Happy Mother's Day!

It's time to show all those mothers out there how appreciative you are. I love my mom (Aww... yes, yes, I know). She's helped me a lot throughout my life. I may not have appreciated her at the time (especially in my teen years), but looking back it's quite extraordinary the things she did for me. I'd dare say going above and beyond the call of duty. I won't go into details, but let's just say in times when I needed her most she didn't fail to be there and even put me ahead of herself. She's pretty awesome! :D

I thought in honour of the day I'd share some patterns. It may be too late to make these for this year (unless you're super fast hehe), but there's always next year. They're still cute too. :3

30 Days of Knitting: Day #3

Do you have any other WIPs?

Yes and no. I have ideas I'm working on, but I need to get some yarn. So... technically it's on hold.



I've been playing Portal 2 and getting really into it, so I'm thinking of doing something related to it. I'm not sure what yet. I did start crocheting a companion cube awhile ago. I might finish it. I got a bit stuck on the corner pieces. It didn't look right. :/



My boyfriend just got himself a HTC Thunderbolt (awesome phone btw! I would be jealous if I didn't have an Incredible S lol), so I told him I would make him a cover for it. :D I made this Creeper (Minecraft) case for mine and was thinking of making him one too. I used acrylic yarn, but I think I'll get some nice cotton yarn for his. Too many fuzzies on mine now. :P

30 Days of Knitting: Day #2

What is on your needles?

I've been experimenting again with colourwork. I'm determined to find a technique I'm comfortable with and can transfer my patterns to. I've tried Fair Isle and Latvian. There was some success, but I had to edit my patterns A LOT to get the effect I wanted. I also had to duplicate stitch more than I would've liked. I had switched to crochet, but what I'm currently working on is an intarsian (is that even a word? fo_O) Horde symbol on a gadget case. I would say phone, but it's a bit wide for mine... it's probably more suited for a Blackberry or even a camera. I haven't finished it mostly because I became a bit discouraged... I didn't use the best yarn (just scraps I had lying around), so of course it's not quite how I would like it. :/ Ah well, one day I'll finish it. :)



I used my phone to take the picture and for some reason it makes the red super glow-y XD Would be cooler if it actually did glow like that! But I assure you it's just a normal (albeit vibrant) red. ^^

30 Days of Knitting - Day #1

I haven't been very inspired lately. I suppose I'm in a bit of a rut. I haven't given up on my adventures in colourwork, but I'm having trouble solving how I can do my patterns in a way that isn't too difficult. I don't expect it to be super easy, but the ways I've tried have either created bad puckering or way too many ends. I know there has got to be an easier way even if it's readjusting the pattern itself. Perhaps I should pick up another project and come back to it when I'm less frustrated. :P

Since I haven't been knitting/crocheting very much lately I haven't had a whole lot to post about. I thought I'd take up a 30 day challenge to keep this blog active. :D First question is: What was your first finished project?

Like a lot of knitters/crocheters I have a ton of UFOs in the back of my closet. Some that are still sitting there I started when I was just starting high school! XD The first project that I finished and was proud to wear around were a pair of knitted fingerless gloves. I actually had made 2 pairs.

I was about 16 years old and I had just rediscovered knitting. My father had given me a huge bag of assorted needles he bought at the Goodwill. I'm talking all sorts. There were plastic, metal, wooden. Big long straight needles, circular needles, small double pointed needles. There were lots of sizes to pick from. It was awesome!



I'm not sure where I found the pattern from. It was from a knitting magazine my mom had got me for Christmas. I want to say it was Knit.1, but I can't be sure. The back issues don't match to the time I knit them. Anyways, I got 2 skeins of some cheap self striping acrylic yarn. One was warm colours (magenta, yellow, orange) and the other more cool (aqua, green, lilac). I started that day and finished one glove. I had to go to a family dinner and I brought along my knitting stuff where I finished the 2nd one there. I loved them a lot because they were just what I needed. I didn't like wearing gloves and usually kept my hands inside my sleeves. These were bright and kept my hands fairly warm through the winter months. I used them for years. I still have a pair stashed away in a winter coat in case I need them.