Christmas 2007

Well I finally finished the sweater for my future father inlaw. I finished it just in time for Christmas and even got it shipped to him in time. Here it is.

He said he really liked it. It actually fit him too. My Fiance's sister was very impressed. He says she is an excellent seamstress and knits also. I was hoping to get his dad to model it for me so I could show how it looks on him.

Aside from that Christmas was very nice for us. We spent it in Las Vegas. It was kind of cold there. I didn't win much money, but I didn't spend much either.

Then last weekend before New Years eve my daughter and I went to Grand Junction to visit my parents and brothers there. I even had time on Saturday to visit one of the local yarn stores there called "The Yarn Store". I bought 2 balls of Kertzer On Your Toes sock yarn and some new size 3 double points and spent 50 dollars. My mother thinks I am crazy for spending that much on yarn for some socks that I still have to make myself. She is not a knitter obviously.

We had a great time at her house on Saturday night and the kids and my step dad got some of the greatest slippers. Here is a picture of them:

I have been working very furiously to get some projects completed before Christmas. So I have not been posting very much. Aside from that I have been very busy at my full time job at the hospital I work for. Then, I made the mistake of taking on a time consuming cardigan for my future father in law. The only reason I decided to do it was because my Fiance is always telling him about the stuff I make and so he said he wanted one. I started it over six months ago but I keep working on other projects putting it off. Now here I am a few weeks before Christmans and I still have a sleeve and a half plus all the blocking, sewing and borders to go. I hope I can get it done without rushing too much. I've already had to rip alot out because I have messed up somewhere in the cable pattern.

Anyway here are some pictures so far.

The back and the almost done sleeve

I will post a picture of it when it is completed.

New Blog

Well I have decided to start this blog to document my knit and crochet works in progress. I plan to post pictures and explain how I accomplished creating it. I will be working from patterns but also plan to post my own designs as well. If all goes well and they turn out nice I might actually publish the patterns or make them available to people if they want them. I will start my first blog by posting some pictures of some pieces I have already completed. Some of it I have listed on my Etsy.com site to sell. Most I have either given away to friends or sold already. Here is one of my favorite completed projects. It is adapted from a published pattern book but I changed the stitch and the type of yarn used. I call it my plush hoodie because the yarn is very soft and plush like when worked up. I used Hobby Lobby's Baby Bee Pitter Patter eyelash yarn for this jacket and I just alternated rows with single and double crochet. I sold this white one and was asked to make a second one in sugar plum.

The cutie modeling for me is my 15 year old daughter.

Here are some more of my completed works that I have done by hand.

Red Ribbed Knitted and Blue Stripe Crocheted

Evening Chains Crocheted and turquoise stripes knitted.