm starting to realize my life is odd
not complaining though

2005-08-02T18:26:00.000-04:00

well i lost 70 dollars
and won back 10 LOL

yes, yes Atlantic city has made me poor. You know, casinos are not all that AMAZING, but they sure are nice. I loved Showboat and Bally's Wild Wild West. The 2 Trumps i went to Plaza and Marina were ok... marina sucked but that my opinion.
i had fun though,
got no knitting done LOL. i was too tired
but hey, i had fun.

12:03 am 8/1 i bought my first LEGAL drink. the look on the bartenders face was priceless! man, i loved that.

so i'm recovering now. sick because of all the smoke (marina was so strongly smoke filled i'm still having trouble breathing) and covered in bug bites from the ride i took around Smithville at dusk LOL. but i'll surivive.

so now, i am just sitting back, relaxing, and i just might get back to knitting a little later (After i make my mom dinner, today was her last day of classes, and even though she drove me to the point of insanity with her fussing, crying, fitting and screaming - aren't people fun when its the last day of classes and they haven't finished jack shit for their finals?)
i'm making dinner to show i have no hard feelings LOL.
but for now i'm gonna go pass out.

until tomorrow :)

well i'm back

2005-07-29T23:15:00.000-04:00

Took a bit of a break from blogger. Actually i had

forgotten i had it,
remembered i had a blog, but forgot my name and password and
didn't have time anyway.

Today i lucked out, a comment posted sent me an e-mail and poof! i found my blog again LOLso thanks Christina! :) (and yes i finished that paper... or at least i think i did?)

so, an update on me. A year's info in one post, scary

Ok... knitting wise...

Finally learned cables (yea!)
learned how to make socks (almost done!) they suck though.
started designing a huge sweater i want for the fall
completed a bunch of scarves
made 2 cute dolls, one for the KR gift fairy and one for my mom.

Personal:

Decided I hated Business
Decided I hated Baruch
took inituative and set up to transfer
transferd
Starting in the fall at The College Of Staten Island
decided Psych will be great!

Interpersonal

Met a bunch of amazing people
Had some family issues (my aunt has cancer, making her a blanket with the help of the people from KR, which reminds me i should head back there as well)
got involved in a few new hobbies, on top of my others

Wow, thats a basic summary of my year LOL.

oh on 8/1 i turn 21!!! legal baby!!! and on top of that, i'm going to Atlantic City, 12:01 i am walking in with ID card in hand and heading straight to the slots LOL

so when it comes to my current projects , i am finishing the socks i have made (need to finish heels and then edit (aka frog) the ribbing because they are a bit too tight)

i'm resetting up my camera again, so i will post pictures of everything when i get a chance. in the mean time this is that dolls i made.

the one in blue i made my mom, her head is crocheted, as are the arms and legs. body is knit.

The one who is knitting i made for Anj (my KR gift fairy) she is purely knitted, and those knitting needles? cute huh? well those are my secret, but the piece she is knitting is knitted on 000s LOL.

oh yeah, one more detail!!!

End of May, begining of June, Anne (from Australia) came into NY and stayed with me for a week. lots of fun to have her here!(and she yelled at me for not blogging)

so anne, so there! i do have a blog, and i finally finally finally came back to it.

next update: when i get home from Atlantic City (and i'll say how much i wonLOL... or lost)

Jenn

have to update!!

2004-10-12T14:43:00.000-04:00

its been forever people, but thats the fun of being a college student. ah, the works and joys of learning (anyone wanting to shoot me now, has my blessing) but hey its life right?
i'll write more soon (i hope!!!!!!!) as soon as i get this awful paper done

ok my html and javascript is messed up

2004-08-25T22:06:00.000-04:00

this page is under construction! augh! look at the sidebar, the now extra side bar. i edited the script and then hit the wrong button. i'll work on it tomorrow... so in the mean time, i know it looks wierd. i'll fix it lol

