just a quick post before bed.
Skyler refused to go to sleep last night till 11:30pm. He wanted to lay in my bed and snuggle with me. I, of course, wasn’t ready for bed, so I let him lay on the couch (in complete darkness) in hopes that he was going to fall asleep. He didn’t. Instead we talked.
S- I’m scared mommy.
M- Scared of what?
S- Monsters. Monsters gonna get me.
M- Monsters aren’t going to get you. I won’t let them. The Backyardigans are also going to snuggle with you and keep the monsters away.
S- No. Mommy keep monsters away.
I love him.
I’m almost done with the camo longies. Just one more pant leg to knit up, knit together the crotch and sew up the elastic in the waistband, and I’m done. Next project will probably be a blue and white pair of newborn/3 months longies. I have some really soft wool yarn that will be perfect.
handspun yarn
My first handspun yarn. It’s of varying weight and it curls in some places, but I’m still proud of my work. I can’t wait to knit with it. :D
I’m FINALLY almost done with my knitted santa hat. Just in time for…. er…. it’ll be done for next Christmas. Next project is going to be this. I know I need to finish his longies, but those will just have to wait another week. (or more. I’m bad. I know)
I ordered some superwash wool to practice dying and then I’m going to spin it up. I can’t wait to see how it comes out. I’ll be sure to post pictures!
because…
because I’ve been horrible by slacking on my blogging and posting pictures.
Things are frustrating for me right now. If you are one of my closer friends, you will know what I mean. If you aren’t, too bad. I’ve taken up needle knitting and I’m working my heart out on projects. I’m having a blast. I love being able to relax at night and knit hats. I love finishing a project and being proud of what I’ve made. I love thinking of my upcoming projects, trying to tell myself that I have time for this, when honestly, I really don’t think I do. Learning to crochet is my next task. I’ll get around to it eventually.
Tomorrow I need to make sure I take pictures of my most recent knitting projects. I don’t slack on making them, just slack on taking pictures of them.
a finished project
I finally finished Skyler’s knitted hat. There are certain things I would do differently, (white double stranded, not single. white and blue stripes thinner…) but overall I’m very proud of it. Skyler loves wearing it so that makes me even happier. Now I’m working on knitting project #2 which is a secret. Then after that I’m going to make him another hat. I’m addicted.
Robyn, I promise I’m working on the pictures. I have a couple done because I finally have a night that I didn’t go to bed super early because I felt super ill. I’ll get a few pictures up on my flickr for you tomorrow :)
3/30 accomplishment
I finished (or just about) finished a knitting project today. A project that I can honestly say that I am incredibly proud of. Of course I can’t post photos just yet, but I will :) I never knew that knitters had such an amazing feeling of accomplishment after finishing a project. A feeling that says “Yes, I worked long and hard on this and I’m proud to show it off”. I’m glad I’ve gotten into such a fun hobby :)
another excuse for my slacking
I know I’ve been slacking on not only my blog, but on my photography too. I’ve been spending more time job searching and knitting. I have several knitting projects going on right now. A hat for a friends little girl, a purse, a secret project, Skyler’s hat, a hat for another little girl…. I could probably come up with 3-4 more if I really wanted to. So until I get a better handle on my projects, my blogging will be slacking and until the weekend after next, so will the photography. But I’ll come back with a bang ;)
my new hobby
I’ve actually been working on my new hobby. Loom Knitting. :) Skylers’ hat didn’t work out too well, his scarf turned out okay, but I finally have something to be proud of.
A newborn pom pom hat :)
I’m working on some more hats and I’ll keep posting my projects as I finish them.