latest of the Zee's Headbands

My evening was spent watching the football game and knitting. I knitted two complete headbands.  The first one was a simple knit pearl of blue and white yarn together, it didn't take long and a girl from work requested a blue and white headband.  So if she likes it she may have it.  Some of the girls on campus have been wearing really cute ones that are bigger with a flower on em.  I really liked them so I decided to see if I could knit my own, and boom here it is.  I think it came out very nice, its different than the ones I have seen but I still love it.  I am excited to wear it tomorrow.  My friend is the president of the NAU art club and told me that if I created some pieces she would sell them at the art club booth on the first friday art walk.  I am pretty sure I won't be selling anything this coming month but maybe by Nov. I will have some things done that I am willing to sell.  

I miss you

I miss a lot right now and listed below are some of them.

I miss the fall in New York. 

I miss my sisters. 

I miss the farm. 

I miss all the animals. 

I miss friends all over the place. 

I miss having time during the day to hang out. 

I miss sitting in classes learning. 

My Grandpa -Nelson Hagberg 

I miss being close to bodies of water. 

I miss times with old room mates. 

I miss hiking at camp.

I miss picking apples. 

I miss picking veggies out of the garden. 

I miss knowing most of the people when I am out and about. 

I miss camp friends. 

I miss kids. 

I miss maple trees. 

I miss my childhood.

Most of all I miss my grandpa. 

 I miss the stories he would tell. 

I miss the riddles he had for me. 

I miss Friday night fish fries with him. 

I miss the way he smiled when we visited. 

running

My good friend Laura has recently got me running.  It is good for me.  I do enjoy our runs as they will help me get into shape and lose some of my summer 15.  Yeah that's right summer 15 I tend to gain weight during the summer and lose it in the fall and winter.  Anyways we run on the trails in Flagstaff either in the mornings before I go to work or on Monday evenings.  These runs are good so you can be out enjoying the prettiness of Flag, and we also get a chance to talk about life and hang out.  Yesterday morning I had to run a lone for Laura is out of town.  I figured I should still go out and run so I don't fall behind again and have to start all over again.  So I start my running from my apartment to the path.  I run down to the path and within the first five feet I come across a huge mud puddle. I forgot it had rained like an hour earlier.  But I am not gonna turn around and call it quits I keep going.  As I am going through the tunnel to meet the other  trial, the water that is only flowing down the side is now flowing the whole width of the tunnel so my feet are no longer dry and it's almost a pond at the end of the tunnel so I had to figure out how to get around it.  Once I get on the trial again and start running I would hit mud patches and slide around and my shoes were getting heavier because of all the mud the had picked up.  I am thinking to myself why am I even trying to stay running I should just walk and not hurt myself. But nope I keep running I don't have enough time to walk.  I also realize that Laura does a better job at pacing the runs than I do, however stopping and walking is not an option must keep running, must keeping hopping puddles and dodging slippery mud patches.  I did survive the obstacle course and it was probably a better work out than our normal runs would have been.  Today I failed at going out and running for one it rained through out the day and night so I am good at not having to jump puddles again.  And I also figured I danced the night away last night so I should be fine if I skip one day.

newest of the zeehats

When I was seven my mom tired to teach me how to knit.  I failed at it. The scarf I was trying to make got wider as it got longer.  At that time I decided that knitting was not for me.  It was not until I was in college that for what ever reason I decided to try and knit again.  By no means am I good at knitting, I don't even know how to read a pattern. But knitting does take up some of my spare time and it keeps my hands busy while watching TV or movies.

My past two summer were spent working at a camp in Alaska.  The first summer I made all the female staff along with a few male staff each their own headbands.  I also taught a few others how to knit and some had the same problem I did when I was seven.  This past summer the first wal-mart trip brought me bright pink and green yarn, in which case by the end of the first session all the staff had headbands made from this pink and green.  It made me feel good to see them all wear them throughout the summer.  I was also able to make a few hats this summer.  Two of which went to Italy for my sister in law and niece,  a few others were left with friends to keep their heads warm this winter.
The hat that I made today has not been knitted but it was crocheted.  My twin sister came home college able to crocheted.  She taught me how and well lets face it, I was not a huge fan of crochet.  It's easier and takes up way less time then knitting, but I kinda just like how knits look compared to crochets.  My lovely kitchen assistant this summer crocheted and see made some of best looking crocheted hats I had ever seen.  As she taught everyone how to crochet I taught them all how to knit. But she was not the one that taught me how to crochet and the ones she taught would ask me questions on how to fix their projects.  I would help them out but sorta laugh at the same time because I'd never made anything by crocheting.  I knew how to do it because of my sister and mom.  So today I decided it was time to start being crafty again and I made the hat posted above.  I need to actually see if I was capable at crocheting a project from start to finish.  I succeed, its the most beautiful piece of work but it's not bad for my first crocheted hat.