Yarnin Catch-Up

 Finished up a couple of cowls. The top one was a special order. 

Finished a pair of ankle socks for myself...unraveled my husbands socks (the first pair I ever made, that he only wore once) 

INTO:

With a ball of this awesome sock yarn left over...wonder what I will use it for. Hmmm.

Now onto the Grinchie Hats that were ordered for x-mas pictures for a friend.

This is the last of my holiday knitting...hope she enjoys them. =o)

Then I knit up a shawl for myself...gee, I am finally getting some things made for ME. lol 

 Last but not least, I had to try my hand at making a soap saver. I love it!

=o) Thats all for now...to be continued.

Hello-MY-Sweater...

I cant believe I have yet to share with you my sweater that I finished a while back!! I am proud of it. Yes, there are a couple imperfections, but I will get it next time. =o) It still needs to be blocked...but here is the run down on the hoe down. =P

First up we have the pieces laid out and pinned up for sewing. 

And here we have me trying to sew up arm...using mattress stitch...not such a grand plan. =( Had to get some help from the ladies in the knitting groups. 

not perfect but, much better... 

Here we have it all finished, but not yet blocked out:

And last, but not least (still not blocked, but anxious to get a pic of me in it!!)

Yes, there it is folks!! Me in MY sweater. I love it. Cant wait to wear it this winter!!! Eeeks. So exciting!!!

Coming out of a Yarnin' Funk

Well, I must have hit a yarnin slump of some kind. For me, that was really worrisome. My first passion was drawing and learning new art techniques...well, we had some trying times and I lost my ability to just sit down and draw. A major block that had me really upset. So I was kinda worried that this was beginning to once again happen to me. I thought, Noooo...yarnin is my passion and I really NEED to knit. It is so therapeutic on so many levels. So, enough about that. I think I am coming out of it just fine. But here is a round up of what was going on in my yarnin world:

First up we have this awesome yarn that I found at the thrift store for just a couple dollars. I was super excited cuz it was so pretty. So, I thought I would make a scarf to show the beauty:

This looks great, right? So pretty laid out flat...only problem is =(

It kept curling on the sides. I tried to start over 2 times with a different knit sequence to no avail. It just kept doing its own thing. Soooo, moving right along...

I thought I would try my hand in Entrelac....Not too shabby for a first time, tho on the second tier, I messed up. I didnt have a counter with me and I was trying to wing it. That didnt work in my favor. LOL So, I went on to this lovely cowl... But first I must tell you that I had MAJOR issues with the pattern I found online. The knitting terminology had me thrown for a loop. But with a LOT of help from my knitting yarnies I came through with flying colors. After trying 3 different times...this is what we have come up with:

I love this cowl!! It is so warm and snuggly...I cant believe it took me this long to venture into cowl-land!! 

and here is an up-close pic (before being blocked...and heck, I might not block it after all) I am wearing it as I type just now and its just too cool for school!!

...and just for fun, I will share another project that had me pulling my hair out...First up, the lovely yarn that I got from unraveling a scarf from the thrift store. Lovely yarn! I have never had the pleasure of owning such plush yarn. Thick and thin is something I have never knit up before. 

and THIS is what I started crocheting:

with lots of starting over and trials and errors (rippling) along the way. I finally ended up putting it away safely for now...as now, I am worried that the 2 strands of cotton isnt thick enough to keep up with the center yarn. So just a tad bit mystified on this one...ok, here ya go!

There ya have it my yarnin friends...a bit of what I have been up to. And hopefully I have come out of the slump I was fearing. Now, what next?? =o)

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Yarnin' Catch Up~

 This is the baby gnome hat!! A lovely lady won this in a celebration auction! I hope she will come back and share pics once the baby is born. =o)

 I think I was trying to use up this green eye lash yarn I had tons of...this is a baby bear hat!

 It was suggested of me to make a teddy bear using the eyelash yarn, but I ran out of yarn and had to get one more skein. This takes roughly 3 skeins. I used purple acrylic as an under tone.

And last but not least...a work in progress!!! I am making a knit cardi for myself!! I need to sew it together and then crochet on the neck line and make the ties to tie it together. Then when its all said and done I will block it. I am so excited!! This is the second sweater I have ever made. My daughter got the first one! 

Thats it for now...stay tuned cuz my knitting journey is still ongoing...in fact, I am currently working on another baby hat as we speak. =o)

Yarnin Catch Up Time =o)

Bebe Yoda Hat

Skull n Cross Bones Wristlettes

WIP

Market Bag

WIP

Lil Purse for Hailey

Owlie Purse (back)

Front Flap with Tassles

And last but not least...the BlueBell Bebe Hat....

Had an epiphany...

 I had this brain storm of an idea...and I had to rush to my yarnin stash and this is what I came up with!!!

Zebra Baby Blanket, finished!!! =o)

FOR SALE!!! 

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First timer ~INTARSIA~ among other yarnin'

So, wow...I have a lot of catching up to do on the blog front. Lots of yarnin has been goin on and I need to show you!! All this time...I have been working on a baby blanket using intarsia techniques. Not hard, just trying...my patience. Lol Being that it was my first time doing intarsia I had to be totally on the ball. I would find myself following the color chart...backwards in the middle of the row, when I should have been going the opposite direction. Arrrgh...I spent more time fixing my fudges. LOL But the end result is pretty darned impressive (if I do say so myself) 

Blocking it on the other hand, another story. I only have a large enough area that is traffic free during the day on my bed. Which meant that I didnt put enough padding (I used a blanket folded in half, but it wasnt enough) beneath the damp blanket and we got to sleep on damp sheets. =/ Good thing that the weather is warm. 

 Below: blanket being blocked =o)

 

I have crocheted a few things in between to break up the monotony...

 I need to weave in some ends on all this crochet stuff...

 I love the colors on this crochet circle blanket! Someone mentioned that it reminded them of the inside of a jawbreaker. Ha! They are right about that!! =o)

  

And today, I am back to knitting. Here is my WIP below:

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