clicking away
okay, okay....so i know i haven't been clicking away at the key pad much lately, but the needles have been clicking! little projects have been rolling right on or off of them.
and for the most part i have been focusing lately on little projects. don't know why, that's just where my mind is right now.
i've got some cute little mittens about to roll off the needles. i had to do a lot of experimenting with those. it seemed like such a simple project. toddler mittens. well... getting the sizing was not so easy. the first pair are so "wee" too cute to be "frogged". too tiny for thumbs even. so they will be gifted to a mom-to-be at work who is at home on bed rest right now and due in Jan. that tiny baby will need mitts being born that time of year!! the second pair STILL too small but "frogged", this is getting crazy! third time... a charm, cute. then, this morning before work, i cast on the tail for a "critter scarf". hummm???
i re-felted and embellished my knit vases this weekend. they are my entry on the "artist's expression table" at church this sunday. ( i have before talked about the artist's group that i belong to at my church). the vases turned out great and were fun to do.
while i was felting, i refelted a bag that i made last year and got it back into shape, then knitted a flower for it and now i love it. it is right back in style. i'm using it this week. i also made another knitted bag this weekend from the Suss Cousins Hollywood Style book. Made a cute flower for that bag and a fabric lining. (just need to stitch the lining inside that bag) love it too, i must say!!
tonight i will cast on for the Fur-Trimmed Winter Hood, pictured on the cover of the Handknit Holidays Knitting Book mention over there on my siderbar. i have a green and brown verigated merino in my stash, with a light brown trim. i think it will be perfect. i'm not ready for the two color knitting that the pattern calls for right now. and i want to use up "stash yarn" ya know!! that's me, the stash girl!!
oh, i did make a tiny, little, on-line purchase ...you know those cute yoga socks? the pattern is written by Mac and Me. i first saw them at www.purlsoho.com Wendy over at http://knitandtonic.typepad.com is knitting them too. go check her's out. well i ordered the pattern and some yarn too! oh...when do my yoga classes start? ah? let me get back to you on that...........
