Happy December 24th!

Well I hope you enjoyed the Advent Calendar! It was definitely fun to make and search through the youtube videos.

In honor of the new Harry Potter title coming out, I leave this Christmas Countdown with a fabulous Dumbledore quotation as well: "I see myself holding a pair of thick, woolen socks." Harry stared. "One can never have enough socks," said Dumbledore. "Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn't get a pair. People will insist on giving me books." --"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"

I cannot believe I found this. It is simply perfect for Christmas Eve. Now keep in mind, it is not the most accurate depiction, but it is meant in all good knitted fun.

Enjoy! I hope you are having a happy holiday season!

-SAK

Happy December 23rd!

Sorry for the lateness, when I am at home I have to fight for the computer!

I am sure you have seen/heard this story before, but it continues to amuse me.

Enjoy!

-SAK

Happy December 22nd!

K is for Knitting!

Enjoy!

-SAK

And I Am Off!

In just a few hours I will be airport bound! I have decided on my two holiday knitting projects. I am bringing along Argosy and Glaistig (well they are currently in the conception phase). These two projects are the two most unlikely projects for me but nevertheless I have become attached to them. In the case of Argosy, I took one look at this scarf and decided I needed to knit it. At the same time, a voice in the back of my head kept saying, "but SAK, it is entrelac! Are you ready for entrelac?" Well somehow I was able to ignore this voice, neglect to read the word entrelac in the intro, and somehow ignored the repeated mentioning of casting on during the course of the project. After falling in love with the project, the instructions came into focus and I realized that yes, entrelac is required. When I saw this, I could only mutter, "the things we do for love."

In regards to Glaistig, my first thought was, "now that is an interesting and quite unusual hat." These are not the words of someone who would knit this hat. Recently, however, I looked at the hat again, and it began to grow on me. I noticed that I had the needles and the yarn suggested and something in me shouted, "the cabling doesn't look too bad! Let's do it."

It is these random and illogical statements that get me into trouble all the time. At this point though, I must at least attempt to cast on for these two projects.

Here goes nothing!

-SAK

Happy December 21st!

Another tale of knitters and crocheters and the great divide. This movie is a bit slow, but worth every minute of it.

Enjoy!

-SAK

Happy December 20th!

Can I pick youtube videos or what? My December 1st video was picked as the Good Morning YouTube video of the week!

Enjoy!

-SAK

Midas Touch

Okay, I don't normally post my responses to online quizzes (because what is the need to brag that I was sorted into Gryffindor House or I am Optimus Prime), but I found this response particularly amusing and felt the need to share it with all of you. I am not sure how "The Midas Touch" equals seduction style, but the rest of it is entertaining.

-SAK

Happy December 19th!

Because what the world needs now is more naked hands...Flashdance style.

Enjoy!



-SAK

Happy December 18th!

Phew, I think I am officially done with "stuff" for the semester. Yes, I still need to go to lab and yes, I still need to see participants, but I think I finally have time to sit and watch Christmas movies (Rankin & Bass I are tight!) and Christmas shop and maybe answer some email that I haven't really responded to in...months. Hey! I have been busy! Okay, I have issues regarding responding to emails and phone calls...I am sure Freud would say something about an intense fear of rejection or something...note to self: never psychoanalyze yourself...::shivers::.

ANYWAY...I still like sheep.

Enjoy!



-SAK

Happy December 17th!

It just entrances me.

Enjoy!



-SAK

Happy December 8th!

Because we all knit...naked. Nothing x-rated, just amusing.

Enjoy!



-SAK

Happy December 15th!

Maybe Knitters Anonymous isn't a bad idea after all...

Enjoy!



-SAK

Happy December 14th!

Can't stop watching...it keeps spinning and spinning and spinning...

Enjoy!



-SAK

Happy December 13th!

Please do not try this at home...

Enjoy!



-SAK

Cohort Presents -- Check!

So here is the cohort cuteness factor! I finished all fourteen washcloths with required chocolate and candy canes and studied for my adulthood exam by last Monday. Phew! I told everyone if I failed out of grad school, because I spent too much time finishing the gifts, to keep the washcloths in a sacred space for all of time. :) For things that took a good amount of time to knit, they certainly took up a tiny amount of space once they were ready to be gifted! On the brightside, I am definitely beginning to knit faster. I think it takes me about two and a half hours per washcloth now.


Now I just need to block a scarf and knit three more washcloths for Thursday and I am golden. ::sigh:: Must...knit...through...the...pain.

Happy Holiday Knitting!

-SAK

Happy December 12th!

Because everyone likes to knit...

Enjoy!



