Knitting Misadventures

I’m coming to terms that I must not be meant to knit in July.  Everything, not just one project or two, but all of my current knitting projects are not working out. I’m finally admitting that although I took the time to knit a swatch for gauge measurement and it all seemed well and fine, [...]

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Is It My Birthday?

No, it’s not my birthday, but for an hour or so yesterday, it sure did feel like it was!  Izzy settled down for her afternoon nap while the boys worked on a project together, so I ventured out to the library and the nearest yarn store on my own! Since it was a rainy, the [...]

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Lace Scarf is DONE!

I had grand plans for this small project at the beginning of the year.  Last year, I learned to knit socks and this year, it was to be lace.  I bought a couple skeins of lace weight yarn, not realizing how much yardage you get on a single skein and set out to find a [...]

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Pumpkin Hat

The knitting has begun for the little one due in October.  I started with a cute little pumpkin hat, modeled by Jackson’s doll.  Hopefully, it fits the baby a little better than it fits the doll. I could stop myself from casting on a pair of newborn longies to match this hat, so that’s on [...]

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All Done!

I finished up the quilt on Sunday and even managed to wash and dry it so it would get all crinkled and fluffy.  It’s far from perfect and the quilting isn’t straight, but I’m happy with it no less. Jackson is just awesome for feeding my craftiness.  He get so excited and happy when I [...]

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SMILE!

Alex lost one of his top teeth yesterday and I couldn’t resist posting a picture of his beautiful smile! Oh, and I finished his hat just in time for the snowy day!  Maybe now I should work on some mittens to match?

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Playing, Reading, Knitting, Sewing

The kids are loving the fuller days and all the fun activities and stories that Little Acorn Learning has provided for us.  They each made healthy bear claw snacks yesterday and will be painting animal tracks in a bit.  And, wouldn’t you know how handy the farm playmat is for acting out the stories! Izzy [...]

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Holiday Knitting – Done!

I just finished the farm play mat for the kids’ Christmas present!  It took 6 months of knitting and I’m oh so proud!  I hope they like it.  I envision many days ahead of knitting little farm animals and searching high and low for a perfect tractor.  More pictures on Flickr and Ravelry.

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Farm Playmat

All the fields have been knitted up.  Some could use a few details and the flower meadow has no flowers because I don’t have any wool roving or needles to felt flower onto it, but there’s still time.  I’ll either get the supplies or make due with the yarn I have and using the childhood [...]

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Craft Room (and Office)

This has been the catch-all room since the move… but not anymore!  I started working on it yesterday and finished up this morning with the organizing and cleaning and I’m ready to get some heavy duty sewing, knitting, and crafting done for the holidays now!

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