It's been a while since I updated. I've been kept rather busy between school and work, not to mention all the custom orders coming through and the quickly approaching holiday that I am making 4 gifts for (3 on the needles, 2 about halfway finished). It was supposed to be 5 gifts, but my brother is getting something else for Christmas and I will ( Read more... )

It's been a while since the last real post, and I continuously lose and misplace lists, so why not? Yes, Christmas is 6 months away, but if I start organizing now I will not be so last minute and late like I am every other year. Plus I have some projects to get out of the way in the meantime.

( Projects to finish before gift knitting )

Merry Christmas to everyone! Hope you all had a fun-filled holiday. Lots of food, fun family time, and I was spoiled :p

For Christmas Eve the family went out to eat at the Village Squire because my one sister had to work (she is a server there). So we ate ad hung out with her before heading over to my Grandma's. Then I hung out with my cousins--who ( Read more... )

So I am learning the Russian method of knitting, and I really like it! Turns out the way I did my knit rows was pretty similar (holding close to the tips, using wrist movements, etc). My purling on the other hand...ugh! took me forever to get a row done (especially on this Boo Blanket). I would basically wrap with my left hand which resulted in ( Read more... )

So… I keep trying to update. I have an entire myriad of unpublished half-posts. But for some reason every time I get my post complete and go to publish, something happens and it gets completely erased! (e.g. browser crashes, browser or computer freezes, internet mysteriously disconnects, etc.) So this time I finally come to the conclusion that I ( Read more... )

Merry Christmas everybody! I know it's been a while since my last update, but I've been a busy little bee. Between Christmas shopping, baking, and wrapping I'm amazed I have even had time to knit. Unfortunately, I didnot finish mini-banff on time for our visit to grandma's yesterday, but she wants me to visit again befor eI head back to school so I ( Read more... )