Meanderings

I'm on pause as of now due to class constraints. With my many projects completed this year a break isn't necessarily a bad thing. On a side note I am kind of sad I haven't heard anything from the person the Clemson baby blanket was for. I believe I get too incredible excited about my projects sometimes. I have 2 incomplete projects running at the moment. One is for my niece and is a blanket that I have been working on for nearly 6 months off and on. the other is an ordinary everyday scarf that I hope to finish soon with a hat to go along with it, but we will see.

I had a recent request for a Minnie Mouse hat. I've looked at the schematics and realize that it shouldn't take me long at all to complete. Like say one boring Saturday or a couple of week nights. Which is always awesome when you have time constraints.

At least for right now I am grounded for projects until I finish this paper due Monday. Politics, who writes about politics.

Clemson Blanket...Finally Finished !!!!

Clemson baby blanket finally finished!! I'm not a fan at all, but I thought it would be a nice gesture to create something for a new mother. It took way too long and at the end I must admit cost too much money (yarn is expensive people). I didn't expect to finish this one but felt I had to. I think it turned out well though and was a big challenge of my skills.

What you have been waiting for

From across the sea I stole a hat from a viking while he was taking a pee. Enough with the silliness!

Ok, maybe you haven't been wait for my viking hat, but I'm pretty darn stoked about it.

This had was finished in a record time of 5 hours. When I should have been at the gym, mowing grass, and cleaning house instead I was creating this. it was so much fun and hobbies should be something you enjoy, right? I would post the pattern but I didn't have one and didn't write the stuff down for the horns. Maybe next time.

New Projects!1!

I'm working on a hush hush project. Well it's not really hush hush, but I think it's too cool to spoil before it is complete. It will be awesome (insert teaser..lol). I am truly excited about this one!!

On to other businesses. I am still working on the Clemson baby blanket which is taking a hella long time and too much concentration and skill. Gotta love a challenge. The work is tedious, I think it will be worth it in the end. Hopefully it will bring some happiness to the parents or at the very least the kid.

I have recently completed a scarf for my niece for a present. Not sure when I will give it to her but I think it was a rather awesome idea since she is such a colorful person. This scarf was all knitted with a fuzzy, color splash yarn I found at hobby lobby. I think it turned out rather well. (photo listed)

I haven't been cooking anything interesting this week. I am wrapped up, so to speak, with theses projects and trying to finish them in record time.

Single weekend

Well since my "roommate" was out of town this week, I had a single weekend. Was great to relax. I also went on a cooking spree. I had shrimp and artichoke pasta, lamb and turnip stew, roasted chicken with great northern beans, and lets not forget cinnamon, pecan, waffles. It was a weekend of cooking and crochet. I know this seems boring to most people my age, but it is nice to let go, relax, and enjoy the hobbies that I am almost always too busy for. I also worked on the Clemson blanket and am now half way finished. It is coming along pretty well, much better than expected. I will post some photos of it later. For now I guess it's back to work this Monday morning.

Thoughts and Processes

I've been trying to concentrate lately on knitting, but I keep getting drawn back to crochet.

I've been dabbling a little lately in clothes. I wish I was better at following patterns. So far I have made one really ugly slipper. (picture posted). I crocheted this little beauty. There is only one, so all one legged people who would like to purchase this one shoe, come and get it.

As of right now I am working on one knitted scarf (photo posted below), the Clemson baby blanket, and a quilted blanket that I have bee working on for my niece for many months now (photo also below). I loose focus with one project and create another. This way, not so boring. On the down side, I haven't completed so many projects this year. I hope to finish the Clemson blanket soon so that I may move on again. These never ending hobbies.

I saw some great shirts and buttons at this website displaying my craft in honor (http://shop.cafepress.com/Crochet?cmp=fb_Crochet&utm_medium=display&utm_source=facebook). So, check these out :)

Alright everyone. Here is my first finished knitted project. I would love to put an actual pattern on here but let's face it. I'm not really sure anyone would want to make this. So some things I've learned:
1- Knitting is way hard
2- Pearl stitch is ridiculously hard.
3- Knitting is no where near as forgiving as crochet.

It has been an experience and I plan on keeping up the practice so that I may get better, but for now I think the knit stitch is what I will be practicing until I get the hang of this two needle thing.

On another note I am still working on the Clemson baby blanket and it is coming along nicely. At the moment with exams I lack the time to keep up these projects, but amazingly enough I have completed two with in the last week or so and started a mixed color scarf. I will up load photos of that later too.