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Posted by Telma on 27th January 2012

Momma’s Got A Brand New Bag….

Literally.

I for the first time in my life, have a “fancy” purse. Now go figure that for my first proper purse it ends up being a knitting bag! ha! My lovely husband got me a gift card for the Purple Purl. I knew I didn’t want anymore yarn (crazy huh) because I had a TON and needed to destash. What I REALLY wanted was a set on interchangeable needles. I looked at what the Purl had and I really wanted the Knit Picks ones and those… they didn’t have. So I immediately set my eyes on the lovely knitting bags. It was down to the the clutch purse or the messenger bag. I’ve always had messenger bag types of purses and the thought of having something as pretty as an old school snap top on my purse made me swoon. I very quickly decided that I wanted the Jordana Paige bag in the teal :)

Ladies and gents… my new baby:

I’m going to use it as my all around main purse. I’ve been using my diaper bag as a purse so I’m sure you can just imagine how excited I am :) I’m going to use the front pocket for my wallet/keys/phone and then the main area for my knittings :) I hope to still be able to knit on my lunch when I go back to work. I foresee a lot of socks in my future! lol

I would also like to announce that i’m now the proud owner of my very own set of the before mentioned Knit Picks interchangeable needles!!! I was at my favorite “omg look at all this yarn” outlet type store – Sew Knit N’ Surge – and they had them there. I was there just after Christmas and saw that they had a boxing week sale on all their yarn. I asked Peter, the owner, if they’re needles were on sale. I think he saw me oogling the set… he asked me if I wanted the Knit Picks set. I very coyishly nodded yes. He looked at me and said “you know what? you really want these don’t you? You should have them… I’ll give you 30 percent off” I just about died!!! So that day, I brought home my new needles :) When I go back to work I hope to get more extender packs for the needles.

In other news… I’ve managed to finish one of my brother’s socks! yay!!!!

I’m hoping to get the second done more quickly :) I also want to learn how to knit toe up socks so that I know exactly how much yarn I have left for the leg instead of guessing. Drives me insane to have little balls left knowing that I could have used it! If I finish the second one in decent time then I will cast on a second pair in this super fun Lion Brand sock yarn

The first pair will be his ‘serious’ socks… these will be his ‘fun’ socks :) I cant wait to see how awesomely bright they will be!

I’ve also managed to get 3 lace repeats done on my mom’s Travelling Woman Shawl:

I’m not sure that I will do the whole 11 repeats. Last one that I made with all the repeats barely fit on my queen size bed for blocking! ha! We’ll see how it goes.

I hope you all have a great weekend! I’m off to go organize my stash. I feel a huge Stash Bust Army mission coming on :)

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Posted by Telma on 25th January 2012

Way Back Wednesday – LA Gears

I will never forget the day I managed to get my poor mother to buy me some LA Gears. I mean… I HAD to have them! Everyone else either had BK Knights or LA gears. I still remember putting leather protector on them and cleaning them if they got a speck of dirt on them :)

And yes… I totally kept the little tag on it. It was the “cool” thing to do :)

The funny thing is that looking back at them now…. Well… I would actually wear them today! Mind now it would be ironic and oh so hipster of me :)

So this weeks way back Wednesday is dedicated to my first pair if real sneakers… My LA Gears.

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Posted by Telma on 23rd January 2012

Itty Bitty Knitty Shoes

This weekend my cousin got to finally meet Madison. She brought her the cutest gifts ever! Now, I ‘think’ she know’s that I am addicted to knitting. I’m sure my mom has told her how crazy I am about it. Only reason I think so is because of this:

How cute is that little jacket?!?! The cables are absolutely amazing. It’s like a mini version of a grown up jacket. This kind of stuff kills me!!! BUT… get ready for the one that will make every knitter say “awwwwwwww” the second they lay eyes on it:

Aren’t they just ridiculous??!?!?! See what I mean? Knit baby shoes for the knitters daughter!!! What a perfect gift! I still cant get over the fact that she has knit shoes!

They’re pretty awesome and they will fit her in a few weeks I’m sure :)

FO wise… I knit another set of the Rebecca Danger Momma and Baby dolls for someone who saw mine on instagram and wanted one for his daughter :) He picked a purply pink and green for her dolls. These things are sooooo fun to knit. I’m thinking I need to get her book because I want to knit Madison some more ;)

Right now, on the needles I have my mom’s Travelling Woman Shawl that I hope to get done for her birthday at the end of March. Now that the little monkey takes longer naps… I can actually get some decent knitting done on it. I’m using Dye-Versions sock yarn in the Pendragon colorway. It’s knitting up so nicely. As of this morning… I’m one row away from my second repeat of the lace pattern.

Also on the needles are a pair of socks, well, for now one sock… for my little brother for this birthday in April. I’m using the Pattons Kroy and it’s fine. It’s a little “itchy” and I’m sure my brother will not like that. I’m thinking of knitting a second back up pair just in case :)

For now that’s all I have going but want to so badly cast on something for Madison. I also have some more monster dolls to knit up for friends that fell in love with them. We’ll see if I manage to resist the urge to cast on something else by my next post ;)

Hope you all have a wonderful week! And thanks for stoping by.

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Posted by Telma on 12th January 2012

A Little Monster… For My Little Monster

I seriously can’t believe it took me this long to start knitting toys for Madison. I think that I was initially scared to because it somehow looked really complicated to me. But… Now that I have finally made my first toy, I know that’s it’s no more complicated than knitting mittens :)

I decided to make Madison the momma and baby monster dolls from Rebecca Danger. I absolutely adore her knit toys. I let the hubs pick out the colors. He a designer so he always knows what colors are best together ;)

He picked a lovely orange and purple and I immediately cast on. This was super easy, quick and fun to knit.

I didn’t use the safety eyes because well, I don’t have any :) I didn’t feel like making the trip to Michael’s so I just used buttons instead. I opted out of gluing teeth on them because I knew Madison would find a way to rip them off and shove them in her mouth :)