Back at it

Huge apologies for not posting in THE LONGEST TIME.

Life often gets in the way of things we love to do. Blogging unfortunately took the back burner after April of last year... knitting did not. It helped to keep me sane.

With a medical diagnosis of Darling son 1, Kindergarten starting for Darling son and job changes for both my husband and myself... I found myself with little time to blog.

However now I seem to be able to get back in touch with the world. And that is fantastic news!

In the midst of all this life happening, I did also stop participating in the Year of Projects and 12 for myself groups over on Ravelry... I will wait for Year of Projects take 3 to commence in July 2013 and believe me... I will be ready!

Just to give you all a glimpse of what I HAVE been working on though...

The infinity scarf was for me... and I wear it as much as I can! You should see the compliments I get about it.

The scarf and hat were for my husband. He has deemed them appropriate to wear to work back and forth... and that is huge for him - as his sense of style it hard to keep on top of. Apparently he gets lots of compliments about them too ;)

I will try and keep up with this blog more and more... especially since I now have an app for my iPad and iPhone, where I can do entries from anywhere.

List update

Wow - I felt like I had to dust off that banner above just now. I haven't put it on the top of one of my posts for what feels like a long long time.

That being said, after last weeks open forum apology to my knitting (which was supposed to be comedic with some truth mixed in..) I have managed to knit a little more this week than I have in recent past weeks.

Nothing much to report other than I am working like a mad woman trying to get through the grey and black wrap vest I have blogged about before. Enough is enough already! I has been on my needles for 13 months and I need my project bag space as well as the needles back etc. AND I really really really want to wear it to the local knitters frolic at the end of the month. Yet it stares at me in a bag while I write this post... taunting me so. As if to say - "ya right you'll get me finished in time... that is what you said LAST year". Well I am sure gonna try....

I have edited my list.... shocking. Slashed somethings... knowing full well I will ned to re locate them to next year. But I added an it. For my mother in law... for (dare I say it?) Christmas 2012. It is an intrigueing knit. Can hardly wait to fully sink my teeth into it... after the wrap vest ;)

A knitters apology

This is photoless post... I am sorry to my followers for that. If I had photos I would share them... but alas... I do not.

I want to make this an open apology to my projects... my beautiful, fibre=y knitting projects... they must think they have done something wrong. I have not looked at them in ages. So here it goes...

Dear knitting projects...

My heart aches for the time where my life is a little bit simpler and full of knitting goodness. This time of year definitely not allow for that.... just look at the last time I blogged!

SO dear, sweet projects... I am so very very very sorry. Sorry for neglecting you... sorry for not picking you up... sorry for letting adulthood/life get in the way of my love for you!

However... it is april... and april means good good things! I will be trying to get to my weekly knit night at least twice this month AND the DOWNTOWN KNIT COLLECTIVE has their annual Knitters Frolic! I am so very excited. A whole day of anything and everything to do with fibre!

So do not despair dear, sweet projects... I will return to you... I am hopeful for sooner rather than later...

Forever Yours,
Christine

I'm back!

Just a quick note to check in and say i have not fallen off the face of the earth.

Haven't done much since the frilly skirt though either. BOO ME.

Made a nother pair of socks that look like these ones from Christmas



They don't go as high. More like ankle socks. But they were a simple pattern that I was able to do again.

Coming up this week though... I will probably post pictures of a wrap sweater I made for my girlfriends daughter... and hopefully will post a WIP of the socks I am making for her...

Happy to be back!

Frilly Yarn!

Apologies dear followers for being a day late in my regular Sunday posts! What a busy weekend... Annual training retreat for my job was this past weekend from friday to sunday and I came home sosososo tired.

So today was another day - full of fun and mommy nonsense. Regular day job + geo caching with the kiddies after school and chairing a monthly school council meeting... hardly a breather to even post today... but thanks to my exhausted kiddies... at 9:07pm I am (finally) able to post!

AND the best part? I have a finish to share from my YoP list ;)

This is the Frilly Princess Skirt I posted a magazine photo of a few weeks ago... it is SO cute... and now I have to make at least 2 more. This one was to be for my neice that will be 1 in June, but it looks like it may just fit my girlfriends daughter that will be 2 in July... so I will have to make a smaller size for my neice and a bigger size for my other neice.

I loved making this skirt - what a great use of a yarn that I thought I was other wise no longer interested in!

As I look at my list - I notice something... my finishes are mostly for OTHERS! Must focus on myself a little more I think ;)

Oh well... with this list - it looks like I will have no other choice but to do so! Except for a scarf for the husband...

Whew! another C4TC done!

So no F.O.s from my list to share this week... but lots to report on the what-I-have-done-this-week front! Friday night was the crop for the cure that I have mentioned a couple of time on here... however, before I get into that... I was able to rasie $80 for the fundraiser by knitting small/fast things for gals at work! I made a hat, a head band, some legwarmers and a cowl/infinity scarf. Each co-worker gave me $20 and I was happy!

Now back to the fundraiser... typically this fundraiser consists of 22 hours of scrapbooking mayhem... however, this year I took 2 knitted projects - and I am happy to report that I was not the only knitter! Maybe next year I can get the organizer to rename it Craft 4 the Cure rather than Crop 4 the Cure! That would be fun!

The Princess Skirt and the Girl Friday Jacket were the two projects I took. The ribbing on the jacket is now complete and I am ready to start the pattern! The princess skirt is almost done. I should finish it tonight actually.

I would likely have been able to get more done over the 22 hours... but my 3 year old made me rather sleep deprived Thursday night/Friday morning... so this is what happened around 1am Saturday morning while I was at the Crop 4 the Cure...


I slept like that for almost 2 hours. And note... my supportive friend... her and my other bestie taking full advantage of the fast that I fall alseep most places everywhere really easily! Needless to say - this photo went to Facebook almot instantly... A big thanks to Amanda and Melissa for their continued support! Ha.

Seriously, they are the best two friends a girl could have. And I am lucky to have them... it is photo opportunities like that, that make our friendship strong... because lord knows, should the opportunity ever arise for me to repay the favour... its on!

Happu Sunday One and All!

non-productive week two...

This is not good... week two and nothing much to write here... yikes!

Similar to last week, I have been working diligently on side projects for co-workers, so that they may donate to my fundraising efforts for the Crop for the Cure - it is next weekend! I am so very excited!!!

I just finished some leg warmers tonight... i will post them on Friday, when i display some finished objects!

Thank you for visiting my blog - event though it is so very very uneventful...