I’ve been in a knitting and crochet frenzy trying to make presents for my pregnant friends. I wanted to share a few projects that I made for a friend of mine who is having a baby boy! I mailed her package to her this week, so hopefully she’ll get it soon. It was my first time crocheting booties, so there was a little bit of a learning curve for me to make it!

Here is the baby cardigan I made. It’s called the Ribbed Baby Jacket by Debbie Bliss. You can find it on Ravelry or find the free pattern here.

The baby mitts I made are called Stay-Put Baby Mitts by Jillian Neary. It can be found on Ravelry or the free pattern can be found here.

These baby booties were crocheted called Baby Ankle Boots by Mon Petit Violon. I purchased the pattern on Etsy. Or you can find and buy the pattern directly on Ravelry.

Hi everyone! I know it’s been a while since I last posted, so I figure it’s time to post again. I have some holiday knitting projects to share with you, courtesy of Today’s Mama. The men’s scarf pattern that I designed for my husband a couple of years ago was one of the designs that was featured on her blog. She has many, many projects listed here, so it may be hard to see mine at first, but keep looking. It’s in the lower left hand corner of the second batch, the charcoal grey scarf with orange stripes.

Here is the link to the blog post.

In case you’re interested in knitting an easy pattern for your father, brother, husband, boyfriend, or any other man in your life, here’s a direct link to the free pattern. It was posted on my old blog that I transferred to this one, all except for this pattern. Anyone know if blogspot allows files to be uploaded? If so, I can start putting patterns on here instead.

I haven’t begun my holiday knitting yet, but I think I should start! I’ve been too busy knitting and crocheting baby presents. I’ll post those pictures soon!

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I haven’t made any projects for myself in so long that I really thought it was time to do something quick and fun for myself. Most of my time is spent finishing up assignments, so I needed to take a little break and do something that wasn’t required of me. A friend of mine who is currently living in Korea sent me a little sewing kit from a company called the Sewing Factory. This kit just has a piece of fabric with an illustration printed on it to make an eco tote bag. I’m assuming it means that the fabric was made of eco-friendly fabric? There were no instructions, just cutting, folding, and sewing lines. I put it together in a way that I thought made sense.

It was so gratifying to have a completed project in just a few hours! It probably would have taken less time if I worked on it without stopping. Here is the final product. It’s simple but cute! It’s a small bag, so I’ll probably use it to hold supplies or a knitting project. There’s a design on the back too, just some flowers sprinkled about. I’ll update this post when I take a picture of the back.

Doing this project actually made me feel like I had some time on my hands to do things outside of work. It was so much fun that I decided to try and make time every week for a few hours to do something that wasn’t required of me. Hopefully that means more projects to share with all of you! Read more →

 I found this cute baby bootie pattern in the book Vintage Knits for Modern Babies.

I really took my time in selecting the yarn for this baby bootie because I had experience with baby booties before where the outcome was not that cute just because of the yarn choice. It had to be soft, fuzzy, and in a color that would match the little yellow baby girl cardigan that I am knitting.

I am so pleased with the results. The booties are cute, soft, and a quick pattern to knit up. I think it took me more time to sew the piece together than it was to knit it. I modified the button hole just a bit to make it closer to the edge. See my pattern on Ravelry here. This would make a great gift. Here’s what my baby booties look like!

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I saw this adorable dog raincoat on Inhabitat. It is an upcycled dog coat from an old umbrella. The pug was so cute that I had to post it here. My pug, you can see my pug here, is in need of a raincoat, so maybe this is an idea I can try. Super cute! I love it. Read more →

It’s been one of my goals to finish knitting my first cardigan. I’ve started several cardigans for myself and even completed one of my own design, but as with all first projects, there is always room for improvement. I forgot to account for ease so the cardigan doesn’t quite fit well yet. Maybe after some modifications, I can wear the cardigan coat that I designed for myself.

After that experience, I decided to start with something a little bit easier that I have always wanted to do anyway. I am currently taking a knitting class, so for the final project I decided to make baby clothes. It’s much more likely that I will have finished pieces by the end of the class.

Here’s the cute little baby cardigan that I chose for the part of the final project. It’s about 90% of the way there. I found the pattern on etsy and I love it!

Here’s a link to the project on Ravelry if you’re a member of the knitting community. All the details are there. I’m going to go shopping for some buttons to add on soon. Next I need to find an equally cute baby boy sweater or cardigan to make.

In addition to this baby cardigan, I am planning on making a pair of baby booties and some amigurumi dolls (knitted or crocheted animals). It’ll be my first stuffed animal endeavor and loads of fun. I even found a kit for an owl that I will knit sometime. Lots of knitting projects to be displayed here so come and check back soon!  Read more →

I came across an article with instructions on how to knit earrings with wire that I had been meaning to try, and I finally had the opportunity to buy the materials and try it. I was expecting it to be easy, like the instructions said. But it turned out to be a lot trickier than I thought. Looking at the picture, I thought I could just knit the earrings and it would be done.

Nope! It was knit the earrings and spend an HOUR blocking the thing to make it look like a normal pair of earrings. And not only that, I had to do it again for the other side!

This is what it looked like just after I knitted a pair of earrings.
It’s pretty, ain’t it?

Finally, here is what the final earring looks like!
Wow… that took a lot of time. It wasn’t actually the amount of total time that the earrings took that surprised me, but just how much work was involved to poke into every single hole with my bamboo needles and block every stitch to make it look normal. Just pulling it won’t do! The wire tends to kink, so it takes a lot of time to even things out.

Was it worth it? Maybe for myself, but I think I’m going to have to hold off on considering making these as presents for my friends. I made another pair of the same earrings using a thicker wire (because it was the thinnest they had at the store), and it turned out a little nicer (I think), even though the first one was the one that is using MUCH more expensive wire!

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What happens when knitting becomes an obsession…

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