I was just thinking today about this elaborate Appellate brief I wrote in one of my last semesters in law school. It was definitely over 50 pages, and it took me ages of research and writing and crafting and recrafting arguments and rewriting. When I was finished I took it to staples to have it bound into a proper brief (a thin book like thing…). The woman at the desk who was binding it flipped through it and said, “Wow, did you type this all yourself?” AGHHH
Swallowtail Magic
May 20, 2008 at 10:04 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: carol gillian, family, kyra, lace, swallowtail
My newest knitting joy = The Swallowtail shawl. It’s magical the way you start with a little rectangle and it grows in both directions to be a triangle! The charts are growing on me and growing easier all the time. I love lace!! C hates it. He says it looks messy – ripped and full of holes. I’m like – it’s lace – it’s supposed to have holes – it’ll look better when it’s stretched out off the needles…. Oh well.
Also – I read the best book I have in a long time. It’s kindof an intelligent romance novel – Kyra by Carol Gilligan. Read it. I cried and cried and cried and cried. I really liked it. I think it’s because it’s about loss and I’ve been dealing with a lot of loss in the past year.
I got new sneaks for spring / summer! They’re white and 2 kinds of blue. I actually love them – they really perk me up. I thought I loved my black ones, but I never knew how much they were dragging me down. I feel kindof fresh and new in my new sneakers!!
I miss my brothers and sister. I wish we all lived closer and could hangout all the time.
5 exciting things / 5 knitting problems
May 1, 2008 at 1:42 pm (Uncategorized)
Tags: knitting, Mom, Size, Sock Problem, Tomato Plants, Turbo Jam
5 Exciting Things!!!
1. My mom came to visit me yesterday. YAY!
2. I fixed the knots / losing stitches / horrible problem on the inseam of the second macho sock!!! YES! I can now begin to turn the heel. Second sock is almost done!!!!
3. I’m starting a new exercise program = Turbo Jam! It’s true – I’m going to dance my way into rock hard beautiful abs so I can knit myself a little lelah tank top and wear it in public. [Maybe next summer, hehe]
4. I’m going to buy a baby tomato plant and grow it on my fire escape. My grandpa used to buy ‘twin’ tomato plants and give me one to grow and keep one for himself so we could see who grew the first tomato, the biggest tomatos, the most tomatos! I loved it. If the tomato is not growing well my grandpa always said = you need to talk to it more!!!
5. I love the fingerless gloves my spring swap partner knit for me. It’s been rainy and coldish here and I wore them outside = I swear they kept my whole body twice as warm as usual and still they were so soft = perfect! I love them. They are the Whitewater pattern in Alpaca. My mom loved them too!!
Thank you Odettelh from Ravelry!!
5 Knitting Problems
1. All the Mitten’s I’ve been making come out too small. Irish Hiking, Fetching, Regular Mitten… AHHH. It’s driving me crazy. Mathematically they should fit me, but in real life = Nope. I think it’s because I’ve been knitting with cotton and it doesn’t stretch. I have my fingers crossed for the Bronte mitts I’m going to start for the May KAL and the Fetching I’m thinking of making for my little bro’s girlfriend. She’s super skinny anyhow, so they’ll probably fit even if they’re tiny.
2. 3. 4. 5. = That’s all – Having more then one knitting problem at a time is no fun.
