Monday, December 24, 2012
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Itty Bitty Socks
I was having coffee with a couple of
crafty friends the other day, when a new idea came up. (Cheryl is a wonderful seamstress
who makes great purses, and Megan makes the most beautiful note cards.)
We were talking about my socks and mittens and they mentioned they have a friend who is known for wearing unique socks, and that friend is having a baby. That of course sparked the idea of baby socks. As I walked home, thoughts of baby socks ran through my head, which led to a search of baby sock patterns on Ravelry (Ravelry has the most amazing pattern search functionality!), and the next thing you know I’m rummaging through my leftover sock yarn and I pulled out some that could be sacrificed for a sock trial.
The first pair of socks was so darn cute, that they were soon followed by three more pairs. I saw Cheryl again on Saturday and gifted her with the following bunch of baby socks which she can now re-gift to her sock loving friend.
We were talking about my socks and mittens and they mentioned they have a friend who is known for wearing unique socks, and that friend is having a baby. That of course sparked the idea of baby socks. As I walked home, thoughts of baby socks ran through my head, which led to a search of baby sock patterns on Ravelry (Ravelry has the most amazing pattern search functionality!), and the next thing you know I’m rummaging through my leftover sock yarn and I pulled out some that could be sacrificed for a sock trial.
The first pair of socks was so darn cute, that they were soon followed by three more pairs. I saw Cheryl again on Saturday and gifted her with the following bunch of baby socks which she can now re-gift to her sock loving friend.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Blog Catch Up (and a dog party!)
I’ve been a bad blogger lately, and
have not found the time to keep up with this thing. My day job has been
keeping my busy lately, so I’m home around 7 most nights. By the time we eat
and clean up, there isn’t much time left for this blog. I’ve got some plans in
place to remedy this in the New Year, so if we all just hang on for a bit
longer, this blog may come back to its former life by the end of January.
For now I give you a small sampling of what I’ve been up to in the past week, or so.
We had a pot luck lunch at work this week so last weekend was all about making some broccoli salad and peppermint cookies. The broccoli salad was well received, and the peppermint cookies pleased me, as they always do.
Cici loves the smell of peppermint cookies, so while I iced and sprinkled she worked on perfecting her begging pose.
I’ve been working on the Leftover Blanket lately. It is a great project for a cold winter night. Cici is quite fond of the smell of the real wool, so she usually come in for a snuggle as I knit. One evening when I turned my back on it for a brief moment, I came back to this…
Admitting that in addition to lacking the time to blog, I also lack the time to bake, I solved my need for Christmas baking, by picking up an order from Gracie’s Christmas Cookies. It has been a challenge to keep certain hands out, to allow for some cookies to still be around on Christmas Eve.
I squeezed in some quality sewing time yesterday, which allowed me to make good progress on my quilt. I now have 48 12” squares ready to be joined together. I predict the quilt will be finished in the first half of 2013.
And finally, yesterday Cici invited some friends over. It was dog party central in our house.
There was begging in the kitchen,
Monitoring of the outside world,
Hanging out in the living room,
And much holding of the dachshund, against his best wishes. Cici is too big to hold like this, so we were all over this little guy.
Only eight days until Christmas! Love this time of year!
For now I give you a small sampling of what I’ve been up to in the past week, or so.
We had a pot luck lunch at work this week so last weekend was all about making some broccoli salad and peppermint cookies. The broccoli salad was well received, and the peppermint cookies pleased me, as they always do.
Cici loves the smell of peppermint cookies, so while I iced and sprinkled she worked on perfecting her begging pose.
I’ve been working on the Leftover Blanket lately. It is a great project for a cold winter night. Cici is quite fond of the smell of the real wool, so she usually come in for a snuggle as I knit. One evening when I turned my back on it for a brief moment, I came back to this…
Admitting that in addition to lacking the time to blog, I also lack the time to bake, I solved my need for Christmas baking, by picking up an order from Gracie’s Christmas Cookies. It has been a challenge to keep certain hands out, to allow for some cookies to still be around on Christmas Eve.
I squeezed in some quality sewing time yesterday, which allowed me to make good progress on my quilt. I now have 48 12” squares ready to be joined together. I predict the quilt will be finished in the first half of 2013.
And finally, yesterday Cici invited some friends over. It was dog party central in our house.
There was begging in the kitchen,
Monitoring of the outside world,
Hanging out in the living room,
And much holding of the dachshund, against his best wishes. Cici is too big to hold like this, so we were all over this little guy.
Only eight days until Christmas! Love this time of year!
Saturday, December 8, 2012
I Heart Cyber Monday!
I sold a pair of mitts and a pair of
socks recently, so I had some money burning a hole in my wallet. Thankfully
KnitPicks does a pretty good job of celebrating Cyber Monday.
A wonderful box from KnitPicks arrived in our home this week and it is as every bit as lovely as I’d hoped for. Here is what the box contained.
The four balls on the left are Palette, my favourite KnitPicks mitten yarn in White, Lantana, Oregon CoastHeather and Oyster Heather. I’m not sure where and when I’ll use these, but I just picked a few random colours that were on sale.
The two skeins on the front left are Gloss that I bought as possible lining yarn for a future pair of mittens. The Bordeaux colour may actually work well with the colours of Palette above.
On the right are four skeins of Shadow in Garnet Heather that are destined to be used for the Oregon Coast Cardigan and my first foray into lace knitting. (lace knitting sounds scary!)
And finally the skein at the back is some hand painted Stroll in Make Believe that is planned to be used to tie the quilt I’m making. It has some nice green and purple spots that will work well. There are some blue-green spots that I’m not too sure of, but I can always cut those out. Here’s a picture of that skein against the quilt block back drop.
So that should be enough to keep me busy for a bit!
A wonderful box from KnitPicks arrived in our home this week and it is as every bit as lovely as I’d hoped for. Here is what the box contained.
The four balls on the left are Palette, my favourite KnitPicks mitten yarn in White, Lantana, Oregon CoastHeather and Oyster Heather. I’m not sure where and when I’ll use these, but I just picked a few random colours that were on sale.
The two skeins on the front left are Gloss that I bought as possible lining yarn for a future pair of mittens. The Bordeaux colour may actually work well with the colours of Palette above.
On the right are four skeins of Shadow in Garnet Heather that are destined to be used for the Oregon Coast Cardigan and my first foray into lace knitting. (lace knitting sounds scary!)
And finally the skein at the back is some hand painted Stroll in Make Believe that is planned to be used to tie the quilt I’m making. It has some nice green and purple spots that will work well. There are some blue-green spots that I’m not too sure of, but I can always cut those out. Here’s a picture of that skein against the quilt block back drop.
So that should be enough to keep me busy for a bit!
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