Seriously, Georgia, WTF? This weather is incredible. Last week we saw 60 - 70 degree temperatures, followed by tornado watches, followed by snow flurries. It is insanity. March is usually a pretty stormy month in Georgia, but this is weirdness. I know there are some massively dangerous winter storms out there right now, so I pretty much have no right to complain, but it's just WEIRD. And I'm really, really scared of thunderstorms and tornadoes, as are both of my dogs.

I'm also just ready for spring. The cold and I, we are not friends.

Sigh. At least there have been some outrageously beautiful days in the mix.

I have been so busy with school and work! Luckily, I've had some cool projects at work lately, so I'm okay with the busy. I sort of like the busy, even. Tomorrow, I'm taking pictures for a client, and I needed a way to get some great macro shots, so I got to do something I've been wanting to try for a while - make a lightbox! I used this tutorial and was very inspired by Lolly's tutorial also. In my work, we often need very clear macro shots with backgrounds that are easy to take out, and this seemed like the way to go.

I used stuff that we had laying around the office - some foamcore, shipping tape, and a box cutter. To set it up, I grabbed one 650 watt studio light and just start shooting to see what things looked like. Of course, I used my knitting for some test shots. :)

My Minimalist Cardigan

yay! full disclosure: the color is WAY OFF in this picture. The actual yarn is a burgundy red. I'll have to play with white balance and camera settings to make things look just right. But overall, this was the effect I was going for. I'm excited about using it tomorrow for work (and continuing to test it by bringing some more of my knits in for a photo shoot. hee.)

And, as you can see, I started knitting the Minimalist Cardigan. I decided to brave the seed stitch, and I'm so glad I did - I love the texture. It does move really, really slowly, though. It's good bring-everywhere knitting, and also good TV knitting (as long as I look down occasionally to make sure I'm not knitting ribbing instead of seed stitch).

I'm also working on the socks for my raffle winner! After we emailed, I decided to knit her a pair of Mingus socks. Dude. I love this sock pattern. It took me a little while to get the hang of the pattern - and I definitely still need the chart - but it's super interesting and gratifying, because the longer it gets, the cooler the pattern looks. I hope they turn out well!

Mingus progress.

I'm about 1/4 of the way done with Jacob's second sock, but I put it on hold for the Mingus socks because I needed my size 1 Addi Turbos. I think I'll be done with these pretty quickly though - they are fun, so they go fast.

Well, I'm off to finish the laundry and play some Super Smash Bros. Brawl on the Wii. I'm not usually good at fighting games, but I loves me some Super Smash Bros.

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