where did the week go?

i am not sure. 

but -  i am soooo excited!  the first batch of delicious yarn arrived. now, on to the dyeing party. tangent alert: emma asked if we'd have cake at the dyeing party...  uhhh, sure, why not? life is all about cake, candles & the mail right now! :) 

this week i received some bfl super, some merino/tencel, a beautiful chunky merino, and lastly some good ol' worsted. mmm-mmmmmm!!!! can't wait to see the colors be born. 

i also am on my way to making some stitch markers.  i am still missing a pair of pliers and glue. but hopefully, i can get them this weekend.

just trying to have inventory ready for the new store's site.  weeeee!! 

in other news, peeeeee-yeeewwwww!!  tax deadline is almost here and i'm nowhere near [remotely] finished. i don't think i've ever waited this long. craziness.

sorry about the absence, oh mysterious faces in this audience of mine.  hope you have yourselves a lovely weekend!

xo,

i.

Pocketbook Slippers

and finished, they are! :) hope you enjoy, mom! albeit not as your xmas present as initially intended!!!

treliske was great to knit, as was the LTK a good and extremely generous friend gave me. and here you can find the great and simple pattern. sometimes i really wonder about myself (well, more often than i'd like to admit). it took me forever to see how it was a pocketbook & a slipper. DUH. just had to knit it.

i hope they keep your feet warm for years to come, mom. may you have a wonderful time in Brazil! :D

with love,
i.

finished objects and K.S.

i just finished these. i celebrate just that: they're finished - i am terrible at closing circles. but i couldn't not close this one.

i am not so sure the colors are what i had in mind. but hey, Bob Ross might have called them 'happy accidents' -or so i'd like to think, lmao.

in their drying glory

and each on their own

i don't think the recipient reads my blog - but you know what ASSuming does. this is only pertinent in that she hasn't seen them yet as they were only shipped to her today (a week later than expected and even promised, ugh).

they were made with the absolute shock in mind that she'd actually cd her baby, lol. but, much more importantly, with immense gratitude as she has literally [used the correct way, lol!] changed my life. nothing i could ever make or say would justly represent how much she's helped me grow and intrinsically, profoundly and positively affected my children in the process.

so anyway, i pulled out a very nice organic merino jersey i had for special occasions. i don't have much, but i had this which i knew she'd appreciate as she was looking for wool. :) it's soooo soft & nice. it's really not its fault that my dyeing adventures not always result in the actual vision of the beholder, nor that she possesses next to no sewing skills - but damn, she tries! (note to self: why am i speaking of myself in the 3rd person? oh Sybil...)

yeah, i also completely snapped! (oh how dare i continue with the puns...!) the only (to be debated) bad thing is i put the wing ones in the wrong way, so i had to add the 2 needed on the right side. but hey, now they are reversible! :D

the pattern is Chloe Toes Side-Snapping cover found here. Catharine's shop includes diaper and shoe patterns and great how-to info: great lady and great stuff! it's not her pattern that made mine bigger than they should have been - that credit goes *all* to me! :P to add to this, i also combined it with instructions for a wool cover found at the Very Baby Blog. yes, it's like cooking to me. i just *can't* follow it all the way through, lol. except w/ sewing i really ought to. maybe cooking has been more forgiving to me? maybe i'll stay blissfully ignorant on this latter one :)

with much love. THANK YOU, K.S.!!

i.

upcoming etsy listings

hi all,

just wanted to give you a sneak preview of the jewelry that will be posted on etsy by this weekend. this jewelry is made by my very own mom!!! and i am more than proud to present to you her beautiful work! :)

what a contrast, huh? turquoise & coral!


the healing properties of unakite in a lovely design



hope you like them! :)

on another related note, i think i'll be posting all her jewelry to etsy and that shall give me time to paint! :D lol

also, i've taken the e-shop down for a while. i'll be upgrading carts and design, hopefully to reopen in the spring. :)

please, by all means, leave me comments, suggestions, random thoughts, or whatever you fancy. it's always great to hear from people (as opposed to...???:P)!!

emma's skirt

i am so excited about this! emma is all about skirts and dresses lately. so i decided instead of making my first pair of longies, I'd make her a skirt! I found the perfect (read easy!) pattern for it! I was going to use a contrast color, but instead i opted to try 'embroidering' (I only quote it because we'll see if i can even call it such, LOL!) It's been the first time I got to use Addi needles vs. Boye. WOW! I was really skeptical of there being a difference. Well, needless (oh! pun!) to say, I AM AMAZED! so much smoother, lighter, easier, gliding pleasure! I used o'wool in pumpkin and the flower is peace fleece, with needles size 8 (16" and 24")




the little flower, i made up! it's so funny. i know how to do the crochet stitches, as my grandma taught me. but i have no clue as to what they are or anything else. i just do them! :P



so i winged it. i think (without blocking it) it looks more like a spiral as opposed to a circle, I DON'T CARE! rofl! no, but really, i'm not sure if i joined it wrong or something else. i'm sure the ladies at WSG would know in an instant. it still managed to come out 'even'. whatever stitches i chose (from what i know), I tried to keep repeating evenly, so i think that's what save it. lmao.

i'm also learning i-cord, and we'll see if it can be used to embellish the skirt. :)

that's it! :P

off to to get the kids and to go to stupid walmart. though i'm excited. i'm getting a little kiddie pool for them. i had gotten an inflatable about a week ago...long story short, it's out! one week of use! soooo, i'm getting a little one that's made of hard plastic and there is no need to blow up (yes, you read that right. lol)

yay!

bill's hat

i took my sweet time with billy's hat! well, as with anything. :P

it's probably more to remind myself of what i used (as much as I will!) to make it, but I'm pretty happy with it (considering i'm a very novice knitter).


It's a hat from one of the Yarn Girls' book. As soon as I find the pattern again, I could post which exactly. :P
I used Treliske Organic Wool and double-stranded it. I think I used size 8 needles. I finished it a while back, so God knows what I might truly remember!

The stripes are made with Peace Fleece (i had a few of those little 1.5 oz skeins) and a little left over Father's Grey...

Bill liked it a lot. Except... it's SUMMER, rofl!