Tardis Socks

Made..Of...WIN.

Just sayin'. :)

(Thank you for the link, Jerm!)

Down to the Knitty Gritty...

I remember first catching Vickie Howell on PBS during one of my Christmas trips to Minnesota. My friend Shanna liked to catch her show whenever she could (don't remember how long ago it was...) I thought she was really cool.

A few months ago I became super excited when I discovered she had a blog on blogspot. Once I get around to updating the sidebar links, you'll definitely see a link to her blog. I am a little behind in reading (I have way to many feeds in my reader. 0-:)), but here are a few patterns that caught my eye over the last week:

Hizknits Felted Messenger Bag

Cat Bordhi's Mobius Scarf (my coworker Stephanie is currently working on a Mobius scarf-she says it's a lot of fun!)

Erika Knight's Woolen Woven Rug

Betsey McCall's Family Affair Quilt

Debbie Brisson's Turtleneck Tissue Cozy (this is just soooo cute!!!)

Not that I need any more projects on my plate, but I would love to give these a try sometime! :)

picture updates

In an effort to keep this blog more active, I thought I would post some pictures of projects I have been working on. :-D


Although the other two projects I will feature in this post are still UFOs, this is an actual finished project!! Every January Perseph's husband goes to the CWRU Film Society's Scifi Marathon. Usually it's right after the students return from winter break, around MLK Day. That weekend, Perseph and I have a girls weekend, and usually have a marathon of our own. :) Last year it was Family Guy, and I wanted to knit while watching-but it had to be something simple, as I didn't want to loose my place at the slightest distraction. Hence, this scarf was born. Knitted with Lion Brand Homespun yarn on size 13 needles. I used two colors knitted together: #85 Fuchsia & #386 Grape, in a straight garter stitch. This yarn was actually given to me by a friend who had trouble working with Homespun yarn (it tends to fray). I love pulling yarn out of my stash and finding a use for it! Dunno what I'll make next January-maybe I'll get adventurous, or maybe I'll just play it safe. ;)

Speaking of patterns that need to be done with minimal distractions, I know I've talked about it, but never have posted any pics. Well, here is proof that I really am working on a baby blanket!


Although Bella is getting big, I am determined to finish this blanket for her-even if it's just given as an heirloom, she will eventually get this!! This pattern tends to give me a hard time because I can be easily distracted, then loose count-I need to find a nice quite afternoon so I can work on it some more. Here is a little more detail:


Isn't it pretty? Even though I'm not a Vikings fan, her folks are, and I'm sure she's becoming one. (btw, the pattern just happened to call for the yellow and purple-or rather, Lemonade and Grape. ;)) The pattern is one I found in a Creative Knitting magazine, and is being knitted on a size 6 circular needle.

I do crochet!! I've had a couple of successful crochet projects (purses for my nieces). I don't remember how I found this-it was featured on one of my geeky lists. A crocheted Dalek!!!! The creator was on LiveJournal, and after she finished making one of her own, graciously shared the pattern with the rest of us crafty scifi geeks. :) I don't know why I have so much trouble with crochet, but I do. Here's the current status of my Dalek:


Kinda looks like a PacMan Ghost with a funny nose. ;)

I haven't completely abandoned it-I hope to one day create an army that can roam about a fuzzy Skaro. ;)

A finished project! (Steampunk spats)

I finished a project! I decided I wanted to make up a steampunk'd theme costume for Halloween this year. Unfortunately, thanks to my thick calves, it's really hard to find boots that go beyond the ankles.

I was browsing the web, looking for alternatives, when I came across a pattern for Steampunk Spatterdashes (check out the pattern here) Although the pattern calls for Moda Dea Bamboo Wool, I used Red Heart SuperSaver yarn, and it seemed to work out pretty well:




Aren't the buttons awesome?!? I found them at JoAnns. :)

Love the button straps with the seed stitch pattern!

They might be a little longer than I would like (it stretches quite a bit when I put them on), but I figure I can make a new shorter pair for Marcon this year, depending on how these work out. I can't wait to try these out at the Halloween party tomorrow!

In other knitting news, I joined Ravelry earlier this week. At first it was just so I could download a cool Tardis amigurumi pattern that was featured on Craftzine recently. But then I discovered it had alot of cool features-so I started to get more involved, adding projects (a grand total of 3 so far-but I'm working on it!), finding friends, looking at all the cool free patterns they have. It's an awesome site-I don't know why I didn't join it before! ;) If you're on, look me up-I can be found as romana1977. :)

New Template

Hmmm...the thing about new strategies is that you have to actually have to have time to do what you wanted to do!! ;)

Nine months-a new record for me! At least I'm finally getting around to switching to a new template-Minima was nice and clean, but it was rather boring. ;) I switched this blog to custom designs, which will allow me to add elements to the template. I created a blog for the Italian Band which I used the custom design option, and I rather like it. I still have to sort out the section for our current projects (it's a little messy-and the colors I used with some of the fonts clashes with the current background.) I will clean that up a bit, but at least for now it's still on the blog. ;)

Oh! And look! You can subscribe to the blog now! (or follow it with Google Friend Connect).

That's all for now. I'm planning on posting some pics of projects I've worked on over the past year. I've also started a new project-well, rather, I did a cast on-but the yarn is difficult (at least for me), so I haven't been able to knit a row after the cast on without ripping it all out. (whee!) ;)

To a new year!

Well, it's January 2010!!! Guess what-I actually completed a project!

Unfortunately, it wasn't one of the many I had started prior to 2010.

Perseph and I had our annual girls weekend last weekend. Our marathon this year was Family Guy OMG, it was the perfect marathon for both of us-it's the one show we both can watch over and over and not get tired of. ;)

Anyhoo, during our marathon, I started a scarf Friday night, which I finished up during the AFC Jets/Chargers playoff game. My friend Kim had some yarn her mother gave her-Lion Brand's Homespun. Kim and her mom really don't like using it because it frays too much. I love it-knit with two strands and it knits up to some soft and warm hats and scarves. I usually don't have a problem with the yarn-but I tend to use size 13 (or larger) needles when I knit with Homespun. Since I wasn't sure how much had been used, I decided to make a scarf. It turned out a little shorter than I would have liked, but it's not too bad.

Now I must take a picture so I can prove to you that I did! ;)

Once again, I have on my resolutions list to give this blog's template a makeover-lets see if it happens this year! lol