Tree or leaf? You decide!

I learned how to do this cool stitch that looks like a tree. Or maybe a leaf. I just looked up interesting stitches online because I wanted to do something that required more brain power than the sack. It's pretty cool looking. Knitting is cool. Does anyone remember that song "Jump On It" by Sir-Mix A Lot? Because I do! It's like a song from my childhood. People played it at JCC camp. It's such a fun jam. Says the 45 year old soccer mom. I almost leave for Colorado and I'm so excited. I'm so nervous for Machon Kaplan, though. WOops. Anyway, I don't know what knitting stuff I'm going to bring because I don't think I can bring my sack. Maybe I'll make a cable hat. Or like a tank top or something. I need more inspiration! I've gotten some trolls from my brain that say I need to pep up my blog. To them haterz I say "shut up" don't listen to yur haters because they're only their to bring you down and not rise you up and Jesus Christ died and was risen. Inspiration is a fleeting concept. Anyway, this was a quick post. I hope you're having a great day.

The Sack Is Back

First things first, I got a second piercing on my ears! I love them so much, so I'm gonna show off them earlobes in this post. Today I saw this movie that I love! It's called The Way He Looks. It is so amazing. It has such a good representation of someone with a disability and a same-sex relationship. I also like that it's not really about being blind or being gay and like how sad it is to fit in with those identities. It showed realities without it being like having a disability or being gay is only a sad life. Anyway, I'm continuing my sack! It's gotten so long. It's like the size of my whole torso. I've added some stripes and in the one blue stripe I have different shades. I think I want to do it more to make it more interesting. I also want to do different sizes of stripes because the whole point of this is that it is an art piece. It is a place in which one can put their whole body in it. However, this is made for my body. It is just for me. Creating this is also supposed to be freeing. I can be distracted and make it or I can choose to be specific artistic flairs or pay attention to the overall look or specific parts of it. It's a freeing project. 

Knitting Memes/Pictures

I am having too much of a good time looking through these pictures on Pinterest. Please enjoy:

Keep Calm and Carry Yarn

I cable stitched! It's hard to see in these pictures, but this is a broader stitch with 6 stitches and made within the stitch and doesn't shift the stitch like the last one did. One mistake I had been making was I thought you had to put the cable stitch in the front for one row and then for the next row you have to put them in the back. However, for this particular one you take three stitches from the cable and put them in the front, knit the next 3 stitches in the cable then knit the three stitches off the cable needle. I just used a double pointed needle, though. You can also use a pencil instead of buying a cable needle. Then on the flip side you just knit or purl as needed. I also had a row of just knitting/purling as needed on the cable side in order to keep it from being too tight. So basically I would 1. do the cable stitch 2. knit/purl the back as needed 3.knit/purl the cable side 4. knit/purl the back 5. do everything again. Cable stitches are so fun! I'm so glad I finally figured out how to do them. There are so many different kinds and I want to learn how to do more sometime. I also want to make a hat with cables! I also want to make a tank top. Try to make a better tank top than that one time I made one. I also want to continue my sack project.  I finished watching Shameless on Netflix. Wow. It's so weird how people get so invested in TV shows. Like I felt like I was really involved in all of those characters' lives and it's so weird to have to wait for the next season or that this show won't be new to me anymore. Why am I so invested in their lives? I want them all to be ok, but they won't because it's a dramatic TV show! I just really love Kev. He is so great. Like I felt like I was living their lives while I was watching it. That's like normal, but that's so weird that humans have this capacity?!? Also does this mean that I am not doing enough with my life? I haven't really been doing a lot, but sometimes being involved in other people's lives via TV is ok? It's so weird. I feel like my school life and home life is very different. I am much more of a lump at home. Is that ok, though? I'm not sure. See the last picture below for a sweet knitting meme(?) Also I took the title from www.google.com. Not my idea. Plz don't sue me, www.google.com! 

This is pretty much what the cable looks like since it's hard to see in these pictures. Mine aren't as elongated, though.

It's The Start Of Something New

Hello I am back. I started a new project. It's going to be a sleeping bag/pouch thing. I think maybe a sack type deal. I want to make it super long so it can fit me in it. I am going to put a lot of different colors in it, but I want it to be mostly that pink/red color. This is going to be fun! Ahhh I've missed knitting so much! My shirt is from my sibling who goes to Evergreen State College. It's late. Almost 2 am. The term "salty dog" is funny to me. I'm watching the show Shameless. TTFN.

Sarit Is Learning To Cable!

The journey of learning how to cable has reached a new point. I have learned how to do a basic cable, folks! It may not be a full cable, but a part one I guess. There are some mistakes and I need to practice more, but I learned how to do this! There are a lot of different kinds of cable, but this one is pretty basic just going back and front and looks like it's going side to side. When it's going in the back you're supposed to purl the stitches off the cable needle and in the front knit them off the cable needle. With this style you move the cable in a direction where in other ones you work within the stitch itself. It's pretty small. I started with four stitches for the cable and moved it down to two stitches (accidentally).When the stitches are going to the back they will lean right and forward it will lean right. Also you need to start with some ribbed stitches, which is pictured below. This is so fun to learn!

I am back from college! My first year of college is done. College is amazing and I love it so much. I've been back for awhile. It's weird being back home. I have too much free time! Going from always working to having a ton of free time is weird. I feel so unproductive! This is productive, though. Productive fun! What does productivity mean? Also why is it so important? Why is it bad to just be a lump on a couch? It just feels like a waste of time I guess. However, sometimes being a lump is necessary to take a brake from being productive. 

Ribbed stitch portion

A Small Tilt 

Staring at my work deeply

The full thing (it has some mistakes)

ps. This is a really helpful tutorial video. I only did the first part thus far. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05Sc9Q_EOiw