Finally finished

my knitting needle holder:




with flap folded over


all rolled up


close-up to see fabric.

Anyway, overall, it's okay. I followed McCalls Pattern 4728
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Eh, It's workable. I would like to someday remake it and tweak it a bit. But for now it is working and I have to admit, it's lovely to have my needles in one place. Now, I just need to make something to hold my circular needles ;-)

Not much luck ...

Well, I started knitting a blanket last week. Somehow dropped a stitch and the little bugger unraveled down to the cast on row. So in my frustration I frogged the whole thing! Which is fine I guess, becuase I was making a little cough throw for a couch we ended up getting rid of this weekend. And now we have two different chairs in it's place - they are pink. The yarn I have is purple. Despite being cute for a little girls room, not quite what I want for my chairs! But the chairs do need to have slip covers put on or be reupholstered - probably they will get slip covers so maybe I can find something to coordinate with the purple yarn.
And I still can't find a nice sweater to make my babyboy. I don't want a cardigan, I don't want buttons, I don't want zippers, I don't want stripes, or little boats, or airplanes or trains or bunnies ... just a plain old sweater. You'd think it's out there. Actually, you'd think I could just fake it, but since I haven't done sweaters, I'm not ready to fake it. Good thing I have until fall to actually do something ... but by then I may be ready to fake it if I can't find anything I like! LOL!
So that is my crafting update for this week. Kind of sad?
Oh, I do have something good to say!! I finally found ribbon to match the fabric for my needle holder, so as soon as babyboy allows me to detatch him from my hip for more than 5 minutes, I can finish that. And on that note ... he's crying and wants to be picked up! ;-)

2 finished projects today ...

I finished two things today! I finally sewed up the hood (poorly too if I am being honest here LOL!) to the baby cardi. I didn't put ties on it. I don't know that I want to actually ... I guess I'll have to think about it and see how I feel after he wears it (and no, it hasn't been blocked or anything like that yet)


Baby cardi


from the back

I also finished the blanket I was knitting to free up the needles to make a different sweater - only to discover the yarn I have doens't remotely work and if I actually looked at the yarn for more than 2 seconds before picking a project, I would have known that honestly @@ So, yeah, apparently I'm on a roll today - but it's not a gooed one LOL!
But, let me stop rambling ... the blanket looks good. I do need to weave in ends, but since I don't think I need to give it to anyone (most people are having boys it seems) I'm going to procrastinate as long as I can! LOL!

Anyway ... I'm off to find another sweater pattern to use with the yarn I have.

blanket

Today ...

27 years ago my mom gave birth to ME! Yes, yes, it's my birthday today!! I'm so excited. I simply love birthdays, especially mine =)
Our day started as any normal Tuesday - one park district class for my 3 year old and then a class for my 6 year old. Came home and cleaned just a tiny bit, and the kids played outside. I worked on garage sale items (yep, we are having one here Thurs-Sat). And then we made a cake, ate dinner, then decorated the cake:

Woo-hoo! Our lovely cake creation!
My 6 year old and 3 year old made it with just a bit of help from me =)

Even better dh was home!! He wasn't supposed to be home tonight so I was SOOO excited when he told me earlier today he was going to be here =)
And then it was present time. So I got a LAMP! So exciting because my sewing machine is in the basement without the best lighting around.

Before the light (well, it's not that well lit, but it looks it because of the flash LOL!)
We had one lamp down there when we moved in, but it was old and it broke. So I was missing it. And dh, all on his own decided I needed a new one down there. And I am so pleased!

Holy cow!! What a difference! Now there is LIGHT! I love it =) Can't wait to work down there now =) It's so bright by my machine now! I didn't even realize just how badly lit the area was until I saw it with this lamp (and only 2 of the 3 bulbs are even turned on in this picture!!)
So happy and excited =)

Bummer ...

I was going to snap a few pitures tonight but alas my camera is in my car, and I'm too lazy to go get it!
But I finished knitting the baby cardi - I need to, however, sew up the hood, block it, and do all that finishing stuff.
I also completed a dishcloth that I wanted to snap a picture of.
I am in the process of finishing a blanket I started, well, over a year ago! Why the sudden desire to finish it you ask? Well, I need the needles for another sweater I would like to make the babyboy. So I decided I needed to clear the blanket off the needles (it was one of the things I intended to do in my "spring cleaning" earlier this year, but didn't then. Now I have good motivation though! LOL!
I am collecting lots of patterns of things I do want to make soon though! And of course, I have a few embroidery things I want to make and several sewing projects .... too many projects, sew little time ;-)