boy does time fly...

wow...another year up and gone...damien's now 2...damn...that went quick...maybe i'll get lucky and he'll skip the terrible part...one can only hope...he had a blast this year eating his ice cream cake...none made it to the floor this year...whoohooo for me...poor daisy for not getting any scraps...he did really well at blowing out the candles...in fact so well they were lit about 5 times so that we could get a picture...we took him to target so that he could pick out one of his own gifts and he chose a...yo gabba gabba muno guitar...it makes lots of noise...all five characters singing 2 songs each...what more could a child ask for...luckily for the rest of us it also has an off button...

done...done...done...

stellar...i finished up my mum's socks...i had the chance to run out to my lys yesterday and picked up another skein so that the project could be completed...yes...i ran out of yarn just before i finished...however...lesson well learned on adding an additional pattern row to the leg...and not paying attention to yardage...maybe it's time to start knitting toe up...then it would have never have happened...now on to finishing up my dad's christmas scarf...it's been sleeping for a few months...i'm also going to cast on a pair of socks for my grandma...a former knitter...so i know she will appreciate them...

bringers of good cheer...

i started knitting these up because...my mum was over for thanksgiving and we had a great time while she was visiting...but now she is back home and feeling a little depressed...so i thought maybe she'd cheer up if she were to get a little surprise...so i decided that i'll whip these up and stick them in the mail so that she'll have them for the weekend...i finished the first sock and now on the second... the leaf pattern would look much better in a solid color but i didn't have any in my stash...so variegated it is...

yeah...i know...i'm supposed to finish the hedera before starting another sock...but working on size 1 needles is like knitting at turtle's pace...at least that's the way it feels...but i am going to finish them sometime this week...at least that's what i'm shooting for...

mum's socks...

i started knitting the hedera's for mum...i've finished one sock but i've been dragging ass on the other...actually i really haven't had much knitting time i've been too busy straightening up around the house...rearranging...cleaning...decluttering...ect...however she will be over for thanksgiving so if i put my nose to the grindstone will i finish them or just end up with a bloody nose...well...one shall see...

tutorial on metal bracelet...

okay so i posted this tutorial on cut and paste but i'll also post it here...

1. grab some wire cutters







2. some clothes pins...you will want the ones with the springs closer together...if you have the ones with the wider springs then you won't have to cut them...separate the clothes pins...






3. cut back about an 1/8 of an inch on either side...








4. you will have a space in between...








5. slide into the spring housing...you want to repeat these steps until the length desired...

scarf swap...

well...lj convinced me to join the facebook scarf swap...this is cool cause i've never done a swap before...i guess that means i'm a swap virgin...whooot...whooot...no...but seriously i'm looking forward to knitting for my partner lynn...and it's great that she is on ravelry...kinda gives me a clue as to what she likes...on another note i finally knitted up something for my damn self...i know it's about time...as you can see it's a hat...yeah...yeah...yeah i know it's bright...well just like me*wink*or as a wise woman mentioned it's one of my colours cause i'm a vibrant girl...lj you are the woman!

feelin' froggy...

so i was sitting around the house and i wanted to make something...i know you're probably thinking that because i titled it feelin' froggy...i had a knitting project go wrong...but nope you are wrong...i didn't happen to rip out any of my knitting wip's...

those who know me well know that i'm always recycling...whether it be a starbucks paper bag, old beads, ribbon, metal, ect...believe it or not there is always something around this house to make something out of...well...today the lucky winner was...clothes pins...i took them apart cut them down and made an industrial looking bracelet out of them...i remembered doing this as a child and my dad was not at all impressed...only because he kept loosing all of his damn clothes pins...so i gave this one to dani who is always wanting something new and handmade from his mum...