Friday, August 31, 2007

Hummm


My jumbo fat bottom bag fell through because i ran out of yarn. My machine knit ballet t shirt fell through becasue i do not have enough needles. I have not started my machine knit anouck becasue i do not have the right yarn (cause you know i got yarn). this is why I am Creative (the ablity to fail without losing enthusiam).

On a brighter note I looked at all the ballet t shirts on Ravelry and I did not know you can make a baby one! So I am buyng the pattern today. I have to make some adjustments to make mine. One lady on ravelry gave a quick tut on how to do it so I am happy about that as well. The picture is the start of the german granny bag. I have 3 of 16 complete the five round granny squares. I just had a thought that I could make traditional squares and use a corrdinanting print fabric that you could see through the holes. a kntted one would be nice too just make 16 squares all the same size and sew them together. I need to work on that project. A german tote bag. Raena and I both thought about the sun spots and a nice bag I said even a larger than life bag. It would be the round larger than life. See now I want that one. it only took 1 and 1/2 skein of red heart to make 12 probably the other half to make 16. I would like that better. And i still can have my corrdinanting fabric. it is good to be creative.

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Not Enough Needles



I made my swatch last night washed and dried it and everything! i put my infomation into Knitware and the patterns generates...I need at least 152 needles! So i may just buy the pattern i have some 15's at the house it only took Adrieene (sp) 5 hours I can do it. I thought it was knitted straight so i was like no got to do it on the machine but reading the description it is knit in the round and you do not even cut the yarn. SO I will just buy the pattern it is only $6.

Monday, August 27, 2007

Willow Block purse



it is a cute little purse so that I do not have to lug the big bag around. it holds just what I need keys and phone. I need a closure that is it.

Friday, August 24, 2007

Oh Yeah



I have started my fat bottom bag. You see I saw a jumbo fat bottom bag the cutest thing I ever did see. Now I have about four friends that have recently had a baby or will have a baby arriving soon. When I saw the jumbo fat bottom first thing that came to mind baby bag!

The pattern

Fat bottom bag pattern

3 skeins of wool ease thick and quick

Size N Crochet Hook.

I have rug yarn and size K crochet hook. I know it will not be as big as hers but it will be a start.

My biggest dilema what color?

Monday, August 20, 2007

She got my squares

Sugar Bunny Blvd, Got my square my package is right on top the yello envelope with the large lable. http://specialstuff.typepad.com/sugar_bunny_boulevard/
My square were wopped hope ahe can use them. I am so happy to help.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Beautiful Iining



this will be the lining for my black buttonhole bag I made out of crochet nylon. Now I know those a navy blue flower but it is gorgeous I cannot help it. Now I wish I had some navy blue crochet nylon or wool. I bought the last yard Walmart had. it was $2 a yard.

@#$%^&* I am finished!@#$%%^


I am so mad. I mean I am glad I am finshed but I don't like it

it looks so unfinished. I am either goign to crochet and attach some long white handles or buy some short bamboo hadles. I need to take it by This and That so I can show them that I finished something. I went to them alot for advice and I am just now finishing something.

My next plan is to finshed my other granny square bag by sewing onto the other totoe bag I had. I may need to take soemthing off that bag as well to get it to fit onto the toe bag but we will see.

Monday, August 13, 2007

Mini Ballband Washcloth Swap


Sign ups have begun for the mini ballband swap. just email me with the answers to these questions if you want to join.

are you a smoker?
do you have any pets?
do you want to swap overseas
address


Pattern in cast on 27 do 8 bricks. If you need the textured dishcloth pattern let me know!
only requirement is you must send one washcloth. Extras are not required. Discuss with your partner if you want extras.

Friday, August 10, 2007

Mini Ballband Washcloth Swap

I have not swaped in a while! So I am starting a miniballband washcloth swap. I need people to swap with so if you want to swap miniballbands hit me up.

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Ain't this just the cutest thing you ever did see!


