Finished Items!

I actually have some finished items to show!

First off, the socks.

Yep, that's me failing at feet modeling. I don't think that will be one of my possible careers in the future.

But anyway, look! My first pair of knitted socks ever! This makes me very proud, that I could actually do this! Happy Happy Kenzie. (Even though I messed up on the toe of the second sock, but it looks fine, plus I doubt anyone will be really looking when I wear these.
My next pair should hopefully be much better.

Then today I spent most of the day knitting, working on a Christmas present, and actually finished one! (The first of a pair of fingerless gloves) Which I am also quite proud of, because it was my first time doing an afterthought thumb and cables!

Hopefully I'll be able to finish the other one quite soon, then I'll have my first full Christmas gift done.

Also ordered my first ball winder today. Excirated.

Found the Charger!

I finally found my camera charger and have proceeded to charge my camera while I was at the bookstore today. So this post shall actually have yummy yarn porn in it, aha.

First off, I got some of my Christmas knitting yarn in the mail the other day (Friday I think?) which I am very excited to start knitting with it.

The two balls at the top are Cascade 220 Superwash wool, which I'll be using to make some striped mittens and maybe a hat if I have enough left over. The other two skeins, the light green one will be a pair of fingerless gloves and the darker one will be a beret. Both are the normal Cascade 220 wool.

Also today I got another ball of yarn to make my Father a nice warm little scarf.



It's Lion Bran Yarn Wool-Ease super bulky yarn, I chose it because actually earlier in the year he had picked it up and said he would wear a scarf made out of that. At least I think this was the color he liked, I went with it because it would work with most of what he would wear. (He is actually very upset to be not matching.) Also the picture doesn't show it but there are little flecks of browns in there too.

The infamous first pair of socks are very close to being done. I am just about 2 or so more rounds away from starting the toe and I'll be done with the second sock! That blog post will actually probably come up later tonight. (Or early tomorrow morning to be more exact. Since it's already 11pm)

Otherwise, I have been dying to knit all Thanksgiving break, but haven't had the chance because I've been working on AP History make up work. But once this weekend it over, I'll finally be free of the make up work and be able to dedicate more time to knitting! Thank goodness!

I Fail

I indeed fail at keeping up with a blog, let alone this blog, a knitting blog!
Mostly because I'm having trouble keeping up with my knitting.

Currently on my needles are those socks, yes the socks that I keep talking about, the socks that I swear I'm going to finish soon. Yeah. I'm on the foot of the second sock, so I am in text; "almost done with the socks." Mentally though? I'm an light years away.

I also have a Christmas/Birthday scarf on the needles, which is actually quite close to being finished. That most likely will be done either this week or next.

A hat is also on the needles, this one was for myself, but I think I may frog it for now and save it for later. Since I may actually want to knit a quick hat for the winter season. (I seem to have lost my first hat I've knitted.) But who knows, I might just finish it. It's a really quick knit anyway.

I believe that's all on the needles. But, I still have to worry about Christmas knitting. I need to knit one pair of mittens for a special someone, a matching hat to that Christmas/Birthday scarf. Plus, I even wanted to knit a pair of socks for someone too. (We know that most likely isn't going to happen.)

Oh, not to mention I am swamped with school work.
I just recently switched into AP History, and have to complete all the work they had done before I moved into the class plus keep up with the current work we were doing.

All the work has to be done right after Thanksgiving Break, which is next week. (We have Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off)Which should hopefully be enough time to get all of this crap done.

Then I will be able to knit in peace, finally.

Days like this

These are the days that make me proud and very happy to be a knitter.

Here is the setting, an October evening in Maine, a football game, wind.
It was freezing compared to what it has been, not the coldest, it will get colder, but it was pretty darn cold.

I wore my nice alpaca scarf and matching hat to the game, and almost as soon as got to the band section where all my friends were did they scream at me for said scarf and hat.

Now to finish some socks, as I cannot feel my toes.

