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November 25, 2009 · 3:13 pm

A Certain Someone’s Kerchief…

Just knit up this delicious kerchief for a certain someone who cannot be named… smiles… wonder who it might be?

Hmmm… and what’s that underneath that yummy green kerchief?  Could it be a tantalizing stack of knitting books?  Why yes, it is!  And right there on the top is my current read, A History of Hand Knitting by Richard Rutt, and it’s absolutely fascinating.  I just love that the cover depicts both women and men knitting, so cool.

On that note, I’d like to say how thankful I am that someone, a long time ago, invented knitting!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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November 23, 2009 · 12:33 pm

Blue Monday :: 2

finished ishbel, originally uploaded by nelliemae.

For the second installment of Blue Monday, I’ve found this beautiful, lacy little number. I just love the way it hangs! Makes me want to make something delicate.

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November 23, 2009 · 12:12 pm

Lil’ Peanut Chocolate Dots Knot Top

Here’s an oldie I made for the little one when she was, well, a really little one!
This is my Lil’ Peanut Knot Top pattern embellished with some crocheted “dots”.

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November 19, 2009 · 5:57 pm

girl and boy

Gift quickly, originally uploaded by alja8.

Found these today on Ravelry/ Flickr. Aren’t they just the cutest?
Thought y’all would like ’em!

Also, I’m having some professional photos of some of my work taken this weekend by my dear friend, and the very talented photographer/ artist/ graphic designer/ mom, Lauri Johnston.

So keep an eye out for the new photos, coming soon!

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November 18, 2009 · 10:54 pm

Meow Head Hits the Streets

meow head baby hat, originally uploaded by happyday.etsy.com.

This shot was sent in to me by Juno.

Nice color, huh?
I always love to see what kinds of different textures and colors folks use when they knit up my patterns.

If you have a shot of something that you’ve knit up from one of my patterns, send it my way. Who knows, maybe you’ll make the blog or be the next model for one of my Etsy listings!

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October 4, 2009 · 5:45 pm

A Pattern A Day… or so!

I’ve resolved to finally try and get all of my patterns posted up onto Ravelry.com.  It’s an amazing worldwide community of knitters and crocheters.

To do this I’m trying to upload one of my patterns every day… or so… as it turns out, I’m a very busy lady and one a day is proving difficult.  But I’m sticking with that goal any how because it seems to be keeping me working toward the finish line!

Today I posted up my Stripy Knit Baby Blanket pattern.  The other day I posted up my Baby Bunting Doll pattern and I’ve already gotten several sales who’ve said they found me on Ravelry!  Hooray!!

If you want to check out my Ravelry profile, you can find it here.  Or if you’re already on Ravelry add me as your friend!

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October 1, 2009 · 12:18 am

Knitting 101 at Blossom Family Center

I will be leading the Knitting 101 class this month at Blossom Family Center.

Fridays, October 2, 9, 16, 23; 9-10:30 a.m.

Four knitting classes for beginners or those just wishing to improve their skills.

Fee: $120

Participants will choose to make either a child’s hat, a small stuffed kitten, a wash cloth, or a pot holder.

tony the cat

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September 29, 2009 · 11:54 am

Tried New Whirly-Gig Gadget

So I just got back from the local yarn store where I stopped in to use their swift to ball up a few skeins of yarn that were sent to me for custom orders… Oh my goodness!  They got a new toy – an all wooden, electric ball winder.  It was magical!  All you had to do was get the yarn situated in the winder and then flip the switch.   Just like magic!

Not sure if this is the exact model they had, but it looked pretty much like this:

Motorized Ball Winder

On another note, I finished those longies that I’ve been working on.  I’ll post a pic as soon as I can get a good one.  They look great!

I’m also almost finished with a baby blanket that I’ve been designing for a friend who just had her sweet baby last weekend… a little girl named Fiona Rose.  Such a sweet name.  I think I’m going to call it the “Fiona Rose Baby Blanket”.  Will post photos of the blanket too as soon as I get good ones.

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September 24, 2009 · 4:41 pm

WIP longies update

Just finished the first leg of the WIP (work in progress) custom longies… I really love them.  The yarn has created this kind of striping/spiral pattern that is pretty sweet.

09.24.09 wip custom longies

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September 23, 2009 · 5:53 pm

arrrgh!!

So, I had a severe case of mommy brain when I was doing the calculations for the size of the longies that I was working on and they ended up being about 3 inches too wide through the booty… ARRRGH!!!

I had to rip out the knitting all the way back down to the ribbed waist.  Bummer!

I went back and recalculated, took out 12 stitches, and have  re-knitted back to the legs and am about half way finished with the first one.

I’ll be sure to post pictures of the longies when I’m finished.

For those of you who are beginner knitters, it may bring you some comfort to know that I have been knitting for 23 years and I am still totally vulnerable to this kind of brain blip while knitting… very humbling.

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