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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 :)

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 3rd January 2012

Happy New Year and Happy New Knittings!

Well… We all survived another year! It was a great year and I can’t wait to see what craziness this year brings.

I manage to get my Christmas knitting done. Mind you… I WAS weaving in ends in my brothers vest hours before they got here! I didn’t get any pics of them wearing what I made them and the pics of them opening their gifts aren’t the best. But I have some of my progress pics I wanted to post oh so badly before that I can finally post :)

I made my sister the Sedum cardigan:

Blocking – this took almost 3 days to dry!!!

Vintage Pink Buttons :)

And my brother got the Subtle Stripe vest:

the hand dyeing made the vest kinda look like woodgrain!! lol

They seemed to have liked them. So all in all… Christmas was a success!!

After all that gift knitting I decided that I needed to just knit random things that need no deadline :) well… All except for one!! My moms bday is in march and I want to make her a traveling woman shawl like I had made my grandmother. I got some Tanis Fiber Arts sock yarn in the most pretty colorway – Pendragon Lol I’ve cast that on and hope to have it done by March 30th.

I’ve also been knitting Madison a little Monster. One of Rebecca Dangers monsters to be exact :) I’m almost done. ~~I just need some arms for the baby monster then I can stuff and sew.~~ Since this was drafted, all i have to do is stuff and sew ;)

Momma monster

Baby monster

Lastly… Im now in countdown mode for when I have to go back to work. It’s gonna suck. I can’t even lie about it. I know that I’m not the first to leave her little precious at home to go back to work… And I know I will adjust…. I just don’t want to. It’s hard to believe that in a few days, it will have been 10 months since she came into our lives. They really aren’t kidding when they say time flies. I’m going to make sure to enjoy every minute I have left with her during the day :)

Madison and her monkey hat that i wish i had knit ;)

And now really lastly…. I wish you all happy knitting/crafting for 2012!!

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Posted by Telma on 17th December 2011

It’s The Final Countdown!

Why…. Why do I always think that I’m some super fast and magical knitter?

Well.. I used to be able to knit super fast :) back in the days of getting home from work and quickly whipping some dinner together then knitting for the rest of the night ;) Right now… 99% of my knitting is done after the little monkey hits the sac. And y that time…. Im exhausted. Thus… My idea of knitting overly ambitious Christmas gifts is now a really dumb one. It’s not much. It’s a cardigan for my sis and a vest for my brother :) here’s hoping they’re too busy to check on my blog till after Christmas ;) I’m done my sisters and need to finish the neck and arm borders for my brother :) We have a long car ride tomorrow, and I’m hoping I can get a bunch done :) the worst part… Is that I’ve been knitting these for months!!!! Gah!!!! So annoying :(

In other news…. And way more fun news….

I LEARNED HOW TO SPIN!!!!!

It was quite funny. Anytime I told anyone that I was taking a spinning class they thought I was taking a cycling course! Lol

But yes… I finally took a drop spindle spinning class at the Purple Purl. It was 4 hours long and I loved every minute!

I can see how spinning is addictive. You totally get into a zen sort of state of mind and it gets very very peaceful. Well… Until you keep breaking your fiber! Lol

We learned to spin with 2 types of fiber. I only remember that one was called top :) I was way to excited to pay attention to the names of the fiber I was using! Lol in gonna start doing my homework and learning about different types of fiber.

This is my first little skein that was spun with the top :)