dirty doz: GRACE!

ok, so sorry for a million pics of this project... i couldn't decide! i like them all!

so this is the 12th of the 2012 dirty dozen and i managed to finish it (shockingly even including blocking) in time to wear up north for the holidays/apocalypse! i ran into a little trouble at first losing one stitch every fourth row in the lace and throwing off the whole pattern, but i messaged Jane and she helped me out which was awesome. after only one false start i destroyed this thing in one fell swoop. pretty good for never having done lace this fancy before right? i love it. the lace bit at the top is so cool. it's not too fussy, is really interesting to knit and looks great on the finished cardigan. the sizing is awesome too, it fits perfectly! also of note, i was the first to finish this pattern on ravelry! pretty cool side effect of needing to finish it before the new year or else blow my goal of 12 projects in 2012. i can't wait to see the rest that are currently in the works on rav, there are some awesome colors on deck...

Grace by Jane Richmond
sweet georgia yarns tough love sock in pumpkin
"vegan bone" .5" buttons - tender buttons nyc

2012 dirty dozen SUCCESS!!! part 4 of 4

and here's the grand finale! maybe in 2013 i'll learn how to use photoshop so i can make photo collages of work...

all info will be below the pic i'm writing about. if you want more details on the projects click here.

number ten
RAD fox!

i knit this little dude up to wear to rhinebeck, but i didn't end up going :/ that's fine though, i got to wear this ridiculous thing to the grocery store and it now stares me in the face every time i open the closet. i altered the pattern to make his body in the round rather than flat and one sided which turned out well. sewing it together though? so boring! i might make like 4 more to sew into a faux vintage murder stole thing. gross and awesome.
pattern- mr. fox stole my heart & mini fox by tiny owl knits
yarn- claudia hand painted sock - scarlet ohara, rubies playing, cotton candy

number 11
hooded wool cape!

i love looking at this cape, i wanted to make one for two years before i found the perfect pattern to use. of course, it was a children's pattern. all the adult cape patterns lacked any sense of humor, there was no flounce and that's no fun. this thing is awesome.
pattern- new look maudella 6028 (uk)
fabric- dorr woolen mills - 6811 oatmeal background w/peach & mint plaid
new things- adding details

number 12
grace!

new new new! patting myself on the back for how cool this one is. i was using this yarn to knit a different pattern but realized it was coming out too big and had to rip it out. luckily, within days of that happening, this pattern was released and i cast it on instead. by far the fanciest lace i've ever done and also the most useful sweater i've ever knit. i'm sold on the whole sock yarn for sweaters thing, it makes them so much more every day usable (i think anyways). i LOVE how it came out! it's getting it's own post next week with more pictures :)
pattern- grace by jane richmond
yarn- sweet georgia yarns tough love sock - pumpkin
new things- fancy lace pattern, picked up button bands, picking up sts along a lace edge ...horrifying

number 13
calico dress!

also new! i don't care that i'm an adult and not supposed to wear adorable things like this, i don't think i ever will. when i set off on the 12 of 2012 i was imagining tons of dresses so i'm glad i banged out at least one. 2013 will be the year of the dresses and they might even fit alright since i learned a bit about sizing, adjustments and how to put in a regular old dress zipper on this dress. sweet!
pattern- mccall's 3494 - from the 70s
fabric- free spirit: chicopee
new things- dropping back neckline, inserting regular dress zipper, taking in sides without messing up armhole size

number 14 and 15 have no photo evidence because they were christmas gifts finished within minutes of leaving to give them away. one was a stocking for a new baby which i designed, it said his name in colorwork! and the other was an adorable grey and purple hat with scallops color work and a dense pom pom. i so wish i'd gotten pics, now i've learned my lesson, it's not done until it's photographed!

i hope you all liked seeing what trouble one can get into in just 12 months. making things with yarn and cloth has become such a part of my everyday that i'm going to keep on banging the projects out. it feels good to be wearing a sweater you've knit while working on a hat for a friend or scheming the next project. plus it's cool knowing everything you make will hold up well and be put to good use.

"my hobbies are both time consuming and antiquated." ...i plan on doing nothing about it.

