knitting is for old ladies...

... is a common thing I hear from people who see me knitting.  BUT! I found an article today that shows that knitting is actually becoming VERY popular in the US, specifically New York, and it is now traveling to other countries in its popularity.  I found this article in a German newspaper (it was on a knitting group on my facebook... I don't randomly search international newspapers for knitting articles...) and was like, "wow... a whole article about how knitting is awesome!

In other news, I finished one of my socks... I don't think i'm getting 12 projects done, and I'm slightly upset at myself, BUT I WILL TRY FOR 12! I'm ALMOST there!  We'll see how it goes.  Updates later.  I just had to share this knitting article with you guys.  If anyone wants to read it, click below!

German Article about knitting!

Also! So happy that Google translated it for me... it was slightly hard to read in English because the DIRECT translation is a little different than actual English... but whatever!

Happy Knitting!
taxikab

Hurricanes and yarn

So due to the fact that I live on the east coast, I was one of those lovely people who got to experience the Frankenstorm, Hurricane Sandy.  Thankfully I live just outside a major city and not in New Jersey... so I was not hit bad, we never lost power and we only had a rain gutter fall, my dad called it a Down Spout... no idea what that is, but I'm sure after Dylan and I have our own home I'll find out...

The wind was CRAZY!  My mother, sister and I were sitting in our living room watching television to pass the time and keep from getting cabin fever.  This worked slightly as we watched just about 3 hours of Long Island Medium.  I was going to bake cookies, but then my whole family informed me there was a high chance I would not have work again TODAY (which I don't! thanks to PennDot closing every major roadway I could possible use to get to work...and Septa shutting down til like noon today....)  So I will bake cookies for work later today, because I have a funny feeling we will have work tomorrow (seeing as we almost didn't close Monday....) and I will have to have these pumpkins ready for my clients... still need icing and ziplock bags...  I'm trusting them to decorate their own "Pumpkin" cookies.  I've been dying for a reason to use my Pumpkin shaped cookie cutter lol.

Yarn! I spent all day knitting while watching television.  I worked on my sock, my blanket and a scarf I forgot I was working on.  The scarf keeps getting tangled and I'm slightly angry at it for doing this.  I will try to work on it when not baking today.  I KNOW I won't have the blanket done by December, no way.  I will have to work on that every day for the next 2 months to do it... not going to happen.  I tried tho!  I may just make something little for my nephew to be the 12th project.  I did make him two blankets... so I'm good on the blanket category, lol.  I did NOT make a sweater for myself, I hate making sweaters, they never turn out right for me... I think I'm going to start a sweater when the Blanket is done and just have that be my 2013 project... see if I can actually do it.  Just a big comfy sweater to wear around my house, maybe brown or black or something.  I'll figure it out.

Was browsing Etsy the other day (I don't do that enough now that I've found Pinterest...) and I found THIS!

ITS A BEAN BAG CHAIR!  Seriously the things people come up with...

Heres the link to buy it if you feel you want to

Bear Bean Bag chair  Seriously, so cool...

I think I'm going to start browsing Etsy again for Wedding stuff.  I'm in love with some of the things people put on there for head pieces and veils.  I really love it.

House hunting... biggest pain in the ass I have every experienced.  No joke.  HGTV lied to me... they make it look fun and interesting, its not... its really not.  My sister told me if we were taking our time finding a house (we=Dylan and Me) then it would be more fun.  I disagree... I really think its annoying looking at house after house and awkward to go in peoples houses... AND! Every freaking house we LIKE! we can't get because its a damn short sale (don't have the time for it with our Grant) or it gets sold... ugh...

In other awesomeness.  As we all know, I'm an Artist type person.  I can't do math... I hate it... I could never be a doctor because I like the awesome parts of science, not the facts part.  I fiance informed me that he believes I am a smart individual.  I was like, 'WELL THANK YOU!'  I know I'm creative... but intellectual not so much...  I was then informed that he enjoys having intellectual conversations with me and if I don't understand something hes talking about, I calmly inform him of this, I don't go, "UGH! DYLAN! I don't know what youre talking about, nor do I care..."  This is totally me tooting my own horn here... because my fiance is a fountain of useless knowledge and very smart, where as I'm next him going, "I knitted you a sweater!  Look, is blue!" (I know the grammar is incorrect, that's the joke...)  Its fun to know my finace loves me for a brain as well as my knitting skills, lol.

