knitting

  • Advent Calendar Project – Week 8

    (Every week until December 1st we will be making a small Christmas ornament that can be used in our Pocket Advent Calendar. Join us in making all 24 or just pick and choose your favorites.) To fill po...
    Aug 10, 2012 No Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #15 – Drink Like a Queen

    Ok, my crafting schedule is a little full these days between Iron Craft, Project Project Runway, the Granny Square Afghan Sampler Project and the Advent Calendar Project. In any given week I have thre...
    Jul 31, 2012 3 Comments

  • Bag of the Month – Knit Evening Bag

    I don’t know why, but I really had a desire to try making an evening bag using a purse frame. Maybe it’s because I’d never done it before, so it would be a new challenge to me. On to...
    Jul 24, 2012 9 Comments

  • Road to the State Fair – Three Weeks to Go

    Ok, time until my mittens have to be delivered to the MN State Fair is quickly ticking away. To make things worse, I seem to have developed a case of seconditous, you know that knitters’ disease...
    Jul 23, 2012 1 Comment

  • Advent Calendar Project – Week 4

    (Every week until December 1st we will be making a small Christmas ornament that can be used in our Pocket Advent Calendar. Join us in making all 24 or just pick and choose your favorites.) This week&...
    Jul 13, 2012 73 Comments

  • Road to the State Fair – 5 Weeks to Go

    I was traveling over the last week, but did use some of the airport and plane time to work on my flying pig mittens for the MN State Fair. I cannot tell you how many times I have had to tink back bec...
    Jul 10, 2012 3 Comments

  • Road to the State Fair

    Do you have a Life List, a list of things to do before you go? Maggie Mason over at Mighty Girl got me thinking about the idea. I’ve never really sat down and written my list, but I have thought...
    Jul 02, 2012 4 Comments

  • Knit Stripes Pillow Pattern and a Giveaway

    Update: The contest part of this post is over but please enjoy the free knitting pattern. A lot of people think of knitting as only a cold weather activity, they think of wool sweaters, mitten and hat...
    Jun 26, 2012 29 Comments

  • Project: Knit Saguaro Cactus

    People really showed us the love for the knit pin cushion cactus. So I thought I would give you the next in the series, The Saguaro Cactus. This pattern is a little bit more in depth than the last o...
    Jun 18, 2012 1 Comment

  • Variations on a Zig-Zag Theme

    You may remember the Missoni-inspired Zig-Zag Mittens I designed last year. I have to say it is one of my favorite designs that I’ve done so far. Today, I thought I’d share with you some ...
    May 17, 2012 No Comments