Compulsive Knitter

October 30, 2006

Housekeeping

Filed under: Uncategorized — Marie @ 4:57 pm

When things get busy, I like to organize. Maybe it is just a way to procrastinate, but I find I don’t work well in chaos. After a hellish week of work/school (probably too much work and not enough school as well), I spent the weekend getting the apartment straightend out. Then I guess my organization frenzy spilled over onto the blog. I finally have a 2006 photo archive up, and I plan to put up more FOs from previous years next month. I also decided to take down some of my “on the needles” items: since these items are in Michigan, they certainly won’t be finished anytime soon. Now all I need is a major paper to write (oh wait, I’ve already got one!) and I’ll get around to backing up the blog and upgrading MT.

I’m kind of embarrased that it is October 30th and so far all I’ve done for Socktoberfest is knit a swatch. And I don’t even have a picture of the swatch! Hmmm, I guess that goes in the “works in progress” section.

I am making good progress on the cable eight top, however. I consider it quite an acomplishment that I’m even knitting at all lately, given my schedule. Check out my knitting space above. It is much cozier than it was before with the addition of the futon, but I sure wish the futon had arms on it. The cats are extremely pleased with the futon.

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October 28, 2006

So cute it hurts

Filed under: Uncategorized — Marie @ 2:48 pm



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Originally uploaded by M_Klopfenstein.

Now that I’ve finally gotten a breather in my busy schedule, I’ve been playing around with using Flickr to store all of the pictures I want to blog with. I’ve uploaded some of my favorite cat pictures from this year, and could resist putting this one up. Aren’t they adorable? Woo-hoo – I’ve just hit my 100th post!

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October 13, 2006

Random blog fodder

Filed under: Uncategorized — Marie @ 7:19 pm

Just took this quiz…


Your Learning Style: Competent and Cooperative


You have a great head for facts and figures. You can remember and use any fact you’ve read.

You Should Study:

Dentistry
Education
Environmental Science
Finance
Nursing
Nutrition Science
Medicine
Law

I guess I’m kinda close to the Education/Medicine fields, anyway. Up next, actual updates on my knitting (yes, there has been some) and my new knitting area. Once I clean the cat hair off of it, that is.

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October 2, 2006

Socktoberfest

Filed under: Uncategorized — Marie @ 2:34 pm

Hoping to kickstart my knitting mojo, I’ve joined the Socktoberfest this year. I plan on making Claudia’s famous generic picot-edge socks using one of the sock yarns I brought back from Germany this summer:

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I’ve decided that not only are classes affecting my knitting mojo, but lack of seating in my apartment as well. Right now I only have one chair, which you can see pictured in this entry. I’m buying a used futon from my advisor, which should be nice as I prefer to knit curled up on a couch or something resembling a couch. Unfortunately, I don’t have a truck or a very large car, so I’m at the mercy of those who can help me move the futon. So I’ve been waiting about two weeks to get the futon! Help *should* come through this week. Between better seating and having Thursday and Friday off this week, I should be able to pick up the needles again! (I know, I know, I’m starting to sound like a broken record…)

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