Clive inspects the gifts
I cannot say enough nice things about my Secret Pal this round, the lovely and incredibly thoughtful Jaya. She has been so thoughtful and picked such perfect gifts, and she’s done it while stressed out of her mind with things related to her studies. It turns out that she’s a new friend of mine on Livejournal — very sneaky, btw — and I’ve been reading all about her for months while she reads all about me!
This last package was just … yummy. Everything smelled so good, felt so good, looked so good, or tasted so good. Even Clive thought so; he had to be right over there investigating everything while I took the pictures.
So thank you, thank you, Jaya! If you ever need a Secret Pal letter of recommendation, let me know. :)
I’ve been so lucky with both of my Secret Pals. Susan was a great introduction to the whole SP thing last time, and she did the most beautiful stitch markers and beadwork. You guys have both been superb!
Now, after finals are over, I am going to get some knitting done. Really!
Clive knits a sweater
Just had to show my Secret Pal how much the cat likes the stitch markers, too! Clive helps me knit — a LOT — when I’m using bamboo needles, but he really enjoyed the shiny dangly pieces on the needles this time.
This is my airplane knitting project, another baby sweater that’s being made with the Endless Summer Lara Print from Elann.com. Colorway is Amazon, in case you’re wondering.
Oh, and say good bye to Samantha, at least in its current incarnation. Kailyn is already in 6 - 9 month clothes — she’s 4 months old — and I was knitting the six month size. I think I’ll check how much yarn I have, frog, and do it in the 12 months size.
I’m back in Houston now and have three movies to watch, so it’s time for some therapy Clapotis!
More Clapotis therapy
See, look! So much knitting that my hands hurt. Actually, I’m two more repeats past this and have dropped twice more.
The sad thing is that this has now reached the size that it’s not at all portable for planes. Okay, I’m exaggerating. It was never portable because of the yarn not being wound into pull balls or anything convenient. I bought it in hank form and am too lazy to hand wind it.
It’s very pretty and it will be nice and warm. Because I’ll get a lot out of that in Houston, you know.
Oh! I got a very late Christmas present today. It’s late because I just ordered it a couple of weeks ago and it’s Christmas because I used the gift certificate that Karen gave me. I now have a set of rosewood size 7 circs, and they are SO pretty. I haven’t actually knit with them yet, but I feel all fancy-schmancy Super Knitter now. :)
Now I just need a project (other than the socks for my brother) to take on the plane. I think I’ll take — wait for it — a baby sweater! I’m always needing to do one of those.
So I’m knitting the sock for my brother, and I’m at the gusset part, and I’m about to go into the regular foot part. I’m so proud of my knitting progress, I decide to try on the sock while it’s still on the needles. And you know what? It fits ME. Is this right? Do we use the same patterns for men’s socks?
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Afghan Complete!
I made an afghan for my grandparents for Christmas. I finally got the dog to get off of it so that I could take a photo.
New Scarves
I made a couple of scarves for Christmas. The first one here is going to be for my mother. Please don’t ask me the yarn I used… I forgot already! Anyway, no wool so she does not itch, and it even has sparkles!
This one was for my sister, but I think it matches my new coat better. So I am making her another one.
Zoo Pages
With my mom in town, I had a chance to get started on my Zoo Album. Here are some of the pages.
I did get a little loose with the whole definition of a “zoo.” I think this album may ned up housing visits to zoos, petting zoos, gardens, and other animal-oriented events. Not sure.
Chalking Class
I took a Chalking class at Scrappy’s. Here are some things I made.
Gardening Tag
I did go outside the box here and made a space for some vellum journaling.
Flower Card
Again, I chalked the purple and green pages, which was not part of the “kit”
Sand and Water Paper
Made this on white paper using chalking.
All Day Cropping
http://www.cropallday.com/cropalldayinfo.htm
Found out about this all day event last night during my chalking class. Sounds a little pricey, but could be fun. . .
Making More Stuff
I have been busy…
Made another new purse. This time I crocheted the purse, and I made the base in about 2 hours. I think I like this way a LOT better!
I also took a card creating class this weekend at Scrappy’s. The lady who taught the class just had a card published in the latest issue of Card Creations from Crafts Magazine. She is also going to be one of ten people who will be working for a new card magazine, Simply Sentiments. Anyway, my point was that she was pretty cool.
Here are a couple sets of cards that I made this weekend:
I Love Lucy
Elegant Christmas Cards
I will be selling these at the store (Bountiful) back in Johnstown, NY, as well as my online store, Delta Creations.
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