Not Your Mothers Purls

Ok, now that I have some actual knitting to speak of I can catch up on this blog. The past few months have been filled with knitting this Homespun blanket for David's cousin, whose baby is due next month. I did it in the cream color as it is neutral and also looks very natural. I had some trouble with it at first but now I love the pattern so much I bought the yarn to do another one for Zoe. It's knitted using 3 skeins of Homespun and size 11 needles.




I have another friend who has a little girl on the way and I wanted to do something fun with the loom. I love making little baby hats but was getting tired of the same old same old. This is a pattern I found at Decor Accents, Inc. I did a prototype and I think it came out nicely. I also love the chunky braid stitch and it's the answer I've been looking for to cuff my hats better.

I think I'm going to sew some artsy buttons at the top to finish it off. I'll take final pictures when the product is complete.

Well, I'm still working on the darn February knitalong. I've had to frong the darn dishcloth about four times now and it's getting really frustrating. The good thing is that I've learned something new each time, so at least it's productive. I also changed yarns so the pattern can be seen better now.

I think I'll be done with it in a couple of days.

That's all for now. Life is calling and I'm just not getting enough time to knit!

Labels: knitalong, stiching bitching

So, this weekend I told you that my husband sent me yarn shopping. While at Hobby Lobby I found this tote. I got it on sale for the UNBELIEVABLE price of $12.23 and it is an amazing bag.

I belong to an internet buddy group and we've started doing monthly knit alongs. This month we're working on this dishcloth. It's my very first pattern based project I've worked on. I've sort of just made it up as I went along.

I'm really in love with the idea of making purses right now. I bought some purse handles and have Bernat Boa in red/black to do a purse. I'm thinking of adding some fun fur to the top of it, but I'm not sure yet.

I'm anxious to get back to a loom project. I've got some patters to do fun things like toddler knit pants and leg warmers, that sort of thing. I'll post pics when I'm done!

In the meantime, do you ever find on the nights you most want to knit, you just don't have the time? And on the nights you have the time you don't want to knit. we've been dealing with "fits of independence" from Zoe lately and while knitting is usually better than Zanex for me lately I just want to veg out and watch TV. Part of that may also be because I have so many projects rattling around in my head I just don't know where to start.

All I can say is I'm glad for my SpeakEasy girls because they keep me inspired, even though we are a new group!

Labels: accessories, stiching bitching

A knitting addict was born. I started knitting this in September '06, so not too terribly long ago. There are tons of knitting blogs out there and I love the idea, so being the trend follower that I am I thought "why not?" A million knitters can't be wrong.

Here's the lowdown on me:

I'm 31, mother of a beautiful "spirited" daughter and wife to my best friend, David.

I needle knit, as well as loom knit. I love both equally but I have to confess that I've always had a secret desire to be a milliner so making hats on my looms may just be my favorite thing to do.

For lack of a better way to introduce myself, I'll start by showing you some of my elementary work.

Camo skull cap - knitted in garter stitch with Bernat Camo on the green Knifty Knitter loom.


"Mod" Bucket hat - knitted in garter stitch on the green Knifty Knitter loom with half a ball of Bernat Sassy Sparkle Bling Bling yarn.


Newborn hat (one of a set for twins) - knitted in garter stitch on the blue Knifty Knitter Loom using Bernat Baby Coordinates Soft Blue


Scarf - Knitted using Homespun (yarn color, needles size and pattern to come)


That should do for now.....welcome to my blog!

Labels: General, knitting pics