Ho Hum Diddle Dum....

Brent's off work today so we're pretty much just hanging around at home for now. Later we might go out to eat though. We've been wanting to try out a local restaurant called "Puffin". It's supposed to be pretty amazing lol. I'm not sure what they serve though.... hmmm lol

You'd thing there would be more ethnic Korean places around, but because of the military base everyone seems to cater towards Americans. There's a Teriyaki joint, Chinese, Thai, Italian, and pretty much whatever else you might fancy, plus the added bonus of everyone knowing at least enough English to understand your order. That last factoid is VERY important since, although I'm Korean-born, I was adopted and therefore do not know a word of Korean (except for "kam sa ham ni da", and going around thanking everyone all day, while polite, really gets me nowhere....)

As far as crafting goes, I'm kind of in a knitting stand-still right now after completely frogging mitten I was making for my mom (pity I hadn't found this article an hour sooner *exasperated sigh*). I was within 10 minutes of it being totally finished too! See? :(

^ As you can see, I wasnt paying attention (I think I need to cut back on the crime shows) and I placed the thumb opening 10 rows too high. Brilliant, Holly. Just brilliant....

^ I entitled the flickr picture "Right Before the Carnage...." =P *sighs*

So yeah. I really really hate frogging stuff (even just a mitten) so it was kind of hard for me to motivate myself to pick up the needles again to redo it lol. How did I manage you ask? Well my package from knitpicks making it's way to my door helped ALOT =D



^ My new and shiny set of interchangeable circulars!!! Yay!!! Now to tackle learning this "Magic Loop" nonsense everyone raves about ;)


^ And lots of random accessories (get to know me and one of the first things you learn is my intense LOVE for zee accessories haha =D)

I also bought the $20 binder thingy to go with the needles, but I must say that, while very attractive, I am SORELY disappointing! Its really.... STIFF! It's really difficult to unzip and the ziplock pockets inside are that way too! In fact, 5 of the 6 zip thingys broke off when i simply tried using them! Ugh... I have emailed knitpicks about this, but I don't really know what to expect. I've been having issues with my Harmony Woods too :(. The lacquer is starting to wear off after only 1 or 2 uses, and its getting difficult to knit smoothly (Does anyone know how to fix this? Like a polish of some sort or something?).

I always feel terrible emailing these companies about an issue. Its like basically saying "Hey your product leave something to be desired and you need to fix it right now" lol. I totally love knitpicks too! Ah well... even if they can't/won't so anything though, at least I've brought it to their attention... :/

I shall depart now, since this entry is a lot longer then I expected lol. After we go out to eat, I'll post a mini review! :)

Stay tuned for some eye candy!

Possibly My Favorite Meme...

I'm not gonna lie. I really like filling out online personality tests/quizzes/etc...

I think they're a whole load of fun, so for this entry I'm going to redo one of the best ones (IMHO) I've found. It may be beneficial to some of you that like to read them and also to me since it should be interesting seeing how many of the answers changed since last time I took it (roughly 3 years ago).

Here's goes nothing x]


Rules: Open three windows. One with the list of questions, another open to Flickr and ready to do an image search, and a third to Big Huge Labs’ Mosaic Maker (create a mosaic 3x6). Answer the first question, put the main words of your answer in the search field on Flickr and choose one of the images from the first page to represent your answer. Click on the photo then copy and paste the url into the #1 spot on the Mosaic Maker. Do that for all the questions, then click create and post the results to your blog.

.*: MY RESULTS :*.

1. First name? Holly
2. Favorite food? eggrolls
3. Favorite drink? Milkis (korean drink)
4. Favorite color? purple is love <3
5. Favorite music genre? woohoo! techno/dance! ^_^
6. Favorite shoes? flip flops!!! xD
7. Favorite singer? Sarah Brightman! :]
8. Favorite hobby? Probably either knitting or baking but for the sake of this knitting-centered blog I'll say knitting haha
9. Dream vacation? New Zealand
10. Relationship status? Married <3
11. A nickname someone you love calls you? Panda
12. A song that makes you cry? nothing currently. "Come What May" from Moulin Rouge used to though lol
13. Your best friend's first name? Michelle
14. Dream car? Dodge Viper x]
15. Your current mood? excited! I really want to try out my new needles but I promised myself I'd finish these blog posts first AH!!! lol :3
16. What's the weather like? kinda chilly ^_^
17. One of your wish list items? Prismacolor 48pc Pencil Set xD
18. Last thing you watched on TV? Hmm... not sure lol. Most likely a crime show though haha :)


Well now wasn't that fuuuun?! lol :-D

Blogspot, My Old Friend! (Somewhat of an Intro)

First of all, I probably shouldn't admit how LONG I agonized about a good name for this blog.....

But it had to be something that I will timelessly enjoy as well as something people won't inwardly groan and roll their eyes at when they read it lol. So there you have it. I mean, seriously.... who doesn't love bright sparkles.... x]

Its actually not even that fantastical haha. Just enough to keep me happy though, I think ;). But anyways... enough of me obsessing over my username haha....

This Blog is dedicated to my knitting. and sewing. and crocheting. and origami.... and whatever else I wanna put on here basically lol :]

You'll be able to experience all the RAW EMOTION of me tackling my projects! Lucky you! xD

With that note... I end here. I'll probably write a few more separate posts about randomness just to fill up the page and make everything feel a bit more lived in though haha :)

nothing worse then a sparse knitters blog *tear*

Now off to come up with an acceptable layout.... <3