blocking.

I suppose it is time I pay attention to this necessary piece if I am to give out anything I make.

I really liked the way Techknitting explained how and why to block knitting on her blog:

http://techknitting.blogspot.com/2008/03/why-block-hand-knits-heres-why-and-how.html

* not to self (since right now I am the only one who visits my blog haha...ha)  DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP, even if you want to because you know you do want to.

and I must give this typetime: Completed my first Trail run in the Badlands of Medora, ND.   last weekend with some friends! (note to self: post a photo)

one thing at a time homie

I have decided to pair back my learning curve with the socks and do one sock at a time. 

But, for now that is on the back burner. I am knitting a baby blanket for a baby that has already been born so, I'm late! i'm late! for a very important date!  New skill in this one, not much but I'm using 2 different colour skeins and carrying each when I switch the stripes (brown-blue-brown-blue-blah-blah), Which, technically I have not done before so i am still on the gain side.

Anxious to get started on my SWEATER!!!!! may have to begin before the blanket is done, we'll see what my self restraint looks like, much determined by stress levels in this last semester of grad school gauntlet.

cheerio

uno

well,

here it finally is, my first blog, accumulated from enough different reasons to finally start one. In no particular order I imagine the main topics will consist of
1) documenting my trials in knitting from beginner and beyond
2) the trials of a new (and beyond) career in speech language pathology ( I is all grown up now?)
3) adventures of bijou (the french bulldog) and aziza, aka killerzizi (the tortiseshell cat)
4) some SLR photog/ art interest.

I'll begin post number one with KNITTING.
I have plunged into the pool in May, something fierce.
I have dumped money into needles, thread (addicting btw), and managed to complete with minimal pain, about half a dozen items beyond the token scarf.
Now I am trying socks.
shortrowtoeandheelmagiclooptwoatatime (breath out) , socks.
after all, why not start with the method I want to continue forward with?

now, can you imagine, there is no youtube or book tutorial that has alll of these on my wishlist? I have been trying to piece together the instructions .... one about provisional cast on (check)
one about magic loop (but with a different toe and caston)
how is it going?
aaaarrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!
not well.