the froggy days of spring break

it's sad really. it is already thursday night. to some kids this would be a good thing. but for me it is horrible really. tomorrow (friday march 28, 2008)is the last day of spring break. this week went so fast. how come all good things end so fast? last week was great because my parents were out of town and i was able to spend the entire week with one of my best friends. it was so fun. a lot of late nights and early mornings. and this week is spring break. i think this has gone by faster than the speed of light. at least i'm pretty sure that is fast...:)

on to the knitting content of this knitting blog. so i frogged the "back to basics" socks from knitty. i read the pattern COMPLETELY wrong. i'm pretty sure they would've turned out really nice though. they are a toe up sock. the toe increase made the toe look more square. you should go check it out. so i decided to start the Lorna's Laces One Hank Socks. both of these patterns are on ravelry. the lorna's laces socks are top down. i have yet to finish a pair or even one top down sock/s. the yarn the original pair was done is it SO pretty. i have literally only knit 3 rows of this sock. once i get more done, which will hopefully be by tomorrow evening, i will post pictures on this blog and ravelry.

does anyone live in the mid-eastish of this country? did anyone see the crap they call weather tonight? it started out by raining all day. then around four it began snowing. oh no! this was no ordinary snow. this snow was the size of my head. ok, so maybe it was a tad smaller but still, it was gigantic! then it stopped. this made me happy. but to my surprise, it started snowing AGAIN!!! it has been snowing ever since. it has been snowing for about four hours. (how come four and hour don't rhyme? ) the roads and every driveway are covered. and i am pretty sure it has been raining on top of that. i may have pictures tomorrow.

well i hope everyone has had or does have a pleasant spring break.

<3abby

p.s. i am considering doing a contest. any opinions??

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i haven't posted in awhile. i'm not really sure what to talk about. i haven't really been knitting all that much lately. I started the back to basics socks on knitty. but i can't really tell you how i like them because i have only just started the toe. it is a toe up sock and i am using one circ...in other words i am using magic loop. i seem to like that method. my first pair of socks was using that method. my attempt at a second pair was top down and it ended up being to tight. (UG!) that pair was trying to be knit on dpns. i would like to give top down another chance but maybe using magic loop or 2 circs. if any of you find a good (free) pattern that is simple, maybe a tad lace or detail, then feel free to tell me about it.

anyone in marching band? then you'll know what i'm talking about. last week we got our schedules for this season. we have at least 30 hours more of practice than last season. i'm not sure if you guys have this in other states but Indiana has added a semi-state. so that means at regionals they pick 10 bands from the north and ten bands from the south. then they all go to semi-state then there they pick the top ten bands. those ten bands go to indianapolis to compete for the title of state champion. if ther would've been semi-state for the past 3 years, the marching hornets (our marching band) would have gone to semi-state. this year and three years ago were our best years (i was not in the band three years ago. i was in 7th grade).

ok, sorry about that little detour into boring town. well i will post more probably this weekend. tootaloo

<3abby