Thursday, March 5, 2009

socks two at once

designed for the people with SSS (second sock syndrome). people who never finish that second sock. i use 2 circular needles size 2. i put half the stitches of both socks on one needle and the second half of both socks on the second needle. i also use two balls of yarn, because the yarn i chose only does one sock.  any questions leave a comment. i'm about 65% done with these socks. 

i have made many socks this past winter.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Sunday, January 18, 2009

ravelry

this is a new knitting community that i joined. you can use it to keep track of your yarn, of the projects you've started, the projects you want to do, you can such for patterns, you can see what others are working on.

he can sit by him self- 6 months


what that poor donkey did to him i'll never know.


tyler making babbling sounds with his lips.

strike a pose



tyler sitting by himself

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

new year projects

to do:

raising ty
leaving my job- done
building a greenhouse
build a compost bin
starting a raised bed garden
get worms to create organic fertilizer
living as frugal as possible on one income.
pay off our credit cards and run them through the shredder
plan tim and danille's baby shower

continue:

making our bread
making our own soap




Wednesday, December 10, 2008

the lucy bag

this is my lucy ball bag. it's a knitted bag that you then felt. i recommend not using the washing machine, i broke ours felting my bag and had to call the not so friendly repairman. that of course is a different story. anyway the bag is knitted in the round knitting every row untill you get to the straps. there is a little one and a longer strap. the long strap is threadded though the short one to create the closure. for this bag i used alpaca yarn that i spun myself it was a single ply white. i love this project because i was able to practice my spinning and it didn't matter really how the yarn came out because i felted the project. so when you felt wool or alpaca yarn in a project the yarn becomes one fabric. the loops of the knitting shrink and the individual fibers mesh together thus becoming one piece of fabric.

what have you been up to?


baby surprise jacket. it really does work.




scrubbie dish cloth


frilly round dish cloth



a hat for a fashion diva i know




scarf



more dish clothes.




socks for ty. i'm goong to put them on him with his christmas outfit.



socks to be knitted for a friend and my father-in-law.





stockings for the mantel. i'm still working on daddy's and haven't started mine.