Knit On

Ah, it's so nice to have some me-time again. I got some much needed knitting done for Christmas.

FT clogs knit in KP WOTA for my Mom. These came out a lot fuzzier than my first pair... no idea why.
My So Called Scarf knit in Malabrigo Little Lovely for my SIL.




Ribbed hat knit in Malabrigo Paris Night for my bro.

What am I currently working on? All stuff for ME.

Talk about a knitty desktop wallpaper (feel free to steal). This is another MSCS, except this one is in the Wildflowers colorway in Manos, which is what was used in the original pattern. The colors don't look a whole lot like the original, eh? I still like it though.

Other fibery goals to get to: washing, dyeing, & carding the Romney fleece; spinning the oodles of fiber on hold; & perhaps learning how to weave!


Hey look - new striping yarns! Me likey.

98....99...100! Ready or not, here I come!

This cat is so funny. He's currently on my bookbag snoozing, but he was totally sleeping in my lap before, UPSIDE DOWN. I was sitting sorta Indian style, and he crawled in the little nook and tucked his head underneath his body, so it was like he was sleeping on his head. Hee hee!

Happy 2007 everyone!

Euphoria!

I'm happy to report that I nailed both my Chem and Bio finals. Thanks for all the science voodoo fingers and good luck wishes! I'm pretty confident I got A's for the courses....I'm such a nerd now. Mom should be proud. But most importantly, no school for a month!!!

After the Bio final tonight, I was planning on getting myself a nice dinner. Um yeah, this is what I ended up going home with:
It might be a little overload, but I figured, 1 bottle of alky per person (me and my 2 drinking buddies), and 1 little bottle for Nermal. =) Sounds good to me!

That yummy alky is for Saturday. I spent tonight rehanking new yarn and watching Knicks game. Good stuff.

Preview

Post-dyeing, pre-skeined (hanked?) yarn to be listed post-Bio final. =)

What type of alcohol shall I get for my end-of-semester celebration?


And FYI, I do get the Asian redface while drinking. This is how I looked on Saturday, post-Chem final. Yummy Sangria though!

Wow

I'm totally thrilled that I've been getting pretty good business lately with my Etsy shop. I wish I had been more prepared for the holiday season. Under my old name, I had sold 67 items starting from end of January up till end of October. Under my new name, I have sold 59 64 items from end of October until now. Of course, I've been dyeing a little more yarn than before, and am also offering roving and batts. Hmm, and I wonder if my new and improved photos have helped any... At any rate, it's awesome to open up my Cherry Blossom Fibers Gmail account every day and see that items have been sold. Thank you to all the strangers AND knitty friends who have supported my little shop!

P.S. - The Nermal yarn sold! =) Someone wants socks that look like Nermal! hee~

P.P.S. - I am strangely calm and unalarmed about my Chem final on Saturday. That worries me.

Kitty Yarn Pron

I tried to dye a colorway that matches Nermal's fur.


Not bad, eh? Although to be more accurate, I should've left some white spots in the yarn to represent his paws and face. Hee hee.
And cuz I love sharing pics of Nermal.... Here's another instance of Nermal resting on my arm while I was typing. Hilarious, but of course not as hilarious as when he smushed himself into a box that was way too small for him!

And lookie how small he used to be (excuse the bedhead and unflattering pic of me)! I got so nostalgic looking at his kitten pictures...

LOL, btw, he's on my left arm again as I type the end of this post.

Off to fake study/knit/watch tv. =)

Hello again

Blame my extensive absence from this blog on school! The semester's almost over, so that means fun tests crammed in at the last minute, and of course, dreaded finals. I did manage to do decently well on my 3rd Chem test, so I'm happy about that. Just gotta get through my 2 finals, and I'll be free to relax and craft for a month! Wooohoo!

The week I spent sorta studying for that 3rd Chem test really put me in craft withdrawl. So that's what I've been up to post-Chem test. Been trying to dye as much as I can for the holiday season, but don't have a whole lot to show for it. I just don't know how other people manage to work full-time AND still whip up lots and lots of yarn to sell. Granted, I do have school now, but still.

Besides dyeing up some yarn, I also made some stitch markers for the shop. I love the green/turquoise beads! I seem to be a sucker for glass and swirly designs in glass. Which is why I would love to learn how to do lampwork and glassblowing. Ah the craft A.D.D. Sometimes I really miss beading and related crafts....but I'm just way more obsessed with fiber crafts. In fact, I'm very tempted to take a weaving class at F.I.T. next semester. It would be at the time slot my pottery class took up, so it would be so totally doable.

Speaking of my fiber obsession, I made 3 fiber/spinning purchases during that week of studying. And I've finally picked up all of them! I got some lovely multi-color roving from Copper Moose, some superwash merino wool mill ends (gotta find some time to spin up some sock yarn), and my VERY FIRST ever wool fleece. Why did I not buy a fleece when I was at Rhinebeck? Cuz I'm stupid (and I guess also cuz I didn't have a drum carder at the time). There's always next year. :D

Anyhoo, I got a Romney X fleece off of eBay, and I think I got a pretty good deal. I was actually initially interested in another fleece the seller was offering, but I totally got caught up in a conversation with my coworker and missed the end of the auction. I hate it when that happens...and it sold for SOOO much cheaper than the fleece I won. But I still got a good deal, so I'm happy. Will hopefully be washing/dyeing/carding the fleece sometime soon...although it's getting to be time to study for my Chem final now... crap!

Lastly, it's finally my turn to be featured on the Special Perks for Secret Pals blog! Cool, huh? Much thanks to Heatherly for taking the time out to feature the vendors participating!