Showing posts with label knitting WIPs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label knitting WIPs. Show all posts

Thursday, January 30, 2014

pretty things.

Oh, how I love pretty things!  Here are some of my favourites.

This lovely package that arrived over Christmas from the amazing Svetlana of S.O.T.A.K. Handmade.  These hexies are to die for!!  I am trying to figure out how to use them best, and am thinking a mini quilt may be in order. Thank you, Svetlana!


This incredible Christmas/birthday bundle from my bestie Samantha in Toronto makes me weep with joy.  LIBERTY fabric, a Liberty book, personalized stationary, the best tea mug ever which I use daily, and a hand knit cowl!  Spoiled.




Pretty yarns, everywhere I look.  I seem to have a bit of knitting ADD and have multiple projects on the go.  Since I have a hard time finding a chunk of time to pull out my sewing machine lately,  I have turned to knitting as my primary happy creative outlet.  I love that I can pick it up easily for a few minutes here and there, and its portability for this mom-on-the-go is THE BEST.


I finished up my Coolbreeze sweater (photos to follow, someday) that I have been working on forever, and have promptly started a new pullover with some gorgeous Tanis Fiber Arts yarn in shadow (above right).  Lord knows we have had more than our fair share of wool sweater weather here lately!

(See?  Portable.  Here I am knitting while at a dental conference.  Made it MUCH more interesting!)


And I did finish up a Northern Loop cowl using TFA iris yarn recently which I absolutely LOVE.  So cozy.  More details on my Ravelry page here.


It has been a popular companion for me these past couple weeks.  Cheers!


Monday, April 1, 2013

good things (mostly)

Just coming off a great family holiday in the sun :)

 

Almost finished a couple happy knitting projects while on the road (Ugh.  Sleeves.)



Found out I was accepted into the finals of another fabulous sewing contest.



Though it may be hard to do a post for it, considering my computer seems to mysteriously want to reject my camera all of a sudden so I am stuck with crappy, grainy iPad photos....grrrrr....

Off to do laundry and grocery shopping, all those post-vacation duties!