Round and Round

I am currently in the process of knitting my first project with a circular needle in the round!
Here are a few quick snaps of my hat-in-progress:


I'm thinking spring with my choice of this lovely green wool with flecks of gold! It's been sitting in my stash for way too long and I'm excited to turn this into a hat for myself.

As with any new knitting technique, I found myself feeling nervous and worried I wasn't doing it right at first, but now that I've got this down I'm finding it hard to stop. There are no rows, I can just keep going around and around and around without stopping and turning my work. And there are no annoying needles in the way like with double pointed knitting in the round.
I see more hats in my future...so if you want one, let me know...because I can knit hats now! Oh, and socks too :)

Week 5

Week 5 kept my fingers busybusybusy. As a result, I not only finished one new thing, but actually finished 4 things! Yes!
Okay, so all but three of these things were projects I had previously started, but that's not going to stop me from feeling totally accomplished and awesome!

So first up, I finished this beautiful scarf that I had only not finished because I was waiting on more yarn.
I lovelovelove the color pattern the yarn creates. The colors are so rich and the yarn is just gorgeous in person! Hmm maybe I should keep this one for myself instead....


Next I made this scarf from all the little squares I was working on last week:
This one turned out very pretty, but was a looong process. First making lots of little colorful flowers, then making those into the little squares, then sewing them all together, then tucking in millions of ends, and finally adding a scalloped border. Phew! Glad that's over! On to something simpler I think.

I had made this baby bib back in the fall I think, and just had never gotten around to embellishing it. So here it is, finally finished a few months later:

And finally some wristwarmers I thought up and finished on Sunday:
It's amazing how much you can get done with a Saturday night all to yourself! Netflix streaming movies and m&ms help too ;)

i heart....

This bowl! Ohmygod I want this! I need this! What an adorable idea (because really, when you have a ball of yarn it rolls all over the place), and the color is killing me!
I will be putting this on my wish list....and maybe some day I can have one while I sit knitting or crocheting in my very own crafting room ;)
Hey, a girl can dream, right??


p.s. tomorrow's friday, finally! YAY!

Week 4 (better late than never!)

Posting a little later than I had planned, but it's been a busy week at home, and last night was devoted to watching 3 hours of the season premiere of LOST....oops!

Well anyways, last week was pretty productive in terms of crafting. I got a lot of work done on projects I had already started, and ran out of yarn a few times. And then realized that I have far too many "works in progress", but no place to keep all the unfinished projects. So I pulled out the old sewing machine and whipped together a few project bags with some scrap fabric and ribbon. They turned out great and have come in handy already!


Sunday we made a trip to the craft store for some yarn to finish projects and of course I picked up some new skeins for future crafts ;)
I also picked up a great stamp to use in my Etsy shop!


Here's a sneak peek at what I am currently working on (a custom order). Lots of little squares, which means lots of ends to tuck in! Yikes! Time to get back to work so I can hopefully finish by the end of the week!

Week 3

Another week, another hat!
Mmm I'm loving the scallops and I think I might even make a hat like this for myself!
I've got some pretty purple wool that would be perfect!

This week I'm working on something other than a hat for a change. Actually I've got a few things on my list, in terms of knitting and crochet. I've been meaning to get my hands on some pretty fabric and my sewing machine as well, just for a change. If only there were time to make all of the projects dancing around in my head!! (I'm already thinking ahead to Valentine's Day projects as well eek!)

Well, here's hoping I can be super productive the rest of this week while battling the cold I woke up with this morning!


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Week 2

So far so good...I made it through week 2 and successfully made another item!

I found this great vintage hats pattern with 30 different patterns, from the 1970's I believe. I chose a pattern that looked cute and added my own modern and personal touches, such as the flower and red stripe. It turned out very cute and can now be found in my Etsy shop!

On top of making this hat (which I finished early in the week), I also made 2 pairs of earrings for myself! Pictures to come soon for those as well.
Next up: Tackling a few projects I've been working on for a while. Maybe I'll start something new as well!

On another note, one of the blogs I read daily has been posting stories on Making Space for Crafting lately, and it has me drooling over the beautiful spaces people have created. I absolutely cannot wait to move to another apartment, where I will NEED my own space for all of my crafting supplies!

These rooms are particularly inspiring:






Ahh....someday I will have something like this!

New Year, New Goals!

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In honor of the new year, I made a few new goals for myself. Among the standard things like losing weight, excercising more, saving money, and learning to cook, I've decided to make it a goal to make something new EVERY week (and hopefully blog about it). Whether I crochet, knit, sew, or make jewelry, I just need to make at least one new thing a week.

I know that this will be a fun goal, and is something that is very important to me, as I love to create and make! It seems pretty easy to me now, but I know that once I am in full wedding planning/preparation mode later this year I will definitely have a hard time with this!

So to start off the year, last week I finished up a pair of mittens for my Etsy shop.


I'm excited to see what kinds of things I'll be making this next year, and have lots of ideas and inspiration to get me started!
I hope this will allow me to remember that even though I'm feeling stuck and frustrated in my dead end job, I can still feel happiness and appreciate the beauty of each day through doing what I love to do in creating new things!