This moment.... I love making yarn...

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Happy Blogoversary to me!

It's been 6 years since I have started blogging. It may not seem so at this new blog, but if you click the link to my old blog you will see. SIX YEARS! I know I haven't been a bloggin' lately, but I am trying to do better.

I say this all the time, but the people I have met through blogging have been wonderful and inspirational. Thank you for leaving me comments (even though I haven't figured out yet how to respond to most of you with this new blog)

And YES, I did get wax on the yarn.... sad face..... oh well.

ps - the husband want credit as production assistant for lighting the candles. Round of applause!

Deadlines.....

I haven't made a sweater in like a year so I thought why not clean up some of the clutter then start your self a sweater? I gave my self a deadline of starting at the beginning of March and finishing by the end of March. It's April 11th. This is where I am at:

Not bad, not bad at all. But if you go to my project page on Ravelry you see I have 6 WIPS. SIX! And guess what I started yesterday?

A shawl.....

Am I hopeless? (no I am a knitter). So my new deadline for the sweater is to finish by the end of April. I would like to actually wear it before summer.

Do you think I can?

This Moment....

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

Saw this at http://soulemama.typepad.com/soulemama/ and wanted to do it for some time.

I know I am not supposed to say any words, but yay spring!

A quick project

My cousin's birthday is coming up and I wanted to make a quick gift for her birthday. Not something simple or basic, but easy enough as to not take up a lot of time (that I didn't have) I wanted something special too as she is also my godmother.

I decided to whip up another 198 Yards of Heaven Shawlette for her.

I can't say enough good things about this pattern. It is quick, well written, and easy. You only need 198 yards! Which is a typical skein of worsted weight wool. Well perhaps not typical....

I used 1 skein of Berraco Ultra Alpaca. It's a deep purple color. Almost eggplant. I am giving it to her tonight. Hope she likes it!

Edit post:

She loved it! Here she is modeling it:

Below is a picture of her sister-in-law modeling it too. I think she wants one now!

Yay! A success!

Lace Leaf Shawl

So I am thinking, why make it so hard? I got so much to show and tell why not just start back slowly... no?

Right then! Shall we? I started this shawl in January and finished it in February....yes, it's already a moldy oldy.... But beautiful none the less.

I made this out of Schaefer Yarn Company Anne - Sock yarn. You can't beat the yardage on this yarn AND the colors are fab. It was for a class I was supposed to teach last weekend but because of my back blowout I have rescheduled it for the following weekend.

I do so love Evelyn Clark's patterns. She is a true genius.

The ubiquitous close up shot.

I have so many projects going on right now which is not surprising for a knitter right? I was trying to be good like last year and only start one project at a time. But who cares. I know they will all get done.

Yes I know.....

It's been way too long. And I am NOT stopping blogging. Life got in the way for a while. Shame on that!

I am on my back with a bad back at the moment will return shortly.
Don't give up on me yet.

sigh...