February Fun

Wow! I haven't posted since September! Time sure flies by, especially when you're busy. I've been knitting and crocheting up a storm, keeping my fingers flying. Right now I'm working on a pair of socks for a Knit-a-Long for a group on Ravelry called Knitters Brewing Co. Sock-Aholics. It's so much fun! The people on the group are so encouraging, and the pattern is a blast to knit. It's a really unique pattern with a lot of twists and turns. If you're a sock knitter, you really should try it!

Personal life has also been busy. I'm trying to keep up with my two boys, Alex and Tyler. Alex is a junior in high school, and is really into computers. He wants to study some type of computer science in college, he just hasn't narrowed it down to programming or something else. Tyler loves video games and is in the bridge-building club at school, where they are building a miniature bridge from toothpicks! He's really enjoying it. Hubby Dustin is staying busy with work, thank goodness he's got a wonderful job, and he recently built bed frames for both boys new beds. Now, if the boys would only learn to make their beds...

Grandma's Wrap Update

I'm still working on the Duxbury Point Wrap for my mom. It's going well, but still going slow. In the meantime, I've finished up a couple of knitting projects as well as gotten some sewing done. Everything gets put on hold this afternoon at 3pm, though. Why? Because Iron Knitter2 Round 2 will start then!

Mom's Got A New Wallet

First of all, it's my anniversary today with my husband Dustin. We've been married for 18 years! Secondly, I finished a pair of socks today. I made them for a Ravelry competition called The Iron Knitter 2. The socks are for Round 1 of the competition. I really like how the socks turned out. Since I was feeling so creative and productive, I finished a project that's been sitting on the sewing machine for a couple of weeks now. It's a wallet. My old wallet was falling apart and I found an awesome tutorial for making a wallet at Confessions of a Fabricaholic. The tutorial is fun, with step-by-step instructions and pictures. Most importantly, it turned out great and now I've got a new wallet!

Six Sock September

There's a new group on Ravelry named Six Sock September. It's a challenge to knitters (and crocheters!) to make 6 socks during the month of September. I'm in! Since it usually takes me a week to ten days to make a pair of socks, I think I can handle this. As an added bonus, it will help me start my Christmas knitting early! Right now I'm working on the Duxbury Point Wrap for my mom that I started in about April, but it's cabled and very time-consuming. I've been doing a dozen rows a week but for the past week or so I've been trying to get more done. I can average 10-15 rows a day, which may not sound like a lot, but the wrap has over 500 rows and I'm just past row 200. It will be GORGEOUS when finished, though!

Dr. Who's Vexing Socks are done! Hope the recipient enjoys them!

Vexing Dr. Who Socks

So I've been trying to knit a pair of socks. It just wasn't happening. I double checked it all-measurements, gauge, pattern. Three times I made these socks and they came out too small. They wouldn't fit over the foot and heel. So these socks have been vexing me because I don't know what went wrong. Whatever it was, it's fixed now. One sock is done! And it fits! I'm working on the second sock now but all indications are that it will fit too. And then these vexing Dr. Who socks will be done and ready for the recipient!

Ravelry and mysewingcircle

I just had to make a special post about two of my favorite social networking sites, Ravelry.com and mysewingcircle.com. Both of these websites are made for people to share their crafts and their personalities with others. If you haven't checked them out yet, take a look! You may get hooked!