xams knitting update

so far so good and I'm even updating this blog! Wow!

Crazy.

In the past two days I finished Alyssa's Hat and baby Steve's pirate doll.


The rest of the stuff I'd like to get done within the week by Dec 1.

I'm going to edit my last post and cross things off my list!!

lists and lists

I always have good intentions.

Knitting
- knit pie slice (from Pie Knits)
- knit donuts (2 sets of 6)
- luv gun (from Mochimochi)
- Flower Power Hats (3/3) (from Knitty)
- Kate (from knitty)
- pirate doll (from Dream Toys)

Sewing/cross stitch
- sock monkey ornaments (2)

Other Craft
- melt bead magnets
- magnetic paper dolls (2 sets)
- paper placemats (for play food table)

updates

see how good I am at keeping up with things?

I've been busy, and quite sick!! I've posted a lot of new stuff in my Ravelry notebook including the Pirate doll I'm working on for a friend's son in New Mexico.





It's very nearly done! I'm so happy with the way it's turning out.

I'm trying really hard for a hand-made xmas. I usually go nuts for xmas and spend way too much money and buy (especially MY kids) way too much STUFF. I'm carrying a lot of guilt about that. This year I'm trying really hard to do things differently. Hopefully the grandparents can follow our lead but somehow I doubt it.


I'll post more about my DIY xmas very soon!

HP

added a link on the sidebar to Pottercast, omg I'm obsessed with this podcast now. It's the nerdy-lit-geek in me. I love me some books, talking about books, reading about books, anything about books. I also love essay writing, I'm odd, I know this.

We're moving TOMORROW. Shock and Awe. I know I know.

I need to work on this blogs' layout. For now though, I must go pack more boxes.

Plush You

Snugs on a chair
Originally uploaded by bridgetroll

This is what I sent in to the Plush You show this year. My stuff is being shown at Fancy & Pants. I'm super excited about it. Hopefully they will both sell!!

These are large fleece plush, over 14" tall and 12' wide. They are super soft and cuddly.

Moving and Christmas

Since all my stuff is in storage and packed away (argh) I have not been crafting. I have however been painting, walls. The kids' room is very close to being finished and the main bath room is on it's way as well. I still have to do a few touch ups here and there in those two rooms, but mostly they are just waiting for curtains!

Finding curtains proved to be a really big pain. Hubs picked up some for the kids' room all on his own, and I haven't seen them yet. Scary! I got curtains for the master bedroom and the computer room (both of which still need painted and don't really yet need curtains) but when they are on sale for 5 dollars..well you buy curtains!

So I realize that Christmas is soon-ish. I think everything is pretty well covered, maybe, I think. I dunno actually. Since everything is up in storage..let's just say I'm hoping to have everything back on track by October 15 including an xmas inventory as well as my webshop back up and running.

Also, I think my cat has fleas. I thought fleas only happened in the summer?!

Uh huh

I keep thinking I need to be somewhere but I don't! I actually don't tonight!

Maybe that is what's throwing me off.

We're in the middle of attempting to move/remodel the new-to-us house and sell this one as well as pack. It's not going well at all. No one actually wants to pack and I'm starting to get angry for not getting any help. at. all.

I'm thinking about ripping out my do-knits and reknitting them the way I know how to..the same way I did my xmas ornaments for last year.

I'm going to try to pack at least three boxes in the next hour, shouldn't be too hard since everything in this whole house needs packed.

argh!

argh

I really am trying to keep my personal life off this blog for the most part. However the personal is crowding out the crafty at this point in my life.

All I can say is: argh.

I'm not sure I can handle anymore.

Still didn't weave in the ends on my Twiggy sweater. We're moving, and I'm actually starting to pack up things that I won't be using, sad to say that Twiggy is one of them at the moment. It's far too warm for sweaters.

I did pick up some floss so I can keep knitting and actually join in on the Harry Potter read/knit along to make some book scarves. I'm not sure I can actually move all my yarn and knitting stuff up to the new house (and hour and a half away!. I'll be with out it for a little over a month!

House stuff, knitting, and avoiding the big FO

I spent the day up at the new house tearing the wallpaper down from the kids' room. I think we've decided on a color for that room as well, hmm. Pictures will be forthcoming I'm sure. This is the first big project that Tony and I are going to be undertaking. I'm a bit nervous about it frankly.

I also picked up yarn tonight to start on a couple of new projects. I still need to weave the ends in on my Twiggy though, tomorrow for sure! I promise!

I want to cast on for the skating sweater or the rockafeller jacket from the Twinkle's book. I have the yarn from both but I have no idea what I wanna doooo (i'm whining).

Humph. Poor Me.

Went and saw Aaron Lewis last night with the hubs, it was a great show!

Twiggy !

OMG I finished something large, and for me!

Well almost. I still have to weave in the ends and graft the seams under the arms but the knitting is done!!



and despite the fact that it's not really finished, I HAD to try it on, you understand.


I love the way this fits! What I didn't love so much is the decreasing in the pattern argh, I just sort of winged it and apparently it worked out!

I'm going to make myself go do some housework before I weave in the ends.

Also: I think I have worked out what I'm going to make my cousin's baby. Now I just have to wait and hear from them if they know the gender yet. yay babies!

baby knits

My cousin's wife is pregnant with their first child. This is amazing news because apparently, they weren't supposed to be able to have children.

These people are sort of estranged from the family at the moment but I really like this cousin and his wife despite the family drama and I love an excuse to knit baby things!

Only, I have no idea what to make. I don't think they are finding out the gender and I haven't seen these people in over a year, I don't really know what they are "into". I'm thinking a simple baby blanket and a hat. Both patterns/yarn to be determined, maybe I'll go up to the store today. Maybe. Maybe not, I do have both of my own children today which makes trips to any store sort of um..tiring.

Vegan Cupcakes

Are yummy.

I'm on ravelry now and a WIP

I never take pics of WIPs, but thanks to Ravelry's notebook, I have started. I hate putting something up there without a picture. Ahem.

Twiggy from Twinkle's Big City Knits



I'm starting on the body of the sweater now. It's moving along pretty quickly! I netflix'd a season of Gilmore Girls, we'll see how much I can get done during this disc....

And now that my blog is offically linked ot my Ravelry page I will not be shamed into actually doing something to zee blog. Right now I'm using blogger templates and it looks like poo. At least I could add some links.

and yeah

160 people ahead of me for Ravelry which is a lot less than this morning!

I have pictures to upload. Hmph.

Let's try this again

I've had several blogs throughout my Internet years. Several, I don't think the count ever made it into the 100's but it was definitely at least 20ish.

I have a problem with "stick-to-it-ness". I never finish or keep up with anything that I start as far as blogs are concerned. Mostly, I start feeling like I'm giving up too much of my personal life and I freak out and stop posting. I'm going to try to not do that this time. Although I am trying to get in to Ravelry so I guess I'll be moving over there sometime soon but until then.

I have a lot of on my plat at the moment, knit-wise. We (as in my family and I) are in a bit of a money situation as my husband has just started a new job where we only get paid once a month. We'll be fine, we just have to rearrange some things, and we're in the middle of moving. Ha. So by the time this is all sorted out it's probably going to be October. October is when we really start to get serious about the winter holidays. I'm not sure how much money we're going to have to spend at Christmas time so I'm planning on making a lot of things for them. I don't believe in going into massive debt for Christmas and am going to try to avoid that.