March 2010 Blog Posts (141)

I was asked on Facebook by a woman I just met a few days ago if I would make a special gift for a colleague of hers...the couple has been trying to adopt a baby for almost 10 yrs. They now have baby Sophia. I know a little about amigurumi and miniature bears so I studied a few photos and then began. Jane saw a photo of mine that I called Marshmellow..she is a cute little bear and with such detail. I do not have this tiny bear, but I wanted to give her one to pass on to…

I'm trying to advance in my knitting to items beyond the hats and scarfs I make. I have a book called "Weekend crafter, knitting 20 simple & stylish wearables for beginners", by Catherine Ham. The project I want to make is the crop top on page 66 (for those of you that might have the book). Also, here is a link to one that's on Raverly - http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/crop-top . This is where my…

Good Morning Knitters,

How is everyone's week going? Mine is going well. It's going to be a very busy week for me with Easter coming up this weekend. Our Pancake House has it's busiest weekend, so I have to make sure I have lots of products ready! I really enjoy all the prep that goes into this time :-) It does limit the amount I am able to knit though, but I am trying to do a little when I can sneak it in! I did a better update on my other…

A couple of weeks ago I spent a day gathering up my far-flung WIPs. I had bags in my library, in my knitting nook, in the living room, in the bedroom and in my office at work! Seeing everything piled up in one place was a bit daunting but, in the perverse attitude of a fiber freak, fantastically energizing.…

The first week of Spring already finished and I'm behind. My gardens aren't ready. Oak leaves still cover the beds, but that doesn't deter the Jonquils or Hyacinths. Their beauty makes the winter dress look pretty shabby.

I still haven't given Hannah, my hedgehog her face yet and she still looks malnurished for lack of stuffing. My mittens, still on needles, are unfinished, while my brain skips ahead toward future projects. I miss them all, but I must slow down (it's a…

I finally finished my Karin Tote! The knitting part was super easy and didn't take a whole lot of time, but the sewing... oh, the sewing. My mother has tried to teach me how to sew several times, and all of them end in disaster. For some reason I can knit teensy weensy yarn on teensy weensy needles for hours, but sewing is just too tedious and picky for me. I guess it doesn't help that I don't own a sewing machine either... Anyway, after days of staring down my…

one for my Annie

and one for me

So it was time to get back to Dave's Cardi but couldn't find my cable needles any of them so I made a couple. But while I was doing that I thought why not make some needles so that's what I did 2 pair's of 7mm. but had to find toppers so out came…