Monday, October 3, 2011

October

It is October. You know that, but whatever.

I have been baking these days, but there are no photos.

My best friend is sick with the flu, so I am forgoing my Monday evening yoga session in favor of dropping off fresh baked brownies.

Speaking of Joy, I made Brown sugar cookies last week. UM. yeah. You should do that... just. Do it.

There HAS been knitting, but it's been raining and junk around here. Thus, no sun light. Thus, crappy photos. Thus, no knitting post yet.

In random news, a very important person is gone.

Also, important, you should put cinnamon in your coffee grounds before you brew coffee. Pretty important.

TastyKake say hi.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

~no words~

It's been a while, eh? This post is probably going to be super long, with lots of words, and even more photos. (possibly less photos than words)

I. farewell party
these are my friends:The girls you know. They are lovely. and I love them and I miss them desperately. I feel like I haven't seen them in ages, but its only been a week. Heh.

This is Joshie. He's not stupid, but we were playing a game and he wasn't supposed to use his hands. So. Naturally I had to feed him beer.

Man Dorgan. He dorgans around [which means to take an unbelievable amount of time to get places for no apparent reason; it usually involves taking showers that he didn't tell you about or suddenly getting diarrhea.

Finally, Joel [aka ex boyfriend]. We're still friends, obviously, if only so I could have hilarious pictures like this one to show off. Yes readers [who don't exist] this is the fool that let go of this fine piece of ass:
That's me... if you didn't know.


And finally, TastyKake, whom I miss soooooo much. I keep looking around for her... but. alas. she's not here.

II. The driiiiiiive


This is what i drove the first day. 14 hours. HOURS. by myself. MYSELF. the person I drove/am living with doesn't drive, so i got to (and still get to) drive everywhere. We drove for 10 hours the second day. I couldn't upload a photo, for some reason. But i have one.
I drove barefoot a lot of the time. It was fun > wearing shoes. [i think that was a failed mathematical equation]. We drove through north and south carolina, georgia, alabama, mississippi, louisianna, and texas. We slept in Meridian, Mississippi, which turned out to be kinda sketchy. But whatever.

III. what I'm doing now.
I'm trying really hard to write a paper. I got my grades, and they were good. Lowest one was a B-. the only As I got were two A-s, but. I'll take it. For goodness sake I thought maybe I would fail. Also I don't have to worry about finding extra money; my scholarship should remain intact.

Meanwhile, my housemate is difficult. she makes me crazy... almost everything she does annoys me, not to mention I can't get away from her because she NEEDS ME for almost everything. I'm seriously a jerk, that this makes me crazy. Whatever. I'm working on the toe of my sock. It's almost done. I need to order the yarn to finish my shawl. I'm gettin to it! anyways. That's all.

This is all nothing interesting ;)
- TK et. al.

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

...today, in my blog...

In which things have changed ever so slightly from last time:::(I just really like this photo)

Time has been getting away from me. I'm not sure where it goes.
well.
I kinda know, actually. I spend a lot of time on my green chair watching 'You've got mail' over and over again.

This is not exactly what summer was supposed to be. I'm freaking out about my paper as well. Hopefully I will devote tomorrow and Friday to that, though I also have to pack and clean my car and get my suits dry cleaned and get my oil changed. All will be well!

In the spirit of disappointment in myself, I signed up for a half marathon at the end of August. August 27, to be exact, in Ashland VA. I'm pretty psyched about this, but I haven't gone for a run in about a month and a half. Someone tell me how the hell THAT happened.

According to this, however, a 'beginner' runner is someone who can run five miles at a time. PAH. So i have to train... to start training... huh. Basically, I'm screwed, but I'm banking on my 20 year old body's tendency to respond really well to exercise. I should be ready in time. I'll run a 5 or 10k with my momma over the summer, and all will be good times.

In knitting news: I've mostly been knitting socks. Socks for my self. These socks, to be exact. There are even pictures:
They are quite nice. Pretty intricate, taking a while. But. I'm liking the way it is going.Also, I finished my sweater! WHOO! I haven't blocked it or finished it, etc. Looks like it will stretch out a little bit after I block it. I only know this because I blocked my swatch, like a good girl.

