Archive for 'Gifts'
Catch up
It’s amazing what you can accomplish when you don’t have a knitting deadline and you can work on other projects and clean. I’m not the best housekeeper in the world, but during the knitting of the test knit I just completed (YAY!), my craft room looked like several tornadoes hit it. I finally [...]
Posted: September 4th, 2010 under Gifts, fair isle, finished object, knitting, lace, socks, steek, sweater, test knitting.
Comments: 4
Monkeys!
All of a sudden, everyone I know is having a baby. So be prepared to see a lot of baby gifts around here.
My friend is having her second baby. She’s one of my closest friends, and truly appreciates a hand knitted gift. I wracked my brain thinking of the perfect [...]
Posted: June 27th, 2010 under Gifts, fair isle, knitting, steek.
Comments: 7
My February
February was jam packed with stuff. I celebrated my 11th wedding anniversary, saw the beginning of a new year (Chinese New Year….year of the tiger, MY year!). I went to my first burlesque show in Asbury Park, baked cupcakes for and attended a good friend’s baby shower. Oh, and left the country [...]
Posted: March 2nd, 2010 under Gifts, NJ, cupcakes, family, finished object, friends, knitting, test knitting, vacation.
Comments: 3
Insert witty title here
I have been doing only a little bit of knitting. Most of it is on a new project for Knit Picks. I finished up the February Baby Sweater.
I think it’s really cute, and I liked the pattern, but I don’t know how many times I would make it….there’s too much garter stitch, and [...]
Posted: January 19th, 2009 under Gifts, cooking, crochet, cupcakes, finished object, knitting, lace, sweater, yum.
Comments: 7
4 day weekend
Since last post, I finished catnip mice, and a sweater for the kid’s monkey (scarves made by my mom)
We proved that Santa is real (or how mom can’t really focus a camera after a couple glasses of wine):
I spent the holiday and the wonderful 4 day weekend to relax. I caught up on some [...]
Posted: December 28th, 2008 under Gifts, Kid, NJ, cooking, family, finished object, knitting, spinning, sweater, yum.
Comments: 9
Busy as a beaver
Last week, I finished Danny’s Harry Potter sweater.
I’m almost done with the one for his stuffed monkey. Finishing up that and felting the catnip mice are the last things on my Xmas to do list.
Now that the secret is out of the bag, I made this for Bezzie awhile back and gave it to [...]
Posted: December 21st, 2008 under Gifts, Kid, finished object, knitting, lace, sweater.
Comments: 11
A pick me up post
I’m down in the dumps. I feel blah. Maybe because the 4 day weekend is coming to a close and the next time I’m off of work is a month away. I don’t quite feel like knitting, even though I have many a project to do. Hopefully laying out what I’ve [...]
Posted: November 30th, 2008 under Gifts, family, knitting, spinning.
Comments: 8
I saw red*
I came home Monday to find a box from the Loopy Ewe in my mailbox. Funny. I hadn’t ordered anything. Inside?
A hank of Trekking Hand Art in Atlantik. Someone must know me real well. Unfortunately, it didn’t come with a note with who it was from. But with a [...]
Posted: November 11th, 2008 under Gifts, finished object, knitting, sweater.
Comments: 11
Rainy Sunday
What’s a girl to do when it’s pouring out? Craft of course! I finished up and blocked the secret project. I started and am halfway thru sock number 2 of the Brooks Farm socks. Don’t ask about the mystery shawl, as that’s still in a corner having a time out. [...]
Posted: July 27th, 2008 under Gifts, fabric, knitting, quilting, sewing, socks.
Comments: 5
Little Rabbit Foo Foo
I will admit that the reason I DVR’d Martha Stewart last week was to see if I could catch MBT and her daughter on tv, and also to see Anna from Mochimochi. But then Martha started making these adorable glove animals. And I was hooked. Luckily, I am due to go to [...]
Posted: March 2nd, 2008 under Gifts, fabric, knitting, sewing.
Comments: 12