I keep losing my Chibi bent tip jumbo darning needles.  I really could use some more.  I find them, then lose them.  They are currently lost, and I hate that because they work well with my felting projects. On a unrelated note, I had a handful of peanut butter m&m’s for breakfast.  The baby is not happy.  Won’t I ever learn my lesson? … [Read more...]

So this week, I’ve been scouring my SP’s blog to see what she likes to knit, what she doesn’t like to knit, what she has said she wanted in the past…  You know, general ideas on how to spoil her best.  Then I thought about my own blog…  and if it was any help at all to MY pal.  I’m beginning to think no.  It’s not like I’m a sock knitter.  That makes things super easy, I think.  I’m just not.  And the … [Read more...]

I know I mentioned I’ve not been knitting lately, because, well, I feel like crap.  Monday night I decided that I was going to start working on a UFO.  I had started the “Shop ‘till you Drop” bag for my Aunt Connie LAST summer.  I’m using the hemp, in periwinkle.  It is almost 3/4 the way done, and the only reason why I stopped was because I lost my place.  So, I guessed what row I was on (I was wrong), ripped out about 7 or 8 rows, and … [Read more...]

1.  What is the one knitting accessory you could not live without? Hmm…  I’d say there are two of them.  I love my swift and my winder.  They make life so much easier! 2.  If you’re heading on vacation, do you take knitting with you?  If so, how much and what type of project? I normally do.  I take something that does not require a lot of thought, like a scarf.  I always try to bring enough to complete 2.  Always hoping that I will … [Read more...]

One of the things I love to do on vacation is find some handspun yarn from the region or country. Did I hit the jackpot at Sticka.  Sticka is this absolutely lovely little yarn store in Gamla Stan, the old town of Stockholm.  John and I found this store on DAY 1 of the honeymoon.  It was good, and bad, all at the same time.  First, it was such a cute little store, with such an AWESOME selection.  I was just like a kid in a candy store, regardless of the morning sickness … [Read more...]

yeah…  don’t do the math.  … [Read more...]

Just cause I have them, I’m going to share them! honeymoon photos Hell, lets share this one too! … [Read more...]

I’ve been working hard and I have a bunch of things to talk about…  in the purse department. First, I mentioned last week that I was going to work with some purple Lambs Pride Worsted.  I really felt like I wanted a small bag, that looked like a little basket.  I wanted a ruffle at the top, and I wanted a circular bag.  I decided that I wanted the handle to be one that ties into a knot so that you can have it hang from your wrist.  This is what 4 days riding … [Read more...]

I really felt like I needed a “project” to get back into my knitting.  Something really easy, that would go quickly, and honestly, something that I wouldn’t keep.  When I got the email from Knitting Arts about Niko’s Red Scarf project, I knew I had a winner. In the last 3 weeks I’ve knitted 3 scarves for the program.  One “nice” one, knitted in Cascade Quatro, one knitted in Lion Brand Homespun, and finally one knitted in Red Heart.  … [Read more...]

I have not necessarily decided to blog again, but I have decided that I have time to knit again.  And I have decided to knit purses.  Why purses you ask?  Well, I love purses, and I love felting, and well, I’ve found that I have some extra time.  I’ve been riding the bus to work.  Not because I need to, I mean, I have three cars..  It’s just that I’m trying to lessen my carbon footprint, and more importantly, trying to lessen my stress … [Read more...]