tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37508944665938095252024-02-07T09:35:35.979-06:00Adventures in KnittingThe ups and downs of knitting and lifeghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-13025505445785489292013-01-19T16:23:00.001-06:002013-01-19T16:23:55.808-06:00Uhb-sessedAfter having this little bundle of joy I've developed an obsession with all knitting for babies. The main obsession I've developed is for baby footwear. No surprise since I'm a shoe lover myself.
We all know and love the Saartje's Bootees pattern. They're easy, quick, and so darn cute! I've made a couple of pairs myself and think they're great to start with. After having a baby I know how hard ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-91555873444059624512013-01-06T15:53:00.000-06:002013-01-06T15:56:39.644-06:00Pine Forest ProgressI never realized how difficult it would be to knit with a baby. Oh sure. Just put the baby down for a nap and knit away. Let's assume for a moment that she will actually sleep. In that short amount of time I have to decide 1) Will I nap? 2) Will I work on the crazy amount of laundry that is now piling up in my laundry room? 3) How about reading a book? I mean I am a Language Arts teacher for ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-69651664514895212552013-01-02T17:22:00.000-06:002013-01-02T17:22:08.804-06:00Back For A New YearIt's pretty unbelievable that I haven't blogged in over a year. Life got away from me and I haven't taken the time to write it down. One of the biggest life changes that happened this past year is the birth of my daughter, Avery. I never thought I would have kids and here she is! Surprise!
My entire pregnancy I wasn't able to knit. My fingers were swollen and I had horrible pains in my hands ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-32785600769955496132011-06-30T11:08:00.000-05:002011-06-30T11:08:47.631-05:00Malabrigo StashingSince I'm back to my knitting after a short break for embroidery I went to look for a new project to work on. I have 4 hanks of Malabrigo worsted weight yarn in Cabernet. I browsed Ravelry for well over an hour and I can't decide what to make. A couple years ago, I made a slouchy beret out of one of the Malabrigo hanks. Yes, I've been holding on to these hanks for that long. I can't seem to find ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-1991420200874292802011-06-29T20:12:00.000-05:002011-06-29T20:12:47.672-05:00Grrr!! (That's supposed to reference this is about the dogs)So I've been noticing that Mr. Collin (the pug) has had a red back end and has been scratching as of late. Yesterday, I noticed a cut on his forehead. Now Collin already has it a little rough since he has some major dry eye issues. He takes two different medications twice a day for them. He's also 6 years old and the poor thing used to be a stray. But to add to all this the itchy skinghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-47554140244687185162011-06-28T14:56:00.000-05:002011-06-28T14:56:38.707-05:00Presto! Chango! And I'm Finally Finished With This Baby SweaterI started the Presto Chango baby sweater back in November for my friend Mindy's daughter, Gabbi. It didn't take very long at all to finish the sweater or the sweet removable front panel. What took me forever was finding buttons to use. It's been so long I can't even remember where I got the buttons now. I love this sweater though. It's made from Dream in Color Classy. I purchased it from one of ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-49523696613465196612011-06-13T19:53:00.000-05:002011-06-13T19:53:20.250-05:00Embroidery Too?!?!I just couldn't stand it anymore! I had to try something new. A very long time ago my aunt taught me to cross stitch. I loved doing cross stitch. I loved the floss and (at the time) it was only $.25 made me very happy! I loved being able to create something. I've always had that need to be creative and do something. As I got older the thing I didn't like about cross stitch were the designs and ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-38440428661994175452011-06-12T20:17:00.000-05:002011-06-12T20:17:17.290-05:00Crafting--Ideas Beyond Knitting!I know it's absolutely crazy that I would even try to do anything crafty beyond knitting (please note the sarcasm here), but I think this summer I'm going to try and do some other things. With knitting I sometimes feel I have to be so invested in it since it does take quite a bit of time to do. I have many projects that are "hibernating" and may never see the light of day. I just know I have ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-44556249006984307352011-06-06T12:49:00.001-05:002011-06-07T07:30:08.314-05:00Summer's Here! Now What?Summer's finally here! I haven't blogged since...?? I've been able to get some knitting done but not much which is probably mostly why I haven't blogged. I've been so busy this school year that I haven't really even thought about the blog-sadly.
One of my friends from work is having a baby very soon. I knitted her up this Super Easy Baby Blanket . It took me approximately a month but I ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-28403039558188288222010-11-22T10:40:00.000-06:002010-11-22T10:40:43.418-06:00Thansgiving Break Hooray!Today is the first day of my week long break from teaching. Of course, this means I have a week to do nothing but knit. My Grapevine Lace Scarf is coming along but as with many of my projects I have put it on hold to work on other stuff. I finished a scarf called Openwork Scarf. The pattern is from Knitting to Go.
The biggest thing I'm working on right now is the Presto Chango Sweater. I'm ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-91900321705633054082010-10-24T09:18:00.000-05:002010-10-24T09:18:32.261-05:00Christmas Knitting BeginsIt's the end of October and it's time to start thinking about knitting for Christmas gifts. It seems like every year someone wants something knitted- a scarf, a hat, fingerless gloves, etc. I end up just knitting these items and figure out who gets what later on.
Right now I'm knitting a scarf. It's the Grapevine Lace Scarf pattern. I started it yesterday and knitted off and on. Super easyghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-34353788225224661932010-09-12T09:29:00.000-05:002010-09-12T09:29:02.873-05:00Yeah...Moving OnWell that "scarf" I'm working on is officially on hold. I'm probably going to rip it out and do something else with the yarn. Every time I look at it I think "Yeah it's definitely too wide for a scarf. Rose was right." It doesn't help when I showed my husband my progress he says, "Isn't that kind of wide for a scarf??"