All for now knitters!  Happy knitting!

taxikab

long over due

HI EVERYONE!  Life has been CRAZY since my last post, thus the lack of posting... LET ME UPDATE YOU

First and most important I have 11 projects started, and 8 done!  I have to finish the gloves, the socks and the blanket.  I also have to start either a sweater, or another hat for my nephew.  He enjoys my hats they keep his little adorable head warm.  I made him 2, and the second one ALREADY is too small... so I have promised my sister another one for him.  She then complained he has hoodies to wear, but no sweater, and she wants a little jacket for him without a hood.  I may find a like 12-24 months pattern and make him a sweater so that he can keep wearing it through winter.  Hes only like 2 months old, but hes a big baby already.  He's tall and growing fast, hes not a fat baby though, that has to be specified because I think my sister would be upset if I was telling people she had an overweight child... hes tall, NOT fat lol, tho of course he has little chipmunk cheeks like me :)   So like I said, we will see.  I'll probably make the hat because I need to finish the other 3 and I've only got 2 months left!

Second!  I GOT ENGAGED!  My awesome wonderful and handsome man Dylan proposed to me on September 22 2012, ironically on my friend Bobs birthday so I won't forget!  Love my ring, love my fiance.  I had been waiting for this to happen, because I knew it was coming, lol.  I'll do a picture post to update on everything later because I don't have a picture on my computer of the ring, just my phone.

What else has happened... OH! Dylan and I are trying to buy a house, I'm trying to lose weight for this wedding, and we're also trying to save money to pay for said wedding... going to be an interesting and frugal year 2013...

Been going on Pinterest ALOT again... this has resulted in Dylan telling me I should make the foods I see on pinterest for him... I went, "yea and I'll make it a blog like my knitting blog" and was very sarcastic about it... and he went, 'DO IT! We'll make a video blog! I'll tape you cooking for me, then I'll eat the food" 'and then you'll get fat...'  We'll see what happens.

I have choir soon.  Sister is bringing the baby to church to see the organist, who I love dearly and have known for like 15 years now... and she taught my sister and me piano and she has seen COUNTLESS pictures of the baby, but no actual BABY, lol.  SO my sisters going to try and bring him today.  See how it goes.

Going to knit today!  I need to get my stuff done before the end of the year.

Happy Knitting!!
taxikab

so many projects, so little time...

So thanks to my new nephew, who I would post pictures about although I think my sister would go NO!, I have about made it to my "12 in 2012" quota...  I need to finish the one glove for the pair, and I need to finish the socks...
I MADE HALF A SOCK!  It actually kind of fits too... unlike the last attempt like 4 years ago...  It fits like a slipper sock actually, but hey, better than the other one...  I need to finish the toe and then make the other one... so yea.

Sorry I haven't been posting, its not that I have been busy I just have had other things that needed to get done before posting on blog and I really didn't have anything to talk about besides my adorable and awesome nephew.  My sister apparently took pictures of him in the hat I made him so I am excited to see those.  My boyfriend was holding my nephew tonight and he totally went into baby mode with him, lol.  First he was like, "I may break him... so I don't want to hold him..." then about 5 minutes later was like, "ok... maybe I will..." so to make him feel better I had him hold the baby sitting down (My man is a TALL guy so he was afraid of dropping him...).  He then continued to make faces at baby bear and every sound baby bear made, my boyfriend would make, it was adorable, and Baby Bear was enjoying it... he was so entranced by my boyfriend.

Anyway.  My mother has encouraged him to begin making cute baby booties, So I am looking into this.  My brothers old high school has a craft fair every year and although I believe that i would not sell ANY baby booties at an all boys high school mothers guild or whatever it is craft fair... she seems to think I would... So will start crafting and build up actual stuff for next years craft fair, as I'm pretty sure its the end of October and I do not have enough time to make everything...

Lets see what else.... OH! my sister has a friend who is about to have her THIRD child, with a flower name, just like her two sisters.  I heard this and went, "I feel the need to make the girls all matching flower hats..." and have thus designed matching hats for these three little girls.   We'll see if they actually get made, lol.

Thats all for now.  I am off from work all week this week so I am contemplating beginning those "how to" videos I kept talking about before and TRIED but I didn't like the angles and it was just not working... so yea.  I need a video editing software I think.

Happy Knitting!!
taxikab

I think I can, I think I can....

I CAN knit a pair of socks!!! and will explain this later... lol

I'm sorry it has been so long since I last posted.  I was in the Poconos and my house has no internet or phone... so... unless I wanted to use the Blogger App, I couldn't post anything.  I use the app when I REALLY want to write a post, OR I just want to write, and I had nothing to really write ABOUT so...

