Yarnarchy!

Ugh. I hate doing prep work. Prewashing for quilting, checking guage for knitting... they both suck, because they delay gratification. I guess i'm a better person for doing it, then, for having the patience to do it, even tho i hate it? Hah. Right. Well, at least i know my finished works will come out right, but still, i want to do it noowwwwwwwwww *whining like a 4 year old* So this little rant about prewashing comes from the fact, that i am, indeed, prewashing some fabric right now. I'm making a present for my sister for her/our birthday. It's going to be quilted. That much she already knows. And since she checks this, I guess i can't really post anything else on the matter until i give her this thing!!! That's going to be even harder than waiting for this load of wash to be done already! But, again, all worth it in the end.

  A reusable fabric produce bag! Very easy to make, and keeps all those plastic produce bags from messing up your good "i use reusable grocery bag" image at the check out line.

  Steeler's hat for the baby- very easy to make. Cut a rectangle that is 7" or so longer and an inch wide than the desired head size (I found a baby head size chart by googling, well "baby head size chart"), make a brim by folding over the bottom edge twice (should take up about 3" of fabric), fold fabric right sides together and sew with a half inch seam, turn rightside out. About 4" down from the top edge, start cutting fringes about 3/4" to 1" wide, all the way around. Take an extra length of fabric, wrap around the bottom of the fringes, and voila! 10 minute baby hat!

  A quilt I made for my friend's baby, who is due in October!

Ugh. so, i started a baby blanket, Hoodie, for my could-someday-be-my-SIL (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hoodie-baby-blanket). I've got about 5-6" knit, of maybe 30 or so, but i'm having issue with arthritis and hurty muscles when i start knitting. It really ganks up my wrists for work, and i end up having to put things down for a few days. then i don't really pick them back up... alas. Well, the good news is, i've got a few months to make it happen, including one trip to Pennsylvania, which will translate to a good number of empty hours to fill. And with that, i just got all excited and happy to be going home. It's for a friend's wedding, which is great, and it'll be almost a year since i went home. Last time was October, and we'll be going in early August. I got a new ipod screen player thingy from Woot for $30, and it'll be awesome for watching movies on the plane with the boyfriend, we can watch the same one on a 7" screen ins

well hey there! long time no see. since i started waitressing, workin' the needles is occasionally painful on my wrists (and vice versa, knitting hurts my wrists when i work...) so i really haven't been knitting much of anything. However, i'm sortof feeling lame and uninteresting, so i think i'm going to pick up my needles and start some projects to spice up my life. right now, i have a little dish cloth on the needles for a quick and inspiring project to jump start things once again. i can't decide what my next real project should be; should i try (another) sweater? hats? socks? something for my mom's birthday (in 2 weeks, none the less. + time to ship!) ... something for my beau's sister's new baby (due in august... this is possible...) ... Oh, lament! so many things to knit, so little time. Well, in other knitting news, i've restarted my interest in Ravelry, where you may or may not be reading this right now, and found some groups w/ local knitter

So, i'm making a sweater! Finally! I've been knitting for probably 5 years now (yea, OMG, that many already? Wow.) and have yet to knit a project as big as a sweater. I started a blanket... it's about a foot and a couple inches long now. Considering i started it for a friend's sister's wedding present, and it's been at least 3 years since then, it's probably going to take me 12 years to finish, at this rate!!! Lol. It's just boring to knit the same 4 row patten over and over again for about 4 feet of knitting. I'll knit about 4" and get sick of the darn thing, put it away and forget it for a few months to a year. The last i worked on it was when i moved out here to vegas, which was a year ago last week. Time is funny; a year seems so long, until it's over, and then it seems like no time at all. Well, i digress. Some project details: Pattern: Janda from Knitty Yarn: Caron Simply Soft. Black. Guage: 18sts/24 rows = 4 inches in stockinette sti

I finished the pair of socks i was making!! Why yes, i did finish the second sock about 8 months after the first, why do you ask? LOL. Anyways, the soxors roxors, and i am very proud of myself. Who knows what is next, a hoody maybe? oOOOooOOOOoo. Pictures up eventually!