A little something about the previous post...

Ya know on the previous post, where I kept on saying, "Umm....oh yea. wait what?" you know. ya get the idea. so anyways. I was actually forgetting what I was saying. I wasn't doing that just to be funny! trust me!

     A little more "review" news about knitting. (or crocheting depending on what I think of what to say.) I...(thinking of what to say...)...am knitting a little hat for my lil' sis Livi, and...I am still crocheting the blanket! I really have to go now.

    Oh yes and have you noticed that I posted like, 3-4 posts today? lol. I am SO funny! (just kidding :P)

Ok...Mistake AGAIN!

so, in the previous post, I said that blah blah blah you can just read it. instead of 2 posts ago, its actually 3 posts ago as far as I know...but you can't always rely on my to get everything correct. Anyways, what was I going to say? I was itching to say it...Oh yea. Ummm.....Oh Yes! Ugh-oh yea. m-hm. I was going to say that I could always go back and change it, but it's WAY more fun to make a whole new post and talk and think...and not talk about knitting! just kidding. I do like to talk about knitting, but I believe that I talked about knitting 2 or 3 posts ago. (judging on how many times I created a new post to correct my self:) ) 

Mistake

I know that...two posts ago, I said that on the January 20 post that after the red font, it was black but I changed it to white so that you can read it. I might be tripping you up but what I realy am saying is that: Ignore what I said 2 posts ago.

Another hat!

So, I dunno if I mentioned this, but I am going to tell you that I am making another hat like this (on right), for Livi. I wore it to school today and it was SUPER ITCHY! Oh well. What can I do about it? I already said I would make one for Livi in the same yarn so that we could be matching but I haven't told her it was itchy. (*smirk*) So...Yes. I will knit another of those hats-and the really cool thing is that it is knitted in garter stitch-and am hoping that it will be fun. On my hat, I accidentally did the decreases for the child's hat but luckily, it still fits.

IQ Test.

I know, this isn't about knitting.

I took this IQ test on the internet (But it wasn't age seperated so I can't believe that this would be my real score in an IQ test) and got this score. But the first time I took it, my Logical intelligance was "below average" and my verbal intelligance was "genius" and my mathematical intelligance was average and then my general knowledge was below average. But the mathematical and the general knowledge might have been reversed I dunno. here are my results for my second time. Oh yea and my IQ was 90 last time. :(

***Your IQ Is 85***
Your Logical Intelligence is Average
Your Verbal Intelligence is Above Average
Your Mathematical Intelligence is Average
Your General Knowledge is Average
A Quick and Dirty IQ Testhttp://www.blogthings.com/quickanddirtyiqtest/

Oops!

On the January 20 post, I accidentaly made it black when it was supposed to be white after I wrote about the Kiddo yarn in red. I appoligize for that mistake.
About the knitting, I am following a pattern from a little booklet that you can buy at Micheals. Normally it's required yarn is right next to it too. Anyways, so I am knititng a garter stich hat that is supposed to be knitted in Pattons, Divine yarn but I didn't like any of the colors they had so I used this really cool yarn called Black Magic and it is like 2 strands of fluffy yarn, green-blue and black twisted together. It's also really pretty knitted although I almost thoroghly convinced that it would look much better in Stockinette stitch but Oh well. I am following the pattern so I hope it will work. If I like knitting it, then I will knit one for Livi (little sis) in a smaller size.
I am also crocheting a blanket that will probably take a year or so to finished since I am not that good at crocheting.

Sorry

I'm sorry I haven't been posting very often. I am, currently knitting a stockinete scarf which curls nicely but I am thinking that that is too boring. I have also not been posting because when I get home after school, I don't often go on my blog because I am either chatting with friends, or knitting or reading or doing homework.
So, about knitting. I don't think I told you, that I was making a guitar strap for my guitar I recieved from my dad for my birthday. I was going to knit it, and then felt it. I did do that but the problem is that when I was felting it- I felted it by hand -I was rubbing the fabric together with my knuckles, so I now have cuts on my knuckles that are quite painful. So...yes. I have felted that, but i have not yet attached that to the guitar so I can't use it yet. Gotta run. Bye

Birthday Presents!

Today is my birthday-January 20-and i got basically at least 1 ball/skein of yarn from each person that was invited to my birthday party. I am now knitting on one of he yarns which is kiddo by Crystal Palace Yarns or something. I got that from Hanna. O yea and the kiddo yarn is going to be a scarf (thats kind of obvious) for my cousin-who lives near D.C.- Aminder. Shes like, six? I dunno but I want to give it to her because it would look GREAT on a little six year old you know? (After all, it is called kiddo) :)
From my parents (and sister), I got a knitting book that I picked out from Cody's Books or something on 4th street. My mom bought it but said that I could have it only after my b-day. I also got these AWESOME socks which are knee-high which I also picked out...and this REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY CUTE lamp thing from Ikea that looks like a ghost but blue. I sort knew it was going to be that only because Livi told me when I said, "What is it?" although i wasn't actually serious but she told me anyways that it was a lamp from Ikea. She was also saying that it was really blue because she thought that my parents had gotten the GREEN one so when I opened it and it was blue, she broke down and started crying because she was teasing me.
Speaking of Livi, her ear was hurting this morning really badly so we went to the doctors office and in that ear, there was a HUGE block of earwax that was solid so the doctor was trying to get it out with this tool but that didn't work so we had to use hydrogen peroxide or something to sort of soak it up and then it would hopefully be soft enough to move to see if there was an ear infection or what ever but the hydrogen only made it a leeetle bit moveable but the doctor said that it was an ear infection so then after we left the doctors office, we went to pick up some medicine for Livi and since i REALLY didn't want to go inside since I was starving, I just stayed in the car and it ended up taking an hour to get the medicine, I was so p**sed off because I was starving you know, but ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS I feel much better once I eat. So enough about Livi and more about me.
I got these circular needles-which again, I picked out- and I was going to make a hat, and it was going great until I had to knit the first round which had too much space between the stitches and the tip of the needle so I had to stretch it and it REALLY didn't work. I got some yarn which I picked out at the Longs in Rockridge and it is really cool there because they have yarn, although its not a good selection but its better than the rest of Longs.