I have been Pinterest crazy lately (If you don't follow me already... DO IT!  taxikab87 is the name) and finding the most adorable things for babies (I'm also baby crazy because my sisters baby is coming in less than 2 weeks!  I found this adorable hat

http://www.etsy.com/listing/99583897/ice-cream-sundae-vanilla-hat-newborn

Above is the link to that persons Etsy page.  I really am fascinated by the things people come up with... Kudos Modistebee you have a very adorable baby hat that I am going to try and make myself for my future offspring but will not make it as adorable as you...

This adorable hat was also found on pinterest.  Crocheted but still ADORABLE.  I can't make flowers like those with knitting needles... BUT I WILL TRY!  Or learn more about crocheting... its whatever... My mother has informed me I need to learn to crochet so that I can make all the adorable baby booties we keep finding on Pinterest.  I'm obsessed, its terrible...

ANYWHO!  The Socks.  I have been saying FOREVER that I am going to learn how to make socks!  I have bought books, I have googled, I have tried watching tutorials, and NEVER has I been able to figure it out.  I gave up.  I was on... wait for it... PINTEREST, seriously my obsession is horrible... anyway, I was on Pinterest and I found THIS!

SOCK TUTORIAL OF THE GODS!

This girl is amazing because she explained every detail to the simplest sock, and made it so easy for me... I haven't tried it yet but I am predicting amazing results and the possibility of me FINIALLY knitting my own socks...  I will be happy with making even ONE sock and when I do it, you will all get a picture of a very happy taxikab with a sock she knit herself.  All for now, will try to update more in time to come.  Almost done fingerless glove TWO of my gloves.... and by almost done I mean I started it...  lol.  I had it REALLY started and tried to change the size because the last one was too small, BUT I tried and then the stitches didn't line up for the cables... so... yea.  We'll see how it goes.  All for now.

Happy Knitting!

Taxikab

showers and cupcakes and bears, OH MY!

So I know it has been a bit since I last updated and I am truly sorry about that to all of you who actually read this on occasion...  Recently had my big sisters baby shower where she received a large amount of stuff.  She was thrilled and very grateful and we made her a ridiculous Shower Hat.  For some reason everyone kept asking, "are you going to make her a big bow?" and I continued to ask, "what bow are you people all talking about?" but no one would answer me!   So I finally asked a waitress if she had a paper plate of some kind and she came back with a take away container lid, lol.

My mother and I made cupcakes as favors for the shower.  As my mother describes it and to be specific... my mother MADE the cupcakes (the icing, the cupcake itself, etc) and I DECORATED the cupcakes.

and they were given out in these very cute little boxes that my aunt made.  My Dad helped my mom and me put them into the boxes the morning of the shower...

My mother showed me how to use the piping bags (not hard...no offense to bakers out there) and then she allowed me to play with extra icing she had, thus how we got little booties on some and flowers on others.  My mother piped all the flowers and I piped the booties and there's like 3 cupcakes with bears on them, lol.  My mother made the icing then went, "here, put that on all the cupcakes" lol as well as she made the cake part of the cupcakes themselves.  Such a talented mommy.  Now I can add "cupcake decorator" to my list of things I can do but am not an expert at! lol

I finished the christening blanket.  Here it is below.

When everything is done I am going to get the patterns written out for all of these.  Basically it was just a bunch of cables to make this blanket.

 This is how I wrapped my sisters stuff from me.  The blankets in there and then there's an outfit with a little hat with bears on it, the bib set has bears on it, and then the hat I made.  I made a point to tell her that there was nothing from Vera Bradley in the box when she opened it.  But it was very fitting for me to re-use an orange Vera Bradley gift box to give my big sister her gift.

Finally, because my sister is not a chocolate cake fan, and the cakes at her shower were chocolate cake... and cheesecake... my mom and I made her a Diaper Cake.

My mother refuses to take credit for any of this cake BUT SHE DID HELP.  I can not make bows to save my life... and so she made that big ol' boy in the very front.  I made the ones on the side and we just stuck ribbon and stuff around it.  I can't bake but I can apparently make diaper cakes with my mom!

So that's the update.  Sorry it took so long, been crazy busy.

HAPPY KNITTING

taxikab

theres a post coming...

I SWEAR!   I haven't been posting because I've been SO busy getting the blanket for my sister done, and then helping my mother with stuff for the shower...  I took TONS of pictures (well not tons...) of the stuff for the shower tonight and will post on Sunday because my big sister can not see any of it before tomorrow!   So excited for her.  Picture post on Sunday!