A Little Yarn On The Side

We have a beaded cowl!!!!!! It is, however, not a mobius strip.  It is a cowl with a full twist in it.  Now, of course, that makes sense.  For it to have become a mobius strip, I would have needed to manage to have the top edge meet up with the bottom one when I joined them.  So.....I have a rather bizarre knitted object....which can't be blocked in the normal method. Oops.  Time for a bit of ironing bit by bit and the finished object: It's still rather pretty, and there are some purplish beads on it that just don't show up in pictures, but it isn't exactly what I had in mind.  BUT--the March Project of the Month is officially done!!!! Not to waste any time, my sidekick and I moved on to the ostrich plumes scarf, (some of us more literally than others) See that tiny bit of scarf sticking out by his ear?  Yeah--that would be the scarf I was going to work on.  He's such a helper. Part of me really wants to pull out another project bag a...

Yesterday afternoon I got an idea for Christmas coasters.  So, digging out some Christmas material & some white felt, I stuck them together with quilting basting spray to make them easier to cut out as a set --as well as using a feline weight just in case-- I cut out four and a half inch squares from the layers then drew chalk lines 2 1/4-inches from the edges. Then, cutting 4 1/2-inch pieces of 1/4-inch ribbon, I sewed them over the lines for the present's ribbons, then stitched 1/4-inch from the edge, clipped the edges with pinking sheers, and added a bow in thinner ribbon, and.... Christmas present coasters!  I made two sets of 6, which I think will be really cute in a bag with some hot tea or coffee. And after this first one, I even managed to make them all so that the snowmen are right-side up.  I'm quick that way....:) Cowl?  What cowl?

This week's Craft Boot Camp was tons of fun.  We made curtains monogrammed pocket squares a wooden Christmas tree and there was even knitting--though amazingly I have no pictures of it.  We had a great time, though I think we were all pretty exhausted by the end.  And look what they brought for me:  Yarn and yarn dye!!!!!!!  I haven't ever dyed my own yarn--aside from the random accidental coffee stain here and there--so I'm quite excited.  And it's NEW YARN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the March Project of the Month has been getting a little attention today I'm liking the idea, but there are some things I'll change in the next version.  But it's knitting, lace, and beads.  How bad could it possibly be?

We have friends arriving for a visit today, and we are planning a whirlwind crafting spree!  I promise to take lots of pictures!!!  (And write up the pattern for the new scarf--I'm REALLY pleased with how it's looking) Cheers!

The new scarf is really coming along nicely I'm using Alpaca Cloud yarn and using the Ostrich Plumes pattern, and the slight fuzziness of the yarn works really well with the delicate pattern.  Or I think it does.  It's framed by a seed stitch border just to stop it from rolling like crazy, but the bottom is only 6 rows, so it's short enough to allow the pattern to pull the entire scarf edge into a scallop.  MAYBE--if I continue to like how it's looking--I'll show some sort of dedication to this & finish it in the next couple weeks........?  Stranger things have happened after all.  Like the cleaning of the sewing room................................

Project number 15 is done!!!!!!!!!  YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, technically, I need to have 25 done by the end of March to stay on target, but there are a large number of WIPS languishing stockpiled, so I think I can catch up.  I've been really restless since the Ravelympics.  Apparently 15 days of knitting on just one project was quite stifling, so I have started YET ANOTHER scarf (not that the beaded one is even remotely close to being done) because I needed something easy & portable....and because I have the crafting attention span of a gnat.  Possibly a gnat with ADD.  Even though it was Finishing Friday, I really haven't done much crafting.  I've continued my cleaning binge (I thought you could probably take my word for it on the newly-clean toilets rather than posting pictures), and Theo and I took a break for a little piano practice which in Kitty World is right up there with sewing.  Maybe above it, now that he knows about the piano...

Yep, that's BARE FLOOR you're looking at there, folks. You guessed it.  I have been cleaning--or taming--the sewing room.   See? Er....well, you might have to take my word for it that the closet looks better than it did.  Not that this is the entire stash or anything.  If there is ever a day when my ENTIRE stash fits into this closet, there will probably just be a big picture of an open bottle of champagne on the blog.  BUT, the feltable yarn has now been able to fit into the closet, so all the cold sheeping is FINALLY making a difference.  Had I not been buying fabric steadily the entire time, you might even be able to see the difference..... My sidekick did agree to hang out with me for most of the cleaning though he's a bit peeved that there was no actual sewing.  He's probably just thankful it wasn't more knitting.