Finally, this is pretty much my "stash". It's not much to speak of really. I'm kinda glad, I guess, that I don't have tons and tons of yarn. But also, I could have lots of fun with tons of yarn. That's my story. My stories are boring. Haha. Today is friday. I am leaving on Monday morning, for the most ridiculous cross country trip ever. I, for one, trust in my ability to drive 12 hours straight for 2 days straight with one of the most upsetting people in my life, and then go on to spend the entire summer with that person in the same house, office, car, and life. This is upsetting.

That is all
- TK et. al.

Monday, May 16, 2011

um wow

TK says, "sup". She's so bad-ass. I also could not get her out of my grill whilst I was attempting to take these photos. You may have noticed they have an awful quality: it's because there is absolutely NO natural lighting in my apartment. So i have to aim my reading lamp [the same one that fried and permanently scarred my flesh] at whatever I want and hope for the best.

I logged on last week to write this post, but blogger was unavailable, and then i was in Maryland for the weekend. Meanwhile, last week I was on Webs, and i got a little carried away... but maybe not.

I was hanging out in the close out section and i got two balls of Debbie Bliss como and some fiber so I can finally try my hand at spinning:
Pretty pleased with it. I was also legitimately shocked when I checked my mail this morning, and obviously unexpected fibrous goods in the mail is always going to make one's day better. also, owls is about, oh... five rows from being complet. dang. I knit a sweater. Dang.

- TK et. al.

ps. I leave for Texas in a week. Insane in the membrane. I can't believe this time has come. Hopefully I can do lots of cool stuff, and maybe heal a little. That's the plan. :)

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

twitter!

I did it... or, more specifically, TastyKake and I did it.
I now tweet... follow me @SarahandTK

tada. Knitting has been happening; but its been upsetting due to running out of yarn for owls. I haven't gotten around to ordering more yarn for the various things that i ran out of... I'm getting to it!

More soon

- TK et. al.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

full on summer

So... I knit a sweater:
It's actually not done. This was after I tried it on, and found it slightly too small. Also, there's a bout a handful of yarn left :/
This sweater is now starting to break my lil heart.

I've decided, however, to let it sit. Possibly over the summer, and attempt to finish it when fall starts/when I get home. I need to see if i can find a ball band for the lot number though... but darn it i've been cleaning so I'm pretty sure I've thrown it away. Poop on a stick. But. Tastykake and I are dealing with it.
We're dealing with it.
Tiny garden: I love my tiny garden. Those are poppies. One of the more gorgeous flowers I've ever seen... I won't be around to see their lovely blooms. Hopefully I'll get someone to photograph them for me.

Meanwhile, it is full on summer. I've been doing very little these days. mostly cleaning. I spent most of the weekend sleeping until noon and then spending time with people. Monday [yesterday] I slept in and then did some lawyering for my brother, which consisted of reading deeds and mortgages and other horrid things that I hate.
I had hoped to get working on the write on this week. I don't know how well that is going to work since its almost the end of tuesday and i haven't finished cleaning/getting ready for Mommy.
Hopefully tomorrow I can read the materials at the very least. [I'll photograph it as well]

So that's all. A couple weeks of relative peace before the summer of Texas heat and lawyer's work begins.

-TK et. al.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

this is the last time

that I will have to do this. studying for an exam as a first year law student. this is the last time.
WHOA.And do you know why? Because tomorrow is my last one. Contracts, or as lovingly dubbed by my classmates, Elser's Last Stand.

For someone who has "a lot to do," i've managed to do this ^ practically knit a sweater, is what I've done. Look at that. The body finished, and started a sleeve. Don't tell my mother that I spend so much time not-studying. But sweater: hear this. Next time I take you up to work on you, I will be a 2L.
or. WE will be 2Ls, sweater. You and I are 2Ls.
I'm obsessed, both with this sweater, and with my law school "career"


Also, my pea plant has a flower. Precious :)

-TK et. al.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

tragedy

Tragedy hath struck.

Tragic occurrence 1: out of yarn for the cap shawl. There is definitely less than half of the edging to go. And I ran out. I wanted to finish it before I started my sweater. But i CAN"T because i'm out of YARN, which, incidentally is necessary for knitting

Tragedy 2: The sweater. Look at it, it's so pretty. Such a lovely color; it feels amazing. Everything about it is perfect.

But it kinda looks like it will be too small right? Because this is supposed to fit over my hips. My giant, child-bearing, obese mexican hips. Doesn't look like it will fit eh?


