Totally Obsessed Knitter

Ever wonder the real point of colds? Like, why do we get colds. It can't be because I've been licking the floors at Wal-Mart or something....cause I haven't. I haven't been to Wal-Mart in while anyways. Might be the weather.

When I don't have a cold...I always think. "Colds! Ah! yay!" Which is completely strange. But, for some reason I associate colds with snuggling up with a book on a rainy day with a cup of tea. But when I actually get a cold that wonderful mental image totally disapears and is replaced with a tired looking person who hasn't gotten enough sleep for the past 5 days due to a cough and stuffed up nose. And just feeling horribleness.

But. In most homeschooler's lives, music can pretty much fix anything....if the right kind of music. (er, the music that person likes. Not to say that listening to rap while sick...isn't a good thing. That didn't make sense.) (in other words. Whatever you like. It'll work) I ordered these 2 musical cds. On.....Tuesday. Cause I remember asking my mom during break for GB. Um . Anyway. I happened to have a lovely coupon for Barns and Noble. And I had some money. And I had a stroke of brilliance. So, I ordered "Wicked" and "Jane Eyre". I. am. LOVING. them. Oooh my goodness.

My mom got this video. It's hilarious. It's awesome. Watch it

Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.

So yeah. It gave us a giggle.

I'm now just getting around to finishing the Noro Bettna Cardigan thinger. Fiiinally.

One thing about being a knitter, you need family who can support you when you have to rip something completely out in order to get something right. Otherwise, knitters will never do this wholeheartedly. They might grudgingly force themselves...but when you have family sitting there holding your hand saying "GO AHEAD AND DO IT. OTHERWISE YOU'LL HATE IT."

Mmhm.

So yeah. I also had to block it. Which did help, but that wasn't my problem.

Advice to any knitter -

When told to pick up stitches around the neck of a sweater or whatever, I really advise knitting REALLY REALLY REALLY loosely. OR going up a needle size (this will make it looser) Or both. If the pattern doesn't tell you, but to remain with the size 8 that you started with. Just btw, it might kinda ruin it if the neck is strangling you.

I did this. It wasn't around the neck that was the problem. but it was cinching up the front bottom panels. Which really looked bad. But the way the thing is constructed, I had to take apart the WHOLE THING. to get those stitches fixed.

I did not know how hard it is to knit against your natural knitting way. (every one is different...in their "natural knitting way" lol.) I went ahead and went to a 10 and 1/2. And knit majorly majorly loosely. As I could, lol. Got one side done. Perfectly. It looks awesome. How I wanted it to look. Went on to the second side. and it took me 5 stinking times to get it right. In other words I had to rip out this side edge 5 times and re-knit it 5 times.

I also ran out of yarn. This is definitely a troublesome project. All my fault. But it is. I can be so stupid sometimes.

Anyway. So. I was searching for some....color that'd work. And came across some black. Not Noro, but it'd work. So I used that. and the effect is AMAZING. I'm now extremely glad I ran out of yarn :-P

*Turns on Jane Eyre and stumbles her way through the words...* *mumble* *mumble*