That's right we got hitched 

I finished Tie One On usingRowan Kidsilk Night in Dazzle . It came out rather lovely and now I have to find a broch to wear with it.

I started the Shapely Tank some time ago and never finished it. I was looking to reduce the stash and found the beginings of the tank. I ripped it and began again. I'm so excited to work on this. Especially since I need to practice with short rows. I plan on using this powerful technique to add ease in the bust area.

I am also making a bunny hat for JD's nephew. He's going to look so cute in it!

I tried to make whipped cream today in my food processor. All was going fine and dandy but I wasn't sure if my cream was whipped enough so I let the whipping action continue. JD comes over and looks into the food processor and tells me that I should probably turn it off because it was beginning to look stiff. I said nah I still need to hold out for those peaks the instructions mention. Well, a few secs later the cream starts to seperate. JD then comments on how it looks like I'm starting to make butter and sure enough I was scooping out butter. I let the cream whip for too long. There is a fine line between whipped cream and butter... a fine line.

I talked about aspect of Multivariable Calculus and Differential Equations to my friend Marc today and he actually said that I was making him miss math. Now that is something I never thought I would hear anyone say.

There is a fair isle pattern in the baby jumper that I am making and I figured that it was about time for me to learn how to knit English style. I used to crochet when I was younger so when I taught myself how to knit I just held the yarn as I would if I were corcheting. I found out that this style of holding the yarn is Continental. But since I have to switch back and forth between two colors I figure that it would just make sense to hold one color Continental and the other English. After 2+ years of knitting Continental trying out this new style makes me feel like I'm all thumbs. I will win though. I'm determined to conquer the English technique!
In case you have no clue as to what I'm talking about check out these videos on knitting techniques.

I went to A Good Yarn today to get more Blue Sky Organic Cotton for yet another Baby Bobbi Bear. The last time that I was there I noticed that they carried the yarn that I'm using to make JD's sisters babys jumper out of. So I grabbed the label and went only expecting to find the color that I needed. Boy did I luck out. Not only did they have it in the color that I needed it was from the same dye lot as the skiens that I had picked up from Circles! I'm so happy that I finally get to finish the jumper and the hat!

Hello, I am the Friendliest Little Demon. 

Marc has asked me to make him a Baby Bobbi bear because he thought mine was so cute. So off I go on another bear knitting adventure! Shoosh!

It's the middle of July and I don't have a job for the summer. That means no new yarn *sigh*, but it is an opportunity for me to clear out my stash! I have a whole hank of Araucania Nature Wool and a little bit of a ball of it left over from another project that I finished. I'm making myself some leg warmers! I'm going to do a simple K3 P2 rib and see how it goes.

I am Baby Bobbi Bear! Fear me! Bring me sacrifices of honey and chocolate! GGGRRRAAARRR! 

This is the partially completed Baby Bobbi Bear. Now I assumed that this guy was going to be a mini bear, but this bear is the size of a baby! 

I'm still waiting to get in my order of yarn to finish up both my sweater and the baby jumper. In the meantime I have started work on the Blue Sky Alpacas Baby Bobbi Bear. Jillian very kindly bought me the yarn and pattern for my birthday. I didn't want to start it just yet because I wanted to finish my other projects first, but seeing as how I haven't got the yarn to finish them I figured now is as good a time as any.

So far I have worked on the front and back body and have finished the butt and a leg. I've started the second leg and should be finished with it at some point today. Then I get to work on the head!

The yarn that I am using for the teddy is the Blue Sky Organic Cotton. It is wonderfully soft and light. I would love to make a nice cardigan and tank set from it. It would also make for a nice skirt.

I have achieved ducks! When I bought the yarn for this project Circles only had 5 skiens of the main color and I needed 6, so I put in a special order for 2 more skeins of the main color (an extra skein just in case). I've completed the front, back, a sleeve, and 3/4 of the second sleeve. There is nothing left for me to do but patiently wait for the phone call informing me that the skeins I need have come in. 

I was bad today. I couldn't help myself. I went to Circle's and bought a pattern and yarn for a baby outfit. It's a jumper with a matching hat and they both have ducks on them! It was too cute to resist.

