Take A Deep Breath...

***Note: This post was written on the 11 or 12 of March, not in Feburary. Just thought you might want to know.***
...because the Play is officially over! It was pretty freaky and hectic, but I lived through it, and I can say I'm the stronger because of it.
I feel like I have 50 new brothers and sisters. They are all so kind, it's really cool.
What was great was that all of the people who got the leads were really nice, kind people-it was fun putting them in the spotlight. It was especially entertaining when the main female lead came into the dressing room one night with a KNITTED scarf that she had made HERSELF!! I was so proud. Her boyfriend (who was the main male lead) took one look at me with my knitting on closing night and shook his head. "You're a real trooper, you know that? A real trooper," was all he said.
Good times.
Now, back to knitting.
I have the fantastic purse that I got as a sort of kit from my grandmother on Christmas-she bought me the wooden handles and everything. The color is a deep maroon-I didn't really like the yarn, it was itchy and a little too thick for my taste, but it made a pretty cool purse.
I am also spinning on and off this all-American roving I got from the Fold for my birthday. It's really pretty.
I also have had a change of plans. You know that blanket I wanted to make out of all that dyed superwash? And that yarn I bought off the internet that I wanted to make socks out of? Well, those two projects are now one. And that project is neither a blanket or socks; it's a cardigan.
I'm going to hold the handspun with the white yarn together, size 6 needles. Hopefully, I'll have enough to make the cardigan go past my hips to add a bit of style. I'm also planning on having ruffles (like in the skirt) on the cuffs and bottom of the body, as well as a ribbed collar.
With some help from the most recent Interweave Knits, it's designed. Let's just see if I can make it work!
Here's a sleeve already done:
I'm also a ways with the second sleeve.Sorry for being abrupt; I have some homework to do!
Hopefully, I'll get in the double digits with the number of posts I do this month.

In Which I Crawl Out Of My Black Hole Long Enough To Make This Post

WARNING: I AM TIRED. THIS POST, WHILE LONG, IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE CRAZY AND POSSIBLY MIGHT NOT MAKE ANY SENSE WHATSOEVER.

And then I'll be gone again for the next two weeks.
Blame The Play. The Play has taken over all waking hours of my day. Wednesday of this week, I had to get up at 4:00 in the morning because of The Play. The Play haunts my dreams, as well (or at least, the people in it do). Fear not, however; The Play will leave in two weeks time, and I'll be able to relax more.
And I still want to do all of this next year.
Can you say crazy? (as in, Crazy for You, the musical we're doing)

Well, now for some actual knitting.

Look!

I made a mushroom!
What do you think? Too corny-or is it mushroomy? (can you tell I'm getting tired?)
Well, I had fun making it.
I also finished the socks for my darling little brother. Thank goodness for that-the yarn was starting to get to me. I've gotta pick out happy, bright colors next time.

And that's why I did this!
I am completely and totally in lurve with this yarn. I have gotten more comments on this yarn than any other yarn that has been KIS. These colors make me very happy-just like the time I painted my toenails red.

This guy was finished in English today. I was so delighted, I put it on right then and there and did anything but shove it in my friend's face:
ME: "Look, Paige! I made a sock! And it fits! Isn't that great?"
*as "guy friend"/rubiks cube expert looks on* PAIGE: "That's great, Heather...why don't you go make another one now?"
Ah, well. *note: she's a great person, Paige. The statement above was said in kindness-I don't think Paige has ever said a mean thing in her life.

I also finished spinning the yarn for the blanket-knitting it will be the next step, but only after this weekend's crazy assignment: knitting a mitochondrian. (follow the link-warning: science content!)

And now, seeing as three people (Sarah from Mom's Knitting, Kaya from Sisterly Knits, and FiberFiend6891 from RAchel's RAmblings) tagged me on this, 7 random facts about me!

1. I get up at 5:30 every morning to catch a bus at 6:20 for school, which starts at 7:30. Logic? What's this you say about logic? I don't believe I've heard the term before. (I can hear you mothers out there-no, I don't usually go to bed at 10. This is just because it's a weekend and I wanted this on the internet before I went to bed.)

2. I don't have a boyfriend, but boys don't go below my notice. I have lots of guy friends, and have had several crushes (one crush at a time).

3. Unless I'm really really quiet, I can't sing. Any louder than a few decibels and I sound screechy and horrible and just...uugh.

4.Seriously? The only people who understand me well know how to knit.

5. I enjoy being called a knitting/yarn freak. (who doesn't?)

6. Without knitting, some days I would feel like I haven't accomplished anything. The reverse can also be true.

7. My little brother calls me Hee-duh. He's 11 years old and likes to be silly like that.

And I'll send this off to:
1. A Work In Progress
2. Gentle Sunset
3. Knittypants
4. The Twisted Hare
5. Tinky McFrog
6. Mad For Knitting
7. The Knits Of A Teen

The first appearance of The Play is next Thursday. I'll try to check in, but you know teenagers!

Oh, yeah, and for those of you counting at home?
I'm at 100 blog posts.

Good night, and have a great weekend!

The Longest Blog Post In The History Of Blog Posts

I'm going to be bouncing all over today, so bear with me. I'll try to use the enter key a bit more often than I usually do, to stay organized.

I will also attempt to go a la 4th grade outlines. Let's see how this goes!

A. Spinning
1. I spun my first hand-combed blend!

• a. It's very soft

• b. It's a blend of angora, alpaca, and silk.

• c. There isn't very much, but I had fun learning how to blend-this is going straight to my trophy-yarn pile!

• d. Here's a picture of it!

Oooh fuzzy soooft!

2. Blanket Spinning

• a. I got all of the single spinning done by the beginning of Februrary, but I am still plying

• b. I have two balls of yarn already plied:

They look bigger in real life

• c. I can't find the stick that connects the two parts of my niddy-noddy together, so I can't make skeins.

• d. Just for kicks, here's my plying setup:So, yeah.
  

What's on the bobbins still

B. Knitting
1. I have my dad's socks done!

• a. Here he is wearing them:

I used some extra white yarn, since I ran out of the sock yarn

• b.The colorway was Ominous Skies, which is fitting, when you think that he's a water resourses manager (he studies storms)

• c. The pattern was a simple plug-in-the numbers plan-I got mine from Spin-Off, but I'm sure there's on on Knitty.

• d. He doesn't like how short they are, so next time, I'll get 300-400 yards for his socks!

2. I've started my brother's socks!

• a. Here's my progress!

Just over the heel!

• b. The colorway is Argyle Socks, it's a tad darker in real life than in the photo.
  

• c. I'm using the same pattern as dad's socks (see B 1 c)

C. New Yarn!
1. It's from ebay
2. It's white

• a. I'm planning on dyeing it

3. It's really thin, so I'm probably going to ply it.
4. Picture time!

• a.

17 hundred yards of merino goodness!

D. An Award? For Me?
1. It's called the "You Make My Day" Award
2. It looks like this:
3. aksunflower gave it to me
4. I'm going to give it to two people

• a. UnusuallyHeather from Gentlesunset

• b. And Sarah from The Knits Of A Teen
  

E. The End
1. Goodbye!