![]() ![]() I’m a thirty-something who lives in Cincinnati, OH.Ĭrafting, for me, started young - I can’t even recall a time I wasn’t crafty in some way. Of course there are other WIPs I’m working on, though I don’t have photos of them right now, so I’ll share them next time. Tough when I see so many beautiful projects from everyone! I did finish the Wussypillows beret, but haven’t blocked it, so no photos of that yet. What are you working on this week? I feel like I still want to start ALL THE THINGS lately, but refraining until I get other things finished first so that I don’t get overwhelmed with WIPs. ![]() Oh! I gave Matt’s brother his hat and I think he liked it. I think the bright colors I’m using are giving me motivation to finish it because I really want the finished blanket! I will admit it’s a bit addicting to knit garter stitch and I find myself wanting to work on it quit a bit. I’m about a 1/3 through the first big square right now and will mostly work on it while TV or movie watching, so it’s more of a long term project. Since I can watch TV or read while knitting, I thought this would make a good TV/movie project since it’s all garter stitch. Crocheting doesn’t allow me to watch TV while doing it because I have to look at my work constantly, so I frogged it. I attempted to make a rippled afghan using the blue and pink from the photo above, but just got tired of it. I’ve been wanting a knitted blanket for myself for a long time, but couldn’t bring myself to commit to it. In an effort to use up some of my stash, especially the acrylics I purchased for various home things (blanket, pillows, etc), I started a Moderne Log Cabin blanket using the colors below. It sure does feel good to have EVERYTHING on there now, though, and have a solid total on everything. ![]() I’ll have to adjust it just a bit later on because not all of them are full skeins. This added quite a bit of yardage to my total – roughly 8,000 yards! Last night I took the time to photograph it all and today I made stash entries for everything. I realized I needed to go through and double check everything yesterday when I noticed a non-acrylic yarn missing from my Ravelry stash that I knew was there. I thought I had at least most, if not all, of it in my stash at the beginning of the year. Last night I realized that there was quite a bit of yarn, mostly acrylics, that I didn’t have in my Ravelry stash. Since I don’t have enough for the entire monster because the yarn ended up bulkier then I planned, I’ll be using some stash yarn in a chocolate brown color for the arms and legs. I’m currently knitting up a Tony the Toy-Box Monster for the SSK KAL #3, which features Rebecca Danger patterns. I tried to get a worsted weight with it, but ended up bulky. I bought this a few years ago when I went to MDSW. I’m planning to knit a pair of fingerless gloves with it. It ended up being heavy fingering weight, though I haven’t figured out the yardage on it yet. It was great to spin and I LOVE the colors. It’s Falkland in the colorway Silver Age Joker. ![]() Recently, my friend Karen learned to spin, which really motivated me to finish what I had on the wheel and do some spinning for the current SSK KAL. This year I wanted to get back to spinning and hoped to get in at least an hour a week with my spinning wheel. I think this one was my favorite of the bunch, though this one was a close second! Followed the rest of the pattern as written.īefore I mailed it off to Jen, Matt was nice enough to let me take some photos of him wearing it. Notes: Added a few extra stitches to make the scarf a bit longer. Yarn: I Love This Yarn, Caron Simply Soft, and Vanna’s Choice Solids (see Ravelry page for details on colors) Pattern: Amigurumi Pop Tart Cat Scarf by Mevlinn Gusick ( My Ravelry project page.) This has to be one of most fun things I’ve made! I knew I had to make this for her since she said she can’t really crochet. A while back she saw the Amigurumi Pop Tart Cat Scarf pattern and went crazy for it. I made this for Jen, aka piddleloop on Ravelry and part of the Piddleloop Sewing Team. January hit and I started working on other things, then decided to finish it up just in time to be a birthday gift. I started this scarf back in December, hoping to get it done as a Christmas present, but it didn’t end up getting finished. I knew I couldn’t upload photos to Flickr or Ravelry as I knew the recipient would see! It was hard to keep it a secret and I kept wanting to share it. I hadn’t mentioned it here as a WIP at all because I wanted it to be a surprise. Ever have one of those days where you feel like there’s a lot you want to share, but aren’t sure where to start? I’m feeling like that as I try to write this blog post today! I’ve been busy organizing my stash, figuring out what projects to work on, knitting, crocheting, and spinning. ![]()
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