Christmas Knits
Ok so I’m a little behind to say the least. Not in the knitterly sense, I’m right on track with my delightful Christmas knitting, but in the Craft Room sense. I’ve had so much fun visiting friends, hosting some little parties, and generally enjoying my new home and neighbourhood, the Craft Room has fallen by the wayside.
I have waited so long for this space to call my very own and now that it’s here I find the process of organizing it rather daunting. First of all there is A LOT more stuff than I remember having. Yarn was coming out of every room of our old apartment and now that I can see it all in it’s shining glory I have to take a good hard look at my serious yarn problem (although of course it was rather inspiring at the same time so you win some you lose some). Add that to the number of half finished quilts and boy, it’s really something to behold. Of course I don’t really restrict myself to 2 types of crafting. I make cards, collages, scrapbooks, friendship bracelets, cross stitch and any number of other random crafts, each of which has it’s own array of supplies and leftovers. It’s a wonderful life to lead with so much creation in it but it’s a tough one to organize. Slowly but surely!
Onto some great finished projects I have been working on for the last couple of weeks:
Stag Scarf: Patter revamps are coming soon!
Hunter Hat (for who, I will never tell!)
Habitat by Brooklyn Tweed
Mistake Rib Scarf from the Purlbee
I can’t wait to send these babies off to their happy recipients! For those who want to know the Stag Scarf was knit in Spud and Chloe Outs (2 skeins), the Hunter hat was knit in Madelinetosh Vintage colourway Twig (1 skein), the Habitat Hat was knit with Louet Gems Worsted (1 and a bit skeins), and the Mistake Rib Scarf was knit with Madelinetosh Vintage in Norway Spruce (2 skeins).
I Can’t Stop This Feelin’
I can’t help it, I really really really love Christmas stockings. It’s September and I can’t stop thinking about Christmas stockings, I must be losing it! Between rounds of yarn dying I’m whipping through my tub of worsted weight feltable (that word is made up but you know what I mean) yarn like it’s going out of style!
I made a couple of these Seussical lovlies from Alterknits Felt I think 2 years ago. Just 2, perfect for me and hubby to replace the hideous cotton ones I sewed a few years before that (I don’t really want to talk about it but it was poorly planned and even more poorly executed, can’t win ‘em all). This year I had the perfect excuse to start on a third, even though baby isn’t coming until January it can’t hurt to be prepared a year in advance and it was busting up my obscene stash. Then I started getting a little carried away and excited about colour combinations and well, I’m working on the fourth and have already planned the stiping pattern for the fifth, maybe I’ll just have to make enough for my parents, brothers, and my own little family…..