Blog Neglectful

I have been neglecting this blog, which I really didn't mean to, things just got...busy.

I've been having Drama practices (We are doing the play The Crucible, about Salem witch trials) almost every day after school, then at 5:30 to 7:30 for three nights a week I've had Driver's Ed. So, I've been at school basically 12 hours a day. Ugh.

Though yesterday I had my last Driver's Ed class and took my permit test! I passed! I have two more drives with the driving school then I'll get my permit Saturday. So excited.

Currently on the needles is the almost completed second sock of my first pair ever. I think I may have posted a picture of said pair in a past post. I'm just on the foot now,not far.

I also have a hat that I just cast on this morning and almost done already. Tomorrow is a hat day and I really wanted this ready by then, it's a Chain Chomp pattern I found on Ravelry. (I'll post the link when I post the finished picture)

Otherwise, nothing much else knitterly. And no pictures, too busy knitting to charge my camera and make some snapshots. Next time!

Belated Second Post

 

There is always a very large time space between my first post in a blog and the next, or just between posts for that matter. Things just got crazy after that first post, and I haven’t been able to get my thoughts in order to write something. Something that isn’t poo.

Today was very stressful actually, so maybe my excuse to not write doesn’t apply here. Why was is stressful? Why did I almost have a mental breakdown?

Because today was my first drive, ever. As in, I was behind the wheel, and I was terrified that I’d kill both me and the instructor. Actually, when he got in the car, and told me to turn it on, I cried.

Yep, cried like the manic I am.

But we got through that, and though I did indeed stink at turning and not drifting across the road in the beginning, I think I got the hang of it toward the end. We did a lot of turns in side streets in Gardiner toward the end that really helped.

Now, for what’s on the needles…

My second one of my first pair of socks, ever!

That’s my first ever sock on the right there, showing much I still have to go with the second one. The main reason it’s not done yet, is that I recently got caught up in the “Hunger Games” trilogy and have been reading those in class instead of knitting. But I’m on the last book, so I’ll be able to get back to a knitting schedule. (Right on time for holiday knitting season!)

Also, recently(ish) I got some new yarn!

These are two skeins of Blue Moon Fiber’s lightweight sock yarn, in color ways “Pride” (left) and “Quinault Canopy” (right)

The Pride socks will be a Christmas present for a friend whom has a lot of pride, and the other will become socks for myself.

Also, on the day these showed up in the mail, a little yarn fairly left this on my back porch.

I believe it’s wool by it’s feel, and it’s a very pretty wine like color. I was very confused on who left this yarn on my porch for adoption. (It’s like leaving a baby on someone’s doorstop but for knitters.) It was actually written on the side of the bag that it was from my friend Anna, but I’m blind apparently.

Speaking of Anna…here is an old picture of her learning how to knit for the first time.

(Because I can.)

Bleep Bloop

I always stink at these sort of things, I'll be honest. Starting, "introduction, hello, welcome" posts are always the hardest to write for me.
Though considerably easier to write than this History essay I should be writing.

I'm Kenzie, a Junior in High School, and I love to knit. I even knit in class, which I'm surprised my teacher's let me get away with. The fact makes me all warm and fuzzy on the inside. (Maybe they just expect a knitted gift in return though, aha)

Currently on the needles, is my second sock, ever. I've already finished my first sock ever, and now working on it's twin. (There will be pictures once done!) I'm so excited to finish it, even though I'm still just past the cuff, and haven't even started on the heel flap yet. Class is so taking up my knitting time. Gosh.

I also have a lace scarf, which is a birthday/Christmas gift to my sister from another mister, Heather. That's also my first time trying out lace! Gosh, so many new things on the needles.

AND today, I got two skeins of Socks that Rock yarn in the mail, and my friend bought me some local wool yarn from the Farmer's Market. Which I have no idea what to do with, something for her, but not sure. She doesn't like wearing hats, scarves and would forget mittens.

Pfft.

Some first post this was.