new wave cactus blossom

ok so this is the cactus blossom. from knitscene fall 2007. i used cascade 220 for the MC and CC in noro kureyon. tammy helped me with the color choices. it makes me happy. well i decided to make another one using the same basic pattern by kate jackson. i added hearts into the color work pattern, fitting it in by adding a few stitches into the sleeves. so this is how it is so far:
unblocked of course, i am working on the collar as we speak. i also used cascade 220 for this one. my fave red color for the MC and a heathered gray for the CC.
i am really excited to post about stitches - and i have like 5 pictures from when ravelry came to article pract!!!!!!!

classes

i am teaching this cute slouchy beret at Article Pract in march - this is the wednesday crew before work at our fave LYS- see if you can guess who my lovely sidekicks are. oh and the yarn i am wearing in the form of a beret is Fibre Co. Khroma- soooo pretty.
i am also teaching some classes coming up at Knit One One
magical mystery party this friday night and a switch knitting class march 8th. so run don't walk to check out these classes and all the other ones taught by many lovely people.

that is all i have to say, my dog is once again too much

a snail?

ok so the vest is done- so done that i can wear it! not sure how many people get it though. i mean most have not understood that it is a heart. i am thinking about putting some veins and arteries so maybe that will help with the identifying. i wore it to the hospital and people thought it was cool. but i still think it is not being fully understood. well i love it. christina's response was one of my fave. she said "you do have a big heart" this was not the intention but i like the sentiment. some people think its a snail. maybe its my job to educate the world on the anatomy of a human heart. aortic arch anyone?
well i am just glad that it is done and wearable. so in that picture i am hand delivering a nursing school application to merritt community college. i guess it is my first choice. i mean it is the closest to my world and my dad runs the environmental center there. so we could have lunch together. that is the fifth application i turned/mailed in. it feels very good to get them in. i have two more to go. but i won't know anything til mid april or even beginning of may. so the wait is on.

i know this is a bit outdated but this is my mom and dad and me after voting! aren't we cute. and yes, my dad is wearing his sticker on his forehead. it is from him that i get my sense of humor, but i have been told that he is funnier. i guess i will have to work on that. ok well see you all at Stitches!!!

french press cozy for sile

this is the french press cozy i made for sile for the holidays. i found it on ravelry as "cable and bobble coffee press cozy". i really only know one person who uses a french press, sile, and it just so worked out that i thought she would enjoy one. so i knit it up on bart to and from work with some stash yarn and it came out adorable, in my opinion. the body is worsted weight lamb's pride in color creme i think and the garter stitch borders are in the new variegated lamb's pride in the yellow color. that is my fave one of the new variegated colors. i cant wait for more to come into article pract so that i can make some gloves out of it.

"that's me eating firetruck"

"That's me eating firetruck."
this is cyrus, sonya's son. and yes he is that adorable in real life too. i made him that sweater for his 1st birthday a couple of years ago. i combined Knitting Pure and Simple #214 top down in the round baby sweater and i put a cable in it. i used Mission Falls 1824 cotton that i bought at Yarn! in alameda. as sonya was sending me this picture, she said that cyrus was sitting next to her and said "that's me eating firetruck".

ok last obvious dog posting

sam likes carrots, enough said:
please watch and enjoy a schnoodle in action