They are ice cream sandwich molds! you cut out two cookies put one cookie inside place a scoop of ice ccream then the other cookie on top then press down. Remove the cover and push out the sandwich! I am already thinking that I am buying a pan of pre made brownies or those big soft cookies from pepperidge farm. The instructions says bake a pan of cookies. Either way I cannot wait The baby wants some for her birthday party!
Machine Knitters I need some pattern testers i made three sock patterns I wanted someone to try. Thanks.
oh yeah almost done with book seven of harry potter so don't give away the ending.

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

What would you do?




Now first off is my extra long sides! what do I do do I cut it off or do I extend it and make it the handle. My co worker wants it even though it is a duffle bag. She suggested i cut off the extra and put some extra long wooden handles on it. She even offered to make the handles. it is a pretty bag. it is just huge! So if you read my blog, come my blog on accident please tell me what you would do. Thank you.

Finished something...kinda


two mini's down. I need to tuck in the ends but pretty much they are done. And you know what I still have some yarn left I am going to make a square on the diagonal. Start with the light purple til I run out them do the dark purple.

Monday, July 30, 2007

Hey Now!


I spent the weekend at the beach. We stayed in a condo. It was so nice! I feel unexpereinced uncultured (if that is word) the master bedroom had a feather bed! my goodness I did not want to get out. The beauty of that place has inspired me to get my own niceness! Every room had a flat screen tv entertainment armoires (sp) the one in the living room had the pocket doors that I love. But the ones in the other room had these doors the fold flat against the sides and the condo owner put mirros inside the doors (or they came with them) either way I was in love.

Knitting : I made a mini ballband washcloth on the way to the beach.

I have one in the opposite colorway on the needles right now that will probably be finished during my lunch break. That is why I love the minis they go so quickly.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

What did I tell you!


What did I tell you? Duffle bag. I am making a duffle bag! This thing is bigger than me! I just finished making the side and bottom band and I was like this is too big. So I lay out my sqaures and nope just right. Duffle bag.

Monday, July 23, 2007

Larger than Life Progression



So far so good. I am crocheting a duffle bag. Iam not even finished and I already have another bag in mind. a clutch. just four square in a row. Green black and white crochet nylon (because that is what I have at home) Oh! that is going to be oh so cute.

Babette progress






do not mind my ashy feet pay attention to the squares. This has proven to be a bit harder than I thought. Wish me luck.

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Funny Quote

"...I know the species (men). There is not one straight, gay or quadraplaegic, I would not say, "He would cheat on you."" this was from the new show on Lifetime about the therapists.

On a craft note i am trying to finish the several bags I started. I am trying to finish something for a change! I actually have sewn together my blue black and white bag, and my khaki bag now i just need some lining and handles.

The Babette was kicking my butt. I could not figure out which colors to use i felt like I was trapped in a box. My resdient color theorist (Michelle) said just put them all on the table and pick out which ones go together. That helped because I had all my yarn in a bag and I was just grabbing yarn and it seemed like none of my colors went together. Thank you Michelle!

I made about three granny squares I have no clue what to do with but I saw a site about sharing a square for charity and so now I can give them to the charity. I will make one more so that they can have at least a block.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Ice Tea recipe

I bought a ice tea maker a while a go and I just love it. We like the lemonade ice tea mix and I decided to make my own the other day. Came out really well been making pitchers ever since (it has really only been about three days now) but last night I decided to use the other tea bags I had and hence the below recipe. it has a slight peach flavor.

Tropical Arnold Palmer

3 - family size Tetley peach and kiwi ice tea bags
1 - can concentrate lemonade
1 ½ - cups of sugar
Water

Into the pitcher, measure fresh, cold-water tot the 3 qt water mark. Pour into water reservoir.
Add water to pitcher to the 3 qt water mark. Add lemonade and sugar.
Add tea bags into tea steeping basket.
Fit pitcher into place for brewing. Turn on machine let brew.
Stir to dissolve sugar; chill
Makes 6 qts.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Food for thought

What kind of man or woman are you showing your child how to be. I heard that from Samuel L. Jackson in the movie Freedom land. He said, "...that is the kind of a man I showed him how to be."

