Etsy Shop

I've finally caught onto the whole Etsy thing, so I made my own shop (link to the right). I'm working on some crochet cloches to put up there. I'll post pics of my new creations soon! If you're looking for the simple shrug pattern, here it is:

http://payloadz.com/go/sip?id=146813

First finished hat!!

I finished my first hat. It's just a simple beanie with a 2x2 rib border. It's an xmas gift for a friend, he better love it.

Updates galore!!

Knitter Inheritance!! Being crafy is something that runs in my family. I come from a line of ex-knitters with short attention spans, which for me means hand me down yarn stashes! Yay!! So I recently aquired all this worsted yarn and a full set of knitting needles. Intriguing...











I've been working hard on some projects these past couple days. (I'm recovering from a root canal and these pills have got me loving my bed, so I've got plenty of knitting time.) I finished the keyhole scarf for my friend, Heather. I also finished an orange beanie for my friend, Jordan, only it was too small. So after frogging half of it, I'm knitting another inch before crown shaping.

My scarf wip fetish

Well, it seems my newest knitting trend is to start scarves that I can't possibly finish. Something about straight knitting doesn't hold my attention like it should. But here are some things I've been trying to do for the past couple months.

My gray key-hole scarf is knitted using Target $1 Fur yarn and some gray red heart. Both of the yarns seperately aren't that spectacular, but the combination yeilds a really neat angora looking scarf.

I've been working on this purple sparkly scarf for so long it's silly. It's for a friend, which makes it worse that I'm slacking. But I have talked my mom and my friend, John, into knitting a couple rows for me.

Next is my double knit camo scarf for a friend at West Point. I'm using 2 strands of variegated camo yarn held together, I like the pattern that's coming together on both sides.

Well... That's all for now. Sometime between now are March I'll be knitting up a hat for my soon to be nephew... And hopefully I'll get to work on the millions of projects I've get stored in the back of my head.

The shrug for knitters afraid of sweaters.

I haven't been knitting for very long, and I have to admit... sweaters scare me. Everytime I read the patterns, they're talking about circular needles and making armholes, stitch holders, attaching sleeves... It just sounds far too complicated considering I've been doing mostly small projects.

Recently I felt the need to branch out and knitted up this self designed shrug. I did it all on straight needles, and just about all you need to be familiar with to knit this up is ribbing, and minor inc and dec.

It's given me the courage to think about actual sweaters. I love this shrug, I even got to use little heart shaped buttons.

If there's enough interest I might be willing to share the pattern on my newest creation.

Please leave comments, I'd love to know what you think!