It has been over a year since my last post. What's new? Well I had a baby! Burke is amazing. He is 5 months old now and is so much fun. I didn't really talk about this before but we were dealing with 2 years of infertility and a miscarriage before him. It kind of zapped my will to knit. Now I have Burke so I don't have much time!

I did however start a hat for him for fall and winter! The pattern I am using is I heart cables. Love this pattern. Very easy to follow and well written! I am using madelinetosh vintage in Lapis. The same colour as the blanket I had knit for him. Love the yarn and colour! Will hopefully finish it so I can post a picture.

I will try to get on more often!

Bye for now!

Bad blogger bad

Ok so I havent blogged in about 6 months.  So I haven't really been in a knitting mood.  I have started a few projects and haven't quite finished them.  I started a color affection and immediatly lost interest.  I cant decide if I want to finish it or frog it.  Decisions decisions.

But for now I will leave it and see if I feel like knitting it again!  I really really want to order some more yarn.  And I just might do that!  Eat sleep knit here I come.  I think they are my new favorite online company to order from!

Happy Holidays!!!

Happy Holidays Everyone!

I ordered quite a bit of yarn this month . . . . I know I am a bad girl.  But I am resolved to not buy yarn for at least 3 months!  We will see if I can last that long.

I am proposing a stash down as well . . . .  hopefully I last longer than last year.  I am going to start and finish 2 projects a month.  One charity project and one personal project.  For January I am going to be making two sock weight Jerry the Musical Monkeys and a simple hat for charity.

I got some really gorgeous Madelinetosh Vintage this month . . . . super yummy.

Knitpicks Felici Sport

I ordered some of this yarn  with my last Knitpicks order.  I had put the order in for a couldn't of swaps I am participating in right now.  I decided to make myself a pair of mittens with the groovy colorway.  Wow I am super impressed with how soft it is and how much I love knitting with it.  If you haven't tried it, you should!!!

Swap!

Right now I am knitting the monster for a halloween monster swap!  I am super excited to get this monster sent out!  I want to send it out next week so I have to get to the fabric store to get the material for the costume!  I need to shop for some extras this week as well.

I have also finished a super cute baby hat for our friend's future baby.  I used Malabrigo sock in Archangel.

Knit Motivation

When the heat of summer came, my knitting motivation had left.  Now that it is cooler at night and I feel fall in the air my knitting motivation is back!  I am making a themed monster for a Halloween swap which I died the yarn for.  It is looking awesome right now and I can't wait to finish it!  Here is the yarn I dyed!

I have also started the beekeepers quilt which I love so far.  I have only finished one puff and it will take me a year or more to get it done but I can't wait to knit another puff!!!!

I have recently finished test knitting 4 patterns.  They turned out great and the patterns were well written!

Looking forward to some of the projects I have planned for some special people in my life.

Dyeing

So this is my third time dyeing yarn and I love the result. I used Wilton's icing dye in Teal and Violet and Lime Kool Aid. The Violet has red #3 in it that will break if you add vinegar to the dye before dyeing. I decided to try it out anyways to see how it looks. It turned out awesome. I love how there are some more vibrant spots or lighter spots of purple.

Here it is!