oh lily…

since you’ve gone I’ve lost that chip on my shoulder…

since you’ve gone I feel like I’ve gotten older..

now you’re gone it’s as if the whole wide world is my stage..

now you’re gone it’s like I’ve been let out of my cage…

 

 

so

fkn

true.

K2tog..

So, in the past almost two months, I’ve been a knitting machine.  Its ridiculous really.  In Feb. I finished my February Lady Sweater, in March I finished Aeolian Shawl (which I call areola shawl :P) and it’s now on display in the store!

 

After tackling that monstrosity of a shawl, I got some of the Mirosol Nuna to knit with.  It’s an awesome blend of wool, bamboo, and silk. I knit up gwen slouch hat with it and it turned out amazing, and it’s also on display in the store.

Then I made the Ripley from Whimsical Little Knits 2.  I made it for a woman who was recently diagnosed with cancer, and another woman I work with made Caroline for the same woman.  We hope that these gifts brighten up her days!  After finishing that hat I finally decided I needed to finish that damn Multnomah. I don't know why, but this shawl drove me insane.  It was a really simple pattern, and I know 4 or so other knitters that had issues with it as well.  I’m so glad it’s finally done and I don't have to work on it anymore.  I really like the end product though, but here is a photo when it was being blocked.

Elsa then asked me to make her another Gwen Slouch, but out of the Sugar Rush instead of the Nuna.  It turned out cute as hell, and she loves it!And in return she made me an awesome purse that I adore!  I also finally made my coffee cozy that I’ve been wanting to do for a couple years.  It’s amazing what being hungover and wanting a mindless knit will do to you.  

And now on my needles I have my very first pair of socks!!  Clandestine in Malabrigo sock of course.  I loooove the way they’re turning out and the lace is awesome.  I’ve learned a few new knitting tricks with this pattern, but I think that since this is my first sock attempt that I cant get myself to move forward and get to the heel.  Must.. find… motivation!

 

I’m also working on Coachella but I’m using a mercerized cotton and went down a couple needle sizes to make it a little more fitted.

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So this should be done with in a week.. its just stockinette till I think its long enough then it’s done too!

 

Back to clickin!!

 

<3<3

Mountains!!!!

I played on one!! A couple days after Doug got here we drove up to Mount Rainier and hiked like 8ish miles.  Here’s some photooooos!

 

After a little over 4 hours of driving… seeing the 18 mile mark was squee inducing!

Amg we made it!

Then we got to drive over this awesome bridge! It was a single lane so thankfully there was nobody else out there that day to play chicken with.

If you look at the top of the mountain you can see the snow line.  Pretty awesome imo.

We finally made it around 1-2ish in the afternoon.  We parked and Doug went to talk to the ranger and pay him, and I made us sammiches for the picnic.  Most of the trail that we wanted to drive up had been washed out, so the original spot we wanted to go to was going to take like 9 hours to hike.  We decided instead to just go to the green lake trailhead and hike up to the waterfalls.

 

^ closed due to washout =\

This is how the trail started out, and after about 2 miles…

..it turned into this!  It was awesome! And all day it was raining (well NW version of rain) off an on and it was a chilly 45-50 deg.  I think it was perfect for hiking, just cool enough to keep from overheating. 

 

We saw looooots of uprooted trees. Most of them were huge, so for a better idea of how big they were, this is Doug standing by one of the trees.  What's really neat is that you can see all of the rocks imbedded in the roots.

 

And since I like to wander into places I shouldn't be… we saw a little offshoot road, and of course, I wanted to go down it.

After walking down the road a bit we found this sign, prolly not a good one.  And further up was this..

Odd.. but interesting!

 

So we eventually made it to the green lake trail and hiked (actually hiked instead of walking down a washed out road) about 2 miles until we got to the waterfalls.  It was awesome to hear it get louder and louder as we got closer.  We found a mostly flat spot on the side of a cliff to have our sammiches and pirate booty! We sat there for awhile and I got some neat shots.

 

Then we decided it was getting a lil dark and chilly, so we headed back to the car.  The hike back didn't take nearly as long as going up.  Prolly because I didn't find every little thing to take photos of or more little trails to go adventure on.

 

Right when we got to the car it got dark. I don't think we could have timed any of it more perfectly.  It was an awesome day I must admit.

 

Thank you again Doug!

 

<3<3

Where oh where

shall I begin….

 

So, since I’m so far behind, I figured the best way (for me anyhow) to get you all caught back up is to go thru my photos that I’ve taken the past few weeks.

 

So!

 

Here is a shot looking down Hawthorne at dusk:

I took this while walking up Hawthorne to somewhere I don’t remember :P

 

And here is a pic of Laurelhurst Theatre:

 

And I dragged my friend Alex down to cartopia for Whiffies one afternoon!  It was delicious as always!

 

My pie w/Alex noming his in the background.  Seriously if you haven’t made it over to Whiffies yet, you need to get your ass down there.  And then get some poutine from  Potato Champion…. mmmmm poutine… ty Canada!!!

 

Later that night I walked home and took some amaaaazing photos of a magnolia tree that I stumbled across.

 

The last one seems to be everyones favorite, and mine too.  I printed that one out for my boss and framed it, then gave it to her for a birthday present!  She looooved it, and I’m glad she did. :)  I also submitted that final photo for a little contest that Rainy Daisy was having.  She got some beautiful photos to choose from! And congratulations to the winner, you got some lovely yarn!

 

As far as knitting goes.. I made an AWESOME lacey beret out of the Mirosol Nuna that we got in.

 

 

 

It was suuuper easy to make and the lace pattern was only a 4 row repeat so i memorized it and just went to town. It didnt take more than 3 days to make and the bamboo, silk, and merino wool blend is delicious to work with.  My friend Elsa loved the hat so much that she asked me to make her one out of the Queensland Sugar Rush (which is made out of sugar cane viscose!).

 

Ok! more updates soon!

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SO FREAKIN BUSY! Almost a month since my last post.. ima bad bad bad blogger :(

 

However! i will be making more posts soon!!  Hostage situations, adventures, tons o work, and friends have made me a busy gal.

 

I have tons of pics and stories to tell.. so stay tuuuuuuuned!

 

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