2012 dirty dozen SUCCESS!!! part 3 of 4

dirty dozen recap number three, damn, too much stuff to post!

all info will be below the pic i'm writing about. if you want more details on the projects click here.

number seven
hooray cardigan!

this sweater. this damn sweater. i LOVED knitting it, it was so fun. and the color? my new favorite color, i'm not even kidding, it's like a neon coral. i ordered more of this color in fingering weight for two projects after this. the only thing wrong with this cardigan is it looks kind of stupid over anything i try to wear it with. it's also completely not cute if worn unbuttoned... the kiss of death for any garment i own. i'll figure out how to wear it someday, i'm not giving up yet! for now it's amazing to wear while i'm knitting alone in my own apartment feeling all pleased with myself.
pattern- hooray! by veera välimäki
yarn- madelinetosh tosh dk - grapefruit
new things- provisional cast on, cables (LOVE), picking up sts along an edge, i-cord bind off

number eight
uzo's second wurstwärmer!

knit this in the heat of the southern summer, and by southern i mean 'south of my homeland of the great white north, rhode island' which is apparently fucking cold to anyone not from new england. uzo needed a bright colored sweater for hunting season when we wander in the woods so this happened. i like it! uzo hates it! whatever, it still counts. doesn't it fit him nice?
pattern- wurstwärmer by pamela wynne
yarn- madelinetosh tosh sport - lapis

number nine
grapefruit legwarmers!

don't be fooled by this picture, the day these were finished and modeled it was 99 degrees out, i did not want to be wearing wool or tights. this was my second lace project, they worked up so fast! i wear them almost constantly. one of my friends asked for a pair of hand knit legwarmers so i'm whipping a pair of these up for her asap. so easy, so useful... why have i not realized easy and useful often go hand in hand before writing this? anyways, i love them and they look awesome. it's a perfect first lace attempt pattern, too. no big loss if you fuck it up but the reward if you succeed is worth the effort.
pattern- some cloudy day legwarmers by tiny owl knits
yarn- madelinetosh tosh sock - grapefruit
new things- lace in a more fancy way than a straight line, making a second exact copy of something without getting bored and not finishing

almost there! numbers 10 through ? tomorrow!

2012 dirty dozen SUCCESS!!! part 2 of 4

dirty dozen recap number two, happy tuesday!

all info will be below the pic i'm writing about. if you want more details on the projects click here.

number four
pink herringbone wool maxi skirt!

db thought it was cool i wanted to actually finish 12 things and he gave me this gorgeous wool for my birthday so i could make this as one of them. honestly, the wool is prettier in real life than i even thought it would be. this pattern came together so well i'm planning on making another in 2013 out of a plaid and in an awkward midi length. who wants to be attractive anyways?
pattern- butterick 4067 - from the 70s
fabric- dorr woolen mills - rose herringbone
new things- successful 'invisible zipper to seam it was hidden in' join, getting pockets to lie flat, making up a lining

number five
short row sweater!

my parents gave me a webs gift card for christmas and i spent at least part of it on the fancy ass yarn for this sweater. merino, cashmere and silk, it is SO soft! i'm kind of still in love with cropped things, and i already bought the yarn to make another of these. it's frivolous, that's fine. this came together just in time to wear for easter which was perfect because my vavó and aunt always gave me money to buy something nice to wear special for easter when i was younger and i was excited to be like "look! i look nice on my own too now!"
pattern- purl soho short row sweater
yarn- madelintosh pashmina - calligraphy
new things- short rows. so. easy.

number six
neon lace knit bandana scarf thing!

you may or may not know i'm into riding my bike around, not into my assets showing when i'm leaned over riding said bike around, that i'm all about things that keep my neck warm, that i like neon colors and that knitting is obviously the best way to combine everything into one great pile of awesome... so i knit this. it's great for wearing to keep warm, to be seen while i'm riding (yay neon!), to cover my semi-modest self and to knit something with no guilt. it was my first go at lace and i wear it constantly still. it got carried around in my bike bag all day today actually, and it also makes an amazing dog blanket when uzo is cold. this is totally the surprise most useful thing i made last year.
pattern- simple things by mary-heather cogar
yarn- madelinetosh tosh sock - edison bulb
new things- lace

more tomorrow...

