Yarn Along Wednesday

I have missed my Wednesday Yarn Alongs but the reading and knitting and crocheting never stopped

 I have few books on my night table next to the comfy chair in my library:

Don't Lick the Minivan

The Happiness Hypothesis

100 Snowflakes to Crochet

I Want to Pee Alone

Cook's Illustrated Magazine

 My thought back in December was to crochet snowflakes everyday from the 100 Snowflakes to Crochet I completed 6.  They were enjoyable and easy to make and they are only about 3 rows of crocheting.  So lets see 6 done 94 to go before next Christmas.

 What I keep in my activity bag wherever are these two books.  The Supreme Macaroni Company is the third book in the a trilogy I have been waiting for about 2 years.  It's an easygoing read but I don't love the cover the book it makes it look like a cheesy romance novel.  I picked up the College-Prep Homeschooling at the library and haven't been able to put it down.  Some parts will come in handy for future reference.

I have had these fingerless gloves in the works since last winter I'm thinking its time to finish them, so into the activity bag they go. 

 

 

Glad to be back in the yarn along this week can't wait to see what everyone else has on the needles.





Yarn Along: Sick Cowl

Needed a day of normalcy today so what better to start my Wednesday but with a yarn along.  I call this my sick cowl because I started it last week when I had a really bad cold and wanted something warm for my neck for when I got better.

 I saw this Birthday Cowl at my local yarn store and just loved how the stitches slant. I had treated myself to a Manos de Urugualy yarn back December to make something for myself. Loving it so far.

These are what I call my dangerous magazines Stitch and Mollie Makes. There is too much good inspiration I won't be able to do for a while.  (I have a lot of knitting and crochetting lined up. And I mean lots!)  Last week at the library I m\picked up Martha's book here to drive myself more crazy with ideas :)
Happy Wednesday!

Yarn Along: Elving with yarn

Quickly dropping in for the yarn along.

 The bodies of the 5 headless bears.  This is the worst kept Chrismas secret present. I'm pretty sure I can get it done by Christmas.

Making cowls.  I'm on my third and 1 more to go we'll see how they look. 
Happy yarning!

Yarn Along: The finished sweater :))))

Joining in this week for Ginny's yarn along. 

 No headless bears to show this week.  But I do have my first finished sweater.  Love this pattern from New England Knits.  Can't wait to wear it soon and now I can't wait to try something else from this book like a bag, a vest or a skirt.  I think I'm getting ahead of myself better wait till after the holidays. 

What am I reading? Not a book but my recipe binders and found this Better Homes & Gardens Special Interest Publicastion : Soups magazine while grocery shopping and love it  for some warm soups for this winter. 

Yarn Along: More on the needles & new book :)

My favorite part about Wednesday are yarn and books for Ginny's yarn along.  For my next knitting class on Saturday my homework is to make 4 squares so that my instructor can show us something new.  One of them had to be a garter stitch and the others I guess could be anything so I tried out a couple of patterns from this knitting book.   

 And guess who I met last night....

Alice Hoffman!  She was at our local book store for a book signing for "The Dovekeepers"  It was so wonderful to hear her speak and this book so far is amazing.

Hope your enjoying a good read this Wednesday :)

Yarn Along:Plarn & More More Books

I'm excited about joining Ginny's yarn along this week I've got the plarn bag done and books.

 Yes feeling accomplished after this completing a project.  I posted on how to make the plarn  a while back something I learned from my local yarn store.  I love the pattern (Girlfriend Market Bag) but knitting with plastic bags was not always fun especially when I have wool on another set of needles. The good thing is it's forgiving when it comes to making mistakes and yes it does stretch a lot I threw in bananas and an acorn squash for this picture.
I think I might try crochetting one next time.  I was also hoping to make them for Christmas but I'm not so sure right now.

 Still not reading much but collecting plenty and I discovered I'm not safe at Lowe's.  Went in on Saturday for cotton twine for another rug.  As I was supposed to be leaving this awesome cupcake book caught my eye.  Here are some of my favorites:

 This last one the is spaghetti & meatballs so cute!  Everything is decorated with frosting candy chocolate.  As you can see I couldn't resist and had to have it.

