I'm Stephanie. I like to knit, write letters and poems, read (novels and blogs!), and stress out to the max. ;) At Sunbeam Soapbox I write about the knitting, letters, and whichever thoughts I want to share with the world. I also like new friends! Feel free to drop me an e-mail anytime using the contact form.
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AKA WIP Thursday #10. Why is this beginning to feel like such a chore? I used to love writing and reading blogs. So much feels like it’s changing, but it’s not really. Am I putting too much pressure on myself? Maybe what I need is a lazy morning, or evening. Some time where I can [...]
I crawled into bed last night at 10pm, an almost shamefully early hour from the point of view of my peers. And as I laid there with my head throbbing, I thought, ugh, I should’ve lain down earlier. (Probably not those exact words, as I just looked up in Merriam-Webster whether I should have used [...]
Whoosh! Once again time is getting away from me. I had wanted/intended to post something on Tuesday.
Which is just as well as I’m also getting a little irritated at the slog-y-ness of my projects. I need an FO boost.
My most recent thought was that I was close to finishing mara, so that would be an [...]
Because it is really irritating me that I’ve only been posting these weekly WIP posts, and nothing else, I finally got around to buying some dish soap and blocking the second Ishbel.
So hey, how about a FO post over the weekend? I’d like that.
There is, however, one problem.
I can’t believe I’m hoping this is a [...]
Once again I don’t have pictures of what I’m working on, because they’ll look remarkably like the pictures you’ve seen already. miss mara looks like a great big garter blob (of love) and last night I ripped the mittens to start over again on the smallest needles I own (which hadn’t been used up until [...]
Well – I have to admit that I held out on you in my last post. The yarn for the mittens, you see, wasn’t the only yarn I had purchased on Saturday.
No, I bought some Cascade 220 to make this shawl as well. You see I’ve been mesmerized by mara ever since katie over at [...]
No need to send the straight-jackets—everything is turning out fine. I managed to rest enough on Thursday to feel much better Friday and today, so today I wanted to go out and walk around, feel some fresh air. And maybe visit the yarn shop. ;) Actually it looks like my inner knitter needed to visit [...]
Picture: The sock from last week, all ready to be grafted shut at the toe, but not done yet because then I would really have nothing to knit, since I forgot to pack the second ball in my luggage.
Picture: The shawl and vest, not quite caught up to my spring semester adventures, as they, too, [...]
Yup, looks like this is going to be a Thursday WIP round-up. I thought about it yesterday, a few times actually, but all at bad times.
Brrrrrrr. It’s been raining the storm of the season and the house is chilly. I keep lighting candles for warmth and comfort and drinking lots of tea. Speaking of tea—I [...]