The Purchase of New Stools

well, the move has been made and the search is now beginning for all the little furniture/home items which seem to be necessary. in lieu of a dining room table we are using our counter to eat at, which demands some type of seating. i found these stools today at a furniture exchange and they go really well in my new kitchen. i still have to clean them up a bit, but overall i'm satisfied and my kitchen is now upon the brink of completion. now that bigger things are getting put into place, such as seating, the yarn will soon find it's way out of it's current home and tempt me into starting all sorts of new projects. which i will of course share once they are started. til then.

the great yarn PURGE

Ideally this should never have to happen, but when you're moving across the country it becomes necessary to try your best to wittle down as much as possible. I went through all my yarn (no easy task i promise you) and sorted out the keepers and the less fortunates... and found all my purses too (i'm building up my inventory in hopes of securing a spot at a saturday market in the near future, maybe in Indiana). so, here is the process of sorting, and the mess i made on friday night...
these are my keepers, the yarns that had the most promise!

and another shot of the bags. i got everything now in just one of those monstrous plastic containers, which is great. and the other benefit of going through my whole stash is that now i'm inspired by all my yarns and have a million little projects stirring around in my mind... more to follow, i promise.

the demise of the sea monster

well, i don't have a photo to post today. the octopus i was knitting is no longer. i was too frustrated with the legs to continue and i didn't want to buy more yarn, so i frogged the whole thing. never felt better! i will still make it sometime, but i will buy yarn that is matching for the whole octopus and then i won't have to deal with the frustrations of a million different gauges. stay tuned for better projects to be up and running soon.

guess what this is?

i joined a "knitted toys" group on ravelry and agreed to test knit this pattern for a sea creature, which will be revealed at a later date as it becomes more defined in shape... and her version was knit with a fingering weight yarn. unfortunately, i have an abundance of bulkier yarn, more like a heavy worsted weight, and i figured i would use it instead and just have a slightly bigger animal. well, slightly bigger is an understatement, this thing is huge!!! the good thing is that it is eating up my stash that is probably due for some shrinkage.

this other photo is also a work in progress, a new bag that i am making.

they shouldn't take too long to finish. i promise to keep you updated with the finished projects, coming soon.

weekend accomplishment

so, here are some of the projects i finished up this weekend. friday night was our lys fiber night and i came really close to finishing up the zebra but didn't actually put the mane and eyes on until i was listening to nate's jazz gig on saturday night at a little coffee shop down the street.
but then i found myself on sunday afternoon without a planned knitting project, so i picked up a dishtowel that i started a few months ago and finished that up. and then for good measure in the photo department i thought i would include a shot of us at the bees game in salt lake with kate and jordan! it was an awesome night!
so basically, i finished some projects and will start digging around in my stash for something else to work on... who knows what will be next.
(i just love the little zebra, he's so soft and floppy)

this is my newly finished little yellow sweater.

the yarn is brown sheep's serendipity tweed, a cotton/wool blend... unfortunately the cotton doesn't make the wool part less itchy so i have to wear a t-shirt underneath instead of just a tanktop. oh well, it's still cute. i may redo the side seams to take it in a bit, i haven't decided yet. in the hot weather we've been having it's just a little on the hot side, so i haven't been wearing it a ton. but i love it and i think it turned out cute.

starting out

well, i guess this is the big day... i'm speaking specifically to my sisters who have been urging me to start a blog of my own. i suppose i'm now officially "in" on the blogging.

i'll have to figure some things out with posting pictures and stuff, but i will do my best to be diligent at sharing all of my latest projects and creations.

so, until next time, happy blogging.