Monday, July 16, 2007

Knitted Kitty Updates

Ok I am altering the knitted kitty pattern (removing the profanity and adding the number of garter ridges) and I see I lefet out 6 rows (3 garter ridges) form my pattern! Hot Dog! sad becase I am almost finished with my second kitty! Now I have to make a thrid one so I can one that is correct! Well that is that.

Saturday, July 14, 2007

now i am good to go

the pattern writer set me straight. 12 rows are 6 garter ridges. so that was 23 garter ridges. I had to take down 23 rows but i do not have to get more yarn.

Ok Now

I am trying to make this Kitty but I do not know if I show do 23 garter ridges or 46 garter ridges. I am almost complete with the 46 garter ridges and it looks much longer than the pic so I am starting over with a different yarn. Plus i am running out of fun fur. Hopefully I only need 23 then i wll have enough to finsh the whole kitty without haing to buy more yarn.

Friday, July 13, 2007

Close but no cigar


I am almost done. I bought some trim and sewed it on one of the slippers but i did not like it. I saw some feather trim which i think would be real cute diva slippers but it was 9.95 a yard even half a yard I was paying $5. So I went with the $2 white poof ball trim. So now that I wasted $2 I need to hunt down some rosebud trim which is what I was looking for to begin with. I want little yellow roses on white ribbon.
These slippers fit my baby's feet. Hopefully when I wash them they don't but even if they stay this large I can call them garter stitch toddler slippers. I am going to make the largest size with the white cotton for my baby. I am not sure how the author of these slippers got them sound round at the toe? I will figure it out.
I have started a Knitted Knitty. I am using white fun fur. I plan on attaching him to my larger than life bag (turning my bag into a pseudo pet carrier) she will have a big red bow with a pyramid or elephant charm. Cute! Stay tuned.

Thursday, July 05, 2007

Garter stitch silk slippers


These need to be finished before i go down the road tomorrow. I just need to sew them up but i want tissue paper and a nice package oh my goodness i need ribbon or trim as well. i may have to mail them to her even though I am going to see her friday! Sorry I know.
I worked on my babette some at lunch. Man those 8 r's take some time. this blanket is going to be a real task. If the 8 rs took me this long and i have only completed two. What about the the bigger ones? If I do al of the 8 r's i wll run out of yarn. I need to do at least one of each square so that I can have may be one sqaure in each section out of the same yarn.
At the CB Meeting this weekend we plan on making squares for greensburgh. I had already planned on making some on the machine but hey why not as a whole. Garter stitch as well will not take long.
Looking at my slippers you can see the inc on the second one. See the first one i did the inc by knitting in the front end the back the second one I did YO inc.

Monday, July 02, 2007

Almost done



I am almost done all i have left is the sides and the gussests.


This is going to be a big bag I am thinking baby bag. No not for me. But lately that is what I have been thinking about do a layette. and I want a matching baby bag. Anywho i put a border around each square even though the pattern did not call for it.


What else is in the works. a teddy bear made with the moods yarn i bought from Rave knits. I think I am going to make some booties out of the tahki cotton instead of the sandals for ann's grandbaby I may just give her the yarn. It is really pretty yellow.


And i have started my actual babette with the blue yarn i got from michelle at the last meeting. I have made may things with the yarn i got form her. At first I was like i do not need any yarn i am not using the yarn i have blah blah but in the end all the blue was still there. and she was justgoign to throw it away. So why not take it home. and I am actually using it. I am also considering making something lacy with the black yarn i got from Vera a while back it is sitting there saying make something with me. I found two small balls of purple cotton they keep saying mini ballbands you know you want one! I saw a lady with a wrap at the airport when we were leaving San Francisco that looked handmade and i said I want one of those. I know i can whip it up on the machine. Just need to find the yarn. And now i am making (well i have not actually started) squares for the rebuilding greensburgh thing at sugar bunny blvd blog. I ahve always wanted to mass produce something on the machine and why not for a good cause. I wanted to do the the warm up america sqaures on the machine but i felt like i could crochet them faster and that is what i did. because i have to swatch first this will take some time. Once i swatch it is all down hill from there. You know do i have stash yarn? I am not sure I may not no big deal it will work out.


