Crafty Girly

I ' m officially hooked.

So I went to a SnB last night with the Sweet Stitching Betties, and I had a BLAST. I got to knit my Solstice Slip sock, that I'm about an inch from finishing, and I finally got to meet someone who spins! I sat and watched her so I could finally see how it works without doing the online videos and stuff, and I feel so much more confident because of it. She gave me a batt of fiber, so she's instantly become my new best friend, besides the fact that she's a super cool chick (I hope that's not offensive to you Brianna), and because of her look at what I've done... I'm hooked. I'm spinning some nice yarn now, something that I feel confident about and can feel super proud of, and it's all because of Brianna! Notice the new color of the Kiwi in the picture. I spent all day Sunday staining it and it's still not completely done. I need to fine sand it a bit and then add another coat of stain, and then I think it'll be finished. I'm so glad I found this hobby.

Meet the Kiwi!

Notice Cocoa's curiosity. She wanted to know what's in the box. She's curious about the box. So I open it and spread it's contents all over the floor to organize. As I'm putting this together with load of love, Cocoa is sitting next to me staring at me wondering, "What's this going to be?" Finally I finish it. It's all put together. It's beautiful! I'm a happy girl! I have a wheel. My first, and I will love it forever, even if I don't have it forever because it was my first and my stepping stone to something big.

Finished Objects Updates

I've been promising to deliver pictures of finished objects for a while, and up until now I haven't. Well here it is! Actually, there's only two things that I've recently finished, but two is better then nothing! Anyways, here's the Absorba mat that I finished quite a while ago but have totally neglected documenting. As you could tell, the bathroom it's sitting in is rubber ducky themes so the Peaches n' Cream Double worsted yarn I chose had yellow's blue's white's and light green's to go with rubber ducky colors and the colors of the bathroom. It came out really sturdy and super nice! I personally love this mat. It's really soft and it lives up to it's name! It's on of the most efficient things I've knit. The other one that I finally finished was the Grasshopper socks. I finished these Friday night as I only had 5 rows left of the cuff to go, so they were finished. These are super comfy, super soft, and fit my calves beautifully! The only problem I have with them is the same problem everyone else seems to have with them. They don't stay up all the time, so I'm thinking of undoing the cuffs and reknitting them with elastic so that they stay up better. Other then that these socks are great! Since I finished these socks I also cast on the Solstice Slip socks. I'm loving how easy the pattern is so far, and how they feel. They're typical Socks that Rock in that they're super soft, super pretty, the colorways are awesome, and they're just all around awesome! It's a pretty easy knit and it's going by pretty fast. I've also picked up the Frost Flowers and Leaves shawl again. I had messed up a couple of months ago and it frustrated me so I placed the shawl on time out. I was feeling pretty good yesterday so it was picked back up again. The pattern calls for 6 repeats of chart 2. I decided to add a 7th repeat, which is what I'm working on now, to make it a little bigger. It's going by pretty good so far, with minimal, if any, mistakes in the lace. Actually, when I fixed the mistake I had made a couple of months ago, everything went fairly smoothly. This is definitely one I'm looking forward to finishing. There may be a late night post tonight as I'm anxiously awaiting UPS to stop by and bring me a little present I've been waiting for, so there may be a TON of pictures up later on tonight. If not tonight then tomorrow. I can't wait!

Impossible cat!

So last night as I was trying to finish off my knitting and my sweet little kitty Onyx just wouldn't let me. She decided to sit down right on top of my yarn so that it had to pass under her as it was being knit into the Grasshopper sock that I'm desperately trying to finish. It was really frustrating. So after fighting with the cat for a while I had the brilliant idea of asking my wonderful man to snap a picture.

As you can see, she was not very happy about being bothered from her soft resting space to have a picture taken of her, or to allow me to knit my sock. This is the reason her nickname is grumpy. As for the sock, I have 5 rows left to bind the thing off. Only 5 little measly rows before it's completely done and I have no time to do it until later on tonight because of work. Stupid work always gets in the way of my knitting! I also did a little spinning last night before dinner. I didn't accomplish all that much, but I did get back into the groove of it. It had been a while since I picked up my spindle, and it's definitely like riding a bike. Once you get it, you just get it and your fingers do what they need to do. Coming in 3 days....

Happy Valentines Day!

I haven't gotten much knitting done, so this is going to be a non-knitting related post. I just wanted to wish you all out there a Happy Valentine's Day and I hope that whether or not you have a significant other that you have a good day today. Coming Soon....

Squeeee!!!

I'm super excited. I'm almost done with my Grasshopper socks. I have to finish up one of the lace repeats and the cuff and IT'S DONE! I'm super excited because it comes just in time for some cool weather. Of course, I'll post pictures of them once they're completely done. This comes just in time for this years Rockin Sock Club shipment! That's right, I just received it the other day and it is sooooo nice! I'm dying to get these off to move on to the next pair of socks. In other news.... Actually before I jinx anything just yet, I may possibly have some BIG BIG news to tell you all very soon! Stay tuned!

Still alive, I swear!

I know it's been a while since I've posted up, but there really hasn't been much knitting going on lately. I've reached a knitting & spinning slump in a way because I've just been so busy with my life and my education that knitting has taken a back seat to that. I finished a semester, started a semester and am going bonkers with how busy my life has been lately. I'm still working on much of the same projects, and I'm still trying to finish the Knee High to a Grasshopper socks, along with my stepson's sweater, and the shawl. I did however finish the Absorba rug of which I really should take a picture of it and post it up because it looks great in the bathroom! It really livened it up and added color to this room. I love it! So, as you can see, I haven't abandoned you guys, I've just been ultra busy with life lately and haven't done anything really crafty as of late. As soon as I get a little time on my hands I will update you guys on my current knitting progress.