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Country: United States
State: Texas
Gender: Female
Interests: Astronomy, the outdoors, birding, backpacking, farms and farm animals, being a "liberal" Aggie, Philmont Scout Ranch, Italy, knitting, crochet, yarn in general, Being Presbyterian in the Bible Belt
Expertise: Walking down ramps the fast way, avoiding campaigners, walking in heels, ordinary and partial differential equations, eyeballing wavefunctions, gutting fish, Italian (haha yeah right)
Occupation: Student
Industry: Science
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"And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen." - Ex. 35.25
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| Dear DeutschePost/DHL,Thanks for making sure my important package made it home safely!
Don't worry, it's not all for me. I'm going to give some away. Really. I promise!
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| My oh mySo I'm in the middle of a trip with my research group, and we have just started doing some work at an observatory in a small-ish town in Germany. We've been here for three days, and thus far I have found a new yarn store every day. Three yarn stores, three days. Auf wiedersehen yarn diet! | | |
| FO: Pinnate Shoulder Shawl
Yay! It's finally finished and blocked!
Pattern: Pinnate Shoulder Shawl, from KarenJoSeattle - Great pattern, great blog, great blogger! When you cast on and start working the pattern, you have a sneaking suspicion that there is a stitch missing, but just trust the pattern. Really. It's not technically symmetric (Scientists/mathematicians, just don't think about it! If I can do it, you can too!) but it looks symmetric, which is what really matters.
Yarn: Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece - love it! It's mostly cotton with a little bit of wool, so it has a bit more give than 100% cotton, but it doesn't have any of the negatives of wool. It is notorious for bleeding, and I did have to wash it about a zillion times before the water ran clear, but I'm hoping that I got all the extra dye out. I used US6 Addi Turbos, which is larger than the needle size recommended in the pattern. Karen knits really loosely, so this didn't surprise me. Just match your needles to your yarn.
I tried really hardly to get good pics of the shawl 'in action' but I failed miserably. It's about 9" wide and 65" long, and I used two skeins almost exactly. It works well as a little shoulder shawl (hence the name) and as a scarf, too. In exchange for not having action shots, here are some 'artsy' ones instead. ;)
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| An UpdateThe lovely Keri (warning: music) asked for an update, so here ya go! =)
This week I had a test, homework due in each of my classes, some plots to finish for my research, a research trip this summer to plan, and a qualifying exam to study for. Needless to say, I didn't do much knitting. (In case you're wondering, the only thing different about this week was the test. Everything else is pretty steady.) The only knitting time I'm getting is on the bus, which limits me to portable projects. (My pinnate shoulder shawl and Ian's scarf are sneaking up on being done, but stuck at home for now.) So here's the rundown:
Pacific Sunrise Socks. Yarn is from Mambocat, standard sock pattern with 1x1 rib on the top. Switched to the blue (also by Mambocat) for the toes since I don't have much of the Pacific Sunrise. Between the fact that the yarn is a tad too thick for the needles and that I do asymmetrical toes (they fit better, but take more concentration), these are not the most pleasant knitting right now. If I only get 15 minutes to knit, you bet it's going to be on something fun. ; )
Tidal Wave Socks. Heel needs to be turned. I definitely don't have the concentration level for that right now.
So, I made this:
Plain Jane Washcloth. Sugar 'n' Creme. Garter border, stockinette inside. Non-stressful. Took three bus trips to finish; my kind of project!
Then I started this:
Another washcloth, based on the Baby Genius Burp Cloth from Mason-Dixon Knitting. Super-easy; soothing to knit.
So, yeah...it's pretty boring around here knitting-wise. But it makes me happy. =) Hope y'all have a great weekend!
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| Hi there!I'm still alive, don't worry. But I don't have much time to blog about anything... Luckily, sometimes other people do it for me:
Jack's New Sweater
(The Ravelry Project Page is here.)
Also, Shannon from RS Knits is having a contest to promote her new Etsy shop, which has super-cute stitch markers. Swing by her blog to check it out!
And now, back to work! Ciao! =)
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