in need of updates!

since i am still new to the blogging world, i have come to realize i am very lazy at this. hopefully the fall will motivate me to being a bit more dedicated on keeping this thing going. because in reality, i would love to have a full, yummy, funny awesome blog (just like everyone else in the world...) hah.

so, onto the knitting sphere of my life, which is a big one. i finished my mom's clapotis. again, beauuutiful. made of sea silk again...now if only i had the luxury of having a sea silk scarf for myself. but i am making yet another clapotis...can you tell i am obsessed? i love working with this pattern because the yarn, color and texture always changes the outcome so much and its fun to see where the yarn will bring the scarf in the end.

currently, i am making a clapotis (for myself!!) out of lorna's laces lion & lamb....mmmmm. in the color huron, which i think was secretly made just for me, greens and blues so lovely. i am only using 3 skeins and it seems to be more than adequate at the moment.

additionally, i have had the bad fortune of a semi-serious medical issue, leaving me out of work for about a week and a half. what does that mean? crazy knitting time, and stash busting my way through yarn! during that time. let me make a neat little list of things i started & finished:
-neckwarmer out of noro kuryeon
-a superrrr nice cowl out of handmaiden 4 ply cashmere
-"wicked" zephyr style sweater in lorna's shephard worsted (sooo nice)
-started clapotis #5 out of lorna's L&L
-worked on my endpaper mitts...coming along slowly

all in all, pretty pretty good. i must say though, after working on and off on the endpaper mitts, i am not very into color work. i know i know...some people love it, and i wish i did too, cause its beautiful and looks like fun, but i just cant get into the groove of it.

another note: I am done with my sock phase. so many people are sock obsessed, and i had a short lived phase of non stop sock making, but i think my new love in life is knitting sweaters. i just love the fact after all of that work, its a big wearable garment that will keep me warm, AND i can show off (and won't be covered up and lead a life in secret underneath my shoes)

so, my goal is to hopefully take a lot of pictures and edit them all soon. my job as well as my contract work doing flash development has been keeping me wayyyy busy, to the point the little time i have, i just want to zone out on a movie and do some knitting! but hopefully that will change soon!

clapotis race!!

Sooo, I know its already been a while back, but I did end up successful in my clapotis race, finishing it in about a week and a half!! Ohhh yess! That was some serious speed knitting. It was knit in the amazing handmaiden sea silk, which is always a dream to knit with. It turned out absolutely gorgeous, so drapey and amazing.

That said, while the fam. Came out to visit, I had my mom pick out a colorway she liked in sea silk, so I am in the process of making another one for her. I haven't had nearly as much time to knit as I would like to have, so I am working on stealing little bits of time here and there to finish it. I have been so busy with work, esp. The flash development projects....I am always under a tight deadline with the clients so make huge revisions, which just eats up so many many hours.

In other news, after my second attempt at the buttony sweater (off of ravelry) I decided I am too bored with this pattern and have no motivation to give the second try a wholehearted attempt.

So I frogged it, and am now using the yarn to make Rusted Root from zephyr style. Its knit in the round, its super cute, which makes it something I am really into.

I finished up a pair of the dashing gloves made with handmaiden casbah, soooooo pretty!!! And oh so fast...almost instant gratification.

Also, a few months back, I found out my knitting style is actually combination knitting...not continental like I had always thought!! What a shock that was!! I love combination knitting though...I find that I can just get into this groove and fly through things!! The only thing I don't love is the need to translate patterns, and figuring out how to do ssks and k2togs...so make them look how they should. It is awesome though how knitting combination really makes me understand the structure of knitting, the how's and why's of the stitches like I have never understood before. I find myself not just mindlessly knitting and following intructions, but really understanding the act of knitting and the structure of it, which I am finding very rewarding.

Alright, off to work!!

knitting on the edge...

As of this moment, I have so many works in progress. i have this crazy fear of finishing things, so i am hoping this additional outlet visible by strangers, and the world at large will help me in my quest to make peace with finished objects.

i was so close to finishing buttony sweater, a super cute pattern i found via ravelry. before i finished and seamed it, it seemed rather large to me. so i took the time and ran yarn through the arms and bottom part, so i could take all of the stitch holders of...i tried it on, and go figure. its way big on me. it def. could have been passable, but i probably wouldnt have actually worn it. which would be a shame since i knit it up using handmaiden's ottawa in this amazing blue color. its such nice yarn to work with, and the color is just so vibrant. photos just dont convey it properly. anyways, i am avoiding the fact that i pretty much frogged it...almost all the way back up to the top. here comes try number two.

speaking of photography, my last wedding that i shot, i stupidly left my battery charger in some room at this country club, and somehow no one have seen it. i am still anxiously awaiting my new charger so i can shoot all my new yarns and unfinished pieces.

pictures soon to come! i also have an extreme love for cooking and baking, and having drinks while doing the above. oh, and of course, knitting too.

so, hello world! welcome to knit faced!!