1.09.2006
I-P-You...
IP Address logging is FUN!!! Why didn't someone tell me you can see who's been looking at your site?!?!?
Hats Off
The Stash Clean-up, 2006
Lookie what I did this weekend:
Organization is not my strong point. I was so proud, I told my sister she had to go take a look at the bookshelf in my room to which my sister responded "Holy shit Delia, that's a lot of yarn!"*
Of course, that's not ALL the stash, but merely a representation of what I have for my browsing pleasure. I elected NOT to inform her that there were two more boxes under my bed.
That basket on the third shelf holds all my pattern books and magazines, although I see the very real possibilty that the basket may be 'movin' on up', pending the addition of more yarn in 2006.
* Alexis obviously doesn't know about the yarn-hording tendancies of knitters.
Standard FO photography
FO's that were spoken of previously:
I also whipped out this bad boy for my friend Eric's birthday (which is today - yikes, gotta remember to call...) He actually designed and requested it himself. At first I thought it was going to be ugly but I really like it and might make one for myself!
I made using the earflap method found in Knitty's Vinter Lue, and followed the fair isle on this pattern. I used Caron's Simply Soft in Dark Country Blue & Khaki, and size 8 dpns the whole way. It only took me about 1.5 days to finish!
New Additions
I just started this hat last night.
For some reason, I am neglecting massive projects in favor of hats that can be finished in a couple days. More Caron's Simply Soft in Gray... stash busting at it's best.
I am also thinking about ordering some books from Crafter's Choice. Has anyone done this before and are there some secret catches that I am missing? I am on such a bargain-hunting kick right now that 4 for 4$ is hard to resist....
On that note, peace out from Fresno.
Lookie what I did this weekend:
Organization is not my strong point. I was so proud, I told my sister she had to go take a look at the bookshelf in my room to which my sister responded "Holy shit Delia, that's a lot of yarn!"*
Of course, that's not ALL the stash, but merely a representation of what I have for my browsing pleasure. I elected NOT to inform her that there were two more boxes under my bed.
That basket on the third shelf holds all my pattern books and magazines, although I see the very real possibilty that the basket may be 'movin' on up', pending the addition of more yarn in 2006.
* Alexis obviously doesn't know about the yarn-hording tendancies of knitters.
Standard FO photography
FO's that were spoken of previously:
I also whipped out this bad boy for my friend Eric's birthday (which is today - yikes, gotta remember to call...) He actually designed and requested it himself. At first I thought it was going to be ugly but I really like it and might make one for myself!
I made using the earflap method found in Knitty's Vinter Lue, and followed the fair isle on this pattern. I used Caron's Simply Soft in Dark Country Blue & Khaki, and size 8 dpns the whole way. It only took me about 1.5 days to finish!
New Additions
I just started this hat last night.
For some reason, I am neglecting massive projects in favor of hats that can be finished in a couple days. More Caron's Simply Soft in Gray... stash busting at it's best.
I am also thinking about ordering some books from Crafter's Choice. Has anyone done this before and are there some secret catches that I am missing? I am on such a bargain-hunting kick right now that 4 for 4$ is hard to resist....
On that note, peace out from Fresno.
1.06.2006
A is for Alpha Phi
A is for Alpha Phi
The "Phi-House"
I don't normally talk a lot about my college days (unless it starts "So this one afternoon we were drinking on the beach and thought it would be a good idea to...", and sometimes people are surprised to find out that I was in a sorority in college. Of course, I wasn't just IN a sorority, I was voted "Alpha Phi for life" my senior year (along with Chapter Chatterbox and Best Drunken Rage Performance, but I don't need to go into that here).
I was both Vice President of Programming and Chapter President, and I won Sorority President of the Year at the university-wide Greek Awards my senior year. I know that's a lot of bragging but hey, it's something I'm pretty proud of. I was determined to make that house better and I like to think I did a pretty good job of it.
Probably one of the best compliments I've ever gotten in my life was at Alumni weekend. A bunch of the girls who were Sophmores when I graduated came up to me and were introducing the younger girls to me and they all knew who I was. One of the Sophmores (a few glasses of wine down) and a current VP, said to me "Every time we would be sitting in Exec. Board trying to figure out a problem, we would always say 'What would Delia do?' Then we would realize 'Wait! If Delia was here, we wouldn't even HAVE this problem!'". That compliment has always stayed with me.
4 years of Chapter Presidents at Alumni Weekend 2004
And I know there has got to be somebody out there reading this, rolling their eyes thinking 'I hated those sororiy girls in school who just paid for friends and popularity', and to you I have to say this: So what if I did? I wasn't in it for frat guys and kegs of beer. Those girls made college the best 4 years of my life to date. Being the sorority turned me into my current line of work and I LOVE it. I met my roommate + close friends in San Jose, 400 miles away, because of my association with the group. There are sorority women and sorority girls, and I am proud to say I was the former in a wonderful organization called Alpha Phi.
My only regret is not learning how to knit sooner. That would have made Monday night chapter meetings go by MUCH quicker!
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