tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70943394115557097302011-11-27T17:17:53.297-06:00knitting, stitching and nursing.zenrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12437478037316961285noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7094339411555709730.post-88927556241193564212009-04-05T13:19:00.006-05:002010-08-22T15:53:57.650-05:00

Nursing school has continued to monopolize the majority of my time. Rather than knitting needles and fabulous soft yarn these hands hold a highlighter and text book for hours on end. BUT in a compromise that in my mind makes total sense, I am knitting me a heart. A very nice soft anatomical heart.

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I whipped up this cute hat for a co-worker who is due to have a baby girl on Christmas. It was fast, and easy, and really cute when finished! Its on ravery under Cupcake Hat. Its a free pattern, and there are a ton of completed versions to check out with fun yarns that look like sprinkles and such. Some knitters have even sewn on little beads and sequins to look more sprinkle-y.Now my daughter (

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Oh ravelry and your cursed mini mart of way too cute t-shirts. I have the "daily dose of fiber" one in green, and the nice maroon "disagree(1)" as well. Now, I HAD to get the new one, the one of Bob in the yarn pile? OMG the cuteness. And they are all American Apparel Ts. So soft and comfy. But look at BOB!(photo from ravelry mini-mart).They have so much cute knitting swag. Ravelry is just

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Oh knitting, how I miss thee. School is consuming my entire life. I havent even touched any yarn in like, a week. Its sad. Very sad. I am trying to work on another one of those simple lacy scarves for my mother. Its blue and very pretty. Bug wants me to whip one up for her teacher in a nice dark green as well, but Im worried I just wont be able to make it happen. Only one more semester of this

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sea turtle Originally uploaded by zenrenHere he is, my new life partner. A beautiful sea turtle who will, from now on, live on my right shoulder and use his reiki symbol'd shell to release me from negative energy. I drew up the design, and then Beth, my tattoo artist made it tattoo-friendly. My father and I both have him on our arms. It was a gift for my thirtieth birthday (coming up the end of

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I finished my embroidered geisha girl. I now want to add the lanterns to either side of her. I played around with stitches and colors with this one, and Im fairly happy with it. Bug wants me to frame it for her, but I dont think its up to framing standards, personally.I was lucky enough to score some sKnitches yarn during her last update. I got the Big Tryst in Tapestry and it arrived today. I

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Its been busy around here over the last couple weeks, and I havent been getting as much knitting or stitching time as I had been. Bug started horseback riding lessons, and she does that every Friday evening. She LOVES it and I cant believe how quickly she has caught on. Its really fun to watch her. Here she is with her first go at trotting!She looks so small on that horse, and its only a pony! I

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Embroidery has been my thing the last couple weeks. I do this - go through phases of what interests me most. Also, bug keeps asking me to do more and different designs on her t-shirts and stuff. I have found some great free patterns online. This first one is by Andrea Zuill and it, as well as many more can be found on her blog: Bad Bird. The second design is a Kurt Halsey design made for Sublime

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Ive been doing a lot of embroidery. Bug has been responsible for much of it with requests for more T-shirts and pillow cases done up with her favorite designs. Im still working on knitting my various socks when out by the pool. Im hoping to actually finish some soon for the Summer of Socks!The heart and wings one I did freehand. The other two designs are by Sublime Stitching.

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Ive been working on a few different things. My patterns came from Sublime Stitching and that was very exciting. I had gotten a couple of plain white shirts for the kiddo during the recent clearance sales at Old Navy and last night I tackled one. She really wanted a couple doxies stitched (my parents have dachshunds) on the chest, but the size of the pattern vs. the size of the shirt made it look

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Ive been working on some various socks. Mostly the STR in Pebble Beach. I have the first sock done, and it fits, now I have to talk myself in to casting on the second sock. I just got two more skeins of the lovely STR in the mail, and now of course Id much rather knit with one of the "new" colors. Bug wants some leg warmers. I thought about using STR in Sherbert (its way brighter in person) for

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I have been working on turning those two balls of yarn over there into the Chevron Scarf as seen in Last Minute Knitted Gifts. I grew that yarn myself. (I wish). Its actually the fabulousness of Hazel Knits. I LOVE her yarn. The colors are amazing and knit up all nice and variegated-like. No pooling or striping, atleast not at my gauge. My scarf is pretty nice so far. East to remember pattern

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Ive been working on socks quite a bit lately. They are small and portable and have that immediate gratification thing going for them. I am in love with Socks that Rock and have bought quite a few colorways in the last few months. Before we left for our trip to Hawaii in March I got the Thunder on the Mountain because it is super colorful and made me think hawaiian thoughts. I worked on these

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I have been looking at shawls and wraps on Ravelry half the evening. I love the Shoalwater Shawl and wish it were online somewhere to buy and download. I hate waiting for a paper copy in the mail! But it looks like thats going to have to be what I do. I (just) bought a bunch of Plymouth Boku in color 11 for the shawl I decide to knit. (It was on sale!) See, I also like the Feather and Fan Comfort

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My daughter comes home from school everyday and promptly hands me her folder full of worksheets and such that she has completed that day. Last night, she proudly fished this one out before handing me the rest and said "Momma, read what I wrote at the bottom!"My mom knits.How cute is that? Well, I was impressed.She is a knitter in the making. All those words to choose from, and she writes about

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Its been a tough week. I had a Theory Test on Wed, and I had Clinical today. That means I have gotten very little sleep. My ass is dragging, but I did have a good day at the hospital. I got to do a straight (bladder) cath, and an IV piggyback, and then observed Resp. Therapist do a vest treatment on a patient with CF. I inserted a suppository, and did G-Tube feedings. I helped the pediatric

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