Urrgh Arrgh

Research papers are taking over my life!

Because I am currently having a crap time writing a crap load of research papers there will be no writing update this week, cause I'm cranky. Instead I'm going to ramble more about knitting, because it makes me happy.

I finished the Mary Jane Slippers yesterday.



They are comfy toasty, and I love love love them, in fact I am wearing them right now. :)

Today I finally got Tin's Scarf off of the needles, and now it is time to block it, a project for tomorrow. Sorry loves, no pictures until he has it in his hands.

So tomorrow I'm planning to block the scarf for Tin, and finally finish the ribbed Maroon and White Scarf for Dad that spent something like 3 months hibernating.




Ok it might not be finished tomorrow, but soon.

Much love from Carat Land!

I've been out...

Ok, so I've been back from Avery from a week and haven't posted so here is a run down of the past week+:

Avery:
+Little cousin Colton is 6 months old and adorable
+Grandma's big freezer broke down, thank God!
+Taught Taylor(10 year old cousin - girl) to cast on and do a knit stitch
+Accidentally drove to Oklahoma while trying to come home, and was pissed.

Knitting:
+Finished the French Market bag
+Camera gave up the ghost so you will not be getting pictures of anything for a while yet.
+Got a lot of work done on the Green and Black Afghan
+Cast on criss cross garter
+Cast on white scarf for Grams/Peggy
+Soy Socks!
+Went to the Shabby Sheep, and loved it. I'm going to try and drop in sometime for PJs and Purls
+Made a seed stitch scarf for Grandma out of the bamboo yarn (originally it was for me, but I thought she would like it so I gave it to her)
+Made a bib for Colton

School:
+Made a B on the Western Civ mid term
+Now have to write 4 research papers (hence being on the internet...)

Writing:
+Am currently back logged with research papers and other school stuff, eventually I will get some fun(ha!) writing done.

Life:
+I still don't have one ;)

We should be back to regularly scheduled programming tomorrow.

Much love from Carat land!

YAY WITH ONE MILLION !s

7 MINUTES AGO MY RAVELRY INVITATION ARRIVED.

This on top of a new WWfW makes me a very happy Carat!

Thursdays are for things that drive me crazy!

This week it is the Ravelry waiting list. I joined the waiting list on the 26th of February, and have been checking my place in line religiously.

In the mean time I'm itching to try out the Bernat Bamboo Yarn I picked up on a whim yesterday. I only grabbed one skein as I have no idea how it will knit, and I don't want to try to make a project out of a yarn that is a pain in the ass to knit. The yarn is 89%Bamboo, 11% Acrylic and very pet-able. I shall resist it's shiny pull at my needles until I've got some of the other stuff done however.

Speaking of getting stuff done I finished the pine needle fingerless gloves last night, and wore them today. I still have two and a half skeins of that yarn left, so I think I will make a hat and scarf to match.

Frustrated

I've recently wandered away from my internet obsession to delve into the wonderful world of yarn and Grey's Anatomy. In the tradition of being me I did this shortly after creating this blog, hence one post and then nada for a whole month. I have made a few thousand scarves though, and have even dared to start making a pair of gloves off of a *gasp* pattern.
On to the title of this lovely post, I recently had my lap top taken to the "computer doctor" and while he did a lovely job of installing the entire 07 Office Suite, as well as about 10000 other programs that I will never use he also wiped my entire hard drive of all poetry, writing, photos, music and even an essay I started for my English class last semester. The process of digging through back up CDs to find all of that has been unpleasant. Luckily most of it is back and I only have to re-rip about 50 CDs to get my collection in I Tunes back into shape. Today I finally took on the re-installation of fire fox, and all of the add ons that I had attached to it, there is one which I did not use before, but now after having re read the description I plan on using it, just one eensie weensie problem, when I installed it before I registered, but never activated my account. Rather than make a new email account just to register for a single extension I've deleted the program, and I am kind of disappointed.
Ugh I'm feeling all ramble-y so I will leave with a short list of things that make me happy:

Lush "Whip Stick" Lip Balm
Fuzzy Slippers
PodCasts
Eyelash yarn on sale for $1.99 a ball
and Super Sexy dark denim jackets

Kittens, Knitting, College, and Carat

I'm going to say that I am 22 as I turn 22 in three days. There are some who call me Carat, among a plethora of other names. Plethora is one of my favorite words, it just looks so cool and sounds better than " a lot." I'm originally from Houston, Texas but currently reside in a teeny tiny town called Waxahachie, Texas where I attend a teeny tiny community college called Navarro.
I enjoy reading a variety of mediums, from classical literature to fashion magazines, and just about every stop in between. I am a fan of film, in particular I like any movie that makes me smile.
My grandmother has been teaching me to knit and crochet over the past few months, and I've figured out how to make scarves. My current knitting projects include scarves for most of the family for Christmas, blankets for a couple of my aunts, and baby hats and socks for a friend of mine that recently had a little girl named Skylar. I think I might actually crochet the blankets since Grams spent the afternoon rambling at me while I figured out how to crochet a single crochet so that the piece stays square.
Of course I can't introduce my self with out including the two furballs that make my life interesting. Aerin is my 7 month old kitten. Her full name is Aerin Stockings Kelly, and I tend to call her Stinky Butt, I am sure you can infer... She loves: to sit on anything I am trying to read, attack paper coming out of the printer, play with any article of clothing I put on take off or attempt to fold, and she often brings me kitty toys (in lieu of birds or mice) while I'm sleeping. Baby Kitty is my dad's 13 pound long haired black cat, his real name is Erful (don't ask me, Grams did it) though no one calls him that. My favorite nickname for him is Fat Butt, because Stinky Butt and Fat Butt go together quite well. His favorite things to do are: opening the bathroom door anytime I go in there, making me chase him around trying to get him back into the house, knocking things off of any flat surface, and attacking my ankles as I walk down the hallway. Despite the fact that they drive me crazy, I love them 'cause they are cats and that is what you are supposed to do.