I'll Be Home for Christmas (Well First for Thanksgiving)

Ah the weather is turning cold and there was even a little bit of snow on the mountain last week!

All is going well here. My classes are in a bit of a slump because I just had a big round of midterms so that has given me a little more time for knitting. More on that later. I promised pictures from Halloween so here we go! 

Last year Mike and I dressed up as a cowboy and cowgirl. 

This year for our couple costume we chose Bonnie and Clyde!

My roommates and I

What a fun Halloween! I had a great time with Mike and my friends and it was fun to be outlaws for a night! So much fun. 

Back to knitting because who am I kidding? My whole blog is about knitting no matter what I tell myself. 

Mike's sweater is coming along very well! I am 1 inch away from finishing the body of the sweater! Here are a few progress pictures. Now imagine that bit of sweater reaching to under his armpit! 

Next up is to do the yoke and then the sleeves. Then it will be done and wrapped up under the tree hopefully right in time for Christmas! 

In my last post I mentioned the blanket that I was considering making. Well I pulled the trigger! I went to Michaels and got 11 skeins of Wool-Ease Thick & Quick in the color Fisherman which is a nice cream color. I got the skeins for $4.99 each on sale and I joined Michael's email list and got a 20% off including sale items! So I got all of my yarn for about 50 dollars! Yay sales! So I bought the yarn from Michaels and my size 15 40" needles from Purl in the Pines! I am about 18 rows into the pattern and I have already gone through one skein!

I love this blanket. It is going to be very warm and pretty. Reading off of a chart is confusing but I am starting to get the hang of it.

Things have not been too terrible exciting. I am excited to be going home for thanksgiving in 2 weeks  and then we will only have about a week and a half until I move back to California for winter break and then off to Spain!

Christmas music is already being played loudly in our (Mike's and mine) apartments and embarrassing dancing around the kitchen while we cook dinner, singing Christmas carols at the top of our lungs is becoming normal. We are ready for the holiday's.

Until next post,
Laura