Tuesday, November 23, 2010

granny squares are awesome

I love granny squares. I love all the great things you can do with them and I love making them. Here are but a few of my favs..

Granny Square throw pillow from Ravelry



Granny Square baby booties from Ravelry


Granny Squares Basket

I really need to make this basket. I'm lying awake at night thinking of all the storage possiblities..

Thursday, November 11, 2010

talk about good timing!

As my knittingness hits its peek, well don't I just come across this! Now that I can combine my love of decorating with wool, I think I might be unstoppable! {evil laugh}

The wonderful Life Through The Lens blog posted this tutorial today.

Monday, November 8, 2010

by golly, I've got it!


I'm happy to report that Crocheting is not as evil as I have previously believed. We are now getting along well as you can see by the granny square in the corner! Yuppi!

Saturday, November 6, 2010

a mangled yarn

Well I've gone and blown my own mind. I'm taking a crochet course. Of course I mean that literally. My mind is very close now to complete system overload. Knitting and crochet seemed at first to be best friends, but now I realize that they are really arch enemies and have been engaged in an age old battle. The cramps in my fingers, the awkwardness whenever I look at that crochet hook. It's clear I was meant for knitting but I'm fighting the battle anyways.
As if you needed any more proof of my knitting-ness, here are just a few of the things flying off my needles lately.
This hat can be found on Ravelry under Lyon Hat and has removable ear flaps.

I think I'll be making many a pair of these. Christmas is the perfect time to give great mittens. They can also be found on Ravelry under Bella Mittens.

the race to Christmas


I think E needs this alarm clock.

Now that Halloween is over the stores are filling with Christmas decorations and cards. It seems Christmas is already right around the corner. And I haven't bought a thing.

So today I started my web shopping. Heh heh heh.

If you need to shop for alarm clocks too you'd better head here right away..