knit pick

I just ordered a biiiig order (my biggest one yet!) from knitpicks. I will be so happy when it comes!
also, i made a blanket. i'll show you soon. it's a big accomplishment for me!

winter weekending

I am not a fan of winter.
I really do prefer the heat & sunshine of summer, probably because I am a Leo and born in August.
But, we had a great winter weekend this past weekend.

On Friday we took Devin to Monster Jam for one of his birthday presents. It was a cold night and i did not actually take any pictures because we were sooo far up in the seats. It was a great show, and one that I know Devin will talk about all year until we go again next year. Last year was my first Monster Jam and I actually liked it alot more than I expected.

Saturday morning, Rob really wanted to go snowmobiling since we just got several inches of fresh snow but we did not have anyone to watch Devin so he went alone while D and I went out to play in the snow. We went over to our park and walked the path and Devin really wanted to swing and slide even though the playground was covered and nobody else had been on any of it. We were out there over an hour even though it was right around 10 degrees and snowing pretty good. We had no wind though (unusual!) so we were comfortable all bundled up.

On Sunday we woke up early so Rob &I could finally take our first snowmobile trip!  We have gone a few times for an hour or so but not off for the day like this time. We had been watching the forecast all week after the snow and it seemed that Sunday would be our warmest and calmest weekend day. So we dropped D off with some friends and headed out of town and rode the ditches & trails for about 2 hours and then stopped for lunch at a popular snowmobile stop. There were more sleds than cars in the parking lot. Every person we saw come in was taking off gear as they sat down. Anyways, we rode back to the car & made it back to Fargo just in time to watch the Superbowl. On our way back we realized the temperatures hadn't made it to the 20 degrees we were expecting and that it was only around zero. That made me feel tough HAHA! And now, two days later I feel like and 80-yr-old! It was fun though and I hope we get another chance before spring comes!

luck

i love when my birthday week turns out to be lucky. although we really didn't do much for my actual birthday (sundaes at DQ) the rest of the week turned out awesome.

random happies from the last week:
the day after my birthday i traded off my biggest headache - my jimmy. and now i drive a civic back & forth to work twice a day. go fuel economy! seriously... double. even though it is just as old as my jimmy and also is not perfect, i am very happy with it. especially that we were able to just trade & not pay or have to make payments.

i renewed my glamour shot aka drivers license and i hate the picture. but the task is done anyways. and i didn't have to wait very long once i got there.

i got birthday money and went online to buy clothes. i got alot of tops, but no pants. well the pants i did order ended up being sold out. i really need new pants more than tops. everything i got was on mega sale, plus a coupon code for $40 off $100.

last night our little family went to the movie at the park along with my sister & her friend. I had forgot 2 bag chairs at my parents' house so my sister brought those (a kid one and an adult one) and i ended up forgetting our other chair so when we got there we realized we were down a chair.. anyways, they had a scratch ticket thing to win a bag chair so I ended up winning a new chair. talk about luck because I really didn't want to sit on the grass while everyone else had a chair.

and t minus 2 days until my very first week-long vacation since graduating college and working at this 'real job' for the last 4 years. i.am.excited!

white noise

birthday flowers
from my sweet parents

(off-)white raglan
for my sweet boy

also.. i don't know if it's from the cotton yarn or what, but my index finger is cracked right where I touch the point my knitting needles:

owwwww.
I guess it's hard to take a picture of.... meh.

So I got the good stuff out and it is slowly closing back up. hopefully that's the end of that!

Have a good weekend!

A whole sweater

Done!

My pekoe sweater is finished & ready for wear!

Can you believe it?!

I love it!

(even the ultra-clearance color grew on me, original plan was to attempt to dye it gray.)

Next up..... a simple raglan pullover for my little guy. He asked over and over while I was knitting this if I would make him one too. Wellllll, since he asked so nicely .... :)

Also... I'm 26 now... ayyye!

WIP Wednesday - some seaming happening

I am in the finishing stages of my Pekoe top.

Did I ever tell you I've never knit something that needs proper seams?

Seaming.is.scary.

Well, I mean, not that scary because it's not like it's going to explode if I do it wrong, but it could look ugly.

And then it won't be worn. And after all the hours I've knit on this, that would be a real shame.



inside seams



the top is the sleeve and the bottom is the shirt.

I mentioned on the luvinthemommyhood Rav group that I would be researching seaming and I was sent some links. Well they certainly helped! I started sewing the sleeve on today with the help of the backstreet boys (yea, nerd) on pandora. The technique is not all that difficult but since this is my first time I am taking my time. So far, I think it looks OK. Not spectacular but also not terrible. I put this part on over my shoulder and I didn't see any real big errors. Cross your fingers that the rest will go just as smooth, if not better!

green lace sweater

an almost-recognizable top!

So, we're well into the summer sweater knit-a-long.

things are super over here. I love this pattern.

I feel like I'm over halfway done, but I still have more than half my yarn left?

I'm not going to worry about that, though.

I was really enjoying knitting the bottom half of this pattern in the round... now that I've split the front & back, not so much (not gonna lie).

the lace is not really challenging or anything too complicated, I just rather not purl every row. sigh...

at least that part is almost over.. then we do the sleeves!

another thing, I'm starting to feel like the top should have a bit more length below the split for the sleeves.

i am tall, so I added an inch to the pattern measurement, but looking at it, I wonder if it will still be on the short side. booo. I'm thinking (hoping) that blocking will help. we shall see.