1994

I found this pic in a box of old letters. It is from Akron, Ohio. I was 5. I loved that princess hat. I even still have it. You can't tell here but the hat was/is bright blue with a lighter blue and sparkly silver streamer. The shirt was mainly lt. blue too, which in a twisted 5 year old kinda way I must have thought matched.

Scholarship

My biology teacher (my favorite teacher at this school) took it upon himself to nominate me for this scholarship. I had to find two other persons to write a letter of recommendation, making a total of 3. I soon found myself the recipient of $1000 to put towards anything school related such a books, tuition, or required equipment.

It is from the EMC electric company. They have a program that rounds up the electric bill to the nearest dollar and the extra change is then put into a fund that is given out as scholarships every year.




Click on the picture and enlarge it so you can actually read the article.

Voices

WGTC has a student magazine that showcases poems, art work, photograph, and short stories by students and teachers at the school. The whole of the 2011 edition can be found here. I submitted several things for consideration this year and one of them, a poem, was accepted. It is paired with another on the first page.

"Typewriters"

Denise Landon

Tap Tap Tap

Flow the sounds from next door

Slow fingers pounding out

Red thoughts embodied in black ink

I can now say that I am a published author.

Crafties

Being out of school for the summer I have plenty of time to work on my crafties. This is my latest finished project. I have been working off and on on it for over a year, maybe two, I don't remember. A few months ago I finally took it into the local yarn shop for help on figuring out how to start a row with a yarn over. I didn't think that was possible before and yet that is what the pattern called for. I have learned several useful techniques through this pattern.

Anyway, it is finally finished and I am very pleased with the results. This is probably the most complex knitting pattern that I have completed yet. The pattern was given to me by a friend as a high school graduation gift. I took a long time to find the right yarn for it. And I manage to guess just the right amount of yarn to get, six balls that I just barely used a bit from the last ball.

(Other posts on the shawl here. I thought there was other one too but I can't find it. Turns out I started the thing three years ago.)

Other long hybernating crafts exposed to the light once more include this cross stitched icon. Unlike the above shawl I don't expect to finish it during this break but I am making some more progress.



In anticipation of my visit to Oregon this summer I found myself in need of a simple project to take with me. The cross stitch being much to cumbersome and attention requisit, and my other knitting projects to large and bulky (rugs) to take on the plane. I, of course, was forced to start a new project. Which you see quickly begining to take form here from a Knitty.com pattern. I do like many of their patterns.

The yarn for this pattern is a lovely blue mohair that my grandma got for me as a birthday present (last year?).