Every now & then the hubby comes up with a really good idea. LOL
He told me tonight that my markers would make cute ornaments for a mini-Christmas tree. Well.... I just happened to have one mini-tree in the attic.... I dug it out, put some white lights on it & hung my little markers on there. And dang if he wasn't right! It is cute. :)
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Great idea....
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Friday, November 27, 2009
Christmas Pickle
I joined in an ornament swap that one of my Ravelry groups put together this year.... I got my package today! And what a great package Hope sent! Christmas came early that's for sure.
I opened my little, but hefty box to find this lovely little bag....
I love everything Hope! You really put together a lovely & very personalized "just for me" package.
Isn't the little Christmas Pickle ornament great?! And she knit it with more of her handspun yarn. That makes it extra special. :)
I have enough of this yarn left to make some fingerless gloves, I cast on for those last night. At least I hope I have enough yarn.
I hope everyone has a great weekend! I plan on staying home with Jazzy, knitting, spinning & decorating my Chritstmas tree.... after all, while the pickle is cute & tickles me, I think the tree needs more than one ornament on it!
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Fiber Stash enhancement
Check out these beauties. I picked them up the other day at Spinning The Web on etsy. She has some lovely yarn & fiber. Super fast shipping & the fiber is just gorgeous.
This one is called "Fruit Fondue", 100% falkland wool.
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
Lesson learned
I definately learned something.... I don't like spinning 100% bamboo! It is very slippery, therefore you have to pinch it off fairly hard to keep it from getting away from you, made my fingers hurt. And it got away from me quite often, which meant a lot of wheel rethreading. I finally got the 4 oz of singles spun up last night. I thought about Navajo plying it, then decided to try a center pull ball again. I knew I shouldn't do it when I did, but live & learn... I ended up with a huge tangled mess, frustrated & mad. My beautiful bamboo ended up in the trash. All I have to show for a week's worth of spinning effort is this one lonly little ball of yarn.....
Poor Jazzy had to make her yearly trip to the vet's office on Friday. There was no way I could get her in the carrier & take photos at the same time. It was quite the fur flying fight. And to add insult to injury I snapped this photo of her pittiful pouty face in the carrier after it was all over.
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Monday, November 16, 2009
Progress?
I chose to do some Seashell Angel ornaments. I've made these before & I've always loved having them on my tree. Not to worry, I bought extra seashells so I could make myself some too. :)
And I have decided not to put any pressure on myself to do any holiday knitting. I waited way too long to get started on that & I'm not even gonna try now. Oh well...
Sooooo, I decided to cast on for another hat for me. This one I am knitting out of some of my handspun, I'm hoping to get a hat & maybe some mittens out of it. the ball of yarn doesn't look so big in this photo, but it is huge! Plenty of yardage. And it has enough purple in it to match my eggplant "winter" coat. I say "winter" cause for me a winter coat is really lightweight. Not what most of you consider a winter garment.
That's about it for now. I'm currently spinning some bamboo fiber, not real crazy about that. It's super slippery & gets away from me too easily. I might try some bamboo blend fiber but I don't think I'll be buying anymore 100% bamboo.... And I'm working on some custom marker orders.... and my day job.... and my house needs cleaning REALLY bad.... I have plenty to keep me busy.
I hope everyone has a good week!
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Friday, November 13, 2009
Ellen with her Hawaii Chair
I don't care who you are, this is just dang funny!
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Veteran's Day
While I am a veteran myself, most of my time served was in peace time. A few months before I got out is when Desert Storm had started up. Even so, serving a little over 4 years in the United States Coast Guard is one of the things I've done in my life that I'm most proud of. One of the other things I'm most proud of is having a hand in rasing one of the most wonderful & brave young men that I know. :) Our Marine might be fairly new at being a Marine, but I can tell you that I have a much better understanding of what families feel when their loved ones go away to serve now. Things I didn't realize when I was young & enlisted myself. What courage these young men & women must have to volunteer in these days....
May God bless all of our Service members, past & present. We owe our freedom & way of life to them. Thank you for all you have done & still do to protect me & mine.
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Mmmm.... Tasty
I have one small finished project.... That's it.... I feel as if I should have 10 finished projects but I only have one lonley little cloth. Oh well, it's something. And it came out pretty I think. This is the Mint Leaves cloth by Sue Schaefer at Harvest Moon Designs.
I have some tasty new items in my Etsy Shop. Check out these cute little apples.
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Decisions, decisions....
Goodness, I got so many lovely goodies the past couple of days I don't know which one to do first!
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Saturday, October 24, 2009
SNAKES!
Sorry, didn't mean to scare you! Just letting you know that I now have Snake Stitch Markers in my shop. And don't worry, these little cuties won't bite. :)
I also had another surprise in the mailbox today... Chan sent me this great little book!
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Monday, October 19, 2009
What they look like finished...
I finally have a finished project, or should I say some finished yarn to show you. And a few other projects that you've seen before that I have new photos of...
Sorry, I had a goofy look on my face so I just cut my head off in the photo! LOL
Hope everyone has a great week!
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
Covered!
Just a quick post here to share my new hat.... I lourves my new hat! You can find my Ravelry project page HERE. And you can find the pattern by clicking on the name here, Afternoon Pink Hat by Connie Peng. I finished it in 5 days, while I was sick & not knitting or spinning or anything for 2 days.... so you know it's a super fast knit. It was super easy to follow & turned out really cute! The yarn I used was Delhi by Queensland Collection, Ravelry & Yarndex calls it a Bulky yarn, I have to disagree with them & call it Aran at the most. I did like the yarn though so no worries.
I think it looks great on, but I'll have to wait & see if someone can help me take photos this weekend. Until then I leave you with these....
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Sunday, October 11, 2009
How cool is that?!
Yesterday I made the trip to visit my new favorite almost local yarn shop, A Row of Purls Too. Take a look at her newly wrapped car! It looks like it's wrapped with yarn & knitting. LOL
I love it!
Some Zitron Evita in pretty pastels...
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Darcy is having a contest!
Head on over to Darcy's Blog & enter to have a chance at winning this great book. :)
And I went to my new favorite LYS yesterday & came away with some sweet yarn & a photo of Barbara's awesome car! Stay tuned....
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Whiskers on Wednesday
Woohoo! Jazzy & I finally made it for another Whiskers on Wednesday!
We moved some furniture around the other week & her condo got moved to the window.... an awesome spot as far as she is concerned. She has been practically living in the thing. :) She can watch the birds & us at the same time... or nap....
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