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Posted by Telma on 22nd November 2011

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Well, I think I might actually be able to finish my Xmas knitting for my lil bro and sis. That is…. If everything runs smoothly and I somehow find time to knit every day :) I think that I should be able to finish both at the least. Now, because I was felling all am cocky ambitious… I decided that I would get some lovely sock yarn to make a traveling woman shawl for my mom. I of course ended up at the Purple Purl and came home with these:

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The colorway is Pendragon. How cool of a name is that? For the life of me I can’t remember the name of the folks that make it and I sure as hell don’t feel like getting up right now. I will correct this post tomorrow :) actually, you can probably see it in the pic ;) I’m hoping I can get it done… But if not, I’m not gonna sweat it.

The good part two. Yes… There’s a part two to this goodness. I’m so beyond excited about this!!! I signed up for a drop spindle spinning class at the purple purl!!!! Squeeeee!!!! I hope hat I get somewhat of a hang of it. The class is 4 hours long so here’s hoping I learn something!!! ;) it’s gonna be a whole new world for me and I can’t wait.

Now… The bad.

Well… It’s not THAT bad… I will be fine… But due to my new overactive thyroid… I’m now on beta blockers to slow down my heart rate (which was insane). They’re doing a wonderful job… But holy crap am I ever tired. Apparently my body will adjust, but right now… I feel like crap. It’s a struggle to stay up past 9. It is le suck. But what’s more le suck?? They’re gonna have to do this test where they stick a needle in my throat and inject stuff into my thyroid!! Let’s just say that if I could… I would go in completely wasted to that. This is so not gonna be fun. But… I have to do it :( so that’s the bad.

The ugly.

I’ve been making my sisters gift with Bernats Softee Chunky. Now I love that yarn… I live how squishy it is… But man is it ever a mess for me right now. I think the folks at bernat decided to change the way their yarn was made because half my balls are a complete different thickness than the he others. It’s very apparent when you have the two knit together. One looks sooooo nice and thick while the other is so… Bleh. I’ve to frog work more times than I like to admit and see if i have a ball of the thick stuff left. BUT it is coming along nicely. I wish I could post a pic but I know my sis lurks my blog and I’m too far along and the surprise would be ruined.

So there you have it. I’m still going bananas trying to finish my Xmas knitting. I tell you what though… Seeing all the Xmas stuff in stores is sure giving me a good kick in the butt :)

And last but oh so not least… We got the little monkey some Adidas :) the hubs and I LOVE Adidas and couldn’t help it. I know I’m very biased…. But I think she looks cute as hell :)

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Posted by Telma on 9th November 2011

I Have A Dream…

All it took was one visit to a yarn store and BAM!!! I’ve been jolted out of my “oh wow is me… I don’t have time for anything anymore… I’m so overwhelmed… I’m soooo tired” rut I was in. Now, don’t get me wrong… I AM exhausted! My little monkey still won’t sleep more than 3 hours in a row at night :)

But exhaustion aside, i feel completely invigorated and can’t wait to get going on all these fun things I want to do. Right now I need to focus on finishing my Xmas gifts. But once those are done, I want to start thinking about patterns and designing and spinning (still need to learn) and crafting.

Let’s call it my official 5 year plan. I’m trying to be realistic here, but hopefully I can get all this going much sooner :) Oh and it wasn’t just the trip to the yarn store that inspired me ;) Here’s a pic of
my side of the shared “art/craft” room (I have another craft room that is mine all mine too …. Lucky me!)

Now… In this pic you will see my knitting machine, sewing bust an my covered sewing machine. You see the baby gate? You know what would look awesome there??? A spinning wheel!!!! How cool would that be???

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Le sigh….

So before I ramble too much… Because I will do that…. I’m going to list my 5 year plan :)

- learn to spin yarn
- learn to dye yarn
- create/sell my own knitting patterns
- have my own etsy store
- become more involved in my local knitting communities

Too ambitious? Maybe… But I have to try :)

Posted by Telma on 4th November 2011

This Might Just Work

I’m thinking… That maybe… This might just work.

I got myself (finally) a new iPhone. I was making do with my 3G for a while now and it was time for a new toy. Now… The reason that blogging became cumbersome for me was because of the photography. I LOVE taking photos of yarn and my knotting and I would only settle for pics from my DSLR. BUT… The new iPhone has a kick ass camera and with the purchase of one little photo editing app… I may just be able to blog again. Now… I can REALLY blog from anywhere at anytime!!!

Yes!!!!!!!!

So…. Let the blogging resume. I may not post too often still…. But at least I feel better about having the time to post.

So that being said….

I pretty gave up on trying to finish my Xmas knitting. I was trying to make all my gifts this year :) However, I got my knitting mojo back and have pretty well been staying up far too late, trying to (in vain) finish my Xmas knits.

I’m working my sisters gift right now… And please… Next time I want to knit a garment in all seed stitch… Punch me!!! This could have gone way faster if it was all stockinette! Ughhh. Oh well… It will look beautiful when it’s done I’m sure :)

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Posted by Telma on 20th October 2011

So Long… For Now

It’s time.

I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while now. As much as I hate to do it, I’m officially putting my blog on hibernation mode. Unfortunately, I don’t have time to update it properly like I would like to. Shit… i dont even have time to tweet anymore!!! It’s funny… i’m home all day now and somehow… I have WAY less time to do things like blog and knit! lol

I’m not complaining… by no means… I LOVE that the little monkey keeps me as busy as she does! It’s pretty damn awesome. I am however sad that I dont get to talk to all of you lovely knittaz and crafters on a daily. I miss seeing what everyone is up to. I know that I will be able to get back to it all shortly… but until then, if you want to see what i’m up to and such… then please subscribe to my posts on Facebook or add me as a friend:

facebook.com/telma.costa

And, if you are on instagram, you can follow me there as well. You can find me under Telma Costa or KnittyorNice. I tend to update both those most frequently.

So… for now my friends… I bid you adieu on this lovely blog of mine. I will be back… with lot’s of photos and lots of knitting. But for now… goodbye :)

Oh but wait… did you think i would end this post without some pics??!?!?!?! ;)

Here’s the little monkey… I can’t believe she’s 7 months already!!!

And here’s here and I last month when we were out on a walk :)

Ok… NOW I bid you adieu… :)

Posted by Telma on 29th July 2011

Time To Move On

Well… The weekend has finally come. We’re finally moving! It feels wierd knowing that in 2 days, the house that we’ve known as our first house…. Will no longer be ours. We’re very much looking forward to being in the new house, but this house will always have a place in our hearts.

We’re officially moving on Saturday and I can’t wait for it to be over already ;) Hubs is gonna stay home for a week to help with unpacking. I can’t wait to get started on my craft room. Squeeeee! I will try and take some pics as we go :)

Hopefully this pic posts properly. It should be a pic of the yard. Lots of great memories were made here :)