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GRE = p0w3nd! 29 Apr 06

I totally kicked the GRE’s butt today, and I’m pretty psyched about that. I got well above the minimum scores to get into UNM, and am very pleased with the results. I suppose all those times I risked my life by reviewing flash cards while driving really paid off ;) Also, we had our final senior design presentations yesterday and that went really well too. My teammate who usually freaks out (she forgot my name during the last presentation) actually did very well and kept her composure, and everyone else in our group did well too.

And the official countdown is: only 4 days of classes left! I can’t believe that in one week I’ll have completed 4 years of college education. I really not to think about it too hard, I might explode or something, and that would be unfortunate.

So to relax a little bit after the GRE today, Mom and I headed out to Village Wools and I helped her pick out some new yarn for a this really cool garden purse. She wanted a small summery bag to carry around, and since she’s the gardening queen, we thought it was perfect. Scout helped convince her too :)

Anyway, that’s about all there is to report…I’m still chugging along on my 2nd sock, at a much higher rate of speed now, thanks to the magic loop technique. I’m hoping to finish that soon, so that I can start on my Topi, cause I’m excited to do that project.

Well, I’m off to go listen to some live music at Alibi’s Spring Crawl now! And to round off the post, here’s an old picture of me and Emma, it’s one of my favorites :)

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Happy 1st Birthday Emma! 22 Mar 06

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emma's cake and collar I want to start this post by wishing an official Happy Birthday to my wonderful puppy Emma. Except I think she’s not a puppy anymore! Today is her official birthday, but we had a party at dog obedience on Monday night, and I gave her my present then also. Now, I’m sure you’re beginning to think that I’m completely psycho, and let me assure you, that yes, I am a little bit crazy ;)

But it’s a tradition at Acoma Training Center that when your dog has a birthday, you bring a cake from the Three Dog Bakery and have a small little celebration with all the dogs. It’s a lot of fun, and gives us people an excuse to buy our dogs things. The picture here is her cake, and the collar that I knitted for her. It’s knitted in some handpainted merino from Art Yarns that I bought at Village Wools. I just love the colors, because Emma looks great in any kind of red, it’s totally her color. I really love the way the collar came out, and it’s lined and has a snap and a ring for her tags. Very nice if I may say so myself!

And for your further viewing pleasure, photos of the birthday girl herself! Sorry that you can’t see her face very well, she’s very shy and doesn’t like to look at the camera.

emma contemplating life

showing off her collar

So here’s to my wonderful dog, and many more years of her licking me with her ridiculously long tongue.

On another note, I haven’t done too much knitting these past few days because I just bought the new Tetris game for my Nintendo DS, and it is owning my life. I’ve been playing it so much, it’s crazy! I love it because you can play online against people around the world since the DS has wireless internet built into it. And Tetris is pretty much my favorite game of all time, so that has added up to keep me from knitting too much these past couple of days.

I’m hoping to get my brother’s other fuzzy foot done tonight, so that I can felt those for him soon. And then I think I’m going to make myself some bonafied socks. I really want to buy the Carbon Dating color from Blue Moon Fiber Arts, but I don’t really have the money right now, so I think I’ll have to go with some cheap sock yarn for now. But I’ll be starting at Sandia soon, and then I’ll have plenty of money to work on my yarn stash ;)

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Progress Pics 11 Mar 06

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Well, I managed to cast on and get almost 3 inches into the cuff while riding in the car to Trader Joes. And I must say, that store is awesome! We got some really cool stuff, and I was really into their wine selection and prices, I’m definitely going to shop there regularly. Also, we saw Erin and her husband Tomas in the checkout line, which was cool! I really need to go to Knitters, Not Quitters at Napoli on an upcoming Saturday, especially since Noelle said today that she’d bring her wheel and show me some spinning tricks. So I’ll be there sometime soon Erin, I promise :)

I’m getting really excited about these fuzzy feet, I think they’re going to come out really nice. I’m using this cappuccino colored yarn, it’s donegal tweed from Tahki yarns, I really love the colors. Here’s a pic of my progress so far:

fuzzy feet

Also, I thought I’d post a picture of the new handles on my laptop bag, since they’re all done now. Basically it’s a really long i-cord that I looped around the bag, so that the handles are supporting the computer rather than stressing the bag itself. There’s a small knot in the i-cord on the back of the bag, but I took some thick thread and tacked it down really good, so that knot isn’t going anywhere. I really like the new handles because of the support, but next time I would definitely have the foresight to make the holes a little farther over, so they don’t obscure the Apple logo. I’m planning to sew the shoulder strap on tomorrow, since my Mom says that her machine will be able to get through all the layers of fabric with no problems.

reinforced handles modeling the bag

Also, I think I’ve decided against a pocket, because I’m mostly going to carry this bag on my back via the strap, and I really don’t want my power adapter sticking in the small of my back. I may make a small pouch out of fabric to put the adapter in so I can store it in the bag, but I don’t really need it all the time anyway.

I may use the extra yarn I have to make a felted iPod pouch for my nano, which would be cool. But I think once I get the shoulder strap on I’m going to officially declare this bag a finished object, woo-hoo!

Well, I’m off to see if SNL is new tonight, and keep working away on the fuzzy feet. Peace out homeslice!

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Home SnB Fun! 10 Mar 06

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I’m really excited, because tonight my Mom and I are going over to a family friend’s house, who I’ve been helping to learn to knit. She even gave me her first scarf! (It looked a lot better than my first scarf ;)) She’s invited us over tonight for dinner and knitting, like a mini SnB group. It should be a lot of fun!

Also, the pattern is now up, so go grab that puppy and get to work! There’s still some work to be done on the pattern, since I’m still finishing up the button closure, shoulder strap, etc. But most of it is up, so enjoy! Sorry that the gauge section is long and drawn out, but I really feel that it’s the most important part of the project. Be sure to leave any comments you have, whether it be suggestions, or you just can understand what I’m trying to say. And be sure to send me pictures of your bag if you make one!

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Pattern Forthcoming 06 Mar 06

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Hey there everyone, I’ve received a few requests for the pattern for my laptop bag, and I would like to let you know that it is going to be released here on my blog in the next few days. I was originally going to submit it to Knitty, but a commenter pointed out that Knitty only accepts patterns that have never been posted about before, so I guess I’ll just have to release it to you, the public.

Anyhoo, it should be up soon, and I’d like to do a kind of online interactive thing where people can submit me their variations on the pattern and I’ll incorporate them into a kind of online laptop bag knowledgebase, where people can pick the pattern that works best for them. I’m even going to include some kind of online gauge calculator, where you can put in your results from swatching and it will spit out how big you need to make the bag. I want to be sure to include those who are swatch-phobic and don’t have the love for math that I do :)

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