twenty one

Today I'm twenty one. Crazy. I remember a family vacation when I was nine and we were in Las Vegas and how I thought it would take forever until I was legally allowed to go into a casino. The last year flew by. Graduating from high school, a summer full of traveling and fun, my departure for Vancouver and the first year of college - twenty was certainly an exciting year.

But I'm ready for a change. I'm ready to leave my dorm, Vancouver's rainy winter and bad cafeteria food behind. I'm ready to start something new, set myself challenging goals and enjoy the summer even though I'll (hopefully) have a 9-5 job. I'm excited for what's ahead.

52 Knits // Fluffy Bum Bunny

Pattern: Bunny Nuggets by Rebecca Danger 

Yarn Used: body: Cascade Yarns Ecological Wool(100% wool), tail: Katia Tupa(50% merino, 50% silk)

Needles:5mm DPNs

Modifications: I attempted to crochet a flat bottom but I realized that it might've been a better idea to follow the pattern or at least know the basics about crochet - whoops. Well it's closed and it stands (more or less) flat :)

Notes: This is one of those typical 'it's 11pm and you're suppose to go to bed soon but you'd much rather make something' projects. I looked through some patterns I bookmarked a while ago and this cute bunny was the perfect late-night project. It took me longer to make than I had expected (about two hours) but it was fun and easy. Also, it's perfect to get rid off some scrap yarns 

My bunny looks pregnant because I was a little generous with the stuffing but it just adds to his charm. When I finished the tail it reminded me of the "it's so fluffy I'm gonna die" video because it's sooooo soft. If you're looking for a gorgeous, soft yarn I highly recommend a merino/silk blend :)


ps: I just realized that this was the third 52Knits post within one week. Sorry I promise there will be a variety of fun posts this month because a) it's SPRING which means LESS RAIN and MORE PHOTOS, b) my mom will come here next week and we'll do lots of fun stuff, e.g. a road trip to the Rockies and lots of adventures in Vancouver and c) I'll go home in less than three weeks!!! crazy.

This is project #11 of 52.

As part of my 2012 goals, I want to finish 52 knitted items this year. You can see all the items I knitted so far on my blog or on ravelry.

See knits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10

52 Knits // Hand-dyed socks

Pattern: my own

Yarn Used: about 60grams of hand-dyed sock yarn that I got on Granville Island

Needles: 2.5mm DPNs

Modifications:

Note: I have to admit that I was quite impatient to finish these so they turned out to be a size 6 or 7. Ooops. Oh well, some of my friends have small feet so these socks will be gifted to a lovely person with small feet ;)

This is project #10 of 52.

As part of my 2012 goals, I want to finish 52 knitted items this year. You can see all the items I knitted so far on my blog or on ravelry.

See knits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9

52 Knits // Snappy Hat

Pattern: Snappy Hat by Corrina Ferguson

Yarn Used: less than one skein DROPS Andes (65% Wool, 35% Alpaca)

Needles: 7mm circular needles, 6mm DPNs

Modifications: none

Note: I needed an easy project for knitting club that I could knit while talking to the other girls so I decided to make a quick hat out of the skein of super bulky yarn I had left from the Burberry Inspired Cowl I knitted last year. It took a little less than one skein to make and I could've easily finished it in one evening if I had brought DPNs to knitting club. This hat will probably be a Christmas present - it's never too early to start making Christmas presents, right?

This is project #9 of 52.

As part of my 2012 goals, I want to finish 52 knitted items this year. You can see all the items I knitted so far on my blog or on ravelry.

See knits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8

UBC campus in the spring

Here are some of the pictures I took yesterday. Unfortunately, most of my 'favorite spots' on campus are currently unaccessible because there are construction zones everywhere on campus. But I tried to capture some of the fresh spring atmosphere on campus.

Happy Sunday!

A Gorgeous Day

We've had a gorgeous day here in Vancouver - sunshine and above 10°C!
I decided to take the beautiful weather as an excuse to go outside and take some pictures of the campus instead of spending the day catching up on my readings. Although it wasn't really warm I decided to wear a cardigan with 3/4 sleeves. It was pretty chilly in the shade so after taking tons of pictures I went to Starbucks to get a soy vanilla latte ... soooo good. I'm gonna miss having several Starbucks coffee shops within walking distance of my home. I got the red leather bracelet at a thrift store in Santa Barbara last month - for $1! I love it and can't wait for summer when I can wear short sleeved tops every day because the bracelet is too bulky to wear it with a hoodie.

I'll post some pictures of the campus tomorrow - hope you've had a great day :)

52 Knits // Red Habitat Hat

Pattern: Habitat by Jared Flood

Yarn Used: Cascade Yarns 220 (100% wool)

Needles: 4.5mm and 5mm circular needles, 5mm DPNs

Modifications: none

Note: This is my second habitat - I wear the one I knitted last year almost every day and love it. When I saw the yarn on sale I couldn't resist the color (more accurate in the picture below, better pictures will follow). It takes quite some time to knit all the cables but it's definitely worth it - love love love the design.

I knitted more than just this one hat in the past weeks but I can't post the other projects yet because they are either presents or they wait to be wet blocked (as soon as I'm back in Germany...). I also continued knitting some of my WIPs (work in progress) but I'm thinking about frogging two of them :(

This is project #8 of 52.

As part of my 2012 goals, I want to finish 52 knitted items this year. You can see all the items I knitted so far on my blog or on ravelry.

See knits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7