So it may or may not have been almost a month since I last posted, but I’ve been pretty busy. School’s been good, but I’ve had so much weekly work that it’s been hard to do much else, I guess I should be thankful that it’s not weekly tests though. Work is great, I’m actually doing small projects that are a bit more exciting than what I did last semester, and the first time point of my year-long project is coming up in a few weeks. It will definitely be good to be focusing on one thing over the summer, just work, no classes. I might actually get the chance to do some fun things that I’ve been meaning to do.
Stitch ‘n Bitch is going pretty well. We’ve had a few more people join, although I have no idea where they came from because we’ve done absolutely no recruiting this semester. I finally taught my friend Ashley to knit, and Ty’s doing pretty well with his little project. And I finally decided to put the coffee cozies on Etsy, for five dollars each and cheaper when you buy more. Hopefully I’ll get a few sales soon, but I’m not going to make anymore until I get rid of a few. I’m making a replacement pair of fingerless gloves for Ty with sock yarn because his old ones are a bit thicker than he’d like. And I’m about to start fingerless gloves/mittens for my brother that I was supposed to make him last year for christmas. Although I kinda forget what he wants them to look like exactly, so maybe I’ll call him before I start them… And I have an idea for a sweater, kinda kimono-ish and purple and cable-y, of course. But I still haven’t gotten the cables quite right, but that’s what trial and error is for I guess.

It’s almost time for me to head back to school after a few weeks of lazing around and eating waaay too much. I’ve enjoyed the time off and I’m really hoping that next semester will not only allow me a bit more peace than the fall, but hopefully a job somewhere for Ty. We’ve resolved to be more active around DC and see it for the city that it really is, and not just our little corner of it. There are so many museums, shows, restaurant and shops that we’d love to see. Or even just taking more walks around the city, which not only allows us to explore, but forces us to get out of the apartment and get some fresh air.
We didn’t do nearly as much stuff this break as we had wanted to, and I know I needed a break, but I just keep worrying about Ty’s prospects. I don’t want either of us to get discouraged about it, but I don’t know when or how it’s going to get better. Hopefully the new year will bring new prospects. Like my new years resolutions, which include eating less candy, particularly gummy candy, decided upon after I found out I had two cavities, and calling my friends from high school, who I’m beginning to see less and less because of conflicting schedules and just being home less.
I think I should probably find some new knitting projects for the new year instead of continuing to knit aimlessly. My brother picked out some yarn for some fingerless gloves with mitten tops that he wants, so once I order the yarn that will be one project with purpose. Maybe I could start a sweater for Ty or something, which would not only make him super happy but it would be easy because he’s a man and not awkwardly shaped like I am. I’ve been knitting more coffee cozies, and I made some fingerless mittens and a stick shift cozy for my sister. Other than that it’s been a pretty lame break in terms of knitting. A lot of the cozies are colorwork, so I’ve been thinking of buying the colorwork stitch dictionary by The Harmony Guides, because it’s surprisingly hard to think of new colorwork patterns and I’ve been pleased with their other stitch dictionaries. I don’t really know what I’m going to knit this year though. Maybe I’ll surf Ravelry for some inspiration.

Well Christmas is over and December is ending quickly. It’s been nice to see all of my family and get to eat my Grandpa’s amazing lasagna, which is funny because he’s German and my Grandma is the Italian one. We’ve been doing nothing but eat and watch movie, what I love doing best. Ty’s here and it’s so great that he gets along with my family so well. Just one more Christmas together before we’re married.
We did a secret santa this year for Christmas, so we each only had to get one present, and only received one present. It was pretty fun, and definitely cheaper, and we still got stockings. We’re heading to Pittsburgh on Monday to see Ty’s family. They already did Christmas, and our present to Ty’s mom, with the help of his dad, is a trip to New York city over MLK weekend. Now that she knows she can help to organize everything, like figuring out which shows we’re going to. She’s never been to NYC before, which was Ty’s inspiration for this present. It will just be the four of us, me, Ty and his parents. Ty’s brother with be flying back to school just before the trip, which I think is a shame because it would be really great to have the whole family there.
I finished Alex’s socks, except for sewing in all the ends. The four of us, Alex, Will, Ty and me, already had our Christmas in DC. We bought them a bookcase

I only have one paper to write and then I’m done with the semester. It feels so good to be this close to finishing. We had our little christmas celebration tonight, with Alex and Will. We bought a bookcase for them, for their ever expanding book collection. They got us a night in, in a bag: a bottle of wine, lots of chocolates and some candles. Hopefully we’ll have a chance to slow down and use them, but probably not till after the break.

I’m also making Alex a pair of socks for christmas, and she’s buying some sock yarn for me to make more socks for her. I’ve had one more etsy sale, but not as much as I was expecting for the few weeks before christmas. Oh well.

We’re leaving for Boston on Friday, then we have a few days there, a few days skiing in Killington, christmas back in Boston. Then we have a week in Pittsburgh. I’m so excited for break, I really hope that I get a few things done that I’ve been meaning to do, especially rest. This semester has just about worn me out. I have to make sure to bring lots of yarn with me though, just something to keep me busy. Maybe a few more coffee cozies, still not sure what I’m going to do with them…

Happy Holidays!

So I’ve gotten a bit bored with the coffee cozies right now… So I’ve decided that I’m going to try a second draft of some of the patterns I have up on here, just to make sure that they read well and don’t need some editing. And I might do some different sizes too, so that I don’t get too bored. Then I can just put the finished projects up on etsy. I haven’t bought yarn since the little extra I needed for my sweater, and it was a while before that when I bought yarn for anything. Which is sad, but probably good. I have a decent amount of leftover yarn from finished and forgotten projects.
I should probably figure out what I’m gonna do with all my coffee cozies. I was originally thinking I could sell them on campus, but the girl who owns the sidewalk coffee cart kinda scares me. And I could always sell them on etsy, but I’m sure that will be a lot less efficient. Oh well, I’m sure I’ll make more over Christmas break, so I’ll just wait and figure out in January. Laziness prevails yet again!