Platformnine Designs

Life’s a whirlwind, what can I say?

On the knitting front: Christmas projects are in full swing. My poor Little Lace Vest has been put aside, halfway finished, until I can get these Christmas knits out of the way. So far the status is 1/14 complete, sooo 1 down, 13 to go. I have 5 of those started - 2 hats, a little girl’s cropped vest, a cowl and a neck wrap. I’m halfway done the hats, through 1 out of the 2.5 lace repeats on the cowl, a third of the way through the vest, and have done 4 of the 15 lace repeats on the neck wrap. Sooo, Christmas knits are in good shape. Knits for me, on the other hand, are suffering from Christmas season lol.

On the school front: Arrgh, it’s the last week of this class and I have a rough draft and final paper to write and I Do. Not. Want. To. Do. Them. The next class block (which is the last block before I get a 2 week Christmas break :3) I FINALLY have an IT class annnnnd another god damn Com class :| This time it’s Business Communication for the IT Professional. Kill. Me.

On the boy front: We’re most definitely in love. Also, officially the longest serious relationship I’ve had.

On a new front: I don’t think I’ve mentioned yet, but I’ve made a lifestyle change for the healthy. So far I’ve lost 30lbs since June and I’m feeling super awesome. I’m back to the weight I was at in my senior year of high school and lately I’ve been confined to dresses and skirts because my clothes do not fit and I hate belts lol. In fact, last night I was running upstairs to get something and my pants fell down around my ankles!!!!! That’s definitely the point when you know you need pants.

So much can change in two months, it’s amazing! Alright, so I haven’t done half of the things I said I would do on that summary list a while back… and I probably won’t because classes just started up again this week and I’m lazy lol. I also just got back (well, 2 weeks ago we got back….) from my Alaskan Cruise vacation which was seriously PHENOMENAL!!! Go to Alaska. No, really, go there right now. I mean it. If you’re interested in the pictures that I love to spam people with, you can find the links to my public albums on facebook below. Ignore me and my sister acting dumb most of the time lol.

Pictures on facebook (public albums):
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I took two projects with me, one I finished (a blanket square for a charity project) annnd the other I didn’t. I actually started over cause I did that thing where I knit while I’m exhausted and I end up falling asleep and it became a tangled mess… fail. I cast on again last night. I haven’t gotten far, just the first three garter stitch rows before I decided I needed to sleep. It’s the Little Lace Vest from SweaterBabe.com and I looooove this pattern. I also bought the tunic vest to make for the fall, so hopefully I can finish this fast enough.

Also, on the boy front - the guy I mentioned with the classic car and disney love (Steve) was kind of a blip. I think he was seeing me and another girl at the same time and picked her over me. Whatevs, I say. After Steve I met Josh (who is now my ex) who I dated for a little under a month, but he turned out to be a tool. I went on a few dates with 2 guys after Josh, but then I met John. I’ve been dating John for a month and I’m falling fast for him. He is literally perfect. I don’t think he could possibly get any more perfect, but then he does something that makes him that little extra bit of perfect :) After years of being told that the best things come when you least expect them, I was hardly a believer. Then I met my John :3

I now return you to your regularly scheduled web browsing!

I’m so excited that my best friend’s sister is having her baby soon! The shower is at the end of this month and I’m making the baby yeti jacket, matching monster booties, and Candi Jensen’s suede booties! So far I only have the back of the baby jacket done. I’m going to finish (hopefully) the jacket and the monster booties tomorrow and Monday.

I really want to make her the rock star baby blanket as well, since she’s already named the baby, but I don’t think I’d be able to finish a blanket by the end of the month. Plus, he has like 6 middle names lol. And no last name. And the pattern looks weird with only two initials instead of three. Maybe I’ll make it for him for his birthday or something. That will give me until January.