progress :: vol 13

Hi :)

Today I thought I'd share a few things I've been working on these past few weeks.

You might have seen a few of these things on here before, or Instagram, or my Ravelry Project page, or Flickr, or maybe even the blog's Facebook Page...

Anyways, (LOL) I'm going to share here too :)


I finished these beauties for my buddy Allison:

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{2 turbans and and granny square coffee cozy}
These items were payment for a trade we made :)


I knit a hat for my sister:

(details here)


I knit a hat for my step-mother:

(details here)

I knit a hat for my step-sister:

(details here)

I crocheted a mermaid baby photo prop set for a friend:

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And I just finished up a baby set for a family member that will be going to a baby shower tomorrow:

(details here)

Baby Blanket

(details here)

Baby Jacket

Baby Beanie

 Baby Booties

So, as you can see, I've been a busy little bee!

I still have a lot of projects on my "To-Do" list, but I'm making good progress checking things off :)


What projects have you been working on?


Have a great weekend!!!

xoxo

progress :: vol 12

Hi :)

I haven't done one of these in a long time!
(October 25, 2013 was the last post!)


Today I would like to share a project that I have been working on for the past few months. It is the biggest commission project that I have ever been asked to do.


Here it is!

TA DAH!!!

I am so thrilled with the way these came out :)

This was a project for a Sesame Street themed first birthday party, so I made the characters big enough to be extra party decorations, as well as a perfect sized toy for the birthday boy after. Each character has their own party snack as well.



Here is Elmo with his party lollipop...


...Cookie Monster with his yummy cookie...


...Big Bird with his chocolate chip ice cream cone...
[my son chose the flavor :)]


...And Oscar the Grouch with his pepperoni pizza.



All of these characters were made with no pattern. I looked at pictures that I found online and just crocheted as I went. I did write a few notes down though, so there is a possibility (small) that I will re-write the patterns and offer them for sale in the future.

Big Bird was the most labor intensive of the 4, but they were all made with tons of love and dedication to make them look as close to the characters as possible.


I am so happy that I get to share this with you guys! :) This is the most proud I have been (besides when I finished my minion) from a finished project.


I really love doing amigurumi, but it really kills my wrists. Since this was the biggest ami project I've ever done, I think I will be giving my wrists a break from anymore amigurumi for a while, and only small crochet projects until I'm ready to go full on again.

Knitting doesn't bother my wrists as bad, so I will be doing some work on my knitting WIPs and getting caught up on my crochet mood blanket. I've decided to just make a basic granny square and do 2 rounds, so they're not huge and I should be able to get caught up within a couple days. I hope to share those projects with you soon!


I hope you enjoyed my sharing :)


What have you been working on?

progress :: vol 11

Hi :)

It's been a while since my last WIP/progress update so I thought I'd share a little bit of what I've been doing lately.


::READING::

I'm still reading the 3rd book in the Harry Potter series. I'm on page 183 of 435. I would probably be farther along in the book if I wasn't so occupied with my yarny crafting :)
Either way, I'm so happy that I'm sticking to this reading goal :) I'm really enjoying it and I'm going to make a list (at some point) of books that I have that I want to start reading.


::KNITTING::

I started the KAL that I mentioned here (and also here).
Here is my progress on that (via Instagram):

[Up close of the stitches; 5 repeats in.]

I started it October 1st and I've done 8 of the 4 row repeats. I'm really enjoying this pattern. It's nice and relaxing to work on and I really love the color.


::CROCHET::

I finally finished minion! Poor guy was lying around for quite a while haha

 [In progress.]

 [Almost finished! Just needs the symbol on the overalls.]

[Up close of his face :)]

My aunt was pretty happy with him too :)

[Love you aunt Gwen!!]

She had me take a picture with him before he went home with her:

[We match!]

She sent me this picture of him to share with you guys as well:

He was a lot of work and a lot of making it up as I go (and HELL on my finger tips), but definitely worth it in the end. Now my son wants one lol

What projects are you working on?
Send me pictures here or leave a link to your blog! I'd love to see :)

Have a great weekend, friend! See you Monday!! 

progress :: vol 10

Hi :)

I hope you all had a great weekend!

Did anyone watch the boxing match? I didn't, but I heard most of it thanks to my neighbors lol

I thought I'd update you on some things I've been working on...

Crochet:

I FINALLY finished my mom's scarf! I sat down on Thursday and thought to myself, "I'm not doing anything else so why not try to get some of this scarf done so I can just get it over with!" And I finished it that day!

 (Holding it out)

 (Close up of the pattern; sort of made it up as I went even though this pattern is not something I invented nor is it completely advanced, but I might post a how-to for this pattern in the future.)

(Here I am 'modeling' the scarf. I can never get it to look as wonderous as they do on Etsy and other places lol)

So that's that for crochet. I finished knitting my first ever hat recently too. I will post pictures after the person I made it for receives it :)

Reading:

You guys! I finished book 2 in the Harry Potter series! I am so happy haha I started book 3 already and I'm already on page 135 of 435 so I'm almost half way through. I'm proud of myself for sticking to this goal.

I gotta say, that having this blog is helping me stick to the goals I'm making for myself. I don't want to be one of those people that says I'm going to do something and then I totally flake on it because no one benefits from that and I'll not only look like a total jerk, but I'll for sure feel like one haha

What projects are you working on?

What book/s are you reading?

I'd love to hear about it :)

Don't forget to come by tomorrow for the first of this week's crochet lesson!
(P.S. There's a lot of stuff this week to learn!!!)

Linking today's post to:

progress :: vol 9

Hi :)

Since Monday was a holiday, I didn't get a chance to share with you my progress from last weekend's 'To Do' list.