What else I can't resist?

A really good booksale. 

Yarn Along- more projects lingering

Joining in for Ginny's yarn along.  Instead of showing you progress on my existing projects (which could get dull ) there have been a few things I have been trying on the needles lately.  

 Love this book.  About a month ago I started the body of this little bear in the picture.  Problem is I have had trouble with the directions but I think the body looks pretty much the same.

For my next next next knitting project for myself is this vest.  (I have a long list of next projects.) For now my knitting instructor suggested I try to read part of this pattern and make a swatch.  Good idea I love how this sample is coming out and I'm thinking hmmm maybe for my next next throw that I want to make. 
I know too much on the needles and the brain.  Does anyone else have that problem?

Yarn Along -Tons on the needles

Joining in today for Ginny's yarn along.  I have a few things going on but I did complete a crochetted rug for the bathroom. 

My original thought was it would go into the playroom but halfway through I changed my mind. 
 

 I started making a circle kind of like a doily or round crochet motif and then went around making a border 3-5 rows of a sisel cotton twine from the hardware store and then a row or 2 of cotton yarn.  I'm not very good at writing patterns I just make it up as I go along.  I really liked crochetting with the cotton twine and I see more rugs in my future.

 Making progress on my sweater.  So excited I'm staring to see a pattern like the one on the cover.

 I shouldn't be doing this but I added one more project to the knitting needles.  I couldn't resist continuing this one making a tote out of plastic bags.  (I'll have more on this soon.)ut

With everything on the needles and hooks I haven't been reading at all but I did get a few more books came my way last week.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

One Day

Bridge to Terabithia

100 Best Books for Children (I came across this at the thrift store and thought it would be handy.

Love to hear what you're makeing :)

Yarn Along Wednesday

Joining in the Small Things yarn along today.  I have new books to share today but I finally finished my hat from knitting class.

 I finished it this past Saturday at knitting class.  I'm actually going to miss it but hopefully a new one will start in August to work on a sweater for the fall. 

In between the hat and the throw I have been working on I started a rug.  The throw was too big to carry to the pool and we need a rug for the playroom.  I was inspired by this post to go to the hardware store and get some sisal cotton thin rope to start a rug.  I added in a few rows of cotton yarn to give it some color.
Have a great day!

Yarn Along

I have been seeing the yarn along on the blogs for a while and wanted to participate at least once. I hope I can keep going, I'm usually knitting or crochetting something and reading.

Right now I'm working on a belated Christmas scarf for Jimmy. At least it's still winter and he'll still be able to use it.

Red Scarf

One of the hopes I have for 2010 is to do some crafting for Craft Hope. A friend sent me this link for a Red Scarf Project for Craft Hope due by Feb. 14. I thought great I can do that so I took out some burgunday yarn and started knitting.

Yesterday I was getting a little nervous that I would never have this scarf done and maybe gee I should have crochetted it instead. (I have more crochetting experience than knititing. ) Well looking at it I began to wonder this doesn't look 5 inches wide it doesn't even look like it's 8 inches.

Yes it measured at 17 inches wide. Now what teenager is going to wear that! Oooops! My 5 year old pointed out "Mom you're not good at this. You're better at crochetting.". Together we unravelled the scarf and I began knitting the scarf again. I'm having better luck today.

I'd like to invite you to join me on this Red Scarf Project and hope you too have fun making one.

Completed scarf #2.

This one is for Valentina which she was delighted to wear yesterday. I was just as happy to have completed it in 2 weeks instead of a month like the first one. No matter how long it takes I'm still happy to crochet or knit for therapy. So lately I pick up my knitting needles which are sharpened wooden chopsiticks (from take out food) with a shell glued at the end and knit. (Sometimes I have to unravel things 2 or 3 times to figure it out.) It's what gets me through the down time while I wait at ballet, practices or in the car or need a moment to myself. People usually ask me where do I have the time to do all this stuff. For starters I can only do one craft at a time and that's how I follow through to completion.

Another Luisa philosophy is wait time = craft time.

What gets you through the day?