The Double Knit Twins' Blog

An Interrogative Mood. A blog post ?

2010-03-02T20:38:00.000-08:00

Reflection is necessary to improve. I've been struggling lately to find balance between critical thinking in informal conversation and just plain being critical! I find myself muttering contradictions in discussion.. me..muttering...of all people! Where has the quiet little girl I used to be run off to?
Has all of this analysis on paper disrupted my perception of the conversational hierarchy? In an essay, you are never interrupted. Microsoft may only suggest improved mechanics with its silent red underlines, yet no other author is vying for your spotlight. This is not the case in person, you see. When you have a revelation, you must wait your turn to speak. When you detect poignant fallacies in your partner's argument you cannot give them a prompt analysis and refutation. Things like manners come in to play.... hooey

I have realized in these awkward situations that a notebook can be a good friend. Not enough time to slip in your point in its necessary entirety? Write it down! Is your partner acting incredibly brazen towards your core moral beliefs? Write it down!
This strategy will not only help you relate to friends, but will also provide opportunity to understand and learn from others' viewpoints. Bite my tongue, I shall.

Argyle Socks

2010-03-01T16:27:00.000-08:00

How my heart melts at the sight of any remnant of the 50's.

frilly aprons
high-waisted skirts
sweater vests
poky glasses
and especially, oh especially argyle socks.

Help! I'm a senior citizen trapped in a youth's body! It is no I wonder I cannot relate to rock concerts, explicit language, teenage antics.... in general. It is no wonder I best relate in knitting group.

It is becoming a nuisance how many corny jokes I laugh at in class.

teacher "jokes"--

"I'll cut off your left hand if you use the semicolon!" ...student response(w/ said punctuation)..."it is so brazen* of you to use the semicolon when I instructed you not to!"

slip of words--

"snow-man arguments"

intentional jokes--

"Why won't the crab share?........Because he's too shellfish!"

Fits of hysteric giggles erupt in the front row. Oh no....

*Brazen-marked by flagrant and insolent audacity
( thank you dictionary.com)

2010-02-25T19:14:00.000-08:00

No artsy or awe-inspiring pictures for now.
Only Copepods.

The past several months have whirled past us in a cloud of graphite and lined paper. They've left us with a few more wrinkles under our eyes and on our foreheads. They've also brought triumph over anxiety and social depravity. We've filled our heads with many new things and have overall begun to think critically again. Begun. Professors have a wittiness that livens boring subjects like no home school comic ever could. (Sorry Ace, Christy, Pudge, Racer) I find her myself stifling hysteric giggles in a room of silent,tired, and otherwise uninterested eighteen-year-olds.
I like this new me. She rarely throws herself pity parties. She is too quickly moving forward to glance back. She makes friends and speaks up in class. She is balancing college work or at least giving it her best shot. Talking in the third person singular about yourself makes it seem a whole lot less egotistical. It is very freeing to take an outside look at yourself and rain compliments upon your head below.
When I understand concepts in school I find myself flashing back to the times that led to this understanding. In calculus class, all I can think about is Mr. Pinchot and Mrs. Phillips. The techniques I learned then in 5th grade math are ever comforting. I am so perplexed at what my life has become for me. The transition between this 5th grade and college was so sudden!I said I rarely throw pity parties. rarely. occasionally. Yet I cannot help missing childhood when I have these types of memories. It has become a persistent and subconscious goal to find a swing set. Rise, fall, and remember-- remember once more so I can finally forget.

Inspiration

2009-07-18T06:49:00.000-07:00

clouds speckled across the morning sky

and a tree I admire

we love our walks with just Molly and nature

July Blankets

2009-07-12T13:40:00.000-07:00

All of our blankets for this month's donation were bright and happy, suitable for summer.

The lady who runs the center said that she's noticed not too many people hand make blankets anymore. Given this, the mommy's receiving our blankets are always very happy! We were pleased to hear such a compliment
:)

Congrats!

2009-07-10T19:02:00.000-07:00

We are very happy to announce that Angie has won our give away!!!

We'll send you an email and then your green booties shortly after

We wish you the best, and hope that these booties will be on your baby's precious feet sometime soon!

