Finished Object! (Well, almost)

It's my so called scarf! I don't remember the yarn...the tag is not where I am right now. But I will get back to you on that. I believe it's Manos del Uruguay.

It was such a fun and fast knit ^.^ I absolutely looooove the colors.

I only used one skein, which was __ yards. Grr me and leaving the details. Oh well.

I used size 10.5 bamboo circulars. I started with size 8 circs…which was not a very good idea. But I bought the yarn (amongst other yarns) and the needles when I was on vacation so it was all I had. I like the 10.5s since it makes a much softer fabric but not too loose. And when I changed to 10.5s, I only cast on 26 stitches because I didn’t want my scarf to be that wide. I love the pattern, though. So pretty!

Oh, Canada

It's been about 2 months since I went to Montreal, but, better late than never, right?

I went for the National Concrete Canoe Competition, sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers, amongst many other sponsors.

Canada was lovely. There was this mix of architecture that is similar to San Francisco (with the modern and not-so-modern buildings) except the genre of the not-so-modern buildings. The weather was also very similar, which was great, because I loooove cold weather. Yes, I know, I'm strange.

On to the canoes! The host school, École de technologie supérieure (ETS), had a stunning canoe. Great graphics and they raced pretty well too (There's more to the competition that that, but that's the interesting stuff =P...I'm on our graphics team, sooo yeah, I'm a little biased).

I really liked the stands for this school's canoe.

Polytechnic University had a great mix for their concrete. The used "green" materials - recycled glass and some other stuff I don't remember...But the glass made their base look so interesting with the little specks of colors.

Of course, our canoe had the best graphics ^.^ Our theme was the Free Speech Movement and we called our canoe VoCAL. Our stands are supposed to be the collumns in Sproul Hall. The people on the canoe are Mario Savio and our officers.

The whole experience was great. I think the only part I didn't enjoy was the uber high sales tax. But still, really fun. And wait! I got to go to a yarn shop on the trip. The Competition provided us with metro passes and we had some free time to go exploring. I didn't get to see the underground, but I did go to Mouline Yarns, which was walking distance from the Lionel-Groulx stop. I bought some yarn...a lot of yarn, I think. If I remember correctly, I bought two skeins of Malabrigo (my first!), 4 skeins of Noro (two of silk garden and two of one other type that I don't remember), and what I think is Manos del Uruguay...but I don't remember...I also got some addi Naturas to knit with for the rest of the trip and on the plane. Speaking of the plane, I had a terrible flying experience on the way back, and an okay one on the way there, but the trip was definitely worth it.

Well, I think that's it for now. I might post a little more before school starts since I started a few new projects...and haven't finished any ><

Ashland

A couple of my friends and I drove up to Ashland last weekend for the renowned Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Our senior year of high school, both of the honors English classes went up to see 4 plays. We loved it so much we promised ourselves we would go back, and after two years, we finally did! Unfortunately, we only got to see one play (and it was not one of Shakespeare's) but it was very good.
It's called The Clay Cart and it's about a man and a courtesan who are in love but the king's brother-in-law wants the courtesan for himself. Things happen and I won't spoil the ending for you but it was a very enjoyable play. And the set was gorgeous! The fabrics they used were so pretty and they had really cute lanterns hanging from the ceiling.

When I last went to Ashland I didn't know too much about yarn shops (I got most of my yarn from Michaels and the like) so I did not visit the yarn shop downtown. This time, I got to stop by The Websters and got my first drop spindle (and roving)!

As you can see, I've already tried spinning. What's on the spindle is some wool roving from the store which I got 2 ounces of a pinkish color and 2 of a tealish color. And then there's the lovely merino silk roving - I heart the colors! I'm afraid I will mess up whilst spinning...which is why I'm practicing on the less expensive wool stuff.

So that will be all for now. I'm trying to finish a cross stitch piece for my aunt before she comes out to visit so I haven't been knitting/crocheting as much. And my internship is starting soon, then summer classes...I haven't had a real break yet! I'm sure I will make time for it somewhere.

I'm here

One would think that when I finished finals I would have loads of free time to spend doing whatever my heart desired...one would think...*sigh* Well, I've been quite busy doing all these little things, you know how it is. For example, I got my car fixed today, worked out a bit, tried some more drop spindle spinning, cross stitched a little (note to self: must take picture of cross stitch project), inquired about my internship for the summer, looked up textbooks for summer classes, sorted photos out so I could upload the photos from Ashland, which I just came back from yesterday, amongst other things. It's a good thing I like to be kept busy. So I am still working on uploading photos and such but I will probably have a longer post in the near future about my trip to Ashland and various purchases. Until then, stay classy.

Zlio

As a college, I don't have much money...lol. So I found this blog that talks about ways to make money at home through different websites, one of which is called Zlio. What you do is make your store and add products to it from a list that they have from outside retailers and you get a certain percent of the revenue. I decided to try it out...don't know how I'm going to get people to buy stuff from it...but it's there and it's about crafts and craft books mostly. Check out the link on the sidebar and if you want to sign up, use this link.