Catching up...

I've been a little absent for a few months. Just not in the mood to blog. Too much going on, not enough sleep.

Now I'm back.

I'm going to attempt to post something every day. Starting with my "I'm thankful for...." every day until Thanksgiving. I know, totally cliche and played out. Buuuut it seems like the thing to do.

So I'm a week late in the posts...but I'll just play catch up.

9 things I am thankful for:

1. My children
2. My dog
3. My parents
4. My Friends
5. My yarn stash
6. My new iPhone
7. My memory foam mattress pad
8. Re-runs of The Big Bang Theory
9. Sons of Anarchy

Tune in tomorrow for more!

The Giftmas knitting begins...

Last year I waited until the last minute to knit christmas gifts and ended up not finishing everything I needed to make. So this year I told myself, Ok self. We are going to start early this year. We will have everything finished with PLENTY of time to spare. I sort of accomplished that.

I started my Giftmas knitting at the end of October. I thought, sure thats enough time.

Then I realized. No...its really not.

*headdesk*

Ok. So I have two shawls, four hats, two pairs of mitts and a blanket to knit in 6 weeks.

So far I have one shawl nearly completed, and nothing else started.

*sigh*

Progress... I have it. *sort of*

I've spent this weekend pretty dedicated to my Big Cabled Bag. I've gotten the total up to 8.5 inches completed, so only four inches of cables left, followed by about an inch of ribbing...then I've at least got the body of the bag finished. Then I have the braided I-cord straps and the bottom panel, and then the lining needs to be sewn. I'm still on the fence about adding the side pockets. I probably will, so then that will be two more panels to knit and then seam on.

Today I feel very cooped up, so I think the child and I will go for a walk this evening when it cools down. I figure a walk will at least get us out of this apartment for a while.

I think I'm going to take a break from the Bag and make a couple of puffs this afternoon/evening. Maybe that will make me feel like I've really been productive even though I haven't left my house in four days. lol

Puffs, Purses and Pox...

Well my original claim to post something knitting  related every day... well that didnt' so much work out how I planned.
Lately life has gotten in the way.
I've managed to knit another puff...that brings my total to 2. *sigh* I planned to make at least one a day. Maybe next week I will?

I've added a couple more rows to my big cabled purse...but I really had hoped to have it finished and ready for the lining process by now. Oh well.

My 5 year old has the chicken pox. So far she doesn't seem to have it badly, so its just spots and a lowgrade fever at this point. I'm so glad she isn't itchy. I've heard so many horror stories about the scars that can come from the Pox.

Since I will be home for the next few days, I plan to make much more progress on all projects... so stay tuned for tomorrows progress post!

Resistance is Futile. You WILL KNIT THE PUFFS.

So the newest craze to sweep the knitting community... Hexapuffs.

Thanks to Tiny Owl Knits the whole world is knitting the puffs.

Allow me to explain.

These are cute little hexagon shaped stuffed puffs that once hooked together will form the BeeKeepers Quilt. Or, in my case, the wall o'puffs.

I'm not really the kind to decorate with paintings or flowers or whatever other knick knacks and such that most sane 29 year olds would decorate with. I decorate with yarn. I call it Yarn Bomb Home decor. I've been inspired to create a wall of puffs instead of the quilt.

So far I have one and a half puffs done. So basically I only have 498.5 puffs left. lol

Here is Puff numero Uno with the two bags of future puffs in the background.