-SAK

Happy December 11th!

Can't we all just get along?

Enjoy!



-SAK

Phew

In the nick of time, I finished studying for my adult psychopathology course and knitting my cohort's holiday presents for today (now that it is past midnight). I will show some pictures of the 14 washcloths and candies later today. Note to self: do not wait until the day before to weave in all the ends (you will be very cranky). I am really proud of the cuteness factor going on with them. Now if I can just crank out 5 more by Thursday, I will be golden...then I just need to worry about my family's Christmas presents. ::sigh:: When does the stress go away and I start feeling the holly jolly Christmas feelings? WHEN??? :)

-SAK

Happy December 10th!

I haven't seen a Pee Wee Herman movie in a while, so I don't know the context of it, but it is just amusing and I don't know why.

Enjoy!



-SAK

Happy December 9th!

Because if we really want our holiday knitting gifts to be done in time, we need to knit everywhere, even at disco bowling parties.

Enjoy!



-SAK

New Knitty! More Presents!

Hi!

The new Knitty came out today, and I totally fell in love with Argosy. I neeeeeeed to knit this. I have some Noro Silk Garden Lite that is burning a hole in my stash (thank goodness not literally) that I can use. I thought I was going knit the infamous Clapotis, but I think I am coming to realize that I just don't like the Clapotis even though everyone in the world has knit one. At the same time, I am a little hesitant to start on Argosy. I like scarves. I like how scarves look. I like wearing scarves that I knit. The problem I have is once I am halfway done, I get horribly bored and put the poor half-knitted scarf away. Branching Out and my corkscrew scarves are testaments to this fact. I am going to have to stare at Argosy some more and think about whether I can make a commitment to her or not. ::sigh:: Why didn't I like any of the hats in Knitty?

So I finally realized today that if I want to give everyone their holiday present, I am going to have to finish SEVEN more MD washcloths and weave in the ends of EIGHTEEN washcloths by Monday. Okay, I just need three more by Monday and fourteen washcloths' ends weaved in and four totally complete washcloths by Thursday. I am more than happy to knit the washcloths, I am just not too keen on spending a couple of hours weaving in ends. Do you think I can get away with saying that it is an artistic element? I didn't think so.

To bed I go!

-SAK

Happy December 8th!

Nascar knitting! I love it! Enjoy! -SAK

Happy December 7th!

Sorry this is a bit late!

Upset that your gauge was a bit off on that sweater? It's okay! Just make it bigger.

Enjoy!



-SAK

Happy December 6th!

I hope you are enjoying the youtube video advent calendar. You won't believe all the crazy stuff people upload. Also, if you are having trouble knitting backwards, forwards, or any combination in between someone has made a video to explain it to you. There is even a video of someone knitting Icarus. There is no sound and all you see are the needles knitting away. Youtube is a crazy world.

Anyway, back to business!

Sheep are cute. That is all.

Enjoy!



-SAK

Happy December 5th!

After about the tenth time of watching this, I finally realized what amuses me about it. Who were the "genius ad writers" who decided to make a knitting needle commercial sound like a condom commercial?

Enjoy!



-SAK

ETA: Sorry if there was any confusion regarding this post. With finals and all I made some of these posts early and I neglected to change the date.

Happy December 4th!

When I was watching this, all I could think was..."when fun fur attacks!"

Enjoy!



-SAK

Fun in Waldo

The girls in my class and I made a run to the Waldo Flea Market on Sunday. If you live in the nearby Waldo, Florida area, you must go. It is just about as much fun as one can have on a Sunday in the Gainesville area. I am not sure if that is saying much, but it is fun. Anyway, the reason I am mentioning this is because I got Knit Mittens! for $3 at one of my favorite book tables at the market. I could have also gotten Knit Hats! for $3 too but there are some fugly hats in there so I ignored it, which is sad since I like to knit hats.

-SAK

PS Have I mentioned the lack of Christmas knitting motivation? ::sigh::

Happy December 3rd!

Because when Neo and Trinity weren't trying to save mankind from crazy intelligent computers, they were knitting...

Yet another youtube find.

Enjoy! (Is it just me or is everyone else putting off their holiday knitting?



-SAK

Happy December 2nd!

Here is a ditty from the Electric Company (found on youtube). Hope you enjoy it!



-SAK

December 1st

Hurrah! It is December 1st and you know what that means! The holiday season is upon us! I thought it would be fun to turn my blog into an Advent Calendar of sorts. Tune in every day from now until Christmas for a fun and random knitting event!

This is a video I found on youtube. What could be a better way to start the holiday knitting season than with a video of men who knit? Enjoy!



-SAK