And to everyone else who entered, thank you so much! We all had lots of fun : )

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GIVEAWAY!

2009-06-26T14:44:00.000-07:00

We are Hosting a Giveaway in honor of the start of Summer! It's sunny and cheery, and everyone deserves a chance of getting something free!

Our Baby Booties are simply adorable!
They look sweet on a boy or a girl and are comfy too!
Would make great gifts for baby showers!
These booties come in all the colors of the rainbow, fitting the personality of every baby!
Click here to see more info!

To enter the giveaway: Leave a comment specifying which color you would like, and the baby that will receive them.
Be sure to include your email address!

Earn extra entries:
*Subscribe to our blog
*tweet and include @HosannaJubalee

You will receive one extra entry into this giveaway for each of the above actions you do.

This giveaway will end on Friday, July10 at 10:00 PM (Eastern Time).

The winner will be notified by e-mail and it will be posted Friday night on our blog.
Please be sure you have provided a valid e-mail address. If there is no e-mail address provided to contact the winner, another name will be drawn. The winner will have 48 hours to respond to the e-mail notification with their mailing address.

Doggie Park

2009-06-20T14:01:00.000-07:00

One of our favorite Saturday spots with Molly is the dog park.While we were there we composed a list of "What Dogs Like".

Running after balls
Prancing with other dogs
Getting wet
Getting dirty
Resting in the shade
Staying next to Mommy
Running while smiling
Grass
Digging holes
Pretending they don't know what "sit" means
Slobbering
Barking like they're tough
Eating grass
Running in circles
Belly-Rubs
Wagging their tails
Being silly
Being called and not coming
Asking mommy to throw a ball and then staring blankly
Drama
Going for a ride in the car *head cock*
Playing when supposed to sleep
Sleeping when supposed to play
People

Please help us add to this list by commenting observations of the dogs in your life.

New Etsy Items

2009-05-20T10:46:00.000-07:00

We have been designing, and knitting, and more designing, and even more knitting. It's been a long process to list new items for etsy, mostly because we start so many projects at a time. This means we'll have a ton of new items finished at once, but with empty spaces in between. Our process can be described as a wave in the ocean. We have one big rush of finished projects, and then there is always a calm when the ocean is making up its mind about what shape, what color, and just how foamy the next wave should be. That's us.

In the Works for our etsy shops are -

blankets, hats, and booties for Double Knit Twins, our baby shop.

blankets, pouches, and cute accessories for Molly Knits, our puppy shop.

shawls, scarves, cowls, and assorted warmies for Posh Knits, our adult shop.

To be able to list any of these items, the rain must relent for our photo shoots to go well. Also, we must purchase a dress form for Posh Knits. I feel as if it is taking an eternity for this wave to come. Our oceanic minds and needles are just taking their time.

Spring FCWS Donations

2009-05-19T09:44:00.000-07:00

The First Coast Women's Services had been so pleased with our first donation, that we wanted to make it a monthly habit. They said that 4 or 5 new women choose to keep their babies after coming throughthe facility each month, and we volunteered to keep up with that number.

April-

In April, we experimented with granny squares. This type of blankets is light and airy, great for the hot and humid spring time we have here in Florida. We made them with all types of colors and textures and had a lot of fun in the process.

From left to right-
.Seashore
.Garden Party
.Meadow
.Baby Pink

May-

In May, we decided to give 4 baby sweaters, and we had chosen a pattern written by Elizabeth Zimmerman. EZ, as the knitting community calls her, is famous for her simple way of explaining techniques that would usually be dreaded. We had heard about her from many knitters on Ravelry and in our knitting group, so we decided to purchase the pattern for the "Baby Surprise Jacket" or "BSJ".

We made our first BSJ in January in a self striping yarn that worked out very well. After that, we were hooked. We bought 3 more colorways of this particular yarn and got to work. Of course, there were interruptions in between, but we seamed on the last button in May.

June-

We've been working on a set of blankets to give for June. They are made with classic baby colors, pastels of blue, pink, yellow, and green. We are also making baby booties to match :)
All of the blankets are finished except green, and we only have yellow and green booties to go.