Oh yeah, my DOT bag is smaller than my Larger then life squares so i may end up using my bag I got on the cruise instead. or making my lining and zippper or at least paying someone to do it for me. I need a skein of yarn too. The sides and bottom are pretty long i don't have much yarn left. But that leaves me time for more crochet projects.

Sunday, June 24, 2007

G'day

Let's see i have started a new project. I am up to three projects going at one time and they are all crochet. I don't think I will be doing this much longer my wrist is starting to hurt. Lets see i am doing a teddy bear with the moods yarn I may need some more or I may take it down so i can do it in a solid yarn. I have the head ears and muzzle done I am working on the body next. I pray i have enough yarn because that yarn cost $10 a ball!. The bear in the simple knits for the cherished baby is not what I wanted but it is a challenge. I plan to convert it to MK. I am currnetly doing a lob cabin blanket. So far so good it will be red black and white. I have a pattern for a crochet miter square blanket. I cannot wait to get to a printer to print out this log cabin pic so that I can color it in. I need two or three squares left for the Larger than Life bag. I know I do not have a lot of red black and white. But I can get those easy enough at Walmart or AC Moore.
I am now on the Larger than Life CAL and All I need now is to take some pics and post them to the site. So off to complete some projects.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Larger than Life Continues


I am up to 7 but one is smaller than the rest so it will be frogged. They are as digny as all get out. Hopefully gain and some bleach will knock that right out.
i have assembled bag 1. but i keep making them. I saw a quote the other day in I think it was the Happy Hooker it said" a girl can never have too many bags if she makes them herself."
There are two bags in that book i want to make.
But notice I am half way through. I need to join the CAL. It wil be my first. off to join.

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

t-shirt of the week


Clothes express who you are and how you feel. Pull this on when you feel out of the loop.

I am not sure if this is read. The person reading it is not in the circle of trust not the person wearing it.
Ok look at it like this "stay out of my business"
You know this came from meet the Fockers.

Friday, May 25, 2007

Larger than life bag



I joined the granny along this all came about from my babette. Now that i have started crocheting now i cannot stop. So i am almost done with the bag I am making the sqaures for the gusset now. I may or may not use them. Then I saw the larger than life bag and one lady is going to put hers right onto a bag skip the lining plastic canvas zipper and the whole nine. I fully understand I have a pile of unfinished bags. i really need to find someone to do it for me. But anyway I keep going to this and that a lys here and they gave me a whole bunch of interfacing to use in all of my unfinished bags so now all i need is lining. now the good part is that I now can choose any fabric because the interfacing will allow the bag to keep it shapes regardless of the bag contents. I am really going to need a sewing machine. The ladies at this and that said three layers of interfacing . Must have a sewing machine to put together three layers of interfacing and lining . one lady at the lys said i make my bags too long. but that is the way i like them. I make them long and short. unique! So i have to take down two bags put the interfacing on the backside of the lining then construct the lining. woo Hoo! big fun all the while I don't have my big white bag
then comes Andy do you want theis Bag. Then the same ephiphany hit me that hit Ellen in LA there you go!

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

start of a new adventure


yes i meant the pun this is a version of the medium adventure bag. I made mine a bit smaller why because i am lazy. So it not going to be that big. but it will be lime green. I bought a pair of blue shoe that I now want to make a bag for it. But just wanted to update you.

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Pictures at last






Ok here are the pics of my Babette in progress and i plan to make this into a bag. This will be cute with a black t shirt jeans and black pumps. the yarn porn is from my Bond weekend. Yes that is sock yarn! I have plans to make another pair of socks my second pair. If i ever make it back to Rave knits I wlil get some cotton fleece earlier today I was thinking this yarn would make great baby washcloths nice and soft. with the lime green nylon i have plans to make a medium size adventure bag by noni. I just need a swatch. I am going to make a long weekend bag with some white nylon thread. I need at least onr of these bags done before my beach trip. I am going to make a medium size adventure bag on the machine in acrylic. the green bag will be handmade so i can get an idea of how the bag is made. I am going to make the white one on the machine that is why i need to make the med one on the machine to see how it will work. so lets see! oh yeah and and i am going to make a solid babette. I have plans on a babette bag and blanket. solid of course. I am thinking a baby set. off to knit.

