Just got back from the annual winter trip to India, and decided to finally update this blog after a million years!  So, new layout etc., now it's finally time for a new post haha. 

So I bought yarn in India...  50 Rupees (~$1) for 100g, who could pass that up?!  I wanted to buy the whole store but I was with my mom and plus had suitcase constrictions.  So I got ~220g of two different colors.  See that huge blue bundle at the back?  Yeah.  Thankfully that thing is actually four smaller skeins together, or I would've died trying to ball the orange one yesterday!  In any case, it took me the entirety of an 8-hour plane flight to make those three orange balls, and I still have five skeins to go.  (Thank god for movies >_<  Actually, I don't mind balling yarn - unless it gets horribly tangled like my third ball did)  Not sure what the plan is for these yet.  I also have no idea what they're made of and don't know how to find out :(.

 Also, I was productive over break!  I made these fingerless gloves while I was at the beach.  They were knitted on my Knook (the Leisure Arts one, in G-5mm), from 1 skein of Cascade 220 Wool that I got from Stitch DC before I left ($16 o.O).  On a side note, I wasn't at all impressed with Stitch DC; I think their collection got really limited after they moved, and it was pretty pricey.  Looped is  way better, but of course still a tad expensive.

Anyway, the pattern I used for these is called Lana Gloves, I found it on Ravelry.  You can probably see that there are a few issues; the main one was that I did my increases a little wrong and so there are small holes in the pattern.  I don't think it looks too terrible, and they're only for me, anyhow.  I also probably have to re-block and re-seam the left glove, no idea what happened but it didn't quite come out right.  (You can't tell when they're worn, though, so I might just get lazy and not bother.)
 

Not much else to say about winter break.  I bought a million sizes of knitting needles, so I'm going to practice and try to get better with the real needles (I've still not been able to knit a rib properly xD).  All my listings have expired from my Etsy shop....I need to repost them, but I lost all the pictures.  They needed better pics, anyway. :P  I'll be knitting up a storm soon, I also ordered some stuff from Craftsy recently - I never knew they had a deals section, and the prices were good ^.^  Of course, I ended up spending a lot anyway.  I got some Lion Brand Wool-Ease and Malabrigo Chunky, just waiting for them to arrive in the mail!
On a not-really-related note, I sort of want a dressform.  It would be good for blocking stuff and for modeling things for Etsy, too.  I heard you could make one out of garbage bags and stuff, but that seems intimidating... Maybe I can find a cheap one somewhere?

Okay, enough rambling.  Until next time!