2012 dirty dozen SUCCESS!!! part 1 of 4

oh sweet victory! sweet sweet victory. i actually accomplished my 2012 goal of 12 projects from start to finish... only i actually made 15. i don't have decent pics of all of them, but i'll still try to get them all. here goes! all info will be below the pic i'm writing about. this post would be way way too long if i did all 15, so i'm splitting it into a few smaller ones :) if you want more details on the projects click here.

number one
wiksten tank!

made from some of my favorite fabric of all time. finished just in time to wear on my supremely drab birthday. this picture is in the last minutes of me being 26, wearing this colorful thing on a grey january day of working late DEFINITELY helped. it's good for laying under cardis but isn't so great on it's own, the straps are just a little too modest for me. that's perfect though, winter needs it's color and fun too.
pattern- wiksten tank
fabric-
new things- bias seaming

number two
not this exact sweater!

i knit a blue version of this sweater pattern for my mom for her birthday. i literally can't find a picture of her wearing it (since my computer was dropped and my photos aren't all un-corruptable), but just imagine it, it was a royal blue version with my mom in it instead of me being a goofball.
pattern- oatmeal pullover by jane richmond
yarn- quince and co. puffin - river
new things- knitting an entire sweater for someone other than myself

number three
db's fab fingerless gloves!
no pics of anything for this one either. i realize now that i'm typing this that i'm in the bad habit of being too excited to give people their knit gifts to properly document them... maybe i'll have him model them for me and i'll update this post later :/
pattern- made it up!
yarn- mission falls 1824 wool (discontinued) in pistachio

projects four through 6 tomorrow, they all have pics i promise!

2012 happened. lots of stuff happened!

2012 was a pretty ridiculous year as far as i'm concerned, and i liked it. this year i wrapped up teaching art at a preschool, picked strawberries, moved to philly, went to paris, made tons of stuff, took a class in nyc doing something awesome, cuddled my dog and drank tons of beer while watching twin peaks with the man, db. a year ago i challenged myself three things; to set up my rad old school mixte so i could ride it in time for the summer, to stop wearing clothes that are have holes or are ugly, and most intimidatingly, to start and finish 12 sewing or knitting projects in 12 months. so how did it go? pretty good!

the mixte was finished on memorial day, just in time for the good weather. it's a pretty good lazing around bike and is great for buying way too much stuff at whole foods and riding home on the verge of tipping over the whole way. it's now the bike i ride when i want to wear non-bike appropriate footwear, everyone needs one of those right? yes.

i threw away a ton of clothes i didn't feel good wearing. i still have a decent chance of dying wearing something not particularly cute if i were randomly struck dead at any moment, but still, it's an improvement. i threw stuff out but haven't gotten anything to replace any of it really. too poor, spent all my money on yarn and travel and my friend's wedding. maybe this year will be better? i guess my priorities are still mostly beer, bike and yarn related. nothing wrong with that! in my semi-failure i learned something about myself at least, i have cool hobbies and shopping for/dressing in lots of different fancy clothes isn't one of them. less clothing that i like more is the way to go.

THE 12 PROJECTS OF 2012. i. did. it. !!! that's all for now, but i'm posting a lineup of the successes early next week so i can get some good pics of the last few this weekend. pretty exciting! i can't wait to show you the goods, pictures or it didn't happen right?

we all survived the end of the world! go us!

dirty doz: wool cape aka: the jellyfish

cape! plaid! candy colors! immediate strange nickname! what's not to love? so at long last this is the mysterious project i finished a month ago and literally didn't have a chance to document until this past weekend. first it was sandy, then it was a nor'easter and then we were gone three weekends (the only time both db my fabulous photographer and the sun are around at the same time) in a row. i'm honestly in a little bit of shock this is the 11th project i've started and completed in 2012. i just have to finish ONE more and i will have destroyed my new year's goal. kind of unbelievable.

so this was a really fast project once i got around to starting it. i banged it out in two days while watching foreign and/or 60s movies, i recommend Mademoiselle. anyways, this is a children's pattern and i made size 9/10 and still had to shorten it, people really like their kids being warm apparently. i added lots of little details not called for in the pattern which is a first, does this mean i'm getting better at sewing? hopefully. i pinked the seams and sewed them down so the inside looks nice, double seamed at the hem, topstitched on either side of the front and back center seams and put a little x at the bottom of the front opening so it won't pull. lastly and my favorite, i cut out the center hood panel on the bias so it would have a cool diagonal look instead of just being plaid gridded to death. the pattern called for toggles but as my dad can attest, i'm never going to fasten it so what's the point? i also made the hood about 1" deeper at the top because 1- i don't have a child sized head and 2- my hair tends to be enormous. just look at that hood! it's what caped dreams are made of!

it came with me to france and i wore it around paris, it was perfect. it's official, capes are fun! it even spins well, i'm not the only one that did 'the spin test' when trying on dresses as a little girl right? too bad i didn't find the perfect pattern years ago at the start of the hunt so i could've been rocking a cape all along. worth the wait though, this pattern is great and i'm totally using it again.