I've already started the ribbing for the back right leg. I think that I might just knit the back left leg at the same time. I think that would make it easier for me. Ack! I just noticed, it's drop sleeve! Ah well at least I will be leaving a marker at the armhole. Hopefully all will go well.

JD requested a skull sweater. I labored over a drop shoulder skull sweater only to discover that because I knit so tightly (and am to stubborn/lazy to knit a swatch first) it came out too small for him. :( My cousin Shannon lucked out for Christmas. :) This is the successfull second attempt using a top down raglan method. All hail the top down raglan! 

Smada is going to be a Momma! Newly dubbed Smama is going to need something to keep Lil Smada cozy so I crocheted this blanket. 

This is an old photo. I can't remember when I knit these comfy pair of socks but since then I have knitted many more.
First pair of socks. 

Paul got me Stitch'N Bitch Nation for christmas. I found this wonderful pattern in it for this cute fuzzy bear hat. I'm thrilled! Determined to find out if the yarn comes in a color similar to winnie-the-pooh's, I look at the yarn company's website. No pooh like colors but that's ok I'm still going to have a super cute bear hat. At least that's what I thought. I was indeed irked to find that the company that makes the type of yarn called for in the pattern doesn't sell yarn directly from their sight but I figured hey if it exists you can find it online. Well to my great suprise I can't find an online yarn store that sells all three types of GGH yarn that I need. I have found managed to find sites that sell GGH Lara and GGH Davos but they are two seperate sites. The only way I can find GGH Maxima right now is from a german site. While the site does offer a partial translation in English it has no currency converter. Not a big deal I can find one and do it myself. The problem is do I really want to pay to have yarn shipped all the way from Germany? Seems a bit much to me...this hat is super cute though. I'm hoping that I will be able to find alternatives at an LYS. I think that I will check out Circles to see what alternatives Allison has to offer and if she can't help me I will venture out to a LYS I have never been to before. I will trek to Brookline Village and give A Good Yarn a shot and see what I can find there.

With all the snowing that's been happening I had not had the pleasure off seeing what my MWF classes are like. The class that I was concerned about the most was Calculus 3. Calc 2 was a challenge for me because I had a wonderful teacher who was a hard ass. He wanted you to have a deeply intimate relationship with the subject matter by the end of the semester. Now the Fall '04 semester was a very stressful semester for me and on more than one occasion I thought I was going to cry after taking Calc 2 exams. I struggled, and bitched, and groaned, and pulled hairs out and dreamt of integrals, trig substitution, Gamma function, La Place transformations, complex numbers, polar coordinates and series and sequences and managed to get a C in the class. I had overheard one of the women in my class asking the professor if he would be teaching Calc 3. "No". Yatta! Maybe I would have someone equally as good but that didn't give 14 to 18 question exams. For a whole month I was lead to belive that a new faculty member would be teaching Calc 3, a woman in fact. I haven't had a female math teacher since...sheesh elementary school. I was a little excited. That however changed I was informed that my Calc 2 professor would be teaching the class. I hoped that was a mistake. I walked into the math class sat down and saw HIM walk in. I smiled and said "Hi" when he turned and recognized me. It was my Calc 2 professor. My first thought was to be shocked and to groan and then I thought at least I know what homework and exams will be like. I'm terrified of what is in store for me but people keep telling me that Calc 3 is easier then Calc 2. I can only hope that it is true.

JD calls me this morning asking me to do him a favor. It seems that his work key fell off his keychain and he needed me to bring it to him to let him in the office. So I pull on some clothes grab$1.25 in quarters and head out. I get to the T station and put the fare in the coin box then try to go through the turnstile but it wasn't moving. The token booth attendent then procedes to inform me that the fare is $1.25. I was a little confused by this. I told her that I knew that and pushed the turnstile, again it wouldn't turn. I look at her and she points to the fare sign and tells me again that the fare is $1.25. I tell her that is what I put in the coin box. But she keeps repeating herself. I said the far is$1.25 I put in 5 quarters that's a $1.25. She stares at me and then proceeds to tell me to buy a token next time. What the hell?!? What's the purpose of giving someone a hard time for paying the fare!