Headbands and Interviews

Kim S. will be happy to hear that I've finished her headbands!
Pictures can be seen below and they are also on display in my Etsy shop!
If you're interested in commissioning a headband (these colors, other colors, another design?), send me an email at knittinsmitten@gmail.com.

"Emerald City & White" (top) and "Aporto & White" (bottoms)

Ready to ship!

I haven't been getting a lot of knitting done recently because of the move-in (significant progress has been made, but still not there yet... I'm getting a little worn out from all the organizing) and because I've been looking for a job. Since I'm starting my master's program this September in library and information science, I've been trying to find jobs that are applicable to my studies and future career. I haven't been looking for very long, but I already wish I could just show up and get an interview. I'm tired of typing in the same information about my employment and academic history into those online forms that only let you have 50 characters to describe your skills and responsibilities. 

I do have two interviews pending (one is tomorrow at 11am!) for "big girl" jobs (one with an online retailer and one with a property management company) and have one job offer from a clothing store in the Bellevue Square mall. Depending on how things work out, I might try to do one full-time job and one part-time job over the summer until my classes start and then drop the part-time job. We'll see how things work out though; 40 hours a week might be more exhausting than I anticipate. When they say they offer vacation, they mean paid vacation, right?

Swirly Headband in "Sami"

My freshman roommate (well, one of them... I had two!) Sami just commissioned and bought this headband. It's the same Swirly Headband, but she wanted it in teal and off-white... and here it is!

Sami P. sporting her lovely new Swirly Headband

Made in 100% Peruvian wool.

Latest headband sold! Swirly Headband in "Sami" color scheme (teal and off-white).

Want your own? Email me at knittinsmitten@gmail.com

Mystery Illness

Symptoms:

1. Really sore throat, hard to swallow and almost no voice
2. Headache
3. Fatigue
4. Fever (chills, too hot and too cold at the same time)
5. Ringing/Aching ears
6. Back aches
7. Tight back and chest

Strep throat? Nope. Flu? Nope. Ear/Sinus infections? Nope. Mono? Nope. TB? Nope. 

Bubonic Plague? Maybe.

Diagnosis? "The Whitman College Crud" (quote from the nurse at school).

Not particularly inspiring and the cure is to take Tylenol and wait it out. So here I am, spending day four in bed. Today I went to class (one class.. my only class on Wednesdays) and it completely wore me out. I don't really remember the content of the class (I know what story we talked about at least) and I'm relatively certain my contributions weren't worth much. My professor commented that I looked "heavily medicated". Great.

I suppose the biggest symptom -- the one that should tell everyone just how completely lousy I feel -- is that I've felt too tired and out of it to knit. This might be the longest I've gone since I started knitting without knitting at least a little. 

Here is a list of things I accomplished while I was sick (because I like lists).

• An outline and annotated bibliography for a research paper for "Art Since 1945"
• Watched all of "Harper's Island"
• Ran the dishwasher

And that's it. I did pass my orals last week though! I'm super glad that I got that out of the way before I got sick; I don't think I could have passed in my current condition. So big hooray for completing senior requirements!

On the plus side, Kelsey G. bought the Swirly Headband in "Yakima" today! Woo! Hopefully she'll take some pictures when she wears it so I can post them here.

Swirly Headband in "Huskies" (Commissioned)

Swirly Headband in "Huskies"

Model: Liz H.

Hooray!!  This is my first sale from my Etsy store!  This Swirly Headband was commissioned and has been sold.  If you want a headband just like this one (or in different colors or with a different design... I'm flexible!), click here to send me an email or send me a message from my Etsy store!

This headband was completely hand knitted using a technique called Fair Isle, or stranded colorwork.  Two strands of yarn are used at the same time, in this case purple and yellow, with the color not being used carried along the back of the project.  When you want purple to show up, you hold the yellow one steady along the back and knit with the purple yarn.  When you want yellow to show up, you just switch so purple is not being used and do the same thing again.  Traditionally, this method was used to make garments extra warm (twice as much yarn) and the Swirly Headband in "Huskies" is no exception!

Approximately 9.5" wide and 3" tall.

This headband is made from 100% Peruvian highland wool and has been treated with Cascade Yarn's superwash.  The headband is completely lined; this means that there aren't any strings from the color work to get caught on things and so it is twice as warm: a guarantee to keep your ears nice and toasty while cheering on your favorite football team or talking a walk in cool weather.

Model: Liz H.

Dimensions (measure flat as shown on bench)
width: approximately 9.5"
height: approximately 3"
This headband fits an average sized head.

Interested in this headband in other colors?  Check it out in "Yakima" (below) or send me an email at knittinsmitten@gmail.com and we'll talk about other color options.

   

Questions from readers!
Q: Have you done your homework?
A: Most of it... I'm mostly studying for orals (this Friday!!!) and working on Peasblossom when I need a break. When I start reading the same sentence multiple times because I haven't actually read the words, that's when I take a break. But now it's back to public sculptures in the 1960's!