The progressing sets are simply adorable!

here they are! all finished! 6/3/09

Blooms of May

2009-05-15T20:00:00.000-07:00

It is apparent that God loves beautiful things- He makes so many of them. On our morning walks with Molly, we pass so many lovely bushes and their stunning blooms. Molly is not quite as awestruck or appreciative. We tried offering her a sniff of a small flower we had picked, and she took a big bite. Well, of course.

The flowers pictured above are our favorite, mostly because of their unique way of blooming. We found out about them on a sunny summer's day. It was a sort of miserable day actually. We were jogging with our sister, although most of the time we were just trying to keep up, huffing and puffing several sidewalk links behind. We stopped for a breather and noticed something different about the shrubs that we had passed many times before. They had sent up a stalk, and exploded with purple flowers!

Every year we find pleasure in the suspense of these mysterious shrubs. We simply cannot contain our anticipation by the time they send up one lonely shoot with one bulb placed neatly on top. A couple weeks pass of this stalk phase and then suddenly, overnight it seems, all of theses bulbs decide to burst open and show their colors. It is such a display all about the neighborhood. We are very impressed. I wonder if we are the only ones who notice this phenomena.

Recycling!

2009-04-26T17:17:00.000-07:00

Before this week, we had no idea what fun recycling plastic bags could be! It never occurred to us that we could use them in our crafting, well, not without cutting them into strips and using them for yarn, which we tried and failed, long story. Anyway, one day on etsy, we came across this article , and had an epiphany! *cue angels*

We could use plastic bags as fabric!

When we went for the weekly shopping trip, we kept all of our bags and stored them in our "project basket" to make sure that they would be fused this week. We finally got time, and cut, folded, and ironed our plastic. It turned out a bit wrinkly, but we credited that to being our first try, and gushed over the ideas of what we were going to do with it.

We don't own a sewing machine, so we hand-stitched our first plastic fabric into a little pouch which we soon deemed a coupon holder :)

We sewed on a button, and a little crochet chain for the closure, and it's ready to go!

Vacactions, Vacations

2009-04-24T20:07:00.001-07:00

I love Vacations. I love walking by the ocean and watching the footprints appear behind me. I love sitting by the pool and falling asleep in the sunshine. I love waking up to the ocean sunrise right out your window. I love long car trips to knit, and knit, and knit.

We have a party coming up in May, so it was mandatory to sun as much as possible. We inherited our mother's genes of tanning: pale to red to a teeny bit tanner. *repeat* Poor me, must do some more sunning...

We marveled at all the seashells and gathered the choice beauties. We were sure to collect some with holes to experiment with.

It was a wonderful trip.

birds of a feather

2009-04-13T13:09:00.001-07:00

Today we were trying to study at our neighborhood bench. Trying. After spotting geese and their goslings, there was absolutely no hope for studying. We had no other option but to creep up and snap a few pictures to share with you guys.

The Mommy and Daddy paraded their 6 fuzzy little babies around the lake, and then took a family swim. :)

We also saw a pair of ducks! They were such a sweet couple, following each other everywhere.

Seeing these two families of birds was a wonderful way to celebrate spring.

FCWS Blankets

2009-04-11T20:18:00.000-07:00

We had been accumulating blankets over the past several months, the types of blankets that you knew you had to make the moment you spotted them on ravelry. Sadly, at the time, we had no babies to make them for, but made them anyway.Suddenly one day, it hit us. Our love for babies, and our ability to craft adorable things for them was no coincidence! How could we go all this time without putting the two together? We would help babies in need!
So we decided that we would make 5 girl and 5 boy blankets for our local women's help center. As soon as we finished the tenth blanket, we made a trip up to the center. It was such a nice visit, and we even got to see a young lady pick one out for her son-to-be, Jonathan.
(Wittle Jonathan will be happy to receive the Handsome Spring Blanket when he is born)

Pink Gingham

Blue Gingham

Plushy Granny Square

Handsome Spring

Melody

Footprints

V-Stitch Pastels

Another Plushy Granny Square

Stockinette Pastels

Hooded

Some of these blankets are available in our etsy shop, if perhaps any of them have caught your eye ;)