little bit of crazy leaking out » knitting http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog life and times of a fiber addict with kids Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:06:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 where has the time gone? http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2008/03/18/where-has-the-time-gone/ http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2008/03/18/where-has-the-time-gone/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:43:34 +0000 Ginger http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2008/03/18/where-has-the-time-gone/ Well, last you saw me MIL was hospitalized, Dad was going in for brain surgery and I was knitting my fingers to the bone.  MIL is doing better, she’s in a recovery center . . . ummm . . . recovering.  Dad had his surgery and came out of this one better than the last, yay. 

Bubba brought [...]]]> http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2008/03/18/where-has-the-time-gone/feed/ 1 yarn goodness http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2008/02/17/yarn-goodness/ http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2008/02/17/yarn-goodness/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:30:48 +0000 Ginger http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2008/02/17/yarn-goodness/ This arrived yesterday (mouseover to see what’s inside):

I know, you’re shocked! Me, buy yarn? Never happens! Umm, yeah. Of course the whole box of yarn wasn’t for me, half was for Emma. In fact I just got back from dropping off her yarn. This yarn is for me, for Dad’s blanket:

I [...]]]> http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2008/02/17/yarn-goodness/feed/ 2 i’ve been thinking http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/12/23/ive-been-thinking/ http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/12/23/ive-been-thinking/#comments Sun, 23 Dec 2007 17:05:22 +0000 Ginger http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/12/23/ive-been-thinking/ . . . about my knitting/fiber goals for next year. With only 10 days left in 2007 it is apparent that some of my goals for 2007 will not be realized (no, I’m not going to make it easy for you and link to my list of 2007 failuresgoals) and that perhaps I should go for more [...]]]> http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/12/23/ive-been-thinking/feed/ 3 slippery slope http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/12/13/slippery-slope/ http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/12/13/slippery-slope/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:11:57 +0000 Ginger http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/12/13/slippery-slope/ The slippers are going well, Hubby’s and Bug’s are finished, I’ve finished one of Bubba’s and I have the yarn for mine and for a pair for my mom.  From dishcloth crazy to slipper crazy . . . oh well . . . could be worse.  Right?

]]> http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/12/13/slippery-slope/feed/ 0 over the hump http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/12/11/over-the-hump/ http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/12/11/over-the-hump/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:57:05 +0000 Ginger http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/12/11/over-the-hump/ . . . I think.

I am no longer making dish/washcloths at a frantic pace and I even finished a sock, knit a pair of slippers for Hubby, and started slippers for the kids.  I think this a step in the right direction. 

Hubby’s slippers, pre-felting, are so big that when I put my hand into them they reach my [...]]]> http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/12/11/over-the-hump/feed/ 2 dishcloth madness http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/27/dishcloth-madness/ http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/27/dishcloth-madness/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:37:02 +0000 Ginger http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/27/dishcloth-madness/  This Thanksgiving weekend I succumbed to Dishcloth Madness.  I took up the challange to knit ten dishcloths by the end of December in the Reclaiming the Home group on Ravelry.  After the first dishcloth, knit on Thanksgiving day, I seemed to lose my mind and so far I have knit nine and the tenth is on [...]]]> http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/27/dishcloth-madness/feed/ 2 not what I was going for http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/23/not-what-i-was-going-for/ http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/23/not-what-i-was-going-for/#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:53:46 +0000 Ginger http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/23/not-what-i-was-going-for/  

Another Garterlac dishcloth, designed by Dave at Criminy Jickets, this time in Sugar’n Cream Stripes.  Started and finished yesterday.

This was not the best pairing of yarn and pattern.  In my defense I had never worked with the yarn before and was thinking gradual color changes not the abrupt color changes actually in the [...]]]> http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/23/not-what-i-was-going-for/feed/ 0 photo update http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/19/photo-update/ http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/19/photo-update/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:03:17 +0000 Ginger http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/19/photo-update/ sock yarn from Dragonfibers

sock for child (actually I’m much further along now)

that’s all I’ve got

]]> http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/19/photo-update/feed/ 1 let the kid sleep http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/18/let-the-kid-sleep/ http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/18/let-the-kid-sleep/#comments Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:33:18 +0000 Ginger http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/18/let-the-kid-sleep/ I know, I missed 3 days, but I went 14 before the lapse and that’s pretty good for me.  Life has been life, Hubby had a b’day, MIL was back in the hospital (she is in a rehab center now, again), my parents got back from a road trip across country, and we finally bought a [...]]]> http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/18/let-the-kid-sleep/feed/ 2 mitten mitten http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/12/mitten-mitten/ http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/12/mitten-mitten/#comments Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:30:59 +0000 Ginger http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/12/mitten-mitten/ who’s go the mitten . . . pattern?  I finished An Unoriginal Hat, by the Yarn Harlot, tonight.  It still needs to be soaked and blocked, so no pictures yet. 

Now I want to knit a pair of mittens to go with it.  My Aunt is going to Alaska, this week, to visit my Uncle.  I [...]]]> http://www.sewcrafty.org/blog/2007/11/12/mitten-mitten/feed/ 1