elated

*trumpets blasting* TA TA TAAAAAA!!!!

my sweater is done!...well, i need to weave in the loose ends and make me a belt (and loops) but the majority of it is done!!!



and yes, since it's my first sweater...sleeves are a bit long, but warm *smug smile*

i had 291 stitches when i added collar....oh man, my hand ached!

TWO HUNDRED NINETY JUAN!!!


*sigh of awesomeness*

they have a starsky jr....i think my hurricane needs one...haha :}

i read on ravelry that it was done all in one piece....no seams...i think i'm going to try that with my ma's sweater.

knittin' nena

bwahahaha...freezer paper landed at my door step and inspiration soon followed

i love the idea of applique....love it love it love it!

AND sunbonnet sue is probably one of my favorite blocks...oh she'd look cute in some 30's reprint

super excited that i started yesterday and finished a block (i think i'm gona change her hat decorations though)

haha, she originally started out facing right...haha oops

placed and ready to be stitched

what are you going to knit sue?

how bout a scarf?

ode to my mother- knittin nena :)

red rover red rover...

send jada's dog over!




from the lionbrand.com sock critter collection, poochie pup!

what kind of flower is under your nose?

"two lips!"

HAHAHAAAA.....

made the elenka dress in a 2T with the loops & threads impeccable yarn from michaels.

and because i'm just that weird...i unravled the sushi shawl...better to have skeins waiting to be into a sweater that i love than a shawl that's collecting dust...yeah yeah... "all that work wasted..." but like i said...i'd rather it be a sweater i know i'll wear than a shawl...that looks like it has boobies...haha, worked in theory...but i dont live in theory...

happy "baaaa"rthday

a cute little lamb for a double birthday party on v-day weekend. i had started out in the round, but got frusrated when i was starting the body. since the lamb is worked in moss sitch, making it on straight needles and sewing it up and worring bout the seams wasnt an issue. the little girl we're going for likes puppies, a little sock critter puppy will be next....i've also started the skirt for the elenka dress, this time in purple.






and...ta ta daaa!!!



my new knit bag! bwahahahaha
jordana paige imperfect knitter's satchel...the money went to handbags help haiti



hmm...she's soooo perdy!

birthdays and babies

i cant tell you how giddy i was when i finished the "blanket with sleeves" for a friend's four year-old son. and...i had enough of the dino fleece to make a bag for it....the next time jo-anns has their fleece at 40% off, i'm gona join the masses and make myself a "it's a freakin blanket with sleeves!"

do you see the pocket?

and then, a friend had their baby...and since he's a superman fan, what better than to stich on the logo. we bought superman fabric online and because the print was too big for my liking, i used it as the backing.

during xmas, my ma bought me some cowboy *egh* fabric to make a quilt for her youngest sister.

easy peasy lemon squeezy!

i have one more baby boy quilt to make for this month...then it's back to the drawing board for the next round of babies. i'm thinking: mario theme, construction trucks, and a girly-theme....

next month, a friend is going to teach a group of us how to make a pillow-blanket. freakin excited!!

onto the knitting...haha, made a "female" tissue cover and some male inspired chapstick covers...bwahahaha

i've finished the back of my starsky sweater and started the left side...and what better to go w/ my sweater than a handbag from the designer!

slowly but shirley (dont call me shirley) i'll get my list done!

flower dough, flower sculpture...

2 of the names luci picked for her quilt

i was making a quilt w/ different Dresden plates and little ol hurricane really wanted one.

so off to jo-anns we went and picked out 20 different fat quarters: pinks, purples, reds and 1 blue.

i started cutting and setting up the "petals" last year...

just recently, she harassed by saying "mom, i dont want you to make any more quilts for my friends, i want you to finish my flower quilt"

after some ironing, i had a nice pile of the 20 different petals ready for her to "make" the flowers. she would sometimes help w/ pressing on the petal of the sewing machine.

for the past week, we would make 3 or 4 flowers in bout an hour.

after blocking them, i had her place them on the floor on where she wanted them. haha...*Homer Simpson* doh! i didnt square them off before i added the borders! so i had to go back and square them off... that's okay, the quilt's already a nice size.

i'm really excited to show the quilt guild hurriance's first quilt! yay!