Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Wrist troubles



#100daysofmaking: A little car line sock knitting. I may need to take a knitting break though, my wrist has been hurting a lot more recently. 😫😩😓

Thursday, August 10, 2017

No power knitting.



#100daysofmaking: When the power is out for no reason and it's taking them forever to fix it... Chick-fil-A and knitting aaaaalllll evening. 

Sunday, March 12, 2017

Angry Dragon



#100daysofmaking: Working on the second round of color wedges of my daughter's Angry Dragon shawl by Tri Coterie Designs in a mini skein set from Safronie. I used a tiny but more than half of each mini skein for the first triangle so we shall see if I'm able to get a second whole triangle from the rest. It is turning out cute but not as rainbowy as my daughter wanted so I'm sure I'll be commissioned to make another more rainbowish shawl. 

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

More yarn!



#100daysofmaking: Soo I might have gotten some more yarn. But people, I'm on a blazing hot sock streak and if I finish something, I totally am justified in getting more, right? Right? Also DVD has a long time line so it won't be arriving for at least a month, which means I didn't actually get any yarn today. So there's that. #operationsockdrawer 





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Saturday, February 4, 2017

Muggles



I started a shawl with this mini skein kit I got from the Erin Lane Bag yarn/bag/pattern club (not using the pattern the yarn and bag came with) and am loving this yarn. I told my husband it was so juicy and bouncy and he was like " Did you just describe your yarn as bouncy and juicy!!?!" Muggles. 

Saturday, January 14, 2017

Sweater in a year

#100daysofmaking: one sleeve away from finishing my Little Rocky Coast Cardigan by Hannah Fetig @knitbot in @unwindyarncompany Luxe Sock in The Great Berry Caper. I could possibly complete this in under a year... 🙄😳🤔
I added length to the body and the sleeves so that hopefully Emma can wear this next year too. She may not get it to wear it this winter at all since Alabama has decided it only needed a week of cold weather before going straight back into summer 😂 #70degreesandwearingshortsleevestoday

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Secret Santa



#100daysofmaking: Secret Santa gift for work: a free pattern Houzuki Hat by Yoko Johnston in the leftovers of Lydia Squishy yarn from the Erin Lane club I used for a brioche Askews Me Shawl. 

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Yellow Tail



#100daysofmaking: Some pre yoga knitting on my Yellow Tail by @taigahilliard in @caterpillargreen MCN Shawl in Ocean Sunset. This has been in my stash and queue for ages but @manicpurl inspired me to cast on with pics of her Yellow Tail in Caterpillar Green.

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Backwards knitting



#100daysofmaking: Did some treadmill knitting today and somehow ended up three rows behind where I started ... 😖

Thursday, October 20, 2016

100 Days of Making: Baby Sweater



#100daysofmaking: The bad shot of my Baby Vertebrae sweater upside down in the yoga studio lobby. The yarn is an acrylic Hobby Lobby yarn that I only liked so so when I crocheted with it but it is looking so beautiful knit up! Photos are really not catching the subtle shades of yellows in the yarn. It started out as a Newborn Vertebrae but the sport weight yarn has turned it into a 6-12 month version. Oh well. 

Sunday, October 16, 2016

Lost count in my 100 Days of Making



#100daysofmaking: Finished a thing. Started two more things. Cause that's how I roll. 

#leslies100daysofmaking

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

100 Days of Making

#100daysofmaking #muststashyarn #starwarsyarn #bobbafettbobbafettwhere #operationsockdrawer

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Sunday, August 14, 2016

100 Days of Making: Day 124

Vacation yarn!

Sunday, August 7, 2016

100 Days of Making: Day 124

#day124 of #100daysofmaking: I finished a sweater! My second ever! Kakomu by Kirsten Johnstone in Lindy Chain @knit_picks yarn in the Celery color way. My seaming skills are terrible and I may have ended up with a size that is smaller than I had wanted due to swatch confusion but it looks pretty great regardless of all that. Also this makes me 2/3 of the way to my #stashdash2016 goal! 3K is in my sights! #projectsweaterchest

Saturday, July 23, 2016

100 Days of Making: Day 123

#day123 of #100daysofmaking: I can post this now that it's been gifted to my cousin, a "layette" set of an edged flannel receiving blanket (for which I redeveloped a method of crocheting tiny circles and this time I figured out how to tack them down on two sides so they will stay put better after washing-I will post the pattern and hopefully a video tutorial if YouTube will cooperate on my ravelry page soon), a Newborn Vertebrae sweater in Plucky Primo which was coincidentally the same color as the blanket I chose, and a Checkerwork hat by Vexy in KPPM that I found that matched the other two. Made a cute combo despite no initial intention to make the set match.

Thursday, July 14, 2016

100 Days of Making: Day 122

#day122 of #100daysofmaking: Knit pucks order of all the needles! Got a few rainbow wood to slow down some slick yarn projects with silk in them. And I couldn't not order some yarn - Hawthorne in Poseidon. Planning on a sweater vest for my son.

Monday, July 4, 2016

100 Days of Making: Day 121

#day121 of #100daysofmaking: I started a Newborn Vertebrae from the leftovers of some Plucky Primo and while laking it for the 4th, I got to the end of the body. Concerned I may not have enough yarn for the sleeves, I examined it closely to realize I had increased on the front when I wasn't supposed to. I could leave it but probably not have yarn for long sleeves. Or I could rip back to row 6 and increase only in the proper places. Based on pic 2, guess what I did?? What a bummer waste of knitting time.

Thursday, June 23, 2016

100 Days of Making: Day 120

#day120 of #100daysofmaking: Still not much knitting progress. I took #hitofudecardigan to the park and got half a row done in the blazing heat while the kids climbed up slides. I put two rows on my Inky brioche shawl. But child number one refused to nap and my wrist felt funky after half a row of knitting so for the evening knitertainment, I reorganized my stash that I finally took out of my son's room and moved to the basement, went through a random stack of magazines and added them to my Rav library, and drooled on my just arrived @muststashsheep Woodstock yarn with 20! stripes.

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

100 Days of Making: Day 119

#day119 of #100daysofmaking: I haven't posted knitting in nearly a month. I have been knitting but not nearly as much as I wish I could. My probably carpal tunnel keeps flaring and I am trying to limit my knitting time (and my yoga) due to pain in my wrists. I would rather do small amounts of knitting and rest every day or two then push it and end up in so much pain that I can't knit at all (or pick up the kids, or type my documentation at work, or do things around the house.... Wait, I can live without the household chores). This is my third Hitofude from @pluckyknitter Lodge Fingering. It's easy to pick up and put down, the pattern is so easy to memorize. I'm still on the sleeves and nearly done with my first (of 3) ball of yarn. It won't be finished as quickly as my first two.

Sunday, May 29, 2016

100 Days of Making: Day 118

#day118 of #100daysofmaking: A little bit of car knitting on the way home from the lake. I haven't been knitting much this week - I think I'm beginning to develop some carpel tunnel problems from using laptops at my new job. Knitting doesn't help the situation. So should I quit knitting or quit my job? Tough decision....

Inky by Susanne Sommers in @hedgehogfibres Monarch and Villain