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I’m back….sorta

So now that moving, holidays, and most of school (I have studying and the test left) are done and over with, I will hopefully be around more. While I have not posted much, I have been playing with string.

First a picture of the moving.

And a book unearthed while moving mum’s sewing room.

And a new quilt.

I’ll post some more tomorrow.

It’s All HER Fault

Yes I know I haven’t been around for awhile. I apoligize.

We’ll start with the annoying stuff. Yes I’m still working on my certification. Why? Because I had ONE MORE class to take. I ended up taking a week off (ok I studied and knitted) while they added the class, except they don’t add it till you register for a lab session but no one told me that for a week. Because the server at the campus close to my house hates me and would hang at least twice a day, driving me to completely shut down the browser, clear cookies and temp internet files, and restart the whole thing. That’s about ten minutes of lost time on a good day. Add to that the traffic that forces me to leave campus by 15:00 everyday or get sucked into the black hole known as Broomfield traffic. And there’s more. As of Dec 2 (don’t ask me why they chose that date), they no longer host the class that I’m in the middle of at the Broomfield office. So I took my last two RTD tickets, made my way to Market street, bought a new ten ride booklet, and have been taking classes in DTC. That makes three hours of commuting (which I’ve spent finishing Brent’s hat and reading the winter issue of Spin Off) then a mile of walking from the PnR to the building everyday. Add the fridgid cold that has gripped my fair state and the last week has been rough. On the bright side, the server that hosts my class in DTC doesn’t hang. At all. So I’m blazing thru classes at warp speed and will likely be done tomorrow. Then a week or so of studying (yes I’m am this much of a school girl) and I hope to be ready to take the test.

In string news, I have joined Team K’Nerd on Ravelry for the upcoming Ravelympics. I’m likely going to compete is the Speed Spinning and Hand-Dyed to FO events. I’m even “training” by spinning up all my undyed fiber between now and then. (Ok, I’m actually spinning it all up so I can do one big dying day but it will get me back into the spin of things.) What am I going to make? I am going to spin up 4 oz of superwash merino into sock weight 2-ply, knit it into a sock blank (I spend way too much time here), dye it red and black stripes (my inspiration), and knit it into socks. I’ve never done a spin to fo project and I think I’ve gone off my cart. But it will be fab and I’ll get to try something new out and have the inspiration and support of a bunch of awesome people.

Yarn Harlot has been doing a “Gifts for Knitters” thing. She had to post up Swift, which I have fallen desperately in love with. I spent two hours on the Tom Bihn site yesterday drooling and wishing I had a job already. I have also lost a needle. On Friday evening, one of my US 5 Zephyr needle tips broke. In my hand while I was knitting. N thought I had seen a spider. She is survived by her mate and rest of the set. And Knit Picks is sending me a replacement. Because they are awesome.

The Geek Wants Out

So I was cruising Ravelry today and came across KnitML. It is a project to create a markup language to standardize knitting patterns. This made me giddy. Do you have any idea how awesome it would be to not have to second guess how to cross that cable correctly? I knit left handed (stitches transfer from the right hand needle to the left hand needle) and while I am capable of converting the stitches in my head as I knit, it is a huge PITB whenever I sit down to design. Not that I’ve ever put up a design but what if I wanted to? What if AmbiKate just loved that sweater I designed and wanted the pattern? Complete chaos would ensue while she tried to figure out WTH I was trying to do and why I hate her so much. KnitML would take the guess work out and AmbiKate would realize that I love her. And KnitML wouldn’t just help with the ever-raging battle between left and right hand knitters. What about English, Continental, and Combo? What about that cute little pattern you saw on your trip to Tokyo? What it you came up with a different gauge? Besides, combining programming with knitting is as cool in my world as combining programming and engineering. Now you see why I’m giddy?

The Migratory Patterns of the Rocky Mountain Light Rail

Yes I’ve been gone awhile. But I thought I’d stop in. I’ve gotten lots of stuff done.

The Me, mom, and N cats packed and moved me at the end of August. I managed to get the stuff I wanted into the room in the basement and I have a pretty nice set up down there.

School is nearly done. Hopefully I will be taking my certification test in a couple of weeks. I’m studying furiously and N lent me a laptop so I can study whenever and wherever I need to. He’s fab.

Snow Commando reemerged from hibernation this morning. SC had to drive to DTC today for a class. There were alot fewer buttheads on the roads this morning, but the snow made things interesting anyway. Hoping to get snowed in at N’s house tonight.

I will soon be posting photos of what I’m working on (no still no photos of mom’s shawl yet) soon.