Sew what?

Last Christmas my parents gave me a sewing machine. I had done some sewing back in high school but nothing recently. I find it a little harder to get around to sewing because I don't have a place where I can leave my machine set-up. I have to get it all out and put it on the kitchen table when I do want to sew. So, a mere 6 months after getting the machine I finished my first real project. It's a quilted table runner which I machine quilted. I think it turned out pretty good for a first shot at machine quilting (or any kind of quilting for that matter)




What else is new since I last blogged... Hmm... I have a big scary job interview next week which would mean a huge promotion and pay raise. And umm.. oh yeah there's this little trinket....




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The wedding is tentatively set for October 2010. Not a whole lot of planning is done other than that yet, but I think we lots of time. I hope we have lots of time.

Visitting Pierre

A couple weeks ago I stopped in to Love, me and picked up this super cool Pierre Trudeau change purse, because what could be better than Pierre Trudeau on a change purse?!? Also, if you've never been into Love, me you simply must go. It is a shop which carries all hand made goodies. It's like Etsy minus the shipping charges.

I just spent the week in the Ottawa area, going to a wedding and spending time with my sister. Here is the PT change purse posing with the plaque of one of his governments. I think it was his first one.





Now here is the man himself:

Another FO

Here is a little item that I finished back in March sometime. It is the Lace Capelet by Mary Heather from Ravelry - a free download for members. I used one skein of Fiddlesticks Lace sensation and in less than two weeks I got this cute little cape! The only thing I changed was to add an extra repeat at the top and I may have used smaller needles than the pattern called for.


In other news, work is extremely busy right now, I have been dragging around a cold, and I was told the other day that I could not have a credit card for purchasing because having a woman's name on a credit card could be confusing. Oh, yes. I love my job.

Coming out of hibernation.

Spring is on it's way and I have finally come out of hibernation. I spend this winter staying in, keeping myself busy with books, video games, learning to sew and of course - knitting!

First up, the pinwheel baby blankie for my second neice who is due in July. I used 3 skeins of Estelle Cloud Cotton and a free pattern that can be found on Ravelry.

Second, the Lucy Neatby Spindrift Scarf. I worked on this over Christmas vacation as a good travel project. It's a very fun pattern once you get the hang of it and it really stretches the yarn out. I used about 75 grams of sock yarn and got a scarf that is over 8 feet long.

I wanted to start a project to use up all those little sock yarn scraps after seeing YesIknit's lovely sock memories blanket. I am using the Mason Dixen How to log cabin instructions and a very tacky combination of sock yarn. It's really quite hideous.

I have made my triumphant return to blogging, now maybe soon I will venture out the house.

A very late Christmas post

I'm way behind on my blogging.

I only knit one Christmas gift this year, because this one was so much work!My mom had no idea it was coming though and was totally surprised when she opened it.

The details are:
Katherine Hepburn Cardigan by Kathy Zimmerman, published in Lace Style.
Knitpicks Shine Sport in Harbour on 2.75 mm needles.
It took almost 4 months of fairly monogamous knitting and there was a lot of finishing, but it turned out really well.

2008 FO List

I didn't make a fancy picture of them all, but here is a list of my 2008 FO's. Not too shabby if I do say so myself.

- 4 scarves
- 1 shrug
- 2 hats
- 2 vests
- 1 camisole
- 1 cardigan
- 1 pullover
- 4 pairs of socks (adult)
- 1 pair of baby socks
- 1 baby hat
- 1 baby sweater
- 2 stoles
- 1 cowl

Wishing you all a productive 2009.