This week has been mental...

Alright...update time! Since I am too bored to write about EVERYTHING that's happened in the last week, I'll just post pictures with captions, that saves what's left of my tired brain.  xx

I baked these for the fair, they're Raspberry Lime Cupcakes, yummy!

This is another shot of the lace weight merino I told you about

Here I am performing at the talent show

Then minutes later back up in Rabbit Showmanship

And what do ya know? I got Champion Showman!

Then I ran back down to the talent show and excitedly accepted my 2nd place ribbon (out of 20 or more competitors under the age of 19)

Mahabhuta got 1st place!

My cupcakes got fourth out of hundreds! 

My Strawberry Shawl got Best of Show! 

My skein got first out of a lot of other items!

After showing the Cotswolds

Showmanship

A small congratulations...

I would just like to say "Congratulations!" to my friend Heather Zoppetti (Digitalnabi) her design, Dahlia Cardigan (ravelry link) is number 4 on Ravelry's New and Popular patterns! That's amazing! Keep up the good work Heather! I know you'll go far in whatever you do.

-Irina

Busy, busy, busy.

Hi all! I'm sorry I've been so quiet this summer, I'm quite a bad blogger, never getting the hang of constantly updating. Alrighty, well, what have I been up to? Quite a bit actually, but at the same time, I haven't done a lot?
Well, let's start off with the things I had planned to complete this summer;
1. I have gotten nowhere on my Norwegian stocking, I haven't even picked it up since I got back from England, how absolutely dreadful of me! I see it as more of my winter project anyways.
2. Hockey is going great for me! Like, sincerely beautiful. Official practice starts the 7th, but I've been training all summer and feel quite confident about it.
3. I finished my skein of lace weight merino. Now it's just time for the super-secret project to unfold. (Picture Below)

4. I have been riding my horse, though not as much as I had hoped to be :(

5. I am white! The whole tan thing was a failure (Picture below)

6. I have finished a repeat of the baby blanket! Pitiful, I know. I just have no motivation to even look at it nowadays. -ashamed-

7. I painted my bathroom, and boy is it bright! I love it though, it makes me happy every time I walk into it and get blinded by the lovely orange hues. (Picture below)

So, in new news (monotonous much?) 

Je suis brune. 

I got to wash my sheep today :)

I've started knitting the Swallowtail Shawl (ravelry link) for my grandmother who lives in England. I hope I'll have it done by Christmas so she can have it for the rest of the winter. It's being made out of lovely yarn that my friend, Heather gifted me a while ago. 

Almost school time!

Ah yes, lovely school time. That means that very, very soon, I shall be feeling like I have no time to knit! Such a shame :( these are the moments I wish I could be graduated and living in a cottage up in the Yorkshire Moors...ah lovely dreams. 

Anyways, even though I have been intently working on my summer reading report (blah. The Red Badge of Courage), I actually have had time to knit some, but I always forget to take pictures :( So maybe I shall have a day where I can just post pictures of all the projects I've completed. I'm very sorry that this post must be incredibly boring, but for now, that's all I have. 

Will post soon,

Irina

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Mahabhuta--Elements

My friend Heather Zoppetti has designed one of the most beautiful scarfs I have seen, it's simple yet elegant, and such an easy knit. It's called Mahabhuta, which means Elements in Sanskrit. 

Mahabhuta was my plane project on my way to and from England. I added two repeats width wise so it ended up being 17 inches across, and 61 inches length wise once blocked. I used my very own handspun Merino/Seacell yarn from Creatively Dyed Yarns, and I must say, the variegation wasn't too much, and it turned out quite lovely.

Summer projects, and projects from the past, all come back again.

Let's see...here are some projects I'm currently working on....

Knitting a Faire Isle Stocking

Norwegian Stockings are always fun and interesting, considering I've never knit faire isle, or a sock...

Practicing for the upcoming hockey season, this definitely takes a lot of my time

Spinning lace weight for a little project I have in mind

This project should hopefully be finished in a year (just giving myself a nice long due date)

Riding my horse as much as possible

Attempting to tan, and I am a lot darker than I was at the start of summer...

Finish a baby blanket/toddler blanket/my blanket from May 2010

Paint my bathroom

Tomorrow I plan to paint this little bathroom a nice peach colour!


I hope you all are having a lovely day!

Irina
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Oh Summer, where are you going?

Summer is almost at it's end! How absolutely sad! Soon I'll be going back to school with 10x's less time to knit and spin :( this week has been quite busy for me. We're working on big things for the shop as I type this, but along with that, I've been skating, and getting ready for hockey season, plus the fairs coming up. I have my 4h Showcase, and E-town Fair, plus a Fair in the fall that I'm going to with my rabbits.
You know how I said I knit a lot in England?

This is right after we got back from England 

The project pictured above is loads more colourful than the picture implies, and it's also grown a foot or 2 since the picture was taken! I can't wait until I get to block it and the pattern comes out!
Hope you all are having a nice summer,
Rini
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