Adventures in Felting (or not)

Well, for my first felting project EVAH, I chose some felted potholders for my grandmother. I followed the instructions. My first one ended up measuring about 12.5 x 12.5 before felting. See picture.

Well, here's the thing... I have a front loader. Not so ideal for felting, apparently. So, after 2 short cycles, it hadn't budged much, so I ended up felting it by hand. O.M.G. What a royal pain in the butt. At least I got an upper arm workout. It still doesn't look quite right, but at least it's a little smaller (10 x 10) Perhaps it'll be a hot plate or trivet instead of a potholder.

My second try is in the washer now. It just looks like the giants slightly smaller brother. *sigh* Luckily, my grandmother has a good sense of humor.


ooh... ps - I'm working on writing a knitting book. More info to come.

Ravelympics!!

So, I've joined the "Twilight" team on Ravelry for their knitting Olympics! I'm working on finishing the fairy I started aeons ago, making a drawstring pouch, and some felted potholders to put IN the pouch for my grandmother's birthday. I have to finish it all before the torch goes out, and I still don't have the wool yarn for the potholders. (They're in the mail.)

Wish me luck! I'll post updates!

Wow. It's been too long!!

I haven't knit on a regular basis in sooo long! :(

Here's an update.

The fairy went for $65. The doll went for $25. The hats went for - actually, I don't know. I do know that a few people were bidding back and forth, but I don't think I found out the last numbers. The knitting basket went for $100, and the HP basket I made with knit bookscarves went for over $100. Yay!

I am currently working on another fairy, and my first pair of little socks for my 2 year old daughter. :)

After that, I'm going to make some more dolls, and maybe try to design a few hats for a Boutique coming up in the Fall. This, of course, takes some actual knitting on my part, so we'll see.

A Tisket a Tasket

I put together a knitting basket. If you didn't knit, but wanted to, would you bid? :)

Pics:





What's in it?





“Knitting for Dummies”
“Kids Knitting”
“Fashionable Projects for New Knitters”
A small pattern book on dishcloths
3 cotton skeins for the dishcloths
4 bulky wool blend skeins for projects in either book
3 worsted weight skeins for projects in either book
size 8 bamboo straights
size 10 kid’s needles
a small spool
2 tapestry needles
a retractable measuring tape
a Susan Bates guide
stitch markers
a stitch holder
a blank notebook
a certificate for an hour of “knitting instruction” from me.

Don't try this at home

So, if you read my last post, you know I frogged an item, and tried to knit a hat. Well, knitting a hat on size 7 needles that you frogged from size 6 needles is not a good idea. Plus, it's been 2 years. Talk about TIGHT KNIT. *sigh*... Look. Just look for yourself and see how horrid this hat was turning out. *pout*

Lumpy, bumpy


Holey Moley


Kinkalicious (not)


So, I'm using the remaining yarn from the original hank that was unused, but in case it isn't enough, I spent some time steaming the kinks out. Not perfect, but much better.


Ugh. Well, that was a valuable, time-wasting lesson.

Ribbit!

So, when I was pregnant with Maddie, I started making a little teeny blue cardigan just in case she was a boy. Well, I didn't finish it, and she turned out to be a girl, and I just never got around to finishing it.

Who knows when I'll need to make a sweater for a baby boy (certainly won't be for MY kids), so I frogged the sleeve and back of the sweater and am putting them to use in a "boyish" hat, since my husband doesn't think the pastel hats I've made are for boys. *sigh* So, there will hopefully be 2 "girly" hats and one "boyish" hat at the auction, so I'm not seen as discriminatory. :P

Hopefully I'll have pictures soon.

Ron Weasley

He's done!! Lookie!!

He has no clothes, but he has a scarf, so he doesn't have to be nakey! (Well, not completely.) Notice his bellybutton is unravelling. lol!




I'm on the head part of Gracie's "Dorothy" and have just started an unnamed babe for the auction. Woohoo!!