Work on Minion:
I think the last time I worked on minion, I over did it. I have no desire to touch him right now lol No worries though... I'm more than half way finished with him so he will get done at some point!

Work on Mom's Scarf:
The progress I've made on this really isn't picture worthy. Only worked a few rows before I got tired of looking at it. Also more than half way finished with it so it will get finished soon... It is September after all; going to start getting cold soon! (I hope!!)

Make a Project List:
 I've only written down what I can remember, since my memory is HORRIBLE, I'm sure I've left off a thing or two. (Also not pictured; maybe in another post.)

Read:
I'm now on page 306 of 341, so a HUGE improvement now that I've actually had time to read! Not so easy when you have a toddler asking you to do something every 10 seconds once he sees you sit down and get comfy. Of course when you're not really doing anything he doesn't need you. Go figure. I can't wait to get started on the next book!! So close!!

Practice Knitting:
(Images taken from my Instagram)


Cable Stitch
(How To Video Here)

Fake Entrelac Stitch
(How To Video Here)
 {Not sure if that's what it's called, but that's what it's called in the video I used to learn it.}

Spine Stitch
(How To Video Here)

I'm really enjoying the practice :) I can't wait to get some DPNs (double pointed needles) and circular needles so I can start making scarves and hats!!

I didn't work on everything on the list, but I did a lot more of the things on the list than the lists before so I give my self a pat on the back :)

This weekend will be the same as most weekends: at home, crocheting, knitting, reading, playing trains with my son, watching Thomas the Train movies, etc. I think I will stop making a weekend plans list unless something exciting will be happening. Otherwise I feel like every post will be exactly the same.

What do you have planned for this weekend?

See you Monday friend!

progress :: vol 8

Hi :)

I hope you had a good weekend.

So on Friday, I shared what I wanted to get done this weekend. Here's my progress:

Work on minion:
This is pretty much the only thing I did this weekend lol

 Here's his front.

And here's his back.
Not as perfect as I would like. The pictures aren't the greatest, but you can still see my progress with him. I'm making up everything as I go though. If I make another in the future, I'm sure there will be a little tweaking.
He still needs arms, mouth, overall straps, goggles, eyes, and the logo on the front pocket.

Read:
I think I read maybe 2 pages. I kept getting interrupted so I gave up haha

Make a list of projects that need to be finished:
I did a lot of laying around on Saturday and Sunday I was working on minion so this didn't get done. Soon though.

Practice more knitting:
My fingers are so sore from minion making that crocheting and knitting are not even on my mind right now. ...Okay, so maybe they are on my mind, (who am I kidding?) I just don't think I could work on anything right now without my fingers and hands being uncomfortable.


So, I got a lot done this weekend, just not as much as I wanted. Maybe I can do a little here and there throughout the week. I'm going to try to limit my internet time this week. Every time I get on the computer, I get side tracked and next thing I know 4 hours have gone by. Not good.

If things aren't looking right (maybe a video for the tutorials is still marked as private because I forgot to change it to public) please let me know! Haha I'll still be stopping in this week, I just won't be perusing the internet while I check on bloggy things *crossing fingers*

See you tomorrow for our crochet lesson!!

progress :: vol 7

Hi :)

So this weekend was definitely a lot more eventful than last weekend!

I've had such an urge to want to knit and it's literally all I can think about!! I remember feeling this way before I learned how to crochet. I'm hoping that with a little practice, that I will be able to knit as well as I can crochet, otherwise the only thing I'll be knitting is basic knit scarves haha

I can't for the life of me find my knitting needles that I acquired while in high school :( However, I did find this kit in my bag of crochet books:

So I've been practicing a little bit with these needles until I can get to a craft store to stock up on knitting needles.
This is what I've knit up so far:

A little sample swatch of a color work pattern.
I have no idea what it's going to be or if it will ever be anything, but I'm loving the practice.

And I'm currently knitting this:

(close up of the stitch)
I think this will be a cup or mug cozy.
I love the colors! And it's scented, which was a total mistake lol I bought the skein because the colors reminded me of candy and I didn't even read that it was scented on the label (duh). Lesson learned!


No reading this weekend :(


I've also been working on project minion... This is his progress:

Still need to finish the overalls, make goggles, eyeballs, hair, arms, and legs. It will get finished though. I need to stop procrastinating! lol


Speaking of procrastination, which I am the Queen of, I still haven't worked on my mom's scarf.
*feels shame*
I hope I can get it done by Halloween so my mom can wear it when it starts to get cold around here. We shall see...

And I still haven't touched my loom knit scarf that I started. I hope to finish that before Christmas and either sell it or give it to someone for a present.

I was thinking of posting a list, or at least writing one down, of projects that people have asked for or I've said I would make them so that I can start making them and scratching them off the list. I really want need to work on my procrastination with my projects.

How was your weekend?
Do you have an ever-growing list of projects too?

Come back tomorrow for another crochet lesson!!

progress :: vol 6

Hi :)

I hope you all had a great weekend.

Whatever you did, I'm sure it was a helluva lot more than what I did lol

I'm ashamed to say that no reading got done :( I'm finding it hard to split my time up between crocheting and reading and keeping a 4 year old entertained.

Anyhow, it will happen when time allows for it.

I finally watched the movie Pitch Perfect last night... It was nice to watch a movie that was funny throughout and not just in some places. Plus, hubby and I really like music. We were really bummed that The Sing-Off got cancelled, so we really liked this movie.

These are some of my favorite scenes:

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Of course there are lots more that are my favorite, but these are the only ones I could find lol

Have you seen the movie?
Do you miss The Sing-Off too?
What did you do this weekend?
(sorry for all the questions!)

Don't forget to come by tomorrow for this week's crochet lesson: How to make a double crochet stitch!