-details-
pattern: new look maudella 6028 (uk)
fabric: dorr woolen mills - 6811 oatmeal background w/peach & mint plaid

dirty doz: calico dress for thanksgiving

i'm making the dress with ruffles to wear on thanksgiving! isn't it cute? i've already got the rest of my outfit planned around it, i'm that excited about this one. i think the ruffle sleeves might be getting the ax so i can wear it under cardigans in the fall and winter because i don't want it to just be a summer dress, i can always make another with summery fabric and ruffle sleeves later if i want. isn't the fabric perfect for this pattern though? now i just need to figure out where around philly has the cotton thread i like using. looks like i'm going to have to go to a bunch of fabric stores, how horrible haha.

dirty doz: slight disaster = new orange cardigan

well, i have't been having many adventures lately because db has been traveling for work and then we've both been sick for almost two weeks. nothing even remotely exciting has been going on, it's lame.

while in that time i could have easily finished my orange cardigan for thanksgiving, instead i tried it on when i cast off the body, it was too big and i very painfully pulled out a month of work to start over in a smaller size. normally i'm a champ about yanking stuff out but for whatever reason this particular one bummed me out enough to not start over right away. WELL, that turned out well because jane richmond (the designer of georgia which was the pattern i had just pulled out) released another sweater pattern named grace practically the second my sweater had been ganked. luckily, not only is it gorgeous, but it uses the same weight yarn as the georgia. sooo, i'm knitting the new pattern instead of re-knitting georgia. i've never really done lace before, but melissa from miso crafty knits told me the lace section was easy peasy so here i am... knitting the most horrifying thing i've ever tried. so far so good but definitely not going to be done in time for thanksgiving like the original plan. so, as to still wear something cute and exciting on thanksgiving i'm sewing a dress. it's going to be nasty cute i shit you not.

hopefully the weather will be good enough for pics this weekend, i made something fabulous two weeks ago but since then it hasn't stopped hurricane-ing or nor'easter-ing so there's no photo evidence yet. i must be so pale, i haven't seen the sun for longer than 3 minutes at a time in three weeks.

dirty doz: meet RAD fox!

he's done! i finished knitting all the parts of this little dude over a month ago but only finished him now because i managed to procrastinate actually assembling him with amazing efficiency. not a huge fan of the sewing together of things... maybe this explains why i have three cut out and marked sewing projects sitting neatly piled and not a seam sewn on any of them. anyways, i really like how he came out! i used some little glass buttons i had in my "fancy button jar" for the eyes and they totally give him the creepy insane fox look i was going for. he looks like the kind of fox that would cuddle up next to you and then run off with your baby. PERFECT.

i knit him in the round rather than flat like the pattern said, specific details here on ravelry. he stays in place with a hidden susan bates stitch holder. also i don't need to worry about him being too absurd to be used, i wore him to the grocery store last night. not a single person said anything to me which i find strange because really, he's kind of noticeable and silly. but i guess we were in suburban new jersey where my nose ring is probably enough to get people to avoid interacting with me, never mind my semi-insane haircut and then a candy colored knit fox stole. i probably may as well have had "KEEP ME AWAY FROM YOUR CHILDREN" tattooed on my face. either way, he was cute and kept my neck warm, i give him an A+.

mr fox stole my heart & mini fox by tiny owl knits
claudia hand painted yarns sock in scarlet o'hara, cotton candy and rubies playing

here's a better pic of color, the selfy camera on my phone kinda blows it with reds but i needed an action shot!

dirty doz: cardigan for thanksgiving

... which we will be spending alone :/ at least i'll look cute while cooking vegetarian feast for two and a small dog.

this is yarn is currently in the form of a 33% done cardigan! it's my first time using sweet georgia tough love sock and i kind of like it, it's surprisingly springy for a yarn with some nylon in it. i usually go for 100% wool yarns because they have amazing spring and natural fibers are just better at everything. the last yarn i used with this 80% wool/20% nylon mix was uzo's first würstwarmer and knitting with it was totally not fun. it was like lifeless string with zero elasticity and not as soft as i would have liked. i gave this yarn a chance because everyone seems to love it and i also am desperately in need of a beater cardigan. the nylon will add some armor to this thing so it can take some abuse because let's be real, i am a known clothing abuser. i wear my clothes into the ground, seriously, and the longer that takes the better. if the nylon will help keep socks from wearing out so i bet it'll make a cardi last forever. isn't the color rad? it's the new color pumpkin. very fall approp but also a hint ridiculous looking, obviously my scene.

