All In Good Time

I got this embroidery hoop months ago with the intention of making it into a bulletin board. It took so long because I could not find a fabric that matched the room and made me 100% happy. Now that it is all finished, I think that I will leave it as it is rather than tacking things onto it. Embroidery hoops make beautiful (and inexpensive!) frames for fabric, and I will definitely put together more.

On another note, in the past week my mom and I have been working on a flower garden. I finally convinced her that flowers will make the house look so much nicer on the outside. Of course, since it was my idea, I am responsible for keeping up the flowers. There are zinnias, begonias, impatients, petunias, and a few others. The house has so much more curb appeal now! All of the flowers have sprout up much more than I would have expected, but the zinnias are my favorite. There are many buds, and every morning a few new ones have blossomed.

I am still working on Pomatomus. The gusset is done, and I am now well into the foot. It should be finished in no time! While Pomatomus is the main focus, there are many new projects that are tempting me! I did not participate in the Potholder Swap, but still kept up with the beautiful patterns. Yesterday Maryse published my favorite potholder pattern that she had crocheted many times: the Modern Vintage Potholder! The pattern does not seem too difficult, and is very well constructed. I hope that everyone is having a good weekend!

What A Week!

I must say that the knitting has been coming slowly but surely for the past few weeks. I am now on the heel flap of the first Pomatomus sock. This is, however, the second time that I have reached the heel flap. I had knit the entire cuff as written the in pattern, but became uncomfortable with the length. Also, I feared that I would run out of yarn. I decided to rip the entire thing and knit only one pattern repeat. The new length is much better for me!

Last week I began working a volunteer job at a pharmacy for 20 hours a week (5 hours a day, Mon-Thur).  I do have to wake up quite early, but the job is the best! I plan on attending college for pharmacy, and this has been a great learning experience so far. Everyone who works there is absolutely nice and funny, too.

This week, I am going to take senior pictures! My new outfit:

Top (Blue)
Jeans

I will wear these with silver sandals.

Have a great week!

Socks in the Summertime

It has been killing me not to blog, but I just had to hold off until the kick-off of Summer of Socks 2009 today. I was so excited to begin that I cast on for my Pomatomus socks a few days ago. So far, this has to be my favorite sock pattern, and the yarn is knitting up beautifully. Of course, there were problems with my yarn overs, it was the first time that I knit with a chart, and I continuously dropped stitches in the ribbing. I probably ripped the whole thing out about 5 times before I finally got the hang of it! Now I just can’t stop.

Since I have more time now that school is out, I decided to finally do an alphabet blanket using letter dishcloths. The squares were going by quite fast, but the socks have slowed the project down. So far I only have done A, C, and half of E. I hope that this turns out well… Also, I have been working on writing the dishcloth patterns for letters of the Cyrillic (Russian) alphabet. Look out for those toward the end of the summer!