Stitch Markers.......

Told you I'd been extra-curricular crafting. Some fab-o stitch markers. I've been wanting to make some for a long time now, just trying to figure out how. Then I saw these beads at Joann's and knew they were perfect. The middle ones are all about the knitting. The tiny ones say "I {> 2 knit". Too cute.

Watch an Etsy store near you to buy them soon.....

I took the boys to meet their teachers at school today. Both of them have friends in their classes that we already know. Matt was crying when we had to leave. This bodes well for my swift departure next Wednesday. I CANNOT WAIT.

Finally, a rare humorous treat. I had to post a picture of an ad we received in the mail yesterday from a local realtor. I hope you laugh as much as I did. Read it slowly and carefully to be sure not to miss it.......

Rocket

A totally self-indulgent post today. We had a new baby this morning in our family. Cousin Q for Teddy and Matt. And so began the artwork. Congratulation sticker pictures for the new little man, followed by "the Rocket".

It was SO much fun. Everyone enjoyed putting it together and decorating it. Do the boys look proud?

See the eggcarton pieces? They are bug-catchers.

We ran out of glue and had to make a Target run. Of course, we couldn't just leave with glue and a congratulations new baby boy card. Here's Teddy's loot: Goldfish and a box of Nascar bandaids. He HAD to have the bandaids after he fell over and cut the inside of his elbow. $2 well spent, I assure you.

Matt is sticking stickers to his hair. I warned him about this earlier when he got distressed by the first lot he stuck in there.

Will the boy ever learn?
:-)

Here is Teddy's first proper picture, that he coloured last week. See the sky, grass, tree, person and duck pond?

Impressed? I know I am.

Biased? I know I am.

Knitting blog? Oh yeah.

Well, you know Barbie has occupied my last few days. But I have been making progress on the Log Cabin Blanket. I have started making striped sections with the dark and light dyelots. I love this pattern. It just p's me off when I have to cast off, then pick up all those stitches every section. Could I not just leave them on a stitch holder?

So far, for my own reference 14 1/2 sections completed. I photographed it against the sofa it will be a throw for. I hope it's not too light. I don't think so.

I have to work tomorrow night, but rest assured I have more extra-curricular crafting projects to report on Friday.....

Happy knitting....

Barbie-Cam(o)

Another creation for Barbie. A cute little tube dress, funked up with some camo yarn. I added an eyelet to the top and threaded a ribbon through to make it a halter. She looks quite pleased.

I also made her a little bag. Teddy helped me choose the button. We had a lot of fun this afternoon sorting through my button box, finding matching buttons and putting them on safety pins. He loved it - he'll be a crafter yet.

Tomorrow, he wants to make a spaceship, inspired by today's episode of Charlie & Lola. Today he decorated a plastic tomato carton. Who knows what it will be when the glue is dried tomorrow. Guesses on a postcard to......

Barbie and the Boys

As a child I never had a Barbie doll. I know, can you believe it?! I may be the only girl ever.


One of Teddy's little girl friend's had a birthday party a week or so ago. I was seduced by the pink aisle in Target and couldn't resist buying her a Barbie and a couple of outfits. I chose the least slutty of the outfits on the shelf. It was difficult, because they were all pretty tacky.



So, imagine my excitement on finding this book in Joann's that very same weekend. I had to have it. And with a 40% off voucher, not a bad deal to boot :-) Next stop, Target to buy my very own 'model'. Ballerina Barbie. She came with a shiny ballet dress and shoes whose colour I can only describe as 'Barbie pink'.




See, she feels the fall coming, so is cozying up to my fall lantern in her new shawl collar coat, handknit by me. I used DB Alpaca Silk DK and it only took me two days to knit. It probably took as long to seam and sew in the ends as it did to knit.




Some closeups. Isn't she pretty? What fun, even if it's 30 years too late.

I now have 3 neices (or is it nieces?) and a bunch of Teddy's girlfriends. I HAVE to make all the outfits in the book. I HAVE to.

And here's a piccy of the boys, taken when it was raining this afternoon. We got the brollies when we were home in the UK (of course!). They love to put them up in the house, which gives me shivers as I think it might be bad luck.

Seriously though, how could these two cuties be bad luck?

Embossed Leaves - part I

I finally finished my first embossed leaves sock. I absolutely love the yarn and the pattern too.

I really like the pattern because there always was something different to do to keep it interesting (i.e not too many straight pattern repeats - yawn).

Here are some pics - they don't show off the colours too well........



.......so I'm glad I took this pic of the second skein before I wound it. I think this might be my favourite colour combo ever. So far.

I just switched the TV on and Martin Bashir's interview with Princess Diana is on. It seems like a lifetime ago when she died, and I think this interview was filmed not too long before her death. She was so incredible, it is sad that she never knew how incredible we all thought she was. What a terribly sad time for our country and for me too - I remember crying lots. Lots.

I think she would be proud of her boys.

Speaking of her boys. Mine are going to school in 10 days time. Tick tock, tick tock...,..

We haven't had a picture of them in a while, have we. I'll see what I can do next time.

Happy weekend.
dx

Monkey Bear

Remember that mess'o'crap from last week? Well, here it is finished and assembled. It is the sock monkey hat from knitty.com.

Instead of using the chunkier yarn suggested, I used Lion Brand's wool-ease and a smaller needle (5.5mm) and the hat turned out just the right size for a small child's head. In this case, our friend, JP, who was 1 last week.

Happy Birthday little man. :-)

I got those blues......

This is a post for Lisaknits, over on the knittyboard. She wanted to know what people had knit with Denim yarn. Here are the two sweaters I've made with Rowan Denim. Patterns are both from the 'denim people' book by Rowan. The dark one I made for me, the lighter one I made for my DH. Maybe one day he'll wear it!!!!


Don't we look sweet together?!
:-)