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Babbette

I don't really like posting without pics but my excuse is I can't find my camera at home. But i had a bond weekend that was the best which is probably why the next weekend was so bad. I spent two days and two nights baby free even had a drink. did all kinds of yarn shopping. The next weekend i tried to do it again and she caught some virus threw up 8 times scared the mess out of me! Anyway back to the point of the blog. I have started listening to Lime and Violet. The last podcast one of them was talking about making a Babette form interweave crochet spring 2006 issue. She was calling it the crack of crochet. Which peaked my interest and off i went to search. It was actually ugly ( i did not really care for the colors) but i thought it was a great stash busting project. I have a whole box of yarn at home and i came home with a whole bag of free yarn from Michelle which i was going to make a log cabin out of. Until i saw the Babette and thought yes stash busting who care about he colors but i could not help thinking that that the Livingstone colors i was making my log cabin with would be so cut in the babbette so that is where i am . As son as i can get pics i will post some. If i am doing a baby blanket I have one strip down. And the bad part. I am not even finished with the first one and i already want another one. Another lady made a solid one. she is as bad as i am she hasn't finished her first one and she stared her second sold one. so let me finish this one and a solid one is one the horizons.

I finished my black nylon bag a really really want a large white bag. one my great knitting weekend i found some lime green nylon thread so i put the white bag to the side to create the green bag. it is not coming out the way i want to so i out it to the side. what was supposed to be a side project stash busting project has now followed me to work to work on at lunch! yes the Babbette in progress is beside me on the floor. What is confusing me is how to put it together. What color do i use to sew it all together is any color suing the back loop only. I have seen it done the traditional way. I am already doing the squares the traditional way i want to at least sew it together like the original. I have to put some question out there.
TTFN

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

it has been a while


I know it has been a while but i really don't like to blog without pics. any who, this is my latest creation. A nylon thread buttonhole bag. See there is something about buttonholes. Now I just have to line it. I still have not lined my cotton buttonhole bag.

I am torn I want a big white bag (this seasons fashion trend) but since i had to buy another roll of black nylon thread i can make a hounds tooth buttonhole bag!what to do.
my co worker says she wants to make a hobo bag with the nylon thread. I am like ok i will get you a pattern and show you what to do then a light bulb went off, I can do one too with the thin thread nylon I bought from the latin market. Oh and i got to go back to the latin market and get the purple i saw before. that is what i am going to make my hobo bag out of! I am not sure if I have the right size needle. See now i am buying more yarn.

i am also hoping that after i wash and dry this bag it looks more uniform. For example i have alot of big stitches i keep trying to pull on so that it look like the rest.
anyway on to the next bag.

Monday, April 02, 2007

Bad start

Well 4/1/07 was supposed to be the start of 100 miles in 3 months. Tomorrow will have be the start. I am going to walk 100 miles. In my house in front of the TV. I saw Meet the Robinsons today and Disney has a hit on their hands I really enjoyed it. Keep Moving Forward. Is what they said. I love it. I apply that to knitting so I started my Cable-icious KAL. I sat down today and wrote out my own (not a rewrite of someoneelses) pattern. I have plans on cabled baby socks and and a kimono (not cabled). All of these are machine knit by the way.

I need to get on my HKAL which will be the Jazzy chic line. Houndstooth baby bag, solid blanket and corrdinating swaeters hats and socks. "No project is too ambitious if you crave the result enough" Mason Dixon Knitting.

Friday, March 30, 2007

Partially Finshed Object


All I have left to do is line this bag. It came out pretty good. I want some pretty floral fabric. I was watching QVC last night and they were selling Sak bags. I have to have some nylon thread to make me a nylon buttonhole bag. The hole of my cotton bag did not come out as big as I wanted. but that is ok. I may put a piece of plastic canvas on the bottom and get some feet for it as well. Again watching QVC their bag had that a bottom without feet and she even folded it up. I can do that.

