A Bitter Knitter

Well, I have finally finished all the Christmas presents!  I showed you mom's mitts, and now here's Red-Headed sister's Hufflepuff scarf .  Finished.  Let me say that again.  Fin-ished!  Knitted, blocked, and fringed.  (It took four months to complete.  It's a good thing she loves it!  I will never make one of these ever again.) Wait--I take it back.  There is one more Christmas present I've promised: a blanket for my husband (a Chocobo blanket ).  But crocheting all those granny squares are gonna take a while, too.  But he's agreed to wait patiently. I got several more rows done on BIL's scarf , and the texture is showing up beautifully.  It looks awesome.  I have almost one foot done, and would like to have it done in the next few weeks, so that BIL can wear it while it's still wintry outside. Oh, and a picture I forgot to post from the trip to visit family.  My knitting "helpers" decorated my pattern b...

It's been quite a while since I posted...  School starts for me on Wednesday, so I'm trying to finish knitting Christmas presents. I have finished Mom's mitts .  I finished those yesterday and Mom loves them.  (I like the colour combination, but knitting with the yarn itself wasn't the best.)  (Photographed by Red-Headed Sister)  I also was able to get a significant amount of work done on Red-Headed Sister's Hufflepuff scarf.   Several trips in the car and time sitting around allowed me to get almost finished.  I'm now half way done with the last yellow stripe, then one more black stripe, then wash and block and add tassels.  Older Sister got a picture of my niecelette "helping" me knit it. And I finished my third star-crossed slouchy beret .  This one is for me.  I had help with this one as well--both from my niecelette and her second cousin, three-year-old Lucy.  While knitting it, I didn't have a cable needle wi...

Just kidding...  (And yes, I know I'm blogging for the second time in the same day.) The cohort party was tonight.  It was... interesting... to see everyone in a social situation, and fun to have a chance to say good-bye to friends.  I wish them luck in student teaching.  (Well, except for us few who will still be at the university next semester!)  And I was voted "Most Likely to become Famous!"  (Actually the first "most" for which I have ever been nominated.) The hat I knitted (one of the "unbloggable projects" ) was a success... The gifts were exchanged "White Elephant" style, and Kristy got it first, but Alisha stole it and then hid it so no one else would steal it.  (Kristy still wants one, and so does Jackie... and I still want one myself!  I may end up knitting five or six of these in total!) I also got several rows completed on THE unbloggable project... still a significant amount to go...  but for now, back to homework......

I have almost reached the end of the semester... grades are in for two classes (same professor): both A's! Yay! I'm working to finish the last class...  I've written 13 pages toward a paper ("Discrimination: A Catalyst for Indigenous Language Death in the United States")  and have four or so to go... I didn't anticipate the paper being that long, but it is, and I'm pleased with it thus far.  (No page limit... that's just how long it needs to be to say what I need to say.)  I still have a seizable amount of work to do before this class is done... tomorrow will be busy.... I also got letters from all my second graders... so cute.  Many of their drawings made me chuckle--several literal second graders drew me with  my crutches!  They performed their musical on Tuesday and did a fantastic job. But amidst the chaos, I have finished one unbloggable project ... it's for the cohort gift exchange tonight... but the other is progressing rathe...

So here I am again... procrastinating doing homework (like writing the lesson plan for the lesson I'm giving tomorrow: 2nd Grade: Family Heritage)...  I made myself promise  not to knit anything today, so I was really  unproductive!  (See?  I should have let myself knit! I would have at least accomplished something! ) As promised, however, here are pictures of the hat that I knitted for my friend, modeled by Red Headed Sister who now wants such a hat for herself, or for me to teach her how to knit.  (I told her I'd teach her over winter break.  Any suggestions on a simple beginner knitter pattern?  She's a muggle at present...) Well, I really ought to get back to lesson-planning... BAH...

I've been off school this week for Thanksgiving (I'm a student and student teacher) and should have accomplished a great deal of homework. I've been procrastinating doing my homework... by knitting! And I've been rather productive, if I do say so myself. I have completed two, count them, TWO projects this week! The first is my first ever pair of mitts (fingerless gloves) henceforth dubbed "Grinch Mitts" . Fuzzy and green, these are the first things I have ever knitted and finished . Yes, this project makes me an official Knitster! (The pattern for these is Raspberry Mitts ) I'm going to be knitting up a pair of these (non-fuzzy and non-green) for my mom, so that's on the to-do list. Secondly, I've made a hat for a friend of mine. The pattern is the Star Crossed Slouchy Beret and is my first experience with cables and knitted in a lovely grey. It was a fast knit, which was pleasant, especially in comparison to The...