Stitch Whimsy

What an ambitious person I have become LOL! Thanks to my sweet friend Lisette, I have this gorgeous pattern that I started today:

So far, I have messed up like twice, which I hope to fix later. I didn’t realize till I was too far away from it to fix. The other mistakes I am not counting, since I was able to fix them LOL! Good stuff!

I am still trying to figure out what to do with my one lonely skein of yarn. I have an idea from the Red Heart website. It’s the One Ball Shawl, done on smaller needles than I have and with less yarn. It is probably going to end up being just a bit bigger than the pattern, which is fine by me. I might modify it to be a little bigger since the yarn they require is at least 100 yards less than my skein.

It’s been over a year that this blog has sat here with no new content. I am ashamed!!!!

I do have a skein of yarn and some needles in size 8…while all my other stuff is in storage STILL.

I am currently trying to decide what one skein wonder to make. I am contemplating a shrug. I need a yarn needle to do it, though. I have only found one yarn store between here and the Bronx…which is sad. Walmart no longer carries the huge selection it once had. Yarn craft cannot die!

Not blogging yarn again yet. We are still in a huge transition from New Jersey to New York. I will be soon though, I hope, so please don’t forget about me!

I am really loving the feature to Pounce on different stores on Etsy. You have the option to look at stores who have never had a sale or stores that have just added products. Talk about love! I am just having a ball refreshing the page on both counts. It’s great to find new items I may have never seen otherwise. Go check it out for yourself.

A magnificently intricate grapevine with matching earrings! Wow. I was just introduced to this website this morning and found a necklace full of Smoke Topaz & Lt. Colorado Crystals. Gorgeous! It’s 55 dollars, but I think it is well worth the price. I mean, who has ever seen anything like this before?

My brain has been at work trying to come up with bright ideas to make for show clothes when we go places to perform. I have seen some things on tv that make me say “I could do that!”. There was a dress that looked like 4 panels of the same flowery material with strips of a bland color in between. It made for a very interesting, slimming dress. I was thinking I could definitely do that. So, I will be sketching out plans to make clothing so that when I move and get settled again I will have room to stretch my creative muscles and get to work on some artistically pleasing clothing.

There are so many beautifully done crafts on Etsy.com. I usually go through and just ooh and ahhh at the wonders of people’s minds. One such wonder is the Beekeeper’s Daughter Dress. It is a cheap price to pay for the intricacy of the craftmanship. AmourSansAnguish has other pretty lace and frill in her shop, but this one caught my eye today. Bravo.

I adore Lion Brand and their products. I fell for their wool and wool-ease yarns last winter when I was blessed with a number of skeins thanks to my mother. Wool ease is a lovely feeling yarn with slip, squish, and cuddle. It truly is a joy to work with. I made a number of projects out of the grey heather. This is what the company has to say about it:

Lion Brand Yarn-Wool-Ease 3 oz Grey Heather Wool-ease is a 4-ply worsted-weight yarn that is so beloved by knitters and crocheters that it inspired an entire family of yarns. Wool-Ease is appreciated for its versatility and value. It has the feel warmth and softness of wool and the easy care of acrylic. It’s extensive color range makes it easy to design with and perfect for every project from socks to afghans. We will try to match dyelots but dyelots are not guaranteed Care: Machine Wash and Dry

Need I say more? I give this one 5 needles!