Well. It DID fit. I only found this out after I took it off the needles and started ripping it, thinking I was going to have to start it over in a bigger size. But it fit really well. Not too snug; not too loose. Also, when I was taking the sweater off the needles, I burned my arm really badly. So much tragedy.

Also. There are two exams this week. I have done NO studying this weekend. literally, have not studied since my last exam. Hahahahaha. So... tomorrow, i guess, is the day for that. Meanwhile, I'm going to start the sweater again, continue on with my watching of Arrested Development, and then go to bed early so that I can get up early, work out for the first time in a week and a half, and get to the library by 8. tada!

That's the plan.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

this day, there was property

First, not knitting. Then, knitting.
I have no idea whats up with the blue up there... weird. Anyways. School photos:
Studying for property. I like tiny up close photos of words; i think it makes me seem more intelligent

Tiny worm. I was studying ["studying" *wink*][there was no studying] outside. And he was on my hand! I took pictures of him for a bout fifteen minutes when I realized this wasn't going to work.

And then, this morning. I took an exam. this was my set up. Water. Snack. Coffee. Pens. Pencils. Highlighter. Boom.


And the piece de la resistance. cap shawl. With its bitchy knitted on border. Actually, once I figured it out, the border is easy. Its the only part of the thing that i could actually memorize. just IMAGINE what this thing is going to look like when its blocked. Oh i love it to death. It has a sad story [the yarn and the thing itself]
I had bought the yarn originally to make something for my grandma. I never did; just kept putting it off, thinking i had all the time in the world. But she passed away in January. I've been knitting for half my life [literally; since I was nine] and I never knit her anything. Tragic.
And then, i found this pattern and decided that my [ex]boyfriend's mom would like it. I thought, hey, we're probably going to get engaged any second now, at which time, this would be a great gift to give her.
So you see. this shawl is tragedy. I'm ok with that though. It gives it depth. It means something, even though I'll probably keep it myself and... i don't know. Just hold on to it. Love it; know that I made it. It's going to look so beautiful blocked and non-bunchy. Even with all my errors.

ALSO. the yarn for owls. It came today. It is so. beautiful. It's Venezia; Cascade, I think. Merino/Silk blend. the lavender colorway I think, so it's this amazing, purple grey color, and it's so soft and, best of all: it doesn't itch. at all. So i can wear it on my skin. heavens. My joy is complete.

LONG POST> DONE.

-TK et. al.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

knitted-on borders are a bitch

I had my first exam this morning. Fascinating. It actually wasn't fascinating at all.
What is fascinating is that last night, I woke up every single hour between 11 pm and 7:30 am. are. you. kidding.
Nope. not a joke. real life.
How does that even HAPPEN?!

Property exam on thursday. That is the one exam that I'm super duper uber worried about. I have a lot to memorize between now and then... but. I'm kinda just letting it happen.

Meanwhile, I've been thinking a lot about... my life? Yeah. My life. Since the thing went down, my brain is topsy turvy. I'm having a hard time caring about anything; I'm having a hard time enjoying anything; I'm just. confused. I've been thinking, that maybe I don't actually want anything. Maybe there's actually is nothing in the world that can make me happy in the long term. Maybe there's actually no one.

Logically though, that can't be true. I'm just in a valley. That's all.

I've been having a lot of feelings. But the past couple of days, I've actually been thinking about them. This is nonsense. I don't care what I'm feeling I have better things to do. I'm so young. I can do whatever I want. whatever I want. Pft. I'm going to, dammit! I'M GOING TO.

I can't wait until finals are over. These are some of the things I'm going to do:
1. go totally vegan again
2. train for my half marathon
3. kiss a girl (joke)
4. like it. not a joke.
5. read Don Quixote.
6. go rock climbing.

That's just to start. I can be happy, I think, if I start doing happy, instead of doing sad.

Also. Knitted-on borders are a bitch.

-TK et. al.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

oh man

So here's the deal. I am totally freaking myself out. My first exam is on Tuesday. It is Torts. I can totally get an A in Torts. Except i will not study. I will not study. I don't know why.

