Crocheted Baby Sweater Photos

Hello! I'm back with pictures of the finished product.

I just love the simple design of the sweater.

Close up.

I hope my friend likes it. I'm making a bunch of other baby related stuff for her. For now I'm going to work on a pretty lace project.

Crocheted Baby Sweater

So I started a new project. I'm not sure how big newborns are in size. This might be a problem since I'm crocheting a newborn sweater, but I crochet pretty tight. I knew in the back of my head that I should have gone one hook size up. Grr. Well, I'll make this my practice run and in the future I'll look up the right age to size dimensions.

Here's the link to the pattern: http://bundlesoflove.org/CrochetedBabySweater

On Ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/crocheted-baby-sweater

I will be posting pictures up but I have older pictures I need to get out from the back log of sorting through and posting up:

1. Picture from last summer.
2. Pictures from winter.
3. New pictures I took recently of Kujo.

My goal for today is to get my photos organized and up-to-date so I can feel better about myself. =)

Crazy Talk?

Okay, this might sound crazy, but I want to move posts from my WordPress site back to this blog. I don't think there's an easy way to do it other than by copying and pasting them one at a time, but I want to do it. Crazy? Maybe I need a reality check.

Tomorrow's Saturday. I will begin my crochet and knitting journey again. Oh this is just exciting but a bit scary since I haven't really touched my hook in a very long time. Wish me luck!

There Goes My Year...

I haven't posted anything new in a very long time. Where did the months go? I have no clue. All I've been doing is work, taking care of Kujo, studying for my Fundamentals of Engineering exam, and visiting my mom or my boyfriend every other week. I have about 4 or 5 crochet/knit projects on hold. They might be there for another week. My FE exam is this Saturday. After that's over I'll have my life back.

That means I get to crochet every night if I want to. Yay! I miss checking up on my favorite crochet/knit websites and blogs (see the list on the lower right corner). I have a huge yarn stash to get rid of before I move. Maybe I'll take a picture of everything after I move so I can show you the craziness that's living under my bed and in my closet.

My friend is having a baby, but she doesn't know if it's a boy or girl. I plan on making a blanket, hat, sweater, and booties set for her. I'm thinking the color green. I love green and purple. I have some baby yarn in that color but not enough for all those items I listed. Hm. I really don't want to go yarn shopping. I've been very good for the past 3 months on not buying new yarn.

Well here's to a new start. I'll write back if I start crocheting. =)

Back in the game

Okay, I'm back to crocheting and knitting! With over $500 worth of yarn stashed around my apartment, I better be doing something with it. I am 99% done with a crocheted hat/scarf combo that I made for my mom to sell. I'm currently working on a knitted slouchy hat. The pattern is lovely and I can't wait to finish it. I've never knitted a hat before. It's looking good so far.

Back to tv and knitting! Kujo's just been staring me down all day.

Keeping Track of Books

Okay, I have a confession to make. I used to have a spreadsheet of all the books I own. I was keeping up with it until May when I went to Thailand. It seems that after Thailand I pretty much stopped doing everything that I used to do for better or worse. I'm not on facebook 24/7 anymore and I barely update my photos. I still tweet, but less often. I used to crochet like a fiend, but now I can't find the energy to do so. I used to blog all the time, now I update maybe once a month.

Part of it has something to do with starting a full-time job and getting a puppy. I can't blame Kujo for my laziness. It's just me. I got sick of the internet after experiencing Thailand for a month essentially without it. Maybe I have less to say? Nah, I doubt it. I just don't feel like typing it all out right now.

About that spreadsheet... I need to find it and update it soon. I have way too many books that I haven't kept track of.

And I'm Back

Okay, so I finally found something worth making. I am making a blanket for Project Linus. Yay! I chose a pink and white color scheme and it's coming out really good. It's really easy to make. I'll post some pictures after I get my online life (facebook photo albums) in order. So bear with me!

No Motivation to Crochet

Man, I have no clue what's wrong with me. I haven't touch yarn in over 3 months. Eh. I can't seem to get myself back into it. It's probably because I have no inspiration. Nothing to make me go... "I really want to make that!" Well, I subscribed to Crochet Today! magazine today. Hopefully that will kick start my yarn obsession again.

Back to Blogger

Okay, I'm back. My little love affair with Wordpress didn't last that long. I got frustrated with how slow my computer and maybe the website took to process anything. Bear with me as I transition back to blogger and follow my new blog: My Little Kujo.

~ Patti

Basic Drawing - Finished Homework

It is done!!! After 4 hours of work, it is done. I think I must have moved the same lines about four times each. Just tweaking the line a bit to the sides makes a lot of difference when you're looking at it as a whole. I also turned my board upside down. Funny how things that look okay right side up becomes deformed and out of proportion when it's upside down. I seriously need to find a new way of capturing these drawings too. My current method is a 50/50 chance of being slightly blurry or showing the lighting source in the worst way.

Check out the work-in-progress drawing: Basic Drawing - Work In Progress

Basic Drawing - Work In Progress

Last night I spent about an hour and a half working on my Basic Drawing homework assignment. The assignment was to replicate one of the figure plates that were given. Make our drawing 12-13 inches in height, using the whole 11x14 Stonehenge sheet. Jason said it would take about 3 hours to finish. I'm almost there. I'll probably spend tonight tweaking lines. I already noticed that the raised arm is slightly too low and needs to move outward a bit.

Here's what I have so far...

