You really got a hold on champagne from a paper cup

Ben Gibbard and Zooey Deschanel are getting MARRIED?!  What the!!!?  That's the perfect indie music match.  The only thing better would have been Ben getting married to Jenny Lewis.  But I'm glad they didn't because now I can keep my secret girl crush on her.  But dear lord, who knew Ben and Zooey were even dating?  Not me.  That's who.  This is intense.

I miss you, I'm going back home to the West Coast.

"I wish you would have put yourself in my suitcase"

Merry Christmas!  I got Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitting Workshop and Knitting Around.  I'm already longing to be back in Nashville with my needles and yarn.  They're like my little children.  Children I manipulate into whatever I want them to be.  Sounds like most parents, right?

I also got other things, a camera, clothes from Elizabeth, Surprised by Hope by NT Wright (I LOVE HIM), candy, iTunes gift card, and other things I can't remember off the top of my head.  And my mom said she wanted to get me yarn, but didn't know what kind, so tomorrow morning before my flight back to Nashville, she's taking me to a cool LYS on the Northwest Side.  I've never been there, but from their website I got the impression that they're the most well stocked in Tucson.  I can't wait to go!  I'm going to get yarn to make the Incredible Custom-Fit Raglan for Chris' birthday!  (Below is a picture of one such that I particularly liked... but really, the pattern is so versatile I can literally make it any way he wants)

I'm thinking I'll do a V-neck cardigan, a dark brown, with maybe some skinny lighter brown stripes?  Stockinette all over and maybe garter stitch button band and cuffs?  Who knows.  I'm super excited to start though.

Merry Christmas, bing bongs, and have a happy new year!  :)

Christmas time is here

I'm back in Tucson for Christmas and all I can think is, "Why did I not bring any knitting needles home??"  I'm seriously going crazy.

Chris and I had our exchanged last night and one of the gifts he gave me was a book called The Friday Night Knitting Club.  Since I had nothing to do with my hands on the plane, I read about half of it.  I'm not sure how I feel about it.  It's like they tried too hard to make it about knitting.  I don't know.  The characters are ok, but I feel no real connection to any of them, sans one or two.  But even then, I wouldn't be heartbroken if anything happened to them, and I really could care less about the main character.  Lame.  Fiction revolving around knitting is an interesting subject to me.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, so I just googled the book to read some reviews and not only was it a New York Times best seller, but they're also making it into a movie with Julia Roberts as the protagonist.  The one I don't care about.  Hmm.  It's sort of ironic because in the book there's a sort of weird film student who keeps staking out the yarn store where the book takes place to see if Julia Roberts goes in.

I'll Be Home for Christmas

I'm going home Sunday!  Hurray!  Even though Nashville's not the coldest of places, Tucson will always be warmer.  Mmmmm, not having to wear a coat.... 

I've done a little knitting in my absence.  I made Tudora, a neck warmer that's reminiscent of Elizabethan times.  I don't know who it's for.  Random Christmas present for someone?  Yep.

I look awesome. 

I've also started my first gloves EVER for my sister Emily.  They're an amazing color of purple (which you can't tell because my camera is broken and I've had to resort to my phone) and are going to be hobo gloves.  She lives in Chicago and actually needs warmth.  Lame.

See?  No bueno.

Things I Will Do When I Get Home:

 - Eat at Viva.

 - See Sara and scream because she got ENGAGED.

 - Go to every yarn store in town.

 - Knit.

So many things to update!

Hello!  I haven't blogged in forever!  It's unfortunate because sort of a lot has been happening, namely me making this...

and this...

Apparently I'm in my yellow period.

I also went to South Carolina for Thanksgiving with Emily and Shannon!  We made Cornish Hens instead of Turkey (and when I say we, I really mean just Shannon because she's a cooking beast), and had all of our favorites - stuffing, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes and gravy, my mom's homemade pumpkin pie, and MORE!  It was glorious.  I love these girls.