I finished the year off in socks!

I did some Christmas knitting, I have a few projects that are gifts that I didn't finish, but I plan on doing that soon. I hope.

But me, like a dog with a bone, found a new knitting outlet. I made a pair of socks! I have been wanting to for a while, so when I found out that one of my Ravelry groups was having a sock knit along, I joined. Albeit almost 2 months too late. It had been going on since Nov.1, I joined right before Christmas. I finished these right after Christmas.


I then started another pair. The deadline for the KAL is midnight tonight, and I am very close to finishing another pair. not sure if I will make it though. I still need to feed the family, and take care of the kids.... :D

Like I don't have other things to work on...

I decided to add a crocheted Cthulhu to some Christmas gifts for some family member. (ok, my dad and my brother in law). I was egged on by Hal to actually make a Cthulhu... so here it is




I actually made the one on the left first, then when I started the second one, my oldest daughter wanted to take a crack at it, and informed me that I did the tentacle coils wrong. So I corrected it for the second. She actually likes the less coiled ones that I made on accident. I can't decide.

Kitchen angel gift idea

Here is the angel, now I will try to show how you make it.

Materials:

One kitchen hand towel
One matching kitchen washcloth
one knit or crocheted kitchen washcloth.
A piece of ribbon
a pin or safety pin.

You will want to make a kitchen wash cloth from cotton prefferably. Any pattern you choose. In the past I have crocheted them using the pattern in the ball band. I knit this one using a lace pattern, (I messed it up a little, but ssshhh).

When your washcloth is done, take your hand towel, and fold the center section in like so,

you might want to take your piece of ribbon and tie it around the top after you fold it over, here:


roll your matching manufactured washcloth from corner to corner, like so:


Slide this up under the tied off section of the head, between the two halves of the towel.

(please excuse the fact that I did not tie off the head in this picture)

Fan fold your knit or crocheted washcloth, like so:
and place it on the back of the "doll" above where you tied off your head, cross your ribbon over the wings

then bring them around the front under the arms and tie a bow.

Fold the arms in front and pin them.



attach the following poem to the angel

I am your kitchen angel
to watch over those who come through
When I get dirty and have lost my glow
pull my strings and a cleanin' we'll go!

Twst of Elegance

Testing is finally over, and the pattern should be available as a ravelry download.


Yay!

My testers,

Krystalclear2006, AnitaO, Knitwithatude, and SusanB-Knits were all fabulous testers!

I'm still knitting, I promise!

I have been trudging along.

I made a cute little snail

The pattern can be found here, it was sort of fun, even if a little fidgety.

I am also in the process of having a pattern for fingerless mitts tested. I will post pictures once it is done being tested. I can't decide if it will be a free Rav download or not. But it will be available on Ravelry.

I am also still working on stockings, I want to make Madeline a hat before it gets too cold. and finish up some of my one mitt projects. I will be cooking Thanksgiving dinner at my in-laws house, I will probably have plenty of time that day....

over committed, or overly ambitious?

I have offered to be a test knitter on a couple fingerless mitt patterns. One for Mschris, with Diminutive Mitts, She is donating proceeds from the sale of this pattern to March of Dimes, dedicated to improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. I wasn't the best test knitter, I still haven't finished my second mitt, and I had to redo the first on, because I had knit it too loose

but here is my first one.


I also test knit for Snapper's Cafe au lait mitts I struggled a bit with those as well, because I used black yarn, which is notoriously difficult to work with. However, I finished them, and am working on a second pair, for a friend of mine as part of a knit a long for one of my ravelry groups.

Here's the first one.

Here is the second pair in progress


I have also bought some yarn to make Madeline a hat and Hal a pair of socks for Hal



I have also signed up to be part of several swaps that take place on or before Plus I keep having people contact me to make stockings.... and more stockings. I am trying to keep up with out going insane, but maybe I have already reached that destination?

It's snowing, i should be knitting, what's my problem

I can't get moving today, it's a perfect day to knit, but I can't seem to get going...

I saw this cartoon on the Karma Yarn Swap Group this morning... cute!



It gets cut off, you may have to click on it to see the whole thing.