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it’s been slow. i see the same happening on a lot of sites – blogs and otherwise – and though it could just be spring fever, or something like that, it could also be a normal lessening of the blog/online world/hype. (too many forward slashes is a vice, i know i know. ditto for parentheses.)

anyhow, my main excuse is that my portfolio was due. in lieu of a thesis (thank goodness!), graduates-to-be in my program have to assemble some of their favorite (ahem) papers, write up some statements (“leadership”, “professional goals”, ay.), have it all bound up nicely and then presented to a panel of professors and outside professionals. the actual presentation will be in mid-may, happily. officially, as long as my portfolio passes muster, i can fail every class this quarter and still graduate. that will not happen, but it’s a nice way to think about it once in a while. so, about 90 pages of writing plus a CD filled with examples of my web work, online projects, etc. phhhhewwww, done.

knitting has been going on. what you see here, on top of my portfolio, yay, is the beginning of madli’s shawl from interweave’s knits a few summers back – about 7 repeats in, 24 to go. i think it took me four times to finally cast on correctly and get the first row done without errors. ack! but since then, smooth sailing.

i also signed up for more horseback riding classes. too too fun, though i feel like a creaky old lady thursday nights. my classes this time around are on wednesday evenings, but strangely thursday morning i feel fine and triumphant, and then nighttime comes and all of a sudden i can barely move. why does that happen? anyhow, the class is excellent – only four of us, a great teacher, and though i’m the most beginner of them all, i still feel really upbeat and excited about this week. i even got some horseback riding books out of the library. yup, i gave myself homework.

thanks for all the nice comments on my fair isle bag! also, go wish heidi’s & christine’s babies a happy welcoming to the world ~ ~

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posted 18 April 06 & filed under horsey, school

hi

i met up with some fellow knitting spinners (like rose! hi there ;) ) on saturday and a great time was had by all. ah, thank goodness for the fiber arts – without them, my social life would be nil. every other week there’s some kind of yarn thing and it’s a big part of what’s been keeping me sane. and then there’s all of you out there who read and say nice things and just generally send good vibes – thank you! i know i don’t say it enough, but seriously thank you thank you thank you! i’ve been keeping my eye on the number of comments and it’s nearing the big 1-0-0-0 (wow). i’m planning some serious fun stuff to celebrate, so stay tuned and believe me, a fair number of you will be richly rewarded. or at least get a postcard or something. ;) hee.

knitting-wise, this is what i’ve got on the needles: the lace leaf pullover. lovely, no? (though my leaves look a bit funky in the pics, in person they look better, i swear.) after all my fawning over the pattern last fall, i’m happy to have finally started it. i’m using rowan’s polar, which i got for pretty darn cheap via cucumberpatch. i love love this yarn. it’s a wool/alpaca/acrylic mix that’s soft, not scratchy at all and light as a feather. the color is beautiful and calming, and the name, “silver lining”, always makes me smile. plus with just a little steam from the tea kettle, i can already tell it’s going to block like a dream.

my birthday is coming up in march, so i’m giving myself an early present by going up to the bay area for a full 24 hours, flying up in the morning, back the next morning. and guess who i’m going to stay with? meowgirl! very exciting – she’s such a sweetie and with her help, i’m going to storm carolina homespun and try out every wheel i can. no wheel purchases guaranteed, but definitely a lot of drooling and such will happen.* that’s in less than two weeks, yay.

hmm, what else is going on? still a lot of cooking, which is great. a bunch of good and sucky movie watching. .. oh! at yesterday’s horseback riding class i cantered! it was exhilirating and scary at the same time, so excellent.. i really love my horse classes, i definitely want to continue taking classes in the spring. i’ve been riding the same horse for weeks now, a grey gelding named pepper. pepper bites but i still like him a whole lot, just gotta watch the teeth.

heidi posted about this personality mapping thing. basically, i click on words that i think describe me and then you click on words that you think fit me, and then it’s compared. totally fun ~ and i would be really interested to see what you all think. try it out!

hope everyone’s weekend was fabulous and happy vacation monday. hope you slept in ~ ~

*march will be The Month of The Wheel, though. that’s decided. ;) i’m hoping that possibly maybe someones (coughfamilycough) might get the wheel for me for my bday. hey, a girl can dream!

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posted 20 February 06 & filed under horsey, knitting

horse-crazy

“Comanche is a 10 year old, 15 hand Appaloosa gelding. He is 15 hands. He spent a year trail riding through Will Rogers park before coming to Mill Creek in 2000.”

i kept smiling after today’s riding lesson – my first in over fourteen years(!), the first of six in the next two months – and just felt so serene and happy. it went great. i’m such an idiot for not having taken recreation classes at ucla this whole time, though now that i type that i realize, hello! i had an almost full time job. hm.

anyhow, that was very very fun. i have some theories about horsebackriding and life patterns and healing childhood hurts and all that, but it’ll wait. ;) next time, i gotta remember to break out the camera before the class is over. comanche looks a bit droopy here, but i think he’s just sad the little kid with the bucket full of apples went away.

interesting fact: my old riding boots from when i was fourteen still fit but my old riding hat does not, i.e. my feet have not grown, but my head has. ha!

~ priscilla gibson-roberts is coming out with a new spinning book! she, of knitting in the old way-fame, is such a great writer and i’m thinking this book will be of use to all who spin, on spindles or on wheels. i know her other spinning book is highly regarded by some very good spinners already. [via deb]

~ bolivia and knits: now that the new bolivian president is visiting other heads of state, is he changing the way he dresses? no way. yay bolivia. [via francesca]

~ in more dyeing education, here’s a treat: a step-by-step image-plentiful tutorial on painting rovings from a workshop taught by deb menz.. (also check out the fun online spinning game ;0 )

~ i’ve been going over wikpedia’s spinning entries, editing and adding stuff, and found this great link: spin me a yarn – spinning folklore from ballads, tales, myths and rhymes.

~ a while back, i signed up for skype but promptly lost my login info. so, second try, here it is: if you’ve got skype too, click on the image and give me a call. ;) the connection sounds even clearer than it did when i tried it a year ago, incredible. i helped my dad today set it up in maryland on his new laptop, and it felt great. voip should be the new w00t!

~ wanting to felt, needing to felt. isn’t this bag adorable? love the color choices, too.

~ i love the neckline on the latest knitting fog pattern!

~ and last but not least, pom it is! thanks.

ciao ~

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posted 22 January 06 & filed under horsey, techno-babble

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