Yesterday I was reading the Mason-Dixon Knitting blog and came across the ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-1135062764289491442010-08-10T07:25:00.000-05:002010-08-10T07:25:08.430-05:00Back to School ExhaustionWeek 1 and Day 2 of Back to School Staff Development. I had no idea just how early 5:30 comes. It's not like I went to sleep at midnight. I fell asleep probably around 10. That should be plenty of sleep. However, my body apparently doesn't agree. I've been so worked up lately with starting this new job that I haven't even been able to focus on the scarf that ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-5989495979080583682010-08-06T08:03:00.001-05:002010-08-06T08:03:44.844-05:00Oh What to DoSince I'm a teacher I start back to work on Monday. My two months off have been nice. I've been able to relax, work on stuff around the house, shop, etc. Today is Friday and in just two days my vacation will be over. I can't decide what I want to do today. I have things to do in my classroom at school, my house needs to be cleaned, laundry, knitting, or many other ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-91031479721167079992010-08-04T12:57:00.001-05:002010-08-04T12:57:01.388-05:00ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-23033766727415722532010-08-04T12:56:00.000-05:002010-08-04T12:55:30.732-05:00Latest and GreatestWell now that I'm back to blogging I also started knitting again. I took a little break from knitting since in summer in Texas the temperature ranges from 100-105 every day.My friend Mindy requested a hat she saw when she was visiting Alaska. In order to get ready for the project it was time to bring out the needles and yarn. I found a nice hank of 100% Baby Alpaca yarn (nice and squishy softghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-14208241041839609832010-08-04T10:07:00.002-05:002010-08-04T10:14:25.774-05:00I'm Back!I can't believe how long it's been since I've posted anything (2 years for those of you who don't know). There's no way to review 2 years in one blog post so I'm not going to. I'm just going to start from here :)See you soon!ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-78067059302452293462008-06-11T18:08:00.004-05:002008-06-14T08:54:13.805-05:00Sweater updateToday I spent about 3-4 hours of time working on knitting projects. Well, really only 1 project. I started on the Easy Raglan V-neck by Stefanie Japel back in October of last year. I haven't touched it since January (?). I was tired of working on the Double Moss Stitch socks so I switched over to the sweater. So here is an updated pic of the sweater. I'm still trying to decide if I want to add ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-2353260374054800962008-06-09T18:46:00.006-05:002008-06-09T20:15:23.323-05:00Dying to DyeAs it is summer and I have free time that I haven't had in awhile I've decided to start dyeing yarn. I've never really been interested in it before but it does feed my creativity. I researched dyeing a little bit and decided to start as most have started which would be Kool-Aid. I headed to Wal-Mart and picked all the colors that they had on hand. I came home and found in my stash (my husband ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-11798335142488921732008-06-07T11:38:00.002-05:002008-06-07T11:51:19.029-05:00It's Summer and I Can Live Again!I haven't posted since January. Unbelievable! This school year has been so busy. I'm relieved that it's over. I haven't done much knitting in the past few months due to the hustle and bustle of school. It seems like this happens every year. Every year I tell myself that I'm going to continue to knit because that does relieve my stress but for one reason or another I let that thought fade out of ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-78314276039625849742008-01-27T21:40:00.000-06:002008-01-27T22:27:53.769-06:00New BeginningsI am so excited!!! I have just finished the yoke part of my first top down raglan sweater. It is nowhere near finished. However, I'm pretty pumped about having completed that part. Oh and yes it fits. As soon as my husband gets finished with his movie, I'll have him take a picture to post. Sweater making has always seemed very daunting to me and I have put it off for so long. We'll see how this ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-88561416762065545362008-01-26T09:37:00.000-06:002008-01-26T12:02:19.574-06:00Knit NightLast night some friends got together for a knit night. It was really fun. Kristi and Rose- if you are reading this- we need to do that more often!I finished a hat I was making for my grandfather. He let me know last week that the first hat I made him was a little too tight. I had an idea it was when I gave it to him at Thanksgiving. However, he said it was fine. At least until last Thursday! ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-78994355285813969842008-01-06T08:44:00.000-06:002008-01-06T08:57:05.683-06:00Yarn stormSince I got my ball winder and swift I have been crazily winding yarn. Well, I've also been visiting various online yarn shops to peruse their yarn. The only problem is wanting to buy it too. I feel like nothing can hold me back since I have my handy swift and ball winder. Yesterday, I received the package from Kris at Sonny and Shear for the Seacoast Handpainted that I won. There are 560 yards ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-11354260289867621452008-01-04T10:53:00.000-06:002008-01-04T11:22:41.176-06:00New Post New YearHappy New Year to everyone! We've had a very busy holiday. Most of the knitting projects for Christmas didn't get done. Everyone who was to receive a gift knows not to expect knitted gifts on the holiday that they are for. So, I don't think that anyone was disappointed. Christmas Eve we spent with my parents and then went to visit my husband's family in East Texas. While we were there I finished ghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3750894466593809525.post-38874550586300848842007-12-08T12:18:00.000-06:002007-12-08T12:34:15.168-06:00Knitting FloodIt's getting closer to Christmas and I am bound and determined to get some knitting in. Thursday of this week our school had Benchmark testing and I was able to get a lot of sock knitting in. I got most of the one sock completed. The only problem was that I didn't have a tape measure with me so I didn't put my whole self into trying to get it finished in that one day. Clapotis is finished and I'mghjklhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07344551026771360237noreply@blogger.com0