the pattern i'm using is jane richmond's georgia. i wanted to make this as soon as she released it but couldn't decide on a color and knitting an entire sweater out of skinny ass sock yarn was not particularly appealing. after banging out a few pretty cool projects it's not so intimidating and now i'm super excited about it. it's also the perfect train project for my trip up north this weekend for two weddings. TWO! db calculated there will be 17 hours of driving in 3 days and i'll also be taking a 5 hour train ride. i guess that's what happens when you have friends in massachusetts and new hampshire and you move to pennsylvania. wish us luck!

dirty doz: wool capelet!

it may not really feel like it here in philly, but fall is coming, it has to be. so what better time to start my capelet, right? i nabbed this sweet wool at dorr woolen mills in nh over fourth of july weekend knowing this would have to be the year i'd find the perfect cape pattern. lucky for me i was right, when i saw this amazing children's pattern it was instantly the one. well, after i figured out the metric to standard fabric measurements and confirmed i actually bought enough wool for it. the pattern is new look 6028 and was made in the uk, pretty fancy. i've never used a new look pattern before, hopefully it's good. i wonder if the directions will say "this will look charming over trousers, now get sewing you wanker!"

so there it is. i have cat shorts and a wool capelet to work on, i'll never be bored again! i should totally wear the two together, it will be hideous fabulous. i HAVE to finish the dirty dozen, and the sooner the better, the holidays are quickly approaching and holidays = zero time to work on anything except holidays. time to start actually sewing things since i swore off buying shitty, low quality new clothing. reading about the horrible labor conditions in bangladesh and blasting through my 3rd $5 tank top of the summer really sealed the deal. only small designer, handmade by me or vintage clothing from here on out. honestly, i don't think it will be that hard. i bet it will be fun and i'll feel better knowing i'm not supporting an abusive system and my clothes will also last longer than 5 seconds. win win win.

dirty doz: something red for rhinebeck

meet future rad fox, not red fox. i bought the pattern for him a few weeks ago because i'd always wanted to make him and had to buy something for $5 to push my order over the minimum for free shipping. the plan hadn't really been to make him right away, but i went to a knitting circle/group/night/whatevs last week and every year for the Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Festival in Rhinebeck they vote on a house color and knit something to wear in that color for the festival. it's a pretty fun idea, and although i don't know if i can even make it to the show why not join the fun right? only problem was i actively hate the color red. don't ask me why, i like every other color.

enter mini fox friend, a happy red solution. knitting a red fox quickly turned into "but i want to buy that cupcake color for the tail..." and red fox, now RAD fox, will have dark pink ears and legs and a cupcake colored tail. i've even already got some pretty sweet mint colored buttons for eyes. i hope he's fun to knit, i can kind of see knitting like five of him and connecting them together into one of those gross but intriguing multi-animal stoles.

dirty doz: barely fun anymore because i'm kicking this challenge's ass!

as suspected, i finished these guys yesterday. i can kind of see myself wearing them constantly. flash and sass people, who wants to blend in with the concrete of a city or the drear of winter in general anyways? plus anything that facilitates relative comfort while wearing dresses and skirts in the winter is fine by me.

some cloudy day legwarmers

madelinetosh tosh sock in grapefruit

fab hound dress

cute dog c/o db and lots of treat money (tomatoes and strawberries are the way to buy his loyalty)

i've made pickles, legwarmers, popsicles, dog sweaters and numerous other random things i could easily buy, what other random pointless mischief will i get myself up to next?

dirty doz: cloudy day legwarmers

more madelinetosh grapefruit in my life, only this time it's sock yarn so yes, i bought the same color for a different project on purpose. it's a great color! i like to describe it as "neon coral". this is being turned into some cloudy day legwarmers by the end of the day most likely, because it's still in the high 80s with a million percent humidity everyday so i definitely need legwarmers right now. after i'm done with these guys i'll have a bit of this leftover and i have a skein and a half of madelinetosh tosh sock in edison bulb too... something awesome and neon is going to happen.

dirty doz: beyond fab/ridiculous cat shorts!

here are the fabled cat shorts mentioned yesterday, are they not absurd and amazing?

i spied this fabric while poking around on purl soho and seriously jumped from my computer to my pattern collection immediately to see if i had a shorts pattern that would work. i had a hiphuggers pattern but decided that it wouldn't showcase the cats well enough, so it gave me the perfect excuse to nab this one which i'd be eyeing for over a year. high waisted shorts, the perfect canvas to show off ridiculous cat fabric! once these babes are sewn up there will be no more need to lament my lame severely hot weather appropriate wardrobe. oh no! how am i ever going to find a button for the fly that's cool enough?! cat gods, your help might be needed...

