Zoom zoom zooooom!!

 

So yesterday I went on an amazing bike ride along the one and ONLY bike path here.  Hey, at least there’s one!  The leaves are finally changing here so I decided I needed to capture them.

This one seems to be a popular one, and I must say, it’s my favorite and exactly what I was hoping to capture on my outing.

On to the leaves!

In that last one you can juuuuuust see Mimi on the left side of the photo!

 

I had read about a nifty zoom effect on Digital Photography School that I decided to give a whirl.

 

This one is along the dock I later found.

 

Speaking of that dock, I took this panoramic while sitting at the end of it.  It’s of Wilson Bay, and it was gorgeous!

 

 

Also found this lovely spot.

 

On my way back, I was at a crosswalk and happened to look down and see this.

 

Lovely ending to that ride eh?

Black holes and revelations

Ok srsly, I know I’m a horrible blogger…my updates are not what they should be.  bad bad me.  But at least something is better than nothing!

 

In knitting news, I’ve been the busy lil needle clicker.  I finished my Geodesic Cardigan.  And holy crap that was a feat!

 

I absolutely LOVE it!! Even though it’s lace weight it’s still really warm.  I did the sleeves two at a time with magic loop, and even though it seemed like it took longer that way, I’m super glad I did.  They’re the same length and I didn’t have to worry about running out of yarn.

 

I also finished a pair of the Dashing fingerless gloves for a friend of mine in SF.

Jailbait I hope they fit!!!

 

I also finally caved in and felted Malabrigo.  I made myself slippers, and holy crap they’re the most comfy slippers ever!  Holding 2-3 strands together makes them a pretty quick knit and they felted in about 10 mins in the washer.  However, it did take almost 2 days for them to dry =\ I blame the humidity.

 

And lastly, Doug’s awesome gloves.  I finished these over the summer but since it’s finally cooling off here he gets to wear them on his 10 mile bike ride to work.  He keeps telling me how he shows them off to people when he gets there, its adorable <3.

 

On a sappy note, he finally talked me into getting in front of a camera (more like bribing).  So we took a few pics of us together, and I must say, we look afkndorable.

 

A new chapter begins..

So, as some of you may or may not know.. I have left my beautiful home of Portland and ventured off to the east coast again.  The most amazing man I have ever met swept me off my feet (again) and welcomed me into his life.  So my kitties and I are now part of a military family in NC.

We packed up a truck and drove across the country, and me being the amazing yarn bomber that I am, decided to put crocheted flowers on the welcoming state signs along the way.

Here we goooo!

Idaho

We missed Montana because we were going through some treacherous mountain pass.

Wyoming (it was windy as shit btw)

South Dakota!!!

We missed Iowa I think because of construction, so here’s Missouri.

Also missed Illinois because of a stupid bridge, so here’s Indiana.

Kentucky, its hard to see, but it’s there!

Tennessee.

And lastly, North Carolina.

• Our totals:
• 12 states covered
• 8 dead skunks smelled
• a little over 3400 miles covered
• 6 days of driving
• saw 3 herds of antelope, 3 mule deer, and 1 pheasant

Oh and the cats actually did wonderful.  After the first couple days the screaming stopped and they mellowed out.  Stoli found her favorite spot on the dash.

And Akasha found her favorite spot in the drivers lap.

The trip was pretty good. We got to see our families, a lot of the country, shared a bunch of new things with each other, laughed, talked, and played the nintendo DS.  As much as I miss Portland, I’m glad to be here.  I’m finally truly happy and feel like Doug is as well.

omfg ketchup

I’m finally working on a post… it will be filled with TONS of updates.. so please be a little patient with me

 

But I’m back!!!

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