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Knitting, part II

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What happened since the last post? Well I decided to get a haircut (my hair was growing out weird, not sure if I want longer hair anyway), knitted some more & basically got addicted to LOST! I always watched it on tv but after I missed a few episodes the only thing I could think was “WTF?! Is going on here!”, so I stopped watching. I picked it up this summer again (at season 2!), but never finished it. A month ago I picked it up again and now I’m at season 5. My record is watching 30 episodes a week, ha! What I want to say with this is that I basically have no life!

Anyway, here are some pictures :)

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Here’s a new scarf I’m working on! I bought these 20mm needles months ago but never used them, until I founded out about a new sort of.. ‘technique’: just use 3/4 strings instead of 1, that way you’ll have 1 thick string! Knitting this way goes really, really fast so it’s even more fun! And I love the way it looks. This one is going to be a normal scarf, no cowl or anything!

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A bit of my wool collection, bought the purple ones today :)

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I have bought these pink Converses at the thriftstore this week, only 2 euro. Here in the Netherlands you easily pay 60 euro (which is about 80 dollars!) for a new pair, it’s crazy!

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I haven’t been taking outfit pictures in months. Needless to say, my outfits haven’t been really interesting lately. Now I work fulltime I hardly have time left to dress up, and even if I have time, I’m too lazy most of the time. But I love this coat, so here it is! The mess you’re seeing on the picture is also known as my room. Yes, it’s crazy. That is however even a small part of the mess!

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I have also started a “52 weeks” project on Flickr. It’s basically the same idea as the 365 days project, only more lame, haha. It basically means you’re taking a picture/selfportrait every week, so you only have to do one a week. It’s not as big as a challenge as the 365 days project, but it is fun and something I need. I really want to start being more creative again, like I used to be. Because I work full time a 365 day project isn’t a good idea since it won’t last long anyway, but a 52 weeks project is perfect! I make one every weekend, since those are the days I’m free. You can see the rest of the project on my Flickr account! Please do, there are more outtakes from today and also older ones which I love. I found these pink branches at the thriftstore (along with the pink Chucks, yes!) and immediately got inspired. I love the outcome :D

I should be more productive blogwise, I never comment on other people’s blogs (although I read a lot of them!) because somehow I feel too.. shy? But I should do it more often, as I realize that getting comments is fun! And I need more people to know about this blog, that’s not going to happen without working for it, ofcourse ;) I’ll try to update more often, I promise!

Knitting, knitting, knitting!

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Hello, I’m still alive! I hardly blog here anymore because there isn’t much going on lately. I hardly take pictures anymore and if I do, they’re mostly selfportraits. I hate blogging only selfportraits because that’s what’s Flickr for ;) So that’s why I haven’t posted in the new year yet!
I’m really bored at the moment so that’s why I’m taking a little time to write something. I have no idea what to tell you besides the usual stuff: I’m doing okay, I’m still working fulltime (at the Subway as in sandwichstore woohoo ;)) and I still have no life, really! I love those blogs full with pictures of friends and parties but my friends never want their pictures taken so I’ll just have to tell you I actually have friends and yes, I do see them ;) I’ve been going out a lot lately, which is fun ofcourse. I have also acquired a bowl hat and red lipstick, as you might have noticed. I love them both, although I really need to get a better lipstick because this one fades after 15 minutes! My hair has also grown like crazy and I’m really thankful for that ;) I can’t believe it used to be so short 4 months ago!

Anyway here’s the scarf I’ve finished at Christmas! I always hate Christmas because it’s so long and boring. But it was the perfect time to knit ;)
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It’s neon pink, huge and really warm! I love it!

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Right now I’m knitting a blue scarf for my mother, but somehow it’s not going as fast as the other ones. I need to knit more. It’s not finished yet but it’s getting there!

So, now I feel inspired to knit some more! I’m going to watch some tv-shows (probably Lost or Misfits, did anyone see the new Skins yet? Didn’t like it that much, but that’s probably because I don’t like Thomas that much.. Curious for next episode!) and knit like crazy! I actually have lots of more wool so I need to hurry up so I can knit more! I have no idea what I’ll be doing after this one (besides making a scarf, haha, I can’t do anything else and it’s just so easy), so many colours to choose from. Maybe I’ll make a pattern or something, or stripes! :)