May has come, bringing with it a new challenge. This time, the Knit Stashdown group has decided to focus on cotton yarn and laceweight yarn. As I don't own any laceweight, I'm thinking of focusing instead on my leftovers. These pesky little skeins just won't go away. :P

The challenge couldn't come at a better time. With our family's get together/ ( Read more... )

Something I've found in the last week or so is that blogging about blankets is a little difficult. Not that one can't blog about blankets, of course. I just don't know how interested ya'll would be at hearing me speak about them. Plus, I don't want to ruin anything for my fellow Homespun Helpers contest participants.

So now here it is the final ( Read more... )

Am so angry right now. I went to put in my LJ cut once I'd writen my entry, yet the computer's pop-up blocker refused to let me. Hit the option to allow pop-ups, and the whole entry was erased. *sigh* So now, ya'll will be getting the short and sweet version of what I had to say.

The good news is that since my last post, I've managed to finish all ( Read more... )

There's always this hold-your-breath moment when giving a present to someone. It sorta hits you for a second that for all your planning, energy, time, money, thinking, effort... the person may not like it. No matter how many books you looked through, how many nights you visited Ravelry and Google to hunt down that perfect pattern, they may not ( Read more... )

I should have known better.

First the good news; my circular needle was allowed on the plane. I was so nervous going through the security line, terrified they would tell me my needle was a dangerous weapon, that looking back it's humorous.

It got through with no problems though. The first plane was so tiny that I just pulled out Knitting Rules! and ( Read more... )

In my last post I mentioned how, in order to complete everything on the gift list in time, I needed to spend no more than three days per item. Three days have since passed, so time for a progress report.

[1] Heads Up Hat for Friend

Last time I reported that the Heads Up Hat still needed finishing. Today it looks like this:


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Woke up this morning to find my small box of scrap yarn had been invaded by the cats. Found a skein wrapped around my desk chair, a few more on the floor, and one dragged through the cat door in the living room. Ha. Thankfully I had placed all the current WIPs on top of my desk where they couldn't reach.

Also had a realization this morning. There ( Read more... )

Hope everyone's Thanksgiving went great. You have to love extended weekends, unless of course you end up working through most of it. :P At any rate, a few noteworthy events happened.

1) Gave the sis her birthday present. As she pulled it from the box, she mentioned how she loved the color. At first she didn't know what it was, yet once I showed ( Read more... )

It's that time of year again. Thanksgiving is this week, and Christmas nearly a month away, which means  the signs of IT are beginning to show. Crafters across the country are starting to worry. How many more gifts to make? Do I have enough time? Will I make it? Do I need to start taking short cuts?

In light of this, thought I should take some time ( Read more... )

Email I recieved from an aunt Monday evening:

"I just wanted to send you a quick note to give you a heads up on something.Matt mentioned to me over the weekend that he asked you to knit him a hat when we were at the family vacation. He was wondering if maybe he would get it from you for Christmas. Let me know if you can and I will send you some ( Read more... )