New Yarn, that is also good for the world

So I am trying to become a bit more eco conscious and also I love any thing that can help people. I also need cool stuff to knit with. Well how can I combine this? RECYCLED SILK YARN FROM THE HUNGER SITE! This yarn is fair traded and helps women in India and Tibet. Its using scraps that would normally be thrown away, so now there is less i the landfill and less new yarn being made. The profits go towards buying food for the hungry. And this yarn is really cool looking. I have also got a few more things from the Hunger Site recently, like jewelry and bags. Also, on the homepage to their website, if you click on a link, the money made from advertising goes towards food for the hungry. So just click the link, and people get food, it only takes a few seconds!

Now the only question is....what to knit?

Ugh....bored

So lately, I have not been able to focus at all on knitting, or much of anything else. i have about 3 projects on my needles, and have no ambition to do any of them. To make this worse, Summer is over, and I now have school (of and text book shopping.....there goes like $300, think of all the yarn I could have had).

Also, while I am talking about the world of non-knitting me...I have a job interview in 2 days. I want to work with kids, so stuff like daycare experience is great for me. I already at home have gotten daycare work, but wasn't able to find any at school (hence me flipping burgers at a dinning hall). SO in a few days a I may either have 2 jobs, or I can quit at the dining hall. I haven't decided yet, but hey, I am excited about the interview!

Urchin

I must say that I am obsessed with this pattern. I have made 3 for myself, and 2 for others. The pattern is Urchin by the amazing Ysolda Teague. If you haven't seen her patterns yet, then you have to look them up. I like this especially because it is free (I hate paying for patterns, especially when I have no idea how much 4 euros is).

One super neat thing about this hat, is that I finally found a thick and thin yarn. They don't sell that kinda stuff at A.C. Moore or places like that. This was my first purchase at a real yarn store (also where I bought my yarn for wisp)

SO I now how a funky chunky hat for all to admire!

The bow on the side was just from a ribbon that was on a bag from Aerie, which I refused to throw out for months before it found a home on my hat

Wisp!

Whoa, 2 post in a day. CRAZINESS!

So I have recently started my first lace weight project. I am using Kidlin lace weight yarn, because it was a beautiful, fuzzy, and actually affordable lace yarn. The pattern called for Rowan Kidsilk Haze....but not at $15 a ball (hehe). This yarn is mohair, linen, and nylon blend. The pattern for it is Wisp. It is so simple yet so elegant. Also, I plan on wearing it buttoned at a caplet (see the bottom picture of it). I am so excited about this, although I know that it will take me FOREVER. Time to learn patience

NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

So, since my last post...and actually even before that, I have finished some really cool projects, and I took a few fabulous pictures (ok, most of them were taken in my bathroom and look slightly myspace-y....more than slightly). Well...I can't find the cord that attaches my camera to my computer. WHYYYYY! So I can't show off here, on Facebook, or on Ravelry. I even crocheted something that looks really good.

Well, luckily, I do have a picture of at least one of my projects on the computer. I have a friend, and I owed her a crafting favor (we trade off projects all the time) and she took a picture of it.

But first, an explaination. My friend for some reason has been asked to make a lot of Harry Potter scarves for various Hogwartz houses. Her little brother wanted a Hufflepuff scarf......seriously? Everyone else either wants a Gryfindorr or Slytherin scarf, except for a few weirdos who want Ravenclaw. For all of you who do not remember obscure details from all the Harry Potter books (this wasn't even in the movie), the house you were put into had something to do with your personality. Gryfindorr meant you were brave/ a main character. Slytherin meant you were evil or something (I think it was the pure blooded wizards technically). People in Ravenclaw were smart. And now we come to Hufflupuff...... as long as you were a nice person and tried really really hard to be a good wizard, you would get in....and my friend's little brother aspires to be int his house. I'm sure that when the Hufflepuffs got their grades, rather than getting a letter grade, they got a shiny sticker. Also, the scarf looks like a bumble bee, at least J.K. Rowling could have picked better colors.

Ok...that was long and geeky..anyway, now the scarf! Picture is kinda dark