HSKS 1st Assingment!!

I am soo excited for this swap, it gives me something to keep my mind off test, classes and work for this semester. So here is a little information about me
- I am a Junior at SUNY Oneonta. I am currently the president of the Oneonta Knit-Wits which is the knitting and crocheting club on campus. I have been knitting for 5 years now.
- I also love to do arts and craft projects. My last few creations were, duct tape flowers, newspaper picture frames and a duct tape wallet.
-I don't know how to crochet yet...but im working on it.
-My favorite color is Purple but I do like fuchsia. I love the Lion Brand Store in NYC, its such a cool place to knit and meet new people.
-My birthday is in July and i just turned 20. I don't have my license yet but I live in NYC so i guess that's a good thing lolz.
-This is my first ever swap!! and I love Harry Potter!!
- I definelty do not have the biggest stash, I live in a dorm room for the better part of the year so I have a limited amount of space. My stash is currently a tote and a small bin full of yarn.
-My favorite season is the fall. I love to see the color of the leaves change and the weather is perfect for a light jacket and knitted accessories.
-I really like the Lion Brand Wool-Ease and Vanna's Choice. I haven't had the opportunity or the budget to try different types of yarn yet.
- I love the smell of mangoes lolz i also love to eat them.
-I am fluent in Spanish and both of my parents are from the Dominican Republic.
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Now for my part of the assignment

1. Someone with the same craft as you--> Acromantula, Daisymum,
2. Someone who was born in the same month as you.--> misslucy
3. Someone from a different country--> nmlehner
   
4. Someone who has been in 3 or more HSKS swaps.-->Celestina Pettigrew, SherryHarrison
5. Someone who has a bigger stash than you-->Clara Clovenhoof, ajkane
6. Someone who has the same favorite color as you--> dannibeez
   
7. Someone who has the same favorite season/holiday as you.--> bartlebean
8. Someone who has the same favorite fiber as you-->Allitrya Spelling starsplash
9. A new HSKS Family member--> Schmutzerella Oglethorpe, schmutzerella

YAY im done!! that was fun! cant wait for the next assignment =)

New Semester!!

Hey guys- its been ages since I've last posted! soo what has happened since then... well I worked over the summer at my school, got "decent" grades for spring semester, became president of the Oneonta Knit-Wits, oh yea and I'm going to Japan for an entire semester on Jan 2, 2011!!!

Wow that's a lot of stuff!!!

Well other than that I just joined the HSKS (Hogwarts Supper Kit Swaps) knit swap on Ravelry. I'm really excited, I've never been part of a swap before =D!!!

Winter Break!!

Hey Guys
Its been awhile. I have been knitting like crazy!! lolz. Im only a few days away from going to Nicaragua for my mission trip and im soo excited!! Ive been knitting cup cozy, in different animal shapes. Im sorry i don't have any pictures to show you, but take my word for it they are really cute XD
-This semester was both long and short. I dint do as well as i hoped to do, my GPA dropped .1 point 0_o i know!!! but i did get a few A's and nothing worse than a B- so i guess i shouldn't complain. I did get a B Japanese XD! i could have done much better but i was really nervous and kept making dumb mistakes, but its all good. Im already planning my study abroad for next summer. Hopefully me and my friend can both go together.
Well I'm off to the Lion Brand Store in NYC, need to pick up some yarn for a few last minute gifts =) Happy Holidays!!!!

New Group Formation

I am the secretary for the knitting club on my campus called Knit-Wits. And I recently created a Ravelry group for us XD. Hopefully I can get the members to sign up and start using Ravelry!! I took some pictures of them
On a different note i finished a few projects i had on the needles. But i only got around to taking pictures of one of them o_0 i know, i know but college life is hectic, between sleep, knitting and eating i haven't any time to do anything (maybe i should include classes hmmmmm......nope overrated lolz jk jk). The pattern is called One Day Beret by Kristen Kapur on Ravelry.

Loving What Fall Brings

I love the fall. The changing of the leaves and the beautiful color they form. My school is situated on a huge hill over lookign a valley and all around it are even more hills. Walking through campus you can see all the shades of yellow, orange, red, brown and green on the hills. Its absolutely amazing.


On thursday i made apple cider! It was awesome! The entire Hays Hall Staff went to the Outing Club's Director. His home was amazing, complete with a barn, lake and 8 acres of land o_0. I was in awe it felt like heaven! The cider making machine was in his barn so we all headed on up there and gathered around this contraption.










The machine looked like something out of the 18th century lolz but it got the job done. We had about 100 apples and 4 different kinds to make the cider. Ive never made cider before so this was an entirely new experience for me. First we set up the machine and feed the apples through the razor thing lolz. Then you turn the wheel and Voila out comes crushed apples and cider!!







Yesterday i went rollerblading at the local skating rink. It was so much fun. My school hosted the event and we they provided free food for us XD (College kids love free food!!). The only time i fell the entire time was in the last 5 minutes of the program!. I was heading for the edge of the rink were my friends were taking off their skates and as i braced for impact my arms grabed the wall but my feet kept going rite past me lmaoo. It was straight out of a comedy i fell in slow motion!! i couldn't stop laughing.

Things Ive Been Working On

It has been a few days since my last post but i promise you i have been knitting like crazy lolz. I recently taught two of my friends how to knit and now their boyfriends are accusing me of starting some sort of knitting cult (hmmmm doesnt sound to bad lolz). Well i borrowed some knitting books from the library (im on a college budget here) and they are amazing, i absolutly love them.
I borrowed Great Knitted Gifts by Andrea Shackleton and Gayle Shackleton and Socks à la Carte

by SWTC Design Team In great knitted gifts i already made a mitten XD. But the pattern in the book called for a pattern of small flowers and i dint have all the colors to make the flowers so i imporvised and designed my mitten with stripes :D

I only finished one of the mittens because i noticed that its just a bit to big for my hand =( I know it sucks because i love how it came out. But no worries im going to take my darling mitten to my mother and she in all her sewing genius will find a solution to my dilemma.

Kitty Madness

Hello everyone it feels like forever since i last posted. So much has happend since the start of the semester a few weeks ago. I love my RA position and my residents are great (so far lolz). Ive been really busy with classes and work but of course i am still hardcore knitting. It was my friends birthday last week and i wanted to give her a hand knitted gift, so of course i turne to ravelry for my pattern needs and was greatly rewarded. I stumbled upon a pattern called Stuffies by Ysolda Teague and thought it was the cutest thing ever. So i casted on the kitty pattern in black yarn. Since it has been along time since i used dpns it was a rough start but i kept going. Once i had all the pieces knitted and ready for stuffing, i used a little DIY ingenious and instead of buying a bag of stuffing i went to my local thrift store and bought an old pillow and took the stuffing from there XD ingenious i kno lolz. Well i stuffed the kitty and sewed on all the paws and such, but then i noticed that you could see the stuffing through the knitting.







Hmmm so of course i tried to sew a few strand of yarn in between the stitching so that the stuffing could be hidden, but that dint work and now my kitten had a bunch of C sections every were 0_o.

But my friend loved him all the same and she was very happy with it.

Well I still dint feel like ive done the pattern justice after my first try so i went back to the needles and casted on for a second kitty!!

His name is Yuki meaning snow in Japanese !!!XD!!!