The hubby gave me my birthday present early

so sorry if you never hear from me again...

Ellie

Pattern:  Lorna Suzanne by Ellen Mason (link will take you to the Ravelry purchase page)
Yarn: Patons Classic Wool Merino in Aquarium
Needle Size: 5 and 4
Dates:  February 18th, 2011- March 15th , 2011
My Project Name:  I was listening to The Third Day, the Frost by John Marsden when I started knitting this.  I really love the character Ellie Linton, so this cardigan was named after her.

Modifications:  Nothing big.  I used a backwards loop for my increases instead of M1's because my backwards loops always look quite sloppy.
New techniques learned: None however when I was grafting the underarms, I realized that a refresher couldn't hurt.  I used this article right here.
Notes:  I actually finished the knitting portion of this on the 11th but I had to go out and pick up some buttons today so I could finally wear it.  The buttons are a Beatrix Potter bunny which I got from Joann's.

I had some really bad rolling issues with mine because I knit it on smaller needles.  Blocking really fixed it but I think I'd like to re-block the collar because the right side is still looking at little funky.

I really love everything about this cardigan, it's so cute!
More Pictures:

SO BUSY!

I know my posts have really slowed down over here.  I've been incredibly busy this month and haven't had much free time to do anything.  I had midterms on Wednesday, and my windows class ended on Thursday.  Yesterday I started a database class which is going well, but it's taking some getting used to.  This semester is half way over and I'm really glad that it's been going so well!

As far as my hobbies, I did finish knitting a sweater yesterday, I'm just waiting to get some buttons before I make a post about it.  I have been keeping up with my reading.  I've been reading a little each night before bed and I do still get a lot of down time at work so that's been a great stress reliever.  Earlier this week, Ronnie and I flew with one of our good friends and he twisted his ankle at the airport.  We had to go to the emergency room with him and needless to say I got to read until 4 a.m.  I finished a book and got a quarter of the way through another one. 

My 30th (!!!) birthday is in less than a month.  I was trying to make plans for it, but I kept getting more and more ideas of what I wanted to do.  I think maybe I was carrying the leftover excitement from planning my wedding into planning a birthday party.  Needless to say I can't afford a wedding 2.0 so I'm probably going to plan something small.

Lastly, we finally hung up some wedding picture this week, it only took us half a year. :)  

Monthly Reading Roundup - February 2011

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (Finished February 1st)

 

Gossamer by Lois Lowry (Finished February 2nd)

Fourth Comings by Megan McCafferty (Finished February 2nd)

Perfect Fifths (Finished February 3rd)

By Royal Command by Mary Hooper (Finished February 6th)

Across the Universe by Beth Revis (Finished February 9th)

I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (Finished February 13th)

Delirium by Lauren Oliver (Finished February 14th)

The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman (Finished February 17th)

A Killing Frost by John Marsden (Finished February 19th)

The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown (Finished February 28th)

Books Finished: 11
2011 book total: 17
Favorite This Month: This is a tough one because I read a lot of really great books this month.  I'm going to have to say it's a tie between Perfect Fifths and Delirium. 
Least Favorite This Month: Beautiful Creatures.  You can read my 'book thoughts' on it here.
Other:  I'm so sad to be finished with the Jessica Darling series!  I've saved the whole series though so that I can re-read them when I have the time.  Also, I am Number Four....  I picked up this book because I was thinking about seeing the movie, but I wasn't overly thrilled with the book.  It had a lot of action packed moments, but it wasn't what I was expecting.