I am exhausted. Also, I do not know why. I'm trying to motivate myself. So. Here's a list, reasons why sarah and tk need to study:
1. if i don't, i could get less than a 3.0 and then I could lose my scholarship. and then I'd have to borrow something like three times as much as I have already.
2. if I don't, i could fail out all together, and then I'll have to go home with my tail between my legs and... do something horrid like get a job and forget about the life I wanted.
3. i want to be a lawyer. I really really really do. I do... I do, don't I? enough to study, even? enough to get over this momentary set back of heartbreak and just get on with it? It's been... a month and a half? why am I still in mourning... why can't i just STUDY?! it's not that HARD. it's not like i have anything better to do.
4. if I don't study, then I can't even say that I tried. My dad is going to be so disappointed in me. Everyone is going to be disappointed in me.
5. If i fail out, i WILL go crazy. I probably won't even go home. you know what. I have enough money in savings, i could run away to europe. the only job i could do, probably, is become a prostitute, but hey! it's a living. it'd be a story. shortly before I die, i'll write a novel about what happened. and boom. that will have been my life.

all because I didn't study. The biggest reason, really, is that I want to be a lawyer. I'm trying not to lose sight of all the fun stuff i'll get to do: appellate advocacy, talking to clients, wearing suits everyday, arguing with judges, WINNING. ah yes... winning...

I feel better already.
Also, these are my best friends. I got them into knitting. They bring me such joy. I have no right to be depressed. Ha!!

- TK et. al.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Words about knitting


Good day!
it is friday... This morning, i made a movie with some friends, in which i was the star! HA! No... not really. But i really was in a movie; or, a commercial, technically. So that was fun.

I've been meaning to show these to you:

They are fingerless gloves that I am making for my bestie. I made them up. I've not made the second yet. The lace pattern i got from A Collection of Lace. I need to fix it, because there's a funky garter stitch part that I don't like at all, so I'm going to fix that. But other than that, i rather like them. I can't wait to finish them, so i can finally give them to her.

And also, the blob:
This, is the ladies cap shawl. It is full on blob. It's rather snazzy though. I can't wait until it is done. I seriously cannot. I don't know what I'm going to do with it, though. Probably keep it. Maybe give it to my mommy... I dunno!


Finally, a couple schooly things: speaking of school, I did not study today. Not at all. It's depressing. It's possible that I will go in a little bit, to the library. It's open til two, so. Maybe this day can be salvaged.

Um. That is all.
-TK et. al.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

in which there are photots!

Sister's Shawls. Still unblocked and unfinished

Tada! This is the fushia one. Taking photos in my apartment is really quite difficult. there's almost never an sun; there was a bit of sun on my porch this morning.


Gratuitous TK shot. Look how cute she is. Her lil face. She likes the plants, but generally she freaks out when I leave her outside too long.
I finished knitting the Kimono, but I haven't blocked it or finished it. finals, you see. I need to go to the library right now, actually... to study :O
the past month has been... I've been depressed out of my HEAD and haven't been able to keep up with school, so now I'm scrambling to pass my classes so I don't lose my scholarship. Passing isn't even enough. I need a 3.0. Last semester I had a 3.16... and last semester I did quite well. You understand my distress.

Anyways. Hopefully I'll get better at using my camera; and hopefully I'll have time to actually take some better photos of knitted things. Ok peace out!

-TK et. al.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Oh hey!

My camera should come today: when I get home from school, it should be patiently waiting for me to buy it batteries and a memory card, and knit it a cozy with chunky white yarn (all knitted coverings for things not usually covered in knitting should be knit in chunky white).

And then I shall photograph: my kitty; my kitchen; my KNITTING; my carrell; some friends, maybe; my books; and probably my face, just to make sure no one forgets that law school will eat your soul; also the view from my porch.

Back later :)
-TK et. al.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Oops.

Due to not being able to get my paws on a camera, I was stalling posting again.

But it's been far too long!

I finished the sister's shawls, [Will photograph eventually]

Kelcey liked the lace that I hated on her fingerless gloves, so i'll get to working on the other one.

I started a heartbreakingly cute baby kimono, and I'm almost done with it [the lady for whom i am making it goes to school with me. I very rarely talk to HER but always talk to her baby. eg: "hey baby" or "how's the baby coming". I had a phase where I called her "Incubator" for a while, and also "Baby Maker," which is oddly similar to calling someone "Fornicator"]

The shawl has not been touched because I'm tired of its foolishness... but I'll probably finish it soon. It's just sad because of what it had been originally meant for.

I ordered some yarn with which to swatch for Owls. I'm so. excited. SO. EXCITED.

