New Store!

Wow, I'm so excited! I just found out craftsy.com will now be selling patterns, so I'll be loading up some of a my patterns here! I think I'll try to have exclusive patterns for this store and see what happens. Whaddya think? Should I do exclusives or should I just keep them all up? I'd really like to know.

Double purchase

Don't you just hate it when you discover you've purchased a book you ALREADY OWN? I did this with "Knit With Beads Stunning Shawls & Wraps". I found out I already bought the book! Now I have 2! Really quite irritating, cuz I could have gotten a book I needed! Oh well. Could be worse, I suppose.

A little something something for me!

This Lacy Baktus is my Valentine's Day gift to me! Of course, I had to change it up! LOL So I'm knitting it in worsted cotton and will be applying (after completion) a lovely beaded edge. I think I'm going to make myself another one for Easter, but more drastically changed. Since Easter is very early this year, I think I'll need it!

Snow Day

Yes, it snowed like the dickens today. Got quite a few inches of the fluff. I did get some work done on the hat I'm making for my niece. I am using a pattern, but I've already changed it, and probably will do a few more changes. It does have a knitted on i-cord edge on both sides, which I thought was very clever. I will definitely keep this in mind for an upcoming pattern. When I finish Sarah's hat, with all it's tweaks and changes, I will post a pic. I will say, I intend on adding some crystals to it. Should be quite the sparkler.

The Vogue book review

OK, so I started at the beginning of Vogue Knitting Knitopedia The Ultimate A to Z for Knitters not knowing what to expect. This book was published in 2011. It is broken down alphabetically (obviously) and has a "definition" for each knit-related word. There is some good information in this book, but dragging through the rest of the pieces of data, i.e. Offinger Management Company, does get rather extraneous. The instructional information is precise and to the point. There are usually pictures to accompany said instructions. However, a lot of it is stuff I really don't ever intend on needing or using. For the listed price on the inside of the cover $34.95 US, I wouldn't plunk it down. Sorry Vogue Knitting, I truly love your other stitionary series, but this one Not so much.

Review of book from Library

I *finally* got "Vogue Knitting Knitopedia the Ultimate A to Z for Knitters" from the library. I've been waiting for ever, it seems. I just got it, so it'll take a bit of time to look through it, I hope. Unless it's a dud. Then, it will be a quick scan.

My replace for metal needles with concrete cords

I tweeted yesterday about a circular needle (size 10 1/2) that had a stiff and totally inflexible cable. Well, I dumped it (why should I keep something I detest?) Here is what I am using instead, in a size down (my choice).

These are my wonderful KnitPicks interchangable needles. Why I tried that piece of crud first, I have no idea.

I also wanted to show my new favorite book:

Great information, with lots and lots of pictures. I got it for a steal at Amazon.com.

testing from Kindle Fire

This is only a test.

Falling down on the job

Boy, I'm terribly sorry about falling down in keeping up with posting. (That sounds weird, doesn't it?)  Currently, I'm designing (or trying to design) some stitch markers that go with my patterns.  Not quite as easy as I thought it would be.  But, coming along.  Of course they will have some bling on them. I'll post a quick pic later.