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Knitting on the sly

By on January 11, 2012 in knitting, Yarn Along

Yarning along this week again with Ginny from Small Things. This week getting any knitting done (or anything other than cleaning or organizing) was difficult. Poppa is really keeping me busy doing more of the things I should be doing when I am knitting, sewing or getting crafty. I think in another 2 weeks I will have the cleanest house in town lol.

However, the knitting must get done hee hee, so I have been knitting on the sly! Any minute I can get I pull out my little project and get what I can done.

I am working on this little football beanie I found on Rav. It was for a very dear friend of mine who is having a baby soon and I wanted to surprise her. Then as I was reaching the part where the decreases start when I found out she is having a girl. Oh I am so shtoopid! I must have brain damage or something. So now I am too far into it to stop and am really looking forward to seeing it finished. I also learned a little more kntting terminology with this pattern. It turns out that SSK means slip slip knit (I can hear you ladies laughing mind you! Remember I am a new knitter) SO I SSK’ed and learned a new way to decrease, yippee!! I am also happy to say I made it from yarn in my stash to continue with my stash bashing resolution this year.

Speaking of stash bashing, won’t you join me tomorrow, Thursday, for this weeks Stash Bash? Just blog about a project you made or finished from your stash or post a picture to Flickr then come back to tomorrows post and link up. In case you missed the details last week you can find them here.

This week, I am planning meals from The Organic Family Cookbook again and reading to the kids from one of their favorite book series of my childhood. Have you ever heard of or read The Happy Hollisters series. When I was little I would not get my homework done because I would get sucked into these books. Their family had so much fun and I guess looking back I always wanted to have a big family just like the book (though they only have 5 kids lol). Throughout the years I have found many of the books from the series and my kids can never get enough. The adventures I went on with the Hollisters in my childhood….oh to be a kid again!

Hope to see you tomorrow!

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Stash Bash and a frogged sweater

By on January 4, 2012 in Stash Bash, Yarn Along

Oh I am so excited to get going with this Stash Bash.  In case you missed it, I am hosting a Stash Bash to encourage all of us (I’ve never met a crafter without a stash of some kind) to use up all the craft items we have already spent money on and are taking up mental and physical space in our lives.

Here is what I wrote about it last week and a picture of one of the cabinets where I keep a little part of my stash.



So if you are in come back here every Thursday and I will be posting how I am bashing my stash and you can link up to your stash bashing on your own blog or Flickr picture.  I can’t wait to see what you are all doing so put it on your calendar.  My goal is to use the cabinets and cabinets of fabric and 6 bins of yarn along with lots of my crafty stash in 2012.


There are no rules.  
Just use what you have and try to not buy new supplies, unless you need it to complete a project that you are making from stuff you already have in your stash.  
Take a picture of your project or progress and blog about it or post a picture to flickr.
Then come back here on Thursdays and post a link to your post.
Don’t forget to link back to the Stash Bash so others can find us and get encouraged too.
Fair enough?  


This week I am yarning along again with Ginny from Small Things.  I have been working on a knitted football hat for my football loving son and a new hat for Livie but have no pictures yet.  I have been reading seed catalogs at night in bed, which get too excited for spring and then I can’t seem to fall asleep.  To me, that counts as good reading lol.

To stick to my goal of using up what I have I remembered this wool sweater  I took apart to frog someday into yarn.  I got out my seam ripper and scissors and ended up with 2 very large and 2 smaller balls of 100% wool yarn.  This yarn is a teenie bit scratchy so I will wash it and see what comes of it.  It is a sock weight yarn so I am planning to turn it into a few pairs of felted house slippers for my kids.

Perhaps next time I frog a sweater I will post a tutorial so you too can frog and harvest yarn from a sweater you no longer need.  This time I just seized the moment and got it done before procrastination creeped up on me.

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