elvisknits

knittin machine

My knitting habit comes in waves.  I can go months without picking up needles, and then all of the sudden, I can't stop knitting.  Lately, I'm a knitting machine.  I finished my camo legwarmers (sorry no finished pics), and I also finished these lovely baby bibs (pattern from One Skein). 

I'm working on some socks now.  I bought some gorgeous yarn at a little shop on my recent camping trip to Frederiksburg, TX.  I call these my "Enchanted Rock Socks", since we hiked up a giant piece of granite called Enchanted Rock. 

Do you ever feel totally overwhelmed with life?  Everything is going great, but my problem is that I can't seem to find time to do everything I want to do in a day.  I'm a very busy woman.  And I don't even have kids!!  How do these women work full-time jobs, raise children, love a husband, and still find time for themselves??  I'm in awe of you females out there who do this and do it well. 

My problem is that I'm a bit of a perfectionist.  I want to do everything but I also want everything to be under control at all times - house clean and organized, quality time with my boyfriend, full roller derby schedule, productivity at the office, lots of time to knit and read, time to prepare and eat the healthiest diet, and at least an hour of exercise each day.  Oh...and yoga twice a week, and time to hang out with friends, and, and.....sheesh.  Now I wanna take a nap.   

I survived the first game

My first official roller derby bout has come and gone.  The whole night is a big blur.  At the end, my team lost, but we put up a good fight.  I've certainly got a lot to work on, and I am seriously determined to get better before our next game in May. 

As for knitting, I finally finished the camo legwarmers so just need to post some pics.  Next on my knitting list - I've been asked to knit a baby item for a charity event next month, so I may finally finish the green Trellis sweater that has been patiently waiting unfinished in my knitting bag for a couple of years.  I also really want to make this lovely scarf...in light pink Peruvian baby silk.

living la vida derby

Roller derby is taking over my life!!  And I’m not complaining about it.  I frickin love it!  Last night we had our first public scrimmage of the season, and we rookies got to put on a little “mini-game” (that's me in black at the front).  It was so much fun.  I’m so excited about the upcoming season!  If you live in Houston, you better get your ass to one of our games, or I’ll come find you and knock your teeth out.  Hehe, just kidding.  Here’s our season schedule.

Unfortunately, I have not been doing much knitting.  I’m still meeting with my knitting group once a week, but that’s really the only knitting I’m doing.  Slow progress on the camo legwarmers, but I’m still working on them.  We have a derby art auction coming up in April, and I think I’m going to donate them to the sale.  I’m also going to make some roller derby shadow boxes.  I have some really cool ideas and cannot wait to get started on that project. 

roller derby knits

Have I mentioned lately how much I love roller derby?  Last night at practice was the first night I’ve been able to actually scrimmage since my back injury (I herniated a disc about a month ago).  It felt so good to be back in the game.  Our first game of the season is less than two months away, so I’m really trying to push myself and do everything I can to make sure I’m in good shape.  Well, I say everything I can, but I did eat some onion rings yesterday…woops. 

I found a way to combine my love of roller derby with my love of knitting.  Since my team’s colors are camo, I decided to knit some camo legwarmers to wear at our firt game.  Well, that is if it isn’t too hot.  Here’s my progress so far…

new felt

I finished my new felted bag.  I started with a Noni pattern, and then either changed my mind or got lazy...I can't decide which is more true...and improvised the end to come up with the bag in the pic.  Either way, it turned out kinda groovy, simple and modern, and I'm using it right now as my everyday purse.  It holds a lot of stuff, and I LOVE  the yarn color.  It's Cascade 220 Heathers in a greenish-brown color. 

Now I'm working on more wristwarmers!!  I made a pair for three of my coworkers for Christmas, and now I'm getting requests from others to make more.  They knit up really fast, but those should keep me busy for a while.