Been a long time!

I started this blog a long time a go to help me control my "Yarn ADD obsessions"....well maybe not control them but at least keep track of them!

Wow I just looked at the date of my last post OMG!!!

Summer accomplishment!! I participated in my first KAL. It's the Summer Solstice Mystery Shawl from wendyknits.net. This is my first real lace shawl too. It needs 15 stitch markers if you are going to use them. And yes I sooo need to use stitch markers. I can't just use plan boring stitch markers....no... I have to make some. Here are my stitch markers ...

Now before I began I actually did a swatch (something I'm not very good about doing).

Now the instructions are for you to create nupps (never heard of these before) or beads. I decided on going with the nupps because I thought my yarn would look good with nupps. They are used in patterns to add texture to your pattern. Mine came out okay but I saw a lot of people create ones much better than mine.

My Finished Shawl !!!!!!

 

 

 

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Finished Felted Bag

Here is the felted bag finished. I've been using it for awhile and I don't like how I sewed the snap so I will be fixing it (probably when it finally comes undone) and black wouldn't be my first choice next time for felting. The black picks up every piece of fuzz. Other than that it is really cool and I have made a little bag to carry on and ends in the inside I just have to put the finishing touches to it. I used my left over yarn...will post that soon.

First felted bag

My first felted bag before it has been washed. Only took me two years to finish...I kepted working on it and then putting it down...kinda like Alex's sweater. The next post will be of the finished product.

My first sweater....why can't I finish it.

okay so I'm trying to knit my son's first sweater...I bought the yarn over a year ago and have come up with every excuse in the book. This is my progress as of Thanksgiving. I'm going to take some more pictures to show my progress since then...yes I have made progress but I've also started about 1/2 dozen other projects. I just seem to have a mental block. Not sure if its the idea of making a sweater or this particular sweater. Of course the way my son is growing he may grow out of it before I finish it. I was thinking if I posted these pictures it might push me to get working on it again.

Hat Attack II

Hat Attack II http://hat-attack.com/ . I was officially hit by my assassin at 12:00 PM Saturday, September 20, 2008. As you can see my attempt didn't have a chance. My assassin lives on the other side of the country and managed to get the hat knitted and mailed from the west coast to the east coast in 4 days.... my target weasleywoman05 gets a few day more while my hat makes it to the west coast and is finished by NutellaNutterson who as of this moment appears to be still alive. Good Luck to them both!

Hat for Jack

This hat was so much fun to make. The pattern is called "Colour Me Bright"(#108) from Cabin Fever. Great pattern for scraps and creativity. I decided on the colors for each pattern as I went. I have started a second hat for my own son. The pattern called for wool that you dyed with kool-aid. I had scraps I wanted to use up but I am going to try dying some wool with kool-aid at a late time.

Let them eat cake!

Calories Zero, Fiber 100%. My first attempt at knitted cupcake. I used the pattern from the blog "Blah, Blah, Blahhhg" with a few modifications from another Ravelry knitter and then a few modifications of my own. The frosting is made out of Caron Charming in Raspberry. I thought it looked like frosting with sprinkles.

I think it would be neat to fill a whole cake plate with knitted cupcakes for the center of the table and see how long it takes people to realize how low cal they really are. This was a fun little knitting project but the yarn I used for the frosting was a bit difficult at the end when you start K2tog.