Goodbye for a while.

Having just tried to update this thing and failing miserably, I decide I will stop feeling guilty about not updating this and return when I actually have things to say and an audience to whom I can say it.

The important part is that I'm knitting presents for Christmas, right? And everyone knows that a surprise can't be posted all over the internet...

And although this isn't much of a disappointment to those who may read it... since my last post was AGES ago, I thought I would just be honest with myself.

Breakfastknitter
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Something ridiculous

So just over a month ago, i met a new friend through an old friend. We'll call him... Michigan... since he was visiting from there anyway. Well, Michigan quickly found out that i knit (which was not difficult bc i was knitting when i met him) and, as everyone else does, asked me to make him something. Unlike what everyone else does, he asked me to make him something ridiculous. It was a very specific (but initially joking) request for "sleeves" for his glasses. After staring at him for about 20 minutes... and officially creeping him out... i went home to promptly make some for him. this is what i came up with:

or in a more catalogue-y looking color picture:

it was a miracle they matched since this is the yarn i used...

i was actually hoping they'd have more pink in them just to make the already absurd accessory additionally amusing. mais hélàs, green and purple it is. Michigan loved them... so much so that he asked for more to "match his outfits." but i cut him off at one pair. enough is enough.

i think the best part of all that was that my dad, very un-jokingly, asked for a pair for his sunglasses so they would stop poking his ears. i have yet to do this. oh well... i guess we could say we both forgot.

anyway, tell me what you think!

Breakfastknitter

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Look what i did!

Some people read before they go to bed. Apparently i knit Totoros.

unfortunately he's sans yeux. i don't know how to embroider. that's what mothers are for, right? C: but i just saw a picture of one with googly eyes that looked really cute, so i might do that instead...

As for you knitters, just in case you'd like to know, it's a free pattern from Ravelry.

2010 in Review

This post is intended to be just an overview of what i actually finished and such... but i might also include a bit about what i was doing while i was knitting such projects. The truth is, i knit in so many different places that looking at it or the leftover yarn reminds me of what i was doing when i made said project. i guess that could be something else jonathan larson could add to his list of how people measure a year.

Here goes: (in a semblance of chronological order)

1) i started last year by giving a wedding blanket to a friend who had gotten married 6mos before. i couldn't make it bc i was trekking the united states by car... and knitting said blanket. It was mauve and used a lace/cable stitch combo. Fun.

2)I next finished a blue and raspberry blanket for my sister... after waiting 2 months for hobby lobby to restock the color i had run out of.

3) Next was a baby blanket for my now 11 month old niece! Nice and lacy. and blue. yes it was for a girl. i like blue and i'm a girl too. so what.

4) Then finished mittens for a dear friend. it took me a while bc i was modifying the pattern to her requests... and then it took extra long to get them to her. hopefully she got to use them this winter... bc she definitely didn't last winter.

5) I then started a long list of socks, starting with some terrificly bright stripey socks for a friend from school... the picture of such is still my computer background. C: Then i proceeded to make a pair for myself of the exact same yarn.

6) Socks for a friend here, another pair for myself (maybe not... they turned out too big for me...), and the beginnings of a set of holiday socks for my sister (i've only finished one pair out of at least 4)

7) Then my cousin decided to go to the Ukraine in February or something crazy like that... and of course i needed to make her a scarf and a head covering. both purple. both cozy.

8) And i made an identical headscarf for a friend in california. equally cozy (of course.) C:

9) Not that any knitters could relate to this, but then i started 2 scarves at the same time both green, both a cabled pattern of sorts, but one pattern was significantly easier than the other. one i finished in February. the other? May.

10) the next 2 blankets i made i already mentioned in another post.

11) I went to Croatia in July and DIDN'T take my knitting. biggest mistake all year. i missed it almost as bad as my best friend. almost. the whole time i dreamed about making lavender socks. yes really.

12) Around October i thought, "Hey Christmas is coming... i should start making things for people..." Then November happened and i audibly said "Oh crap. i need to start knitting 'til my fingers fall off!" So on this side of December, i still have my fingers (PTL!) but i also made/finished/sent 40 mini sock ornaments, 3 sets of stuffed miyazaki totoro sets, a pair of fall socks to my sister and a pillow for my 8yr old niece.

That's it. 68+ projects this year. sure 40 of them were basically the same, but that still leaves 28 or so. Good year. maybe more next year... i have quite the lineup already. C: who knows... maybe YOU'RE on it! (feel free to add your name. C:)

July-August Projects

So i could waste time apologizing for not writing in a long time. but i'm not going to do that.

What have i been up to knitting-wise lately? Mostly socks. They really are terrific. i have three pairs on the needles. two are "for me" but we'll see. C:

Other than that, the most recent projects i've completed have been baby blankets. One was a normal size--about 4' rectangle-ish (i.e. square but doesn't look like it bc of the pattern). It was for one of my coworkers who just had her fourth girl. I learned the pattern from a friend in college, but have since found it on ravelry. I've also since heard it called feather and fan. I love using this pattern for baby blankets because it's SO easy (easiest lace you'll ever do), turns out very beautiful, and has a very delicate look to it- but is very durable. Highly recommended.

The other baby blanket was for a girl from church and her baby boy. She asked for one that could keep him from stealing another kid's blanket. so this one was overly fuzzy. and brown and orange. so cute.

that's enough for now.

Sarah

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SOCKS! C:

Here's a pic of those cutesy socks i made for manderz:

They were so fun to make. i'm so glad they turned out.

Hope you like 'em.

And Jess... i'd love to make you a sweater, but don't keep your hopes up... it'll take a long time... but in the meantime you could send me your measurements. C:

ok, i'm out for now.

<3 the knitter

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socks. and 2010 goals.

i have finally completed my first pair of socks. delightful. they are now with their owner in Massachusetts who is wearing them to their full potential. I'll need her to send me a picture because i was not intelligent enough to remember to take one before i sent them.

Now, i do not have not just made over two thousand goals. no, no. however, i would like to organize those knitting projects that i intend to complete in the new year. This also includes requests from those who wish to partake in my creative productivity.

i want to make a sweater. i know this is quite the undertaking. however, i feel it is high time to make one. i might as well at least get the first one done because everyone knows the first one is supposed to look like one's dinner after he has contracted stomach flu. If i'm going to make presents, i might as well make a practice one first.

but feel free to use this as your invitation to request any and all knitted articles you would like.

so there.

Sarah

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Welcome!

This is exciting. I haven't had a blog since myspace... and we all know how creepy thatplace is nowadays.

I'm starting afresh. And this time it revolves around my not-so-closet passion of knitting. I'm happy. Knitting makes me happy. Yarn is happiness incarnate. If you don't believe me, just go squeeze a skein of it the next time you go to your local craft store. Joy will ensue. I promise.

I'm sure I'll write a real post about what I'm knitting and such very soon. For the time I'm just going to revel in the fact that I have a blog again. C:

What a way to start the new year.

Breakfast Knitter

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