I restarted my Argosy blanket and now I have run out of yarn. But AC moore is having a Super Saturday sale then I will get some more yarn. I also changed to my size 5 circulars. I need to get some metal ones in the right size.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

The Freak'em Girl is Equine Approved


I am taking pictures of my bag for the knitting wisdom pattern submission. We find this pretty spot with the horses in the background. I prop myself on this fence that i really don't think is going to hold me. and smile why does this horse come up behind me!. he did not get the picture but this horse bit my bag i have a nice grass stain on my bag from where he left his horsey slobber!
You should have seen me hopping off that fence! All i could see is that horse dragging my bag behind that fence and i was going to be so mad. How was I supposed to get my bag back? Bill (photographer) said what do you have in that bag? The horese must have thought i had some cookies in there and he was determined to get them. Look if i had some cookies I would have given them too him.

Man!


I had to load another browser just to get into blogger at work. This is my latest project. Actually I have several going, Argosy blanket , lobby cloth and now cotton buttonhole bag. I and nearing the end. I need to get back onto the Argosy blanket. This bag was supposed to be a baby bag but i did not make the base wide enough. I have plans for a Jazzy Chic Layette set. the hounds tooth pattern form the Freakem girl cream and black cotton oh yeah it is going to be fly. A solid Cream cardigan and a solid black cardigan sold black socks (gina ahren of course) and solid cream, striped socks as well and matching coordinating hats. this bag would have been jazzy chic but i did not have the pattern when i started.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007





These washcloths are from Mason Dixon KAL website. The other is the beginning of an Argosy Baby Blanket. I am going to ask the designer if I am doing it right. She has not wrote the pattern yet I am jumping the gun. Kay's Blanket was increased to 15 blocks i am at inc of 11 blocks and it looks real small. So I am kinda worried. Who knows how big I need to go since I am totally different than what they are doing? My baby says it looks like a pair of panties. And it does. The washcloths are real easy you see I did mini ones. I

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Finished Something

I made two washcloths. I got the pattern from MDKAL. They were real easy to do. I made the first one and halfway through I said I got to make one opposite colorway. See that is how i end up making so many wahcloths then becoming tired of washcloths, there are so many possibilites. I have started on my Argosy bably blanket. I want to make a blanket with a matching baby bag. I thought the baby bag was going to ne the challenge but i see the argosy it self is i keep losing count of my rows. And I am at home all alone so i have no distraction(but the tv) and i have frogged the thing three times. I am using red heart because that is what i have. I have cotton and the author of the pattern says P&C is less thicker than the blue sky cotton she is usung so double up on the P &C. I have only one ball of P&C. Red heart is is I only have about half skein of that but i know where I can get more without the wait. I am using 6mm size needles. Wish me luck. I am going to need it.

Monday, March 05, 2007

So far

So far I have created a mini flora by berrocco, a baby genius scarf and a make shift argosy. I amnot done with the scarf and the flora felted well but the flowers are not so good and the argosy is a no no. The scarf is real beautiful though.


Friday, February 23, 2007

What I have been up to

ok other than the freakem girl i made this felted bag. I was thinking that Nora bellows prism bag was nothing but big dotty it is not it is bit more than that I am thinking cables. it is not bad though it is a great needle pouch I have yet to find the fabric I want to line it with and I am still debating a flower. so you can say I have a flat prism.