Draw-String Bag

Did I already mention this? That for the craft fair at my mom's work,
I am going to make more of the draw-string bags but maybe I will make some of them velcro, or zippered or what ever. I am almost done with my dad's black scarf which is really good because I have been getting really bored with plain, old black. Then, I will be working on my mom's jade-green scarf which are going to be knitted in size 17 needles because I think it will go fastest that way. I could do drop stitch but I might not because I am thinking that it might be pretty holey the way it is. It is chunky chenille yarn though.

Birthday

On the 20 it will be my birthday! I really can't wait and I really hope i get some new yarn. I just taught my dad how to make a blog and it's about his store where he stocks stuff for your garden like Buddahs and stuff. to see it, go to his blog, Gardensia.
He also has this website for his store gardensia.
Anyways, back to topic.I am still working on my dad's black scarf that he wants but he said he will pay me! I was going to give it to him for his birthday.

really excited

I am really excited because at my mom's work (she works at a college but not as a teacher), at the end of each year, in December, they have this craft fair where you can sell things you have made so I plan to sell some things that I make. The only thing I have been working on lately is my dad's black scarf which he wants really long so I have to work on it for a while. After I am done with that, I will work on my mom's jade-green-chenille scarf on size 17 needles. After I finish that, I will start working on things like scarves for the craft fair. I love going to SFSU because I love going on campus!!! (and buying stuff) So yea. I really want to learn some new "beginner" knitting things. YAY!! I hate learning about the Sun at school. I'd rather learn something else. At least it's not Living science. I HATE LIVING SCIENCE!!! sorry for getting off topic. But I really do.

Draw-string bag

So, I finished my draw-string bag and it is so cool! I alternated it a little bit from the instructions I wrote down for I wrote the instructions before I finshed the bag. I was thinking I could use it to hold knitting like when my mom takes me to the store, instead of holding the yarn under my arm, I can put it in the little bag and then wear the bag. That was like the origional thing I was going to do with it but then I thought hmmm...I could actually use ths as a baag I carry around. (Not that I do carry around a bag but what ever.I might also sew on a white pocket onto the bag so I can clip my i-Pod shuffle to it.

Pattern for Draw-string bag

Here is the pattern for the draw-string bag. The cool thing about it is that it is exactly the right size for my head so if I knew how to make hats, I could make one for me. Ok. NOTE: READ THE WHOLE SET OF DIRECTIONS BEFORE MAKING THIS PROJECT. Directions:

Supplies:

-DK weight yarn (Not sure about that but...)
-"In-the-round" needles size 5 maybe...I am not sure about all this stuff. I just knit with what I have.
-Yarn needle.
-Another color of yarn for the handle

Instructions:

Cast On 75 stitches. Knit first row. When finished with row, join ends (be sure that when joining ends, that the knitting is not twisted or else you will have to start over to fix it. ((I am serious)) ) Knit in garter stitch until desired length is reached. Your knitting should automaticaly be in stockinette even though you are working in garter. Bind off.
Take yarn needle and sew one end together in second color with flat side of knitting facing the outside of the bag. When done, hide end inside bag. After that, cut 2 pieces of yarn twice the size you want of your handle. put them together and tie one end to a skinny, firm place where you can pull and the yarn will now come off. Once tied on, twist at the other end, (not the end it is tied onto) and keep on twisting until REALLY REALLY REALLY twisted. When satisfied, hold the end while holding the middle (each in 2 different hands)and then fold the end up to the tied end and make sure that you are still holding onto the middle and then once straight, you can let go of the middle.
Note: If you want the piece of yarn to be more twisted, you can always unfold it and twist it more. Untie or cut off the end that is tied to the stick or what ever. After that, tie the ends onto opposite sides of the bag to make the handle.
Once you have made the handle, you have to make another twisted yarn thing in the second color. (Not the body color.) Once you have made it, weave it into the fabric at the top , as if you were doing the running stitch when you are sewing. Then, tie the ends together. Or, you can tie a knot at each of the ends but I tend to find that this does not work as well because the knots sometimes go through the knitting.
Note: Your bag may break and I am not responsible for broken items. It was your choice to make it.

Optional stuff:

Block your piece
Embroider something on the bag
Knit this project in stripes
Knit this in REALLY thin needles to make it even more needle proof
Got an idea? Comment!

OMG YES!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES!!!! I finished the baby blanket!! I am so happy because I was getting bored of knitting squares and crocheting. Here is a picture but the lighting isn't so great so I will get another one with better lighting. Now, I am working on: A navy blue drawstring bag (on the left), and I am working on my dad's black scarf that I feel really guilty for not working on because I want to get it done by his birthday in March and he wants it long and it is not quite long and then I am also knitting them with skinny needles. Well, I am doing that with the drawstring bag but the drawstring is SO fun!!

This is REALLY good.

this is so perfect. i am almost done i just have to finish 1 square. la la la i am so happy.