MABEY BABY? and other stuff

Hi Everyone, I hope your having a great week. I know I am....lol...leaky kitchen ceiling and all! I received an email today informing me that the next time I see Steph, she will not be alone. She has a cutie on the way and HE might be here a little early. I'm sooo excited for her and Andy (and glad it's not me). Can't wait to hold the cutie pie, smell his hair (baby's heads smell so good) then as soon as he makes a peep.....he's goin to mama!

OK onto other things. This week I will have a jar on the counter to collect pennies for "Pennies for Patients". Any pennies you donate will go to a great cause. I will be dropping them off at the school in a few weeks so BRING YOUR PENNIES! The kids appreciate it very much.

I also want to let everyone know that FRIDAY MARCH 7TH I WILL BE CLOSED. My daughter and I will be in Virginia at the Cheer Nationals and we are leaving Friday am. Thanks so much for understanding..Saturday the 8th we will be OPEN our regular hours 10-3. Allyssa will be here to help you!

Pictures gallery: This is Gail. She is a regular here...lol...and has modeled on this blog before. She made this adorable baby blanket complete with sail boats and rope. I love it and think she did a great job!

This is a scarf that a customer brought in to show me. She made it with Glitter sock yarn and it came out great...Below is a shawl I made this week. I'm sure just by looking at it you can tell how easy it was... Just knit and inc. on large needles. I used glitter sock yarn and a strand of Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece held together. If you aren't glittery you could use any sock yarn. It's great for spring.

Oh and not that I'm dwelling on my rejection from Knitty.com but I thought I would post the picture we sent in below. I think Lynzee did a great job while I followed her around with a camera for about a week...lol..Hope to see you all soon...Donna

WASHCLOTH MANIA! and other stuff

Well I have to say it again...I have been struck by the washcloth bug...as you can see I have made a few in the last 3 days...now I can't stop. The pink and cream cloth is a flying geese pattern. If you have ever quilted you know what that is. The green,brown and cream cloth I made up from the Mason Dixon knitting book...Its the bench cover I think...I just cut it down and made it into a washcloth size. The pink and brown one is from the Knitting Pattern Central website and it's still on the needles http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/ They have some really fun washclothes. They are great if you want to learn something new and don't want to deal with a huge project while you are learning it..Or if you just want to knit something easy and not think so much. I have 4 more on the heep that I want to make. I will be trying the entraloc washcloth next I think....I gave it a try last night but took it out 4 times because I thought it was wrong...Come to find out it was actually right... Don't you HATE that?Just look below..Sometimes knitting can do that to a person.... If you want to give it a try I found a great tutorial, just click on the link below and this page will show you how ( you won't even have to make this face) with pictures how to do it!

http://wolfandturtle.net/Yarnpath/index.php/Yarnpath/comments/all_aboard_the_entrelac_express/

When you have it figured out, you can go onto this headband/earwarmer. It uses taos. A great yarn from Crystal Palace..

http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter07/PATTquant.html

These 2 washclothes Judy did. This pattern is from Peaches & Cream. It's on the back of the ballband . I love these colors they are so bright and Judy did a great job.

This cute little bag with a felted button will be a free pattern in March. It's smaller then it's sister bag and I love the felted button. It's perfect for spring too...or younger girls.

February 21, 2008
Last but not least JoAnne's class decided they are going to make fingerless gloves. If you want to learn how to knit with several colors, read a chart and make something useful at the same time, you should consider joining this class on Wednesdays from 6:30-8:30. If you know how to do all of the above you are still welcome to join! Below is the picture of the gloves and neckwarmer.

These are the cutest felted booties...The pattern is on its way...they would be a perfect baby shower gift. We are stuck on babies for the moment...Don't forget to check your email for your FREE pattern!

Hope to see you all tonight. Don't forget Diana is here tonight from 6-8

Change to Thursdays!