Ok the bracelet or the beginning of a bracelet. at the bond meeting annette showed some bracelets and i am trying to make one. This is my first stab at square stitch. I took me about four try to get what i got i was putting the needle in the back of the bead instaed of in the front. Now the instuctions clearly sat that but you know me. it is taking way more beads than i thought i am almost finshed with a n entire pack of .99 6mm seed beads. i have a little more to go it almost fits around my wrist. then the fun begins. I have a cold so i didi not work onit last night. Still not feeling all that hot so it may be sat or sun before I get back to it. I had plans on using some amber colored beads but i think i am going to buy some black beads to match the square stitch base. I was trying to do this with out buying too much but i want it right so hey! now i need small black seed beads.
the next bond meeting is in april and i am bringing beads i really hope Annet is there so she can teach me to make somethingelse. Alexis is coming to the meeting too.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

I am looking for

I am looking for a knitting group machine or hand for mommies and their babies. I would like to get together but I have a toddler. I live in greenboro, NC so if you read this and know of a place let me know. I am even up to starting a mommy and me knitting group. You know i saw a lady in Chick-fil-A knitting one day see if just get with her we would have a small group. Maybe i can ask chick - fil - a if I could post signs or even hold a knitting group there during family night but now they are packed during then to tell you the truth when is chickfil a not crowed. McDodanlds would be better anywhere where my baby can play without me!

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Second Sock Syndrome Swap

I got this from Girl is Crafty But since I do not or should I say I have not made a pair of socks by hand I thought why not machine knit them! So here are the rules

Purchase enough yarn to make a pair of socks.
Find a cool sock pattern.
Knit only 1 of the socks.
Package up the sock, the rest of the yarn, the pattern, and then any other little items that you think your swap pal might like (needles, more yarn, candies, little gifts, etc). Mail it out.

My ideas for a first pattern would be Gina Ahrens. This is if you did not have one of your own. I made one pedicure sock on the machine but I don't have the pattern down pat yet. But I used ginas pattern for it. The possibilites are endless.

We could even do sock wars, well eventually. Lets not put the cart before the horse.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Winter Wonderland Swap



I Got this today from Bagpuss. the pink square of wrapped paper is home made saop. It smells really good. I told her i was not sure when or if I was going to use something so special. But I know how it is to make something and the person doesn't use it so I will probably put it out on special occasions. You know when you break out the good napkins to dry your hands on.
Look at the pink washcloth she put some work into this. I would like to make one of these. My baby will love the Ballband washcloth it is her favorite color.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Warm up America

I spent four hours at AC Moore Sat making rectangles for Warm Up America. I ahve plans on goin back FEB to put them together. I am trying to make some while I am at home. I need to make Lela's Day Care Teacher a blanket. I am thinking log cabin. Lion Brand has a crochet log cabin pattern.

Friday, January 19, 2007

Angel Puffy


I have a jump ring opener! I had to email Malie to find that out I was like is this a ring or what.
Point of this blog was for the knitting and beading charms. Igot ballof yarn with needles in them and I love knitting and beading charms and tape measures. I plan on making earring with them. I think it is time that I got me some of those cards to put my stitch markers on. I wonder what type of heavy duty holepuncher Maile has to put a hole in an entire stack of post its.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Swap well receved!


http://www.winterwonderlandswap.blogspot.com/ Click on the link to see what I did for the winter wonderland swap. oh! I got a good idea for the snow ball fight swap is going to takes some patience but i think I can do it. The washcloths are Machine knit for theose who came for the MK info. Not hard at all. I love them. I love knit weaveing would like to spend more time with the process just to see what I can do.


Hand knitting i have started my big dotty envelope clutch. I like it I am thinking of selling it on ebay. it is not hard at all and i did 8 inches in about two days I have 4 more or less to go. I was going to try and knit weave it but it did not go so well. I thought it was going to be harder than it was. The other day I was watching knittiy gritty and I saw this lady use one skein but she used the string from both ends of the yarn to double strand the yarn. Let me find out that will work for making buttonhole bags and it is on. No longer will I have to buy two skeins of yarn!.


When I am done the clutch I am going to try it out. I can make a brown buttone hole bag and line it with the purple and brown fabric and send to my cousin she wants a knitted purse. I am alos going to do a reverse color of the clutch in a coin purse size.


Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Another try

Man this took me all day. It is nice might could be better but I have to get faster at this.

Monday, January 01, 2007

Digital Scrapbooking




I am trying my hand at digital scrapbooking. Not bad this is my third stab at it and I like it. Now journaling not so good. I need a book of poetry or quotes.
I got these ideas from Creating Keepsakes.
I love free digital kits.