Thursday, June 25, 2015

A List.

Making: not a lot of progress with my schoolwork (marking/planning/preparing for a student-teacher)

Cooking: macaroni cheese :)

Drinking: weak, sweet, too-hot coffee

Reading: threads on Ravelry

Wanting: more of this beautiful stormy weather

Looking: forward to school holidays

Playing: Candy Crush. Don't judge me.

Deciding: to eat healthier and shift some weight

Wishing: I could find the motivation that I had at the beginning of the year

Enjoying: having nearly finished my granny-square sock-yarn blanket

Waiting: for my new sheets to come out of the dryer so that I can make my bed (fluffy flannellette sheets)

Liking: the smell of the candle I'm burning (lemongrass)

Wondering: if I should wash my hair today or wait til tomorrow

Loving: that Sax is dream-twitching right now, and whimpering a little. I wonder what he's dreaming about...

Pondering: whether to finish that square for my blankie, or mark my Year 7 tests....

Considering: braving the weather to go for a quick walk

Buying: shampoo in bulk, because it was less than a quarter of the price per bottle!

Watching: Vikings, season 1

Hoping: that my prac student for the next two weeks isn't as dismal as the one from the beginning of the term. I don't think I could cope hahaa

Marvelling: at the beautiful scent of rosemary that the wind is blowing into my house, goes really nicely with the lemongrass candle

Cringing: at the something-is-dead-in-here smell in my fridge.....

Needing: to do some washing, I've run-out of undies

Questioning: whether I should seriously think about taking a job-offer at another school....95% sure that I won't, but that 5% is niggling at me...

Smelling: lemongrass, rosemary, laundry powder...

Wearing: my favourite tracky-pants and stained t-shirt, classy as heck...

Noticing: that I'm coming out of a funk

Knowing: that this next two weeks will be full-on, even though it's end-of-term

Thinking: about whether this list should be on this (primarily) knitting blog...

Admiring: how beautifully the colours in my sock-yarn blanket go together (unwittingly) - I wish I could take the credit, but it's just how it was dyed haha (pics when it's finished)

Sorting: crap on my laptop, I really need to develop an efficient storage system

Getting: nervous about tomorrow, I want to present a good impression on my prac-student

Bookmarking: recipes on Pinterest

Coveting: a fingering-weight cardigan, bought a pattern last night, no idea when I'll have the time to actually make it!

Disliking: that I've left so much work to do for today.  Want to just sit and watch Vikings and make squares haha

Giggling: over Elly asleep with what looks like her whole tongue hanging  out the side of her mouth. Tried to get a pic, but woke her up...

Feeling: way too relaxed for the amout of stuff I have to do!

Snacking: on a Turkish Delight given to me by a student on Friday

Hearing: the wind howling outside. Love it.

Wednesday, June 03, 2015

smitten with the mittens - meow ...

These are very delicate and tiny, the stitches are seriously neat and small - check the thumb!

The colour too is just divine; better than in the pics. 

The camera doesn't really capture the lovliness. Loveliest lil mittens :)

Meow ... 



Monday, June 01, 2015

Knitted things for nitwits :)

Finished!  Well, they've been finished for nearly a week, but I forgot to post them :)

Simple fingerless mitts, half plain-stockinette, half k1p1 rib, cast-on 50 stitches on 2.5/3mm needles, 19 stitches for the thumb.  I love the stitch-definition with Malabrigo, could knit with it all day (hence its' nickname, "Crackabrigo", it's quite addictive hahah)

Happy with them, even though they're quite 'thin' (being sock yarn), they'll be cosy :)