Do you love fair isle? Does it intimidate you? Get over your fear and in on the fair isle action with a fair isle tam knit-along, also a color exploration project. The Patons bloggers and readers are all making this hat in different color combinations:
Visit the Patons Blog to download the pattern and see all of the creative color choices. (Mine are posted today!)
*Bonus points to anyone who knows who sings this “song”
Posted in Knitting | Tagged classic wool, color, fair isle, hat, knit-along, patons, tam | 4 Comments »
I thought you all would enjoy having a look at my very first knitting project:
An eight inch wide garter stitch scarf in a very unflattering shade of oatmeal tweed. With tassels! I have maybe worn it once (it is ridiculously wide). I recently gave it to Gracie.
She likes to burrow.
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I love October. It’s my favorite month EV-ER.
To welcome October, here’s a spooky scary picture of a featureless, disembodied head skewered on bamboo sticks:
Aaah, shield your eyes! Although creepy in pieces, this toy elephant for Lucy will definitely not be scary when completed. What was scary was the “lighter circular cast on” that was required. Aaargh! It took a (long) while to get it, but I like the end result.
Isn’t the yarn pretty? It’s Fiber Fervor’s Organic Merino DK in Rainbow Sorbet. It’s magical, and I love the pink/orange/yellow colorway so much. Don’t see it in the weight you need? Just convo Brenna, she’ll do you up a custom skein (as she did for me!)
My favorite October activity is watching scary movies. I have a bunch of them queued up on netflix. I’ll start getting them as soon as I figure out how to mail back the DVD’s that Gracie “helped” me with.
What are some of your favorite scary movies? I’m a fan of classics like The Shining (the book is almost scarier!), Halloween, and Rosemary’s Baby. The scariest movie I’ve ever seen in my life is The Orphanage (also called El Orfanato – it’s a Spanish film). I screamed out loud more than once. Any movie that can make me scream out loud while reading subtitles gets an A+ in my book.
Posted in Knitting | Tagged westie, knitted elephant, scary movies, October, love of autumn | 8 Comments »
What could induce me to spend 2 hours on a Sunday in Babies R Us? That would be my niece Lucy! (World premiere scheduled for February). She also makes me spend hours at a time on ravelry, poring over knitting patterns. So far I’ve only decided for sure on one (there will be more – trust me) and I even got custom dyed yarn from Brenna. It will be fantastical! (More details when it’s finished).
In the meantime, I have been busily decorating onesies with iron-on transfers:
These were so easy to do – buy onesie, buy transfer, iron. EASY. I am considering ordering a transfer of this (designed by me on Custom Ink):
I would never wear it, but think it would be hilarious on a onesie (if you don’t get the joke, please watch this video immediately).
Posted in Crafty | Tagged iron on transfer, onesie | 1 Comment »
Morning Mimosa by Andrea
Preppy Paisley by Ashley
PUPPIES!! INSPIRED BY PUPPIES!!!!
Posted in Baking | Tagged Gracie, cake class, westie, wilton, wilton III | 3 Comments »
The last cake class is tomorrow night. At the conclusion of four straight months of weekly classes, Ashley and I will be creating tiered wedding cakes. I will pause as you scream with anticipation and excitement.
[pause]
Please! Collect yourself! You’re causing a scene! Come back tomorrow…if you can stand it…
Posted in Baking | Tagged cake class, wilton | 2 Comments »
Gracie is very nosy. She likes to be involved in whatever is going on. Before I moved this project over to the window for better light in the photo, I had it on the coffee table and I was kneeling in front of the couch to take the picture. Gracie had her back paws on the couch and her front paws on the back of my shoulders, trying desperately to see what the heck I was doing. (For more information on the project pictured, please visit the Paton’s blog).
In other news, I’m sure you will be ecstatic to learn that I have started reading yet another series of teen vampire novels. I know.
Posted in Knitting | Tagged Gracie, Patons yarns, socks, westie | 3 Comments »
Umm…Wow.
Didn’t pick up my knitting once. It’s too bad I get carsick so easily…..
Posted in Travels | Tagged Charleston, photography, South Carolina | 1 Comment »
"Stolen Moments" by Ashley
"Fields of Coffee" by Andrea
Next course: wedding cakes!
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You know something’s wrong when a size 6-12 mo hat is too big for an adult. No worries, I’ll just make the 0-6 mo size. What’s that? Guage swatch? Nah, I’ll just wing it.
And now, please enjoy these random pictures:
Someone got sick of having to swipe their gate card...
I agree
Hat. Obviously.
"Seriously, I'm just so sick of having to swipe my gate card I feel like hitting the post with my car....hmmm..."
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