Knit Wit

So okay, I've jumped into knitting this time around with gale force strength.... accumulating a nice stash, collection patterns and attending workshops to help me further this addiction. Last Saturday I drove all the way to Lansing to Threadbear to be one of a number of women in a workshop hosted by designer Jillian Moreno who co-authored the popular knitting/pattern books for plus size women titled, 'Big Girl Knits'. The class was designed to aid women in determining what garment shape was best for their body type and how to alter a pattern according to your 'real time' measurements. Yes, I did get a lot out of the class, even though there was a lot of math and calculators involved... and apparently that side of my brain stayed home that day. After the hour and half long drive home in not to pleasant weather I was tired.... yet eager to start my next sweater project. This is the very informative and funny Jillian.




Another finished Christmas project.. slipper socks for a friend...

Cropping along

I've been to a number of crops lately.... 3 day weekend long crops up north. Very fun and very tiring. I did manage to get a lot done in the Alaska album, didn't finish it, but came real close. The best part was being with friends laughing, talking, drinking, singing, and sharing. I can't wait for the next one in the spring. Here is the bunch of us singing the 'shoop shoop' song using our scrapping stuff as microphones..... and holding up our iPhones and iTouches with a cigarette lighter ala concert style. Yes we are a bunch of nuts..... but a fun loving bunch of nuts.

I've been tagged.... oh goodie.

I've read so many other's and somehow have escaped the tagging.... Coggie of Ravelry and my knitting group tagged me for the 6 quirky yet boring and/or unspectacular details about myself game. Don't get bored now.

1. I can be quite shy and quiet.
2. I don't like being in small spaces that's why I drive a big car.
3. I have a sensitivity to scents and can't walk down the laundry aisle at the supermarket.
4. I'm a coffee fanatic and must grind my own beans each morning.
5. I want to be buried in my jeans and my Birks (don't care about the top).
6. I get regular massages... just because it feels good.

There... are you happy?

I'm tagging... Amy B., Robin, Dawn, Jeanne.

Another Gift Done.......




This is the Cowl Neck Scarf for my son's girlfriend. It's my first lace project and I love it so much, I'm creating one for myself (after the gifts are all done). It went fairly quickly and a nice pattern to memorize. I'm now working on a some slipper socks for a friend. Maybe I will get all my projects done.