So I have been thinking a lot about my knitting today and I have come to the conclusion that I am very proud of how far I have come. Not only am I attempting projects that would have intimidated the hell out of myself 4 years ago but many of those projects are ones I have designed or personalized in some way or another. Some projects I have adored ( Read more... )

Today is the fourth anniversary of my very first knitting lesson.

I have a friend, Marc, who is a professional Celtic musician. So when I heard that he and his wife were expecting a little girl, I wanted to make them something that would honor his love of all things Celtic ( Read more... )

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Sorry I haven't been around much lately but this past couple of days have been insanely busy. I am home again now and since I had a moment I thought I would pop on and tell you about what I have been up to.

Thurday - Running Errands Because we were going to be away for the weekend, all of the errands that we would normally do on Rob’s days off ( Read more... )

A couple of days ago I posted a picture of a pumpkin hat I made for my niece's Haloween costume. The original plan was 4 year old would wear that as part of her Jack O Lantern costume and I would make an Acorn hat for her baby sister. But the sizing didn't work out that way. The Acorn was WAY too big for Ellie but fit her big sister. Fortunately ( Read more... )

So it turns out that Christmas isn't the only holiday that I craft for. I made bunnies for all the kids' baskets last Easter and now I am knitting Halloween costumes ( Read more... )

Hi guys. I know some of you worry when you don’t hear from me in a while so I thought I would pop on and check in.

Christmas PrepOf course, the big thing in my life is the Christmas crafting. I keep making progress, checking people off as I finish their gifts. It feels great to see the number of finished projects grow. But at the same, we had ( Read more... )

Friday was sort of a good news, bad news sort of day for me. The good news is that I finished Aunt Sharon's Christmas gift, (18 gifts done! Go me!) which also has the distinction of being my first crochet project. The bad news is that, on the way to the LYS to take the class that I scheduled to finish it, I got into a bit of an accident ( Read more... )

Hey guys. How's it going?

Christmas Prep ProgressIt is now 87 days to go until Christmas and I have another present done. *does a little dance* This brings the totals up to: 17 done, 3 in progress, 7 crafting gifts left to do. There are also some store bought gifts on the list but I am officially declaring them Rob's problem. I am particularly ( Read more... )