http://www.muntustitches.com Knitting under the influence. Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:34:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (A little experimentation/messing around with the icing decor.) I even made vegan chocolate chip cookies the day before. My goodness, I cannot eat all these by myself. Need to give them away. Now! http://www.muntustitches.com/2008/04/27/i-love-cupcakes/ My life has been pretty busy that it's really been difficult to blog consistently. I write blog entries in my head but when it comes down to posting them, all goes to naught. One of the exciting things that has happened to me in the last weeks was ... http://www.muntustitches.com/2008/04/26/love-from-tampa/ I'm still here! I tend to write posts in my head throughout the day but when it actually comes down to doing it, it doesn't quite happen. I am still knitting faithfully with a couple days here and there without during busier times. I've been quite bad ... http://www.muntustitches.com/2008/04/22/checking-in/ When times are tough, this is what I try to do. That, and focus on the positive. It's hard but I gotta practice what I preach, right? So in pictorial form, here they are: Dan Dream in Color Yarn, a new favorite. Koolhaas hat pattern. Dessert, made up on the ... http://www.muntustitches.com/2008/03/09/some-of-my-favorite-things/ It feels good to wrap this month up and for it to coincide with Friday, the end of the week. To commemorate the start of March, my birthday month, I guess you could say I've already received birthday gifts. The one I'm quite excited by is this... My brother ... http://www.muntustitches.com/2008/02/29/leap-year/ I'm sorta moved in but the new place is way bigger than the old spot, so I ran out of furniture. The older place had really nice built in shelves but other than that, had nothing else redeeming about it. That said, I've decided to do a ... http://www.muntustitches.com/2008/02/18/cleaning-house/ This business of moving has been quite tiring. I'm about half way out of the boxes and most of my yarn is accessible to me. I'm a little burned for ideas on what to knit next. I mean, it's not like I've not been knitting. I ... http://www.muntustitches.com/2008/02/11/sad-post-without-photos/ Other than my latest purchases, there's quite a lot going on at La Casa Muntu. Not too much knitting really except for a nice squishy scarf that I'm knitting up with some of this chunky Malabrigo. I love Malabrigo so much I bought 6 skeins that was on ... http://www.muntustitches.com/2008/01/24/one-can-never-have-too-many/ It's a funny feeling when you get home and you want to knit but somehow can't put the energy into it. I've finished my last project, a hat, a couple days ago and glad that it's not sitting on needles waiting for me, unlike my poor hourglass sweater. ... http://www.muntustitches.com/2008/01/09/malabrigo-warmer/ Day One of back to reality and I'm already wanting to go back into the holiday rabbit hole that was so warm and comfy. Unfortunately, or fortunately, I'm off to a flying start as I also return to University classes tomorrow as well. During the last couple days ... http://www.muntustitches.com/2008/01/07/first-day-back-and-im-exhausted/