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A Non-Knitterly Christmas?

I can’t say this Christmas was about the knitting. I did make some sort of promise to myself at some point that I wouldn’t be knitting any Christmas gifts. Just put a cute little face in front of me asking nicely and I turn into a puddle of goo and will agree to anything.

How can you say "no" to this?

 So the kids loved their hats….but why not? They picked everything out, down to the style and mommy whipped them right up. They were even done *before* Christmas! Holy crap, I made a deadline! Goooooooo ME!

So…I thought I was a pretty good girl this year…

I didn’t get any yarn…..

No needles……

No notions…..

No fiber-y batts of fluffy goodness….

But I did get an interesting present this year…

Huh?

A Snuggie? What?! Say it…..I know I did. WTF, right? Everyone I know is aware that I am ready to lead the charge in the “Anti-Snuggie” campaign. I mean, not only does it scream “I’m ready for the Kool-Aid now”…it isn’t made of natural stuff. I mean, this thing is quite literally, plastic. What?! No wool? No Alpaca? Not even cotton? ::faints::

So I sliced open the box and looked inside….

Awwwwww...

I got money for Stitches West in February. Yay!!!

Oh, and I got the Snuggie too. ::rolls eyes::

Tags: Christmas, FO's, gifties, hats

Holy *@!%! It’s Christmas already?

Man have I been a busy girl! It seems like December just flew by!

Well, as much as I said I was going to avoid Christmas giftie-type knitting, I just couldn’t. I say it every year and I always make *something*. This year I was prompted to get off my butt by my son. Even at 4 years old, that boy can appreciate Mommy’s crafting. He came up to me one night and flat out said “Mommy, I want a hat!” Thank goodness he asked for something easy! I walked him back to the stash and let him pick out his own yarn.

Of course, this also means I have to make a hat for my little girl too. She also visited the stash for some yarn.

So, in the midst of the Christmas knitting…I was working on my own projects. I finished my Vaya Shrug first…

Vaya Shrug on the duct tape form

Then I started and finished my Whisper Shrug…

The Whisper, in an unfinished state...

I don’t have any pictures of it completed yet, but it sure looks awesome blocked. I even bought some Habu Silk to make another…

Then I started a sweater that has no name, because it has no pattern. I am mixing and matching and making it up as I go along. I am knitting it with True Love Fiber yarn in Bruise that I got at Unwind. I am needing to get creative because I have two balls in one dyelot and one ball in another. So far it is looking pretty good.

I love this sweater!

OH….and that etsy shop I keep promising to start? Well, I am working on it, despite my not having put anything up online yet. I have been carding batts like a mad woman. I am sure poor Wendy would love her drum carder back…one of these days I will have to get one of my own.

The Drum Carder of DOOM!

I have gotten my fingers injured a few times while cranking these things out, but they look oh so pretty!

Alpaca and wool with a little glitz

Wool with a little carbonized bamboo and some glitz

So much to do this week. I am sure I will have more completed projects before Christmas actually gets here!

Tags: cardigan, carding, fiber, FO's, hats, Vaya Shrug, Whisper

Busy weekend…

…of course I didn’t get done many of the things that were on my list of “to do’s” but I still feel like I accomplished something.

After Friday night’s Finishing class I was all ready to get that cropped cardigan done, but for whatever reason, I never even touched it. I did, however, stay up super late on saturday night getting caught up on podcasts and knitting MadLad Hats from the book “Punk Knits”. Talk about a fast knit! I made two before I crashed sometime around 1 a.m. Good thing too, then I had something to wear when we left the house this morning to take the kids to Krispy Kreme. My husband was very eager to go, the kids got to have their very first doughnut and my husband could get his fix.

These are super comfy hats. I have to say I prefer the brimless version though. Great for covering up the dirty hair!

Today I got the bug to clear off my bobbins and get some spinning done. I spent the afternoon finishing some spinning and then plying two skeins of yarn. I feel relieved that I could get them done…one of the skeins is being donated to the twins club I am a member of. They are including it in a knitting/craft basket that they will be raffling off at the next S.C.M.O.T.C. Workshop (in November).

Tags: hats, knitting