Plush You

Snugs on a chair
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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.