2012 dirty doz: uzo's wurstwärmer 2!

so so so, big man has something new and fancy to wear when it gets chilly this year, a scenario that seems almost unimaginable after the summer we've had so far. it's been so hot that even when i was taking this picture db was like "he's going to overheat! be quick!" and then we immediately stripped him. i love this pattern, it's the second wurstwärmer i've knit, it fits so well!

this is the ninth of the dirty dozen. i realized while counting them out with db last night that only two of the 9 have been sewing so my cat shorts (sneak peek soon!) are headed to the top of the "work on this now!" pile. hm... maybe i should've worked on the summer garments i have lined up before the fall dog sweater. ha! what fun would that be? at least i can partly blame the fact that my sewing machine was just excavated from the moving boxes this week. cat shorts up next! ...maybe.

2012 dirty doz: mason jar cozy 2.0

well, i wasn't sure this should count as one of my 12 in 2012 projects because it was so little and fast, but i started and finished it in 2012 so here it is!

i made myself a cozy earlier in the year that i would classify as "adequate". it served it's purpose well, but it was no beauty and i never got around to designing a better one. well i'll be damned that this pattern was posted by melissa of miso crafty knits. i knit it the day she put it up, and it's awesome. it fits so well and took me only one night of watching the olympics to bang it out. when it comes to hot drinks this fall i will be more than prepared. what a great way to sneak more madelinetosh grapefruit into my life too, i kind of want to make everything on my knitting queue this color. so rad!

dyeing with shabd

class this past weekend kicked complete ass. shabd was really cool and a really good teacher. she so obviously has a love for this process and can do it totally second nature. she taught us little tricks to make our lives easier along the way and how to save resources and make fewer messes too which was awesome. the first day of class we learned about the chemical processes and different dying techniques, and the second day we got to make projects using whatever methods we wanted which was awesome.
she had some garments for dyeing that we could buy and we could bring in stuff too. luckily i planned ahead (for once) and nabbed 4 yards of organic cotton voile so i can make a particularly rad maxi dress out of it. so here are my project pics! i'll be decribing the image above the caption.
above and below are pics of the 4 yards of cotton voile. it's scrunch/circle tied single immersion dyed

scrunched double immersion silk swatch, def the coolest looking thing i made

scrunched bottle dyed silk scarf... i'm wearing it right now, it's rad.

accordion folded double immersion cotton swatch
the very necessary bottle dyed swirl cotton swatch
single immersion, folded and clamped cotton swatch, a traditional shibori technique
scrunched bottle dyed cotton swatch

it was so amazing, i can't even describe it. i absolutely love how it's like a team effort between you and the materials to make something beautiful together. opening up each swatch was like a cool little surprise, and since that's how i like to work anyways in my painting and in life in general it really jived well with me. i'm so happy i just went for it and did this it was so inspiring. i want to do it again! i can't wait to buy supplies to dye more rad stuff, i have some pretty cool plans for this knowledge, what an awesome thing to do with a weekend.

dirty doz: uzo's new wurstwärmer!

yes. i started a dog sweater the day before 100℉ weather is going to hit, that's just how i roll apparently.

so when i was frantically packing up two weeks worth of dresses and boots and other very important things like db and my fave bottle opener we got from santa last year, i managed to stuff the makings for a new project into my fabulous miso crafty knits project bag. it was pretty exciting, it's the first time i've gotten to use my project bag for actual traveling with knitting and so far it's awesome. i love that all my stuff is safe and looks cute at the same time (sorry hefty, no more plastic bags for this girl). i knew i'd likely be stranded in south jersey in a super lame extended stay hotel and man was i was right! the second i found out this place didn't have a pool i knew i was screwed. i also knew we weren't bringing uzo for these two weeks while we apartment hunt (very, very sad), so since i can't cuddle with him at least i can make him a present. something that's obviously very neccesary... a second wurstwärmer!

seriously, i love yarn for keeping me endlessly entertained. along with the fancy new hardcover copy of lord of the rings db bought for me yesterday i'll never be bored again! now when i'm being ignored by everyone i email about apartments i can make uzo a sweater he really doesn't need and pretend to live in the shire. pretty rad.