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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 :)

They were so fun to knit that I’m now in the process of knitting another set for a little girl who’s turning 4 soon :)

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Posted by Telma on 6th February 2011

My Sunshine Yellow Socks

I finally managed to get some decent pics of my finished yellow socks. They sure do fit well now that my ankles and feet have decided to swell! ha! None the less… These were a blast to make. The pattern was super easy to memorize. Speaking of which, I used the Oblique Openwork stitch pattern (ravelry link) from my Sensational Knitted Socks book by Charlene Schurch. I think I made them one size too big, but that’s ok… they’re perfect right now for my kankles :)

I am so seriously in love with these yellow socks. They’re so bright that I can’t help but smile when I look at them. And in case you’re wondering, this skein was hand dyed by Jackie of JLYarnworks :)

I had a little bit of yellow awesomeness left so I decided to make our little one a pair of yellow socks so she can be just like mommy :) tee hee. They’re so little!!!!!!!!!

So now that those are done, I’ve cast on for another pair of just plain stockinette socks using my beloved Malabrigo in Archangel :) I LOVE all the different colors….

So now I’m off to kick my fee back up and hope the swelling goes down a bit and knit, knit, knit away at my next pair of socks.

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Posted by Telma on 3rd February 2011

Special Yarn for a Special Project

Remember last summer/fallish, when I went bananas over Rachel’s Daydream Believer batt? This stuff:

Well, I got her to spin it for me cause I haven’t learned yet… then it turned into this:

I’ve been holding onto that skein for a long while now. Everynow and then I would pick it up and think “this is gonna be for something special” I didn’t know what… but I knew that I wanted to make something more than some mitts or a cowl. For me, handspun/dyed yarns hold a special place in my heart cause more often than not, you sorta know the person you’re buying it from, and for me, it’s always a special purchase. Hand dyed/spun isn’t always something that I can afford, so when I do get the chance to buy it, its often a big deal :)

But on with the story… so, the above batt, which then turned into the prettiest skein ever, is now this:

Yesterday we had a snow day and I knew exactly what I wanted to make. I wanted to make a little hat and mitts so that our little one to be could wear home from the hospital. How much more special can you get??? :) I wound the skein up and quickly knit up a swatch. I decided on a basic hat and mitt cause I really wanted the color of the yarn and the yarn itself to really shine. I’ve since then, closed the web browsers with the PDF’s so for the life of me I cant remember what pattern I used from Ravelry. I’ll have to look em up again and update this post later.

The little hat and mitts knit up so quickly and nicely. I was so happy. By the time that the hubs got home, the hat and the first mitt was done. Even he gushed over it. I think that you can’t help but gush over baby knits… Look at how small they are!!!!

So there you have it. I finally figured out what the special thing that I wanted to knit was. Now, all we need is a baby to put them onto ;) And now… some gratuitous closeups of the color and fiber itself. It’s sooooo freaking pretty!!!!!!!!

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Posted by Telma on 31st January 2011

Making Up For Lost Time

Man, you sure as hell can’t take my knitting away from me now! I’ve been on such a roll. I’m back to knitting every night which is awesome. My only regret is that it took me this long to get back into it! I’m now 7 weeks away from my due date so I’ll have to get as much knitting in as I can cause I know in the beginning, knitting time will very rare. Everyone keeps saying… “telma, say goodbye to your knitting and any spare time you would have” now, I KNOW that my time will now be focused on our little one, BUT that doesn’t mean that ALL aspects of my life ends right? Right??? All you mom’s out there, are people over exaggerating a bit??

Regardless… back to the knitting. I’m still on the lookout for buttons for the 2 little cardigans I made for our little one. I looked through all my vintage buttons but nothing grabbed me. In the meantime though, I knit her this little blue hat:

I loved it so much that I’m gonna have to make one for some other friends of mine that are pregs now too :) It’s just to cute not to. The hubs has also been into making things for our little bean. He made this little pink elephant out of sculpy. It’s now sitting on her dresser awaiting her arrival. You can see more pics and some making of pics on my hubby’s site here.

I’ve also been on a sock kick as well as finishing up some UFO’s. I finished the pink cam socks that I started a LONG time ago for my mom and gave them to her today. She loved them!

Thanks to Kristen I’ve been on a sock kick. So much so that I even decided to use my “omg this yarn is so full of sunshine awesomeness” yarn to make a pair of socks. This skein was hand dyed by Jackie of JLYarnworks and let me tell you, it’s freaking delicious!!! I LOVE this yellow. It makes me feel like I’m knitting with sunshine itself. I decided to use a laec pattern from one of my “sensational knitted socks” books. At first I was a little meh about it but now i’m in LOVE. Here’s some pics :)

As soon as I’m done with these, I’m gonna use my beloved Malabrigo in Archangel (see bottom of this post for reference) to make some socks. I was keeping it for a shawlette, but I have this thing for socks now that I can’t control. Hopefully I can get started on those this week! yay!!!!

So thats me for now. I’m gonna try and keep updating my blog on a regular basis. I’ve been so gung ho about starting and finishing projects that I forget to take pics and post them here. I’ll have to change that! :)

And now, back to my yellow socks. Actually, speaking of which… I’m so gonna need some cool shoes for the spring to wear with them :)

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Posted by Telma on 21st July 2010

Stashbusting Like It’s Going Out Of Style

It’s about time I posted something! I went deep into vacation mode last week to the point where I completely neglected my blog and anything online really. But, you know what? It was awesome.

I started to work on pairing up my yarn stash with projects and before I knew it, I had more than 2 projects on the go at any given moment :)

I’m still working on the black shrug. I swear that it’s the never ending knitting project. I’ve finally got it to the point where I’m a mere 8 inches or so from the end. Them, I sew and wait for some chilly nights so I can wear it!

I did however knit myself a one ball hat :)

I used some Patons Shetland Chunky in Charcoal to knit this

Robin’s Egg Blue Hat (Rav Link)

I used a button that I had bought a long while back. No idea why I bought the buttoin, but I’m happy I did cause I think it looks perfect :)

I also decided to blast through 3 balls of Lion Brand Jiffy in Fisherman. I had originally bought this for a scarf but it was really itchy. So… purse it was!

Can I just say… I LOVE this purse. I adore the knitting needles as part of the bag. This will now become my knitting project bag. I’ve yet to line it, but as far as stash busting goes… it’s DONE! ;)

Knitting Needle Knitting Bag (Rav Link)

I’m now working on some fingerless mitts for my sis for her Bday :) i’m not gonna post pics till she gets them cause she knows she’s getting fingerless mitts… just not which ones!!!!!!!

YAY!!!!

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