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Sick weekend = Crafty time!

30 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment

by LuckyXIIICreations in Crafts, crochet, Destashing, Handmade, knitting Tags: craft, hairpin lace, knit bag, knit hat, knit scarf, knitting, Knitting and Crochet, loom, scarf, stash busting, stashbusting, yarn

So I wound up with a cold on Thursday and because my breathing became a pain, I did not go to the gym for a few days. Instead, I stayed home bundled up under the covers and worked on some projects.

I had been planning on making a shawl in hairpin lace, but I was not paying too much attention to what I was doing since I was teaching myself. Instead, I attached all the pieces I had together and made it into a long scarf.

This is a washcloth that I started knitting last year but got distracted by something else and never finished. Now it is all done. It is using Sugar n’ Cream cotton yarn.

I used up two skeins of Caron Simply Soft (Eco) yarn to make this bag. It is good-sized, could hold a pair of shoes and other stuff since it will stretch. I have no idea what I’ll use it for though.

I then made myself a hat to match the scarf I made a couple of months ago and with the remaining yarn I was able to make a skinny scarf. I love this yarn it is so soft! It is Merino 50 by Lang Yarn.

I have a few other projects in progress but that is nothing new here. I’m back to going to the gym since I can breathe a bit better now so my crafting time is down a bit. I am going to work hard on using as much stuff from my stash as possible and only buy things if I need them to finish a current project.

….famous last words? Probably.

Scarf donation

28 Nov 2010 Leave a Comment

by LuckyXIIICreations in Crafts, Handmade, knitting, Spinning Tags: charity, donate, knitting, scarf, scarves

Here are all of the scarves that I made and will be donating to the survival center this week. I was hoping to make more but I kept getting distracted by other things. At least they are better than none!

Knitting, spinning, punch needle

26 Sep 2010 Leave a Comment

by LuckyXIIICreations in Crafts, knitting, Punch needle embroidery, Spinning Tags: drop spindle, embroidery, experiment, handmade, knitting, new, punch needle embroidery, spinning, yarn

Okay, here are the pics.
Finished charity scarf #4

First time trying punch needle embroidery. As you can see, some of it came undone. I think I need to make the loops longer. I’ll have to read about that later. Just the outline so far.

This is the yarn I’ve spun so far on my new drop spindle. I was having problems with it so the yarn is far from perfect. I got very frustrated so I only did one strip of roving so far.

Update

03 Sep 2010 Leave a Comment

by LuckyXIIICreations in ATC, Crafts, knitting, Swaps Tags: 7 Deadly Sins, ATC, blue, charity, knitting, long scarf, scarf, sin, sloth, Swap-Bot

I finished scarf number three on Sunday but am just now posting. This one came out really really long because I went until I finished the skein. Since I know there are people who like long scarves, I’m not worried about someone not liking it.

Also, this is another ATC I did for the 7 Deadly Sins swap over at Swap-Bot. I honestly had a hard time doing this one as I just could not think of anything. After reading and re-reading the description of the sin (Sloth), it says that the goat and the color light blue are associated with it. This is what I came up with. It is also my first hand drawn ATC. I hope my partner likes it.

Knitting: Purl

01 Jan 2010 Leave a Comment

by LuckyXIIICreations in Crafts, knitting Tags: beginner, knitting, practice, purl

I have started learning how to purl and so far it is going good. I started doing it the wrong way at first because I didn’t know you were supposed to alternate when you switched sides, but after going to craft night at the Voo, that is fixed. I will post a picture later of what I have so far, though I’m not making anything specific at the moment.

Knitting right

09 Dec 2009 Leave a Comment

by LuckyXIIICreations in Crafts, knitting Tags: beginner, Crafts, knitting

So after month of not having gone, last night I went to the Voo for craft night. There were lots of crafters there working on differnet things (knitting, making cards, making boxes and bookmakrs for some book thing). I got one of the knitters to show me how to do it the right way because I knew I was doing it wrong. So after a few tries I got the hang of it and now I know how to knit correctly!

After I practing the knit stitch more, I will have someone show me how to do the purl stitch and then I can try out some of the projects I have been eying. I am still going to finish the cloak for my doll and then I’ll practice more and just make squares and stitch them together for a blanket.

Puki room finished

06 Oct 2009 1 Comment

by LuckyXIIICreations in BJD, Crafts, Furniture, knitting Tags: BJD, Crafts, knitting, Nel, puki, puki room

I finally got around to finishing Nels room this weekend. I changed the wallpaper because I did not have any more of the butterfly print and so now it’s flowers. I also knit up the carpet. Now I’m just looking for things to hang on the wall so it doesn’t look so empty.

I also finished up some more clay things but I don’t have a picture of them yet and will post that later.

Knitting project 1

14 Jun 2009 Leave a Comment

by LuckyXIIICreations in knitting Tags: beginner, first project, knitting

I have been teaching myself to knit and so started with something easy; a scarf!

So far I have been doing pretty good at keeping it even. In the beginning I picked up a stitch but have since got it back down to where it should be and kept it like that. When it’s done, it’s going to my mother since she claimed it.