Also: exams are in two weeks; Moot Court first thing tomorrow morning; I woke up at 4:30 am; and finally, last night my ex boyfriend pissed me off and made me sad at the same time. I did not think that we were ever going to be "exes".

Crazy times.

-TK et. al.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

I am straight up procrastinating

This post is largely not about knitting. But. As a blogger with no readers, I GET TO SAY WHAT I WANT.
HA!

I am procrastinating. As you [who don't exist] know, I'm in law school. Spring brings flowers and birdies and light and finals and appellate briefs. My appellate brief is due Friday. It is largely finished. I couldn't turn it in the way it is now, but it won't require must more of my time. Which is cool. Because I'm tired of giving it my time.

Mostly though, I'm tired of it staring at me, hiding in my bag, whispering "you're not working on me, but you should be. Why aren't you? Don't you have great big plans? don't you whimper and moan about how you just want to be alive and do the things you're supposed to do and be all grown up about it?" Stupid thing. Stupid me.

I find, that everything that I am frustrates me to no end. I know what traits I would trade out. I would rather be friendless, if I could be disciplined. So unfortunate. I don't know what to do about it; I envy people who are naturally obsessive. Who cares if you're momentarily miserable? You do well don't you? I wish I could do that. I'm trying to cultivate more discipline and work ethic, and it is going relatively well, I suppose. But its till frustrates me to no end.

Because, I know exactly what it is that I want, and this doesn't seem the best way to get it.

Knitting! (see. knitting.)

-TK et. al.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Fun times

I make a lot of mistakes when I knit.
A lot. of mistakes. I very rarely go back to fix them. I mean, if I drop a stitch, or realize that I've messed up in the same row, I'll fix that. But... I tend to notice after a couple of inches that I totally messed up a pattern. Shoo, I don't go back to fix it. I just deal with it...

For instance. My Cap Shawl. Totally. Screwy. It's not even for me. It's a gift, for goodness sake. But... nope. Not going to go back and fix it. The funny thing is, that I looove knitting lace things. But i ALWAYS mess them up. always. When I finish it, and block it, and photograph it. You'll see. you'll see.

In other tragic news: alpaca makes me itch. Like no tomorrow. The two Andrea's that I'm making make me crazy. It feels great on my hands, mind you. Doesn't bother me to knit with it; but i could never wear it. NEVER. I tried. I just wanted to make sure it was acceptable [I'm extremely self conscious about knitting gifts for people]. And it made me crazy... I'm thinking, though, about making one for myself with KnitPicks Merino Style. I love Merino... doesn't make me itch at all :)

Friday, March 18, 2011

Yo yo.

Not yo yo as in "toy". But yo yo as in... hello. I don't know.
Still no camera. Sad.

BUT! I have two cool things to say:

1. yesterday i finished all the decreases in the Andrea shawl in class (the painfully boring class). So now i'm just working on the picot bind of, which I despise, but it's almost done. It really is lovely.
2. I found the ball of Shadow that I thought I had lost/used up already. So now, I can finish the ladies cap shawl without having to wait for a) the yarn to be in stock and b) the yarn to get shipped to me. YAY ME!

Dumb.
This is a picture of me a couple years ago, at my friend's family's dairy farm in Pennsylvania. You can't see how beautiful the farm is, obviously.
but.
A HANDFUL OF KITTENS.
that is all.

- TK et. al.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Firsties!

i'm not that cutesy.

First things first: TK. TK is my cat. TastyKake, is her name, but my mom called her TK once and it stuck. She DOES eat yarn... dumb cat.

Mainly... this blog is of knitting. I've also been gardening, and I'm going to start doing fun kitchen things. Also, I am in law school which means, naturally, that I will probably find it necessary to vent now and then.

As for what I am knitting [too many things, really]:
1. "Andrea's Shawl". I'm using the most lovely of alpaca yarns. I'm actually making two, one for each of a friend of mine's sisters.
2. Mittens for another friend of mine.
3. Fingerless gloves that I am making up for a THIRD friend of mine
4. A shawl, straight up lace, in the round, eggplant purple. lovely. ["ladies cap shawl" from victorian knitting today]
5. I'm about to start ye old "heart breakingly cute kimono" a la mason dixon knitting for a pregnant friend of mine.

That is all, I think.
I did a dumb thing: I started a blog and *gasp I DON'T HAVE A CAMERA.
i"ll have to remedy that issue some how or other... I have ideas.
;)

- TK et. al.