Knit, knit...

the needles go...

Busy, busy week, since I had a big test on Friday and another upcoming one next Friday...so no news except me being really industrious and in between learning am knitting on my deep-v neck pullover like crazy. Don't you sometimes wonder how productive one is when there really is no time for anything but the set chores like studying?

Strange world...

And pics: Will post after the next test since it is mighty important for me to pass and biochemistry is not really something I can do just like that. I do hereby solemnly promise that I will post a lot of pictures. Lots.

Green socks: Coming along nicely.

Bags: Felted but not assembled yet.

Deep-v: Back is finished, front cast on and on its way.

Clessidra: Will buy new Regia silk yarn in a colour I really like.

Studies: Ahem...am eagerly awaiting summer break...

Rest of life: What life?? (Just joking, everything is splendid)

SP 10: Haven't yet sent off my second parcel downstream, will do so this upcoming week, hope she likes the surprises!

See, everything as usual...

Good news and...

not so good news...

Good news first:

Got my second parcel from my great secret pal! Will post picture as soon as the digicam decides to turn up again but let me tell you: I was COMPLETELY spoiled!!!
Wohoooow!

More good news:

Nonibag is currently drying on the block...mhm, felting IS kind of experimental, maybe I will have to felt a few spots by hand to get a more even look.

And still more good news:

I am knitting.

The not so good news:

Some things are seemingly just not meant to be -> Clessidra and I are having serious issues. I guess it has a lot to do with the yarn being white...well, this item is on hold and since I believe in closing a post with good spirits:

I am knitting green socks. (Get it? Green like spring like colour like not white!)
The yarn is yummy, the pattern mine *hehehe* and the colours just...a lot of greeny-beany-springtime!

Busy weekend...

Didn't do much this weekend, had to work on Friday and Sunday and then there was my boyfriend's birthday on Thursday and a big party on that day and Saturday...so no real news to report here.

But something great arrived by mail today (a package) and I cannot show you the content or even go into details, since part of it will go to my secret pal...will send the parcel off soon...*happydance*

Still turning...

Wehell.
My Booga bag is looking great. Felting has enhanced the brilliant colours. But it is not yet felted down tight enough (at least not according to my taste) so into the washing machine it will go again. Will be the third cycle. The i-cord turned out well.

My Nonibag is going along quickly and I am still in love with the yarn *mental note: will nit something nice from it soon* and the patterns *mental note: will knit more bags from Noni*

What a great day....:oD

The Bag...

is in the washing machine and I am on the tip of my toes...I am really excited and hope this one turns out well, since this is my first felting project!

Today my package with the Cascade arrived and I cast on my first Nonibag. I love the yarn! And the patterns!

Lovelovelove the stuff!

I cord the i-cord...

In between knitting Clessidra, the deep-v pullover and the cardie, I needed a quick project. So I went to my LYS, picked up 3 skeins of Noro Kureyon and set down to knitting a booga bag.

I have finished the bag and now am working on the i-cord. My guess is, it is called i(diot)-cord, since it turns you into a mess after doing a bazillion rows of 5 stitches...I do not like it.
And it takes forever to knit 6 feet of it...

The Noro Kureyon was also a bit of a hassle to work with.

I love the texture and the colours, which are so lovely and brilliant. The downside: Bits and pieces of woody thingies which kept turning up and which pricked my fingers. Quite unnerving. But anyway, I thing the yarn is worth it. If I ever work with it, I will tape my left index finger so as to save me the pain of picking splinters out of it.

As soon as I have finished doing the i-cord, the bag will go into the washing machine and I will felt my first piece of knitting. This does give me a slight twich over the eye, since I have simply no clue if it will turn out the way I want it to...

Ah, and asides from that, I treated myself to some Nonibag patterns and some skeins of Cascade 200. Should arrive tomorrow, since I got notice that it was mailed last week. *hooray*

Ahem...

forgot to mention I forgot to putl the first row so there is still room for improvement on the next project...

One is...

never to old to learn new things...

I happened to have a close look at my new project and lo! behold...I twist my knit stitches on that particular piece of knitting! Oh. My. Gosh.

So I grabbed all the projects I have on my needles and no, there everything is as it should be. Fortunately the ripping didn't take long (I am proficient at that) and now am taking special care. I want that pullover to be perfect.
I love the pattern, love the yarn and the colour I chose (cherrie red) and thus I want that thing to be perfect. Fullstop.

Ach...

what a week! I had to work so many shifts (no internet!) and NO free May 1st for me! Poor me, but poor me wants to eat and wants to knit!

So I have found a way of dealing with all my UFOS...I do them all, bit by bit, all at the same time. Progress is slow but steady and I never have the feeling of either getting sick of one so much as to force it into the will-never-finish-bag or neglecting one piece I love a lot for the sake of project-knitting. Great, eh?

Stash enhancement: Successful. Lots of it. More to come, but will not tell...due to spoilee spoiling the fun by poking around blogs on the SP participants list and could accidentally be stumbling over this wee spot on the internet...*hehehe*

Clessidra: Progress is being accomplished.

Plunge in general: Have Clessidra and another pair on the needles...(see above part mentioning my new plan of getting rid of UFOs).

Socks: Got complimented at work for my hand-knitted socks. Felt like knitting queen. Still fell like it a little. Maybe a lot.