lots of love

i drove, and now i won't for a while

2004-08-18T15:25:00.000-04:00

well... my first lesson, and what did i do? crash the car into the wrong lane over a divider in the middle of the road, bust up the tire and mess up the left side of the car, throw out the alignment and just ruin my hopes of driving.
my parents are saying that I have to try again, but i'm lucky we survived this one. youdon't see any damage on the car, and my dad had it realigned, but still...
oh well.
besides that....
decided that my poncho pattern is nice enough to write up and publish on my blog for fun, and for anyone that wants a copy. i'm going to do it that it works for any yarn (by saying what the gauge has to be), so that should work, i hope.
went to six flags great adventure yesterday and took so many picture of the animal (there is a safari drive through). i'm going to upload those soon.

i'm back

2004-08-13T23:09:00.000-04:00

well i haven't updated in a while. blah, i know i should have.
well i finished off my mom's scarf! and i did the "finishing" today too. (weaving in ends, snipping extra stuff) well its nice, what can i say.
i've done alot of progress on my poncho, although it definently is not even a quarter finsihed, and my mohair experiment i am stuck on. do i keep it a hat? or pick up stitches and finish the thing as a shawl?
i got my permit today. yes another, yet another new york city driver on the road... although i might be in Wisconsin come next fall. I haven't decided yet on if i'm going to transfer or if i'll just wait until my MBA to go.
heading off to bed, kinda tired

nite all!

blogger is being a pain too...

2004-08-08T13:12:00.000-04:00

couldn't seem to get into blogger the past 2 days. which sucks lol. but i made major progress on that scarf for my mom's birthday. oh shes in on it. theres not much that can be hidden especially if you mom is as "crafty" as mine. she doesn't knit, but she does recognize when i am doing something different, and if i tried to tell her it was for charity she'd see right through me.
in a way it worked out, i mean she is diabetic and had extrememly sensitive skin, so i made sure that the scarf is comfortable on her.
i only wish that homespun didn't get so tangled. i'm still trying to untangle half the skeen. i will buy it again, i want a scarf like that for me, and i'll make one for my dad. it has to be the most comfortable fabric i've ever worked with. i think i'm going to wait until september and that sale at smileys. who knows, maybe it would be on sale? talk about amazing... wait, do they even carry it?
so posted below are some new pictures.
try to guess which ones are the scarf, and which ones are my babies.
a close up
even closer up
what i have so far
another shot of it
look a yankee fan (ari)
don't come near me just kidding, i'm lovable (ani)
see? (ani)
i want more shoes please (ari)

is it gold? or a telephone

2004-08-04T12:18:00.000-04:00

nah, its the KR ring! which is pretty cool. i'm a member of my first ring!!
so i finally got accepted because i changed my blog location. Thats good because I have more options here.

about my days...

since i have no school until AUG 27th i'm helping out my family at home, relaxing, and of course knitting. i'm looking over my WIPs and realizing that i haven't even started some of the projects i wanted to!. right now i have ari's fury, windy, and the homespun nightmare scarf. its a nightmare because i cannot seem to get it to untangle!!!

of course Ari is constently by my side. He has got to be the sweetest little guy ever. *for those of you that don't know, he is the tabby pictured

(hes weight concious don't ya know)

and as for ani, well hes stalking me too, but not as much as ari. He sat next to me for 20 minutes today while i untangled my night mare. he was calm (which is unusual) and sweet (thats usual).
ah! they are too much.

he's my sexy kitty
(i have got to find the pictures of them getting into my knitting, its too funny)

oh well, more projects to work on.
until tomorrow... or the next day
Jenn

2004-08-03T16:43:00.000-04:00

You are Cashmere.

You are interchangeable.

a new blog for me! for me!!

2004-08-03T15:18:00.000-04:00

ok, so i was having no luck with my livejournal account. i'm keeping it, but it was such a pain.
I have been working on my graphics all day today and i am figuring out how i am going to do this site. if you've noticed, i already have my main logo lol. drew that myself :-P
if you are interested in my other journal, or past posts you can http://http://www.livejournal.com/users/2knitis2love/

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2004-08-03T10:25:00.000-04:00

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