Christa's Scarf

Here's the completed scarf hanging in her closet. :) That makes me so happy. And she wore it the next day to work. And a co-worker of hers wanted to copy my work, lol. I guess I did better than I thought. I'm actually tempted to make one for myself but in green. I forgot to ask Christa to model it for me, so I did with headless shots, lol. I think this was the hardest pattern I've done so far and I conquered it! As a beginner knitter, it's definitely a big accomplishment!

So here are the other pictures modeling my beautiful knit-work. :)

Progress on Christa's scarf ...

Here's how far I've gotten from knitting all day yesterday. Of course that includes breaks from blogreading, playing with Bubbe, and walking with him to Petco to get dog food & yummy treats since he hasn't had any in a loooong time.

I have til probably 6:30 tonight to finish the scarf, wish me luck! I'm only halfway done? Eeeeeek!! It's look so good that after I finish, I wanna make one for myself! :)

I NEED COFFEE NOW! =(

I'm out of coffee!!!! Why does Babe have to suddenly start drinking coffee when my favorite Hazelnut is in limited supply (in my pantry of course!). I'm a sad coffee-feen today and a stressed knitter! But, a happy blogger. :) Three moods all in one, haha. That shows you how complex I am. Thankfully Babe is so used to me and my strange mood-swings. At some point, he thought I was bi-polar! Lmao!

Cloverleaf Eyelet Sample

My fiance's younger sister's birthday is on the 11th. Yes, I know! Only one day to create something fabulous for her. (Actually all day today and until 6 tomorrow.) So here it is, I finally decided after many cast ons and several worked rows and just ripping them apart just as the knitting is beginning to feel like a routine. I found this cloverleaf eyelet design on about.com and absolutely fell in love with it. Turns out I am getting good at this. :) Maybe soon I can advance to lace patterns and all that good stuff. I was just too afraid to try them and thank god I found this pattern. Just seeing the results gives me a lot more confidence in my knitting.

After christmas, my fiance's dad gave me a giftcard for Barnes and Noble. So I went with his mom and we picked out a baby knitting book. It is now, what, the middle of february and I have yet to actually start a project in that book. Just one will do, so it doesn't seem like I purchased the book for the cute baby pictures and adorable cover.

Seems like once I start a project, I end up thinking of other projects to start. At this rate I will never finish anything! My mind thinks faster than my hands can work or my lips can speak. *Sigh*

I'm thinking about participating in the Ravelympics. (Is that how it's spelled?) I don't know. We'll see. Or maybe next year, I'll definitely be a more advanced knitter by then. :)

Treats, Knitting, and Company!

I decided to have something like chocolate covered strawberries, and they were gone within minutes, courtesy of moi. Lol. Definitely a must at my wedding, whenever that may be.



Babe's hand, my lime green ipod and yarn&needles = a relaxing evening!

47 purl stitches. The first row is always the hardest for me! I've tried seed stitch for the first row, and it took me like 30 minutes! So last night, Babe wanted me to sit with him while he watched the military channel. Which by the way is not the most interesting channel for me! So I turned on my ipod and brought my knitting stuff with me. And yes, we have a twin size bed in our livingroom. We use it as an add-on to the couch. Plus I will not do without my bed! I absolutely love it and if it were a queen size, we would sleep on it in the room!



Today I have a little visitor. Babe's mom's moody yet adorable little chuhuahua. He's so strange but I absolutely love him. He sleeps with me and keeps me company. But don't let his small size fool you because his bark is certainly loud and aching to the ears. We believe that in his mind he thinks he's a big dog but really he's stuck in the tiny, shedding body of his. Come on now, when he sees his own reflection he starts growling all crazy because he doesn't recognize his own reflection lol. I wouldn't have him any other way!

So, today is my trial day for a cloverleaf eyelet design I found on About.com. We'll see how that goes because I've never done ssk or yo's in a pattern. But thankfully, I have the guidance of The Knit Witch on youtube. :)

Lifetime movies and knitting

Today is my day to just sit back and relax. Lifetime movies and knitting, what more could I ask for. Ooh, and I had strawberries and blueberries that babe bought me. :) He's my mister wonderful, most the time! Lol.

I started like 3 projects and then after like the 10th 11th or 12th row, decided to just rip them apart because I was unsure of what I wanted to knit with my yarn.

What to do, what to do?

I watched a complete tear jerker today. Remember Peggy from Married With Children? Well, she was amazing in this movie. It's about a couple who develops a close relationship with an ICU nurse while dealing with the health issues of their 23 week premature daughter. The mother later gets cancer and dies. It was so sad yet such a sweet movie!

This is actually the first movie that made me cry like that! It was like she was my mother or close friend dying on that bed. She is an amazing actress. The movie was No Higher Love.

Birthday Presents

The ring my baby bought for me from James Avery, how coincidental that his name is James too! Lol. Simple yet absolutely precious in my eyes. :)


My birthday was the 6th of this day and my wonderful fiance and his family got me a few things. But most importantly hubby got me some new yarn of my choice! Even though I have the yarn I wanted, I'm having such a hard time deciding on what to knit. I'll cast on for both small and large projects and as I'm getting into the teen rows, I decide to just completely pull the whole thing apart! I guess it's something like: " What if I want to knit a sweater in this color and run out of yarn? Do I knit in a different color with it? "

I guess everyone goes through this sometime, right?

And besides that I have got to decide to knit something for my fiance's younger sister because her birthday is in two days! I'm such a procrastinator!



I am completely in love with this yarn!

Quick & Easy Tortilla Pizza

Here's something I figured, obviously having not much food in the fridge as I'd like. =( But I can always make things work and create something yummy for my hubby-dearest. My amazing, hard-working man deserves to come home to good food any day of the year! :) I had some spaghetti sauce with spinach from my soon-to-be mommy-in-law, leftover tortillas and some ground chuck and finally a small block of medium cheddar cheese. So I figured since others are using slices of bread for crust, why not tortillas?! When I make tacos I always stick them in the oven before eating because I love crispy tortillas! I actually eat those by themselves for a snack too! :) Plus I love anything bread-like.

I browned some ground chuck in a skillet. Cook as much as you'd like! Of course I had to use a lot since my hubby is a big meat eater. He loves A LOT of meat on everything! Then I spread the spaghetti sauce on the tortilla leaving about 1/4 inch on the edge for the crust. Then spread a little beef on top of that and then of course the cheese. But do not put on too much cheese because it will become greasy, ewwww. We don't want that now, do we? Then top that with more beef and stick it in a 350-375 degree oven until the cheese melts and the edges brown. If you don't like a very crunchy crust then you can take it out sooner. This is a much cheaper alternative to pizza. And I will be prepared when we start having kids and they have all their little friends over. I will definitely be the smarter mom who saves money on snacks for the kids! :)

Hope some of you try this because it's really delicious and barely takes any time, compared to actually making a full size pizza, yeast and all. Happy eating!