Tuesday Feb. 12th


Hope all of you are having a good week...Looks like the weather is gettin worse by the minute. The kiddies are getting out early and the snow is sticking to the ground. Its mighty cold out there. I'm glad I'm in here knitting. I am posting the bagStyle book again and next to it I am posting the one I made. Mine is in red colornep from Plymouth. This bag is sooo easy I started and finished it in a weekend! Now all I need is the handle...I think I'm going to get a dog choker collar and use that for my strap. Oh Yeah ,I still need to sew on the front panel. I dont think that will be to difficult.


Below in the green and black is a felted bag Athena made. It's georgous and big enough to carry lots of goodies.. If you would like the pattern just respond to the blog and let me know and I will email it to you nooo problem!

I love this scarf...I know it's hard to see but it's made from a bunch of small flowers and each one has a pearl in the middle. A customer from over by Philly bought the yarn here (Skacel's fortissima colori) and brought the scarf back to show me. It's in the Holiday Vogue 2007. She said the next time she was in town she would bring by the magazine so I could figure out where to get one for myself..I can't wait, I have wanted to make this since she brought it in....

http://www.berroco.com/exclusives/snowflake/snowflake.html JoAnne made this snowflake. Here is the link if you want to give it a try...She did red because Valentine's Day is just around the corner. I love it!

Thursday Feb. 14th

Soo its Valentine's Day..Sorry I just don't get it...Maybe its because I'm not a smoochy, mushy person...lol....Now when it comes to yarn, then it's a different story!

Ok serious things for a minute, I want you to pretend that this is a suggestion box. If you don't feel comfortable responding to the blog for all to see then just email me. I want to know what I don't have that you would want, or colors that you don't see here that you would really love to have, or just anything at all that you really want and don't see.... Just drop me a note I will attempt to remidy the situation...Thanks for your help...I will be attaching to your email you free pattern for this week. It is a hat that matches the fingerless gloves from last week..The Aran yarn is still on sale at 20% off for the month of February...Also, don't forget that Diana's class is here tonight from 6-8..you are welcome to join in!

SALE SALE SALE!

Tuesday Feb. 5th

Ok so Im early again...Im not sure if its because this week is slow or I'm just managing my time better these days...We'll go with the managing better...HA!

Some exciting news, Wendy the big bellied woman in the last blog had her baby Monday, Jan. 28th. Little Charles was 7lbs 15oz. AWWW! How cute! (glad it's not me) Hopefully some time soon we will have a picture so show. I did get a picture from JoAnne but I cant post it for some reason...I will try again asap..

Just a few things so share..First, we are working on the watermelon bag from last weeks blog as we speak. Cindy is making the first one. I ordered the spring like colors from Plymouth. I have to be honest, I have never felted with Galway, boy oh boy...it felts excellent. As you can see below I started a bag also. I love the colors.. It was about 22" tall when I was done knitting it and now its about 10 1/2" after felting. I feels so nice too! Dont you love how I cut the opening crooked? UGH! I think the bamboo handle will go better with the bag but I love the dark brown wooden one also...the next bag will have dark brown added to it..

Thursday Feb. 7th

Here it is finished..It came out soooo nice my kids are fighting over it soooo I am already making a second one! Plymouth Galway...LOVE IT! Cindy brought the watermelon bag she is working on (thursday) for all of us to see...We all thought it was GREAT! It's not felted so she is going to do that next. She is working on another. Hope to see it soon.
I know its hard to tell but below is a knitted dog leash. EJ made this one and added alphabet beads with the dogs name...It came out sooo cute!

Here is Cat Bordhi's new Pathways book. So I hear it's excellent. I tried to figure out the two sock thing awhile back but it makes my brain want to explode! Also got Bag Style yesterday and love it already! I am making the bag on the front cover ..It is being added to my list of things to complete before the year 2012!

Last but not least...TAAADAA! Here is what I submitted to Knitty. I love these fingerless gloves and I did get a nice letter of REJECTION! LOL... Ya win some ya loose some, gotta keep goin!! I WILL be famous one day!..HA You will be receiving this pattern asap. I am attempting to get more ruffle yarn as we speak...sooo as soon as I get it, you will too.

I will be attaching a fingerless glove pattern to your email...It has a nice cable going up the side. Hope you love it as much as we do. Dont forget the the yarn for this pattern is on sale thru the month of February!