Plate III, 45

Side by side

My work (so far)

They Love My Handwriting

I've been known for my penmanship since I was in middle school. My handwriting has evolved so much and it's very interesting to follow that evolution. I think I'll try to find some of my old writing samples and compare them.

I've been handwriting invitations for the Advancement Events Office. Next time I write them out I'll post a sample.

My handwriting sample

Notes from Heat Transfer class - Summer '08

I love reading about what your handwriting says about you:

Handwriting Tips: http://www.paperpenalia.com/handwriting.html

Handwriting Analysis: http://www.handwritinginsights.com/lesson.html

NU Night at Fenway: Red Sox vs. Yankees

Okay, so Senior Week is the last week of April. One of the events was NU Night at Fenway - Red Sox vs. Yankees. This morning at 9 am, the NU Pay Portal was open but got jammed by 500+ students trying to get their hands on those tickets. The reason? They were $12. Yes, I wrote it right. So I got through and my boyfriend had asked me to log onto his account and get him a ticket too. I tried but during the minute it took me to get onto his, it was already sold out.

So what should I do? I'm bummed that he didn't get one too. I wanted us to be there together. I'm sure some of the students will be selling theirs on Craigslist or some other online ticket sales site for way more than the $12 NU price. Going off to work with a heavy heart.

It's a Small World

Last Tuesday I got a friend request on Facebook by someone I thought I didn't know. His name was familiar but I couldn't put two and two together. So today I decided to add him to my friend list and view his information. OMG. What a small world! I knew that already, but this just confirmed it a bit more.

It all started July 5, 2007. Yes, 2007, almost two years ago. I went out with my roommate, Alyssa, to celebrate her 21st birthday with her and her friends. We went to the Purple Shamrock near Faneuil Hall in Boston, MA. We danced the night away and I was still in my early phase of actually liking to party and drink since I was newly 21 a couple of months prior to that night. (I don't get out to the bars much at all now.)

Movies!!!

I haven't had time to go to the movies in a very long time. For some unknown reason, this week was my week to be showing up at the Regal Fenway Theater more than once. On Wednesday I went with my sister to see the advance screening of Sunshine Cleaning. I liked the movie and I love Amy Adams. I can't place where I've seen Emily Blunt, but maybe it'll come to me later (via imdb and Google search).

Today I went to see Confessions of a Shopaholic with my friend, Sara. I love Isla Fisher and she was so funny in this role. I can't wait to get my hands on the Shopaholic series. I'll be ordering them through work since I get a 35% discount. Sweet.

Hm. Now I kinda want to watch another movie. My boyfriend just got a Netflix account and I can stream movies to my computer. We used to have Blockbuster Online, but their prices just got really ridiculous and I never had time to watch my movies. Sometimes I held on to them for up to a month. That's not getting my money's worth at all. In total, I gave Blockbuster approximately $300 of my hard earned money for the past year and a half.

Do you have a good movie in mind? Want to recommend it to me? Please comment below. Thanks!

Update

I just search for Emily Blunt and she was in two movies that I've seen recently: The Jane Austen Book Club and The Devil Wears Prada. Nice.

Addicted to Reading

About once a month I do this thing... I stay up until the wee hours of the morning to finish a book, most likely one of my romance novels. Last night's read was First Comes Marriage by Mary Balogh and I stayed up til 5:30 am. I own most of her work except for the Web series. I enjoyed this book. Some authors like Stephanie Laurens will put intrigue into their books. Some authors like Julia Quinn will put tons of witty remarks and hilarious adventures into theirs. But Mary Balogh will tell a love story without the extra things to distract you. I like to read her books when I just want a story about a guy, a girl, how they got together and kept it together.

If you never read a romance novel, I suggest anything by Julia Quinn (she's my all-time favorite). I have a list of romance authors I've read. Maybe I'll make a page about that one day.

Drawing Class - Nude Model

I mentioned in some previous post that this was my first and last chance to take an art class while in college. I'm taking Basic Drawing and the class is awesome. I love to draw and this is a more guided way to learn how to really see things and draw them as shapes that flow with one another. Today's class was different from the rest... we had a nude model. His name is Rich.

Living in the Capstone Lab

What is the Capstone Lab? It is a place where mechanical engineering seniors go to get work done on their senior design project (Capstone project). It is located in the basement of the Forsyth Building on campus. A lot of students that use the underground tunnel system would pass by and not know why there's always people working in the lab. They gawk at us through the window. Nice. It has about 28 computers with a build area attached where most projects are given life after the design work. A lot of my peers spend the majority of their waking moments here. Why?

Cool Websites

My boyfriend spends a lot of free time surfing the web for ideas, inspiration, and finding the newest, coolest websites. He sent me a new link today. Hm. Maybe I should post his links here. You might enjoy them.

First he sent me this link: http://www.tumblr.com/

While browsing the site, I found this cool blog: http://lunchbagart.tumblr.com/

Wow, now that's some skill. I sent the guy an email asking what medium he used and if he uses a fixative to prevent the pictures from smudging. Man, he's probably a graphic designer or something.

And another: http://karmcity.com/

Okay, this could be addicting.

Roommates - New Show

Okay, so I clicked on the Roommate category and read other people's rants about their roommates. It's so sad to see that others are suffering just like me. I might have it better than them, so maybe I'll complain a bit less. Not. I also stumbled across this preview for a new show - Roommates. I saw the preview on TV and I am actually looking forward to watching it.