Update: September 13, 2011: Finished this hat after dinner on Monday night!
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| Trying my hand at colorwork - combining more than just two colors! |
Showing posts with label Fun Fur. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fun Fur. Show all posts
Saturday, September 10, 2011
New Hats on the Horizon
I'm knitting away once again this weekend. Finished a few hats I'd like to share:
A few of the above hats are now available in my Etsy shop - Handmade Knits by Knitter Mama. Drop on by and check them out.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Holiday shoppers were out this weekend getting their early Christmas shopping done
It was a nice surprise to see the snow coming down yesterday afternoon. It's still coming down right now like I'm used to seeing in my old hometown of Troy, NY. I wonder if my family has gotten any snow yet? If they haven't this will be a first that we got snow here in Washington before them.
But this little snow blip hasn't kept the shoppers home this past weekend. I participated in a Pre-Black Friday Holiday Bazaar, my first in about 20 years, I evolved into knitwear. Hats and scarves are a necessity for this first snow of the season. I began knitting about 4 years ago and have found a community that is growing in popularity among the young and the old, men and women, celebrities and just the average Joe. Knitting is no longer a lost art, it seems to be coming back into fashion [Knitting: not your grandmother's hobby].
The Bazaar opened it's doors at 11:00 a.m. and were there until 6:00 p.m. and had a steady flow of shoppers which many of the vendors were very happy with overall. Had the opportunity to speak with the event coordinator and she has already received requests for participation next year - so much so, she has to find a larger location. I took a couple of pictures of the event seen below.
We had a little of everything for all the shoppers who came through: Discovery Toys, Taylor Made Pantry (tried her pumpkin spice pop - awesome!), Miche Bags, Cookie Lee, Adalynn's Bowtique, Cute as a Bug, Creative Memories, Blue Sky Foundation, AloeforMocha, Mary Kay, Tupperware, Greetings by Moe & Mora, Stella & Dot, The Finest Accessories, Addies Gifts, Soul Purpose, Hero on My Wrist, Xocai Chocolates, and Passion. We had a great time! I'm looking forward to doing this again.
I sold a few items - people loved the Fun Fur hats - they were a big hit! I have several orders for these in several different colors. After I complete my orders from the bazaar, my charity donations, and my family's gifts, I will be taking a much needed break from knitting - give my hands and fingers a break.
But this little snow blip hasn't kept the shoppers home this past weekend. I participated in a Pre-Black Friday Holiday Bazaar, my first in about 20 years, I evolved into knitwear. Hats and scarves are a necessity for this first snow of the season. I began knitting about 4 years ago and have found a community that is growing in popularity among the young and the old, men and women, celebrities and just the average Joe. Knitting is no longer a lost art, it seems to be coming back into fashion [Knitting: not your grandmother's hobby].
The Bazaar opened it's doors at 11:00 a.m. and were there until 6:00 p.m. and had a steady flow of shoppers which many of the vendors were very happy with overall. Had the opportunity to speak with the event coordinator and she has already received requests for participation next year - so much so, she has to find a larger location. I took a couple of pictures of the event seen below.
We had a little of everything for all the shoppers who came through: Discovery Toys, Taylor Made Pantry (tried her pumpkin spice pop - awesome!), Miche Bags, Cookie Lee, Adalynn's Bowtique, Cute as a Bug, Creative Memories, Blue Sky Foundation, AloeforMocha, Mary Kay, Tupperware, Greetings by Moe & Mora, Stella & Dot, The Finest Accessories, Addies Gifts, Soul Purpose, Hero on My Wrist, Xocai Chocolates, and Passion. We had a great time! I'm looking forward to doing this again.
I sold a few items - people loved the Fun Fur hats - they were a big hit! I have several orders for these in several different colors. After I complete my orders from the bazaar, my charity donations, and my family's gifts, I will be taking a much needed break from knitting - give my hands and fingers a break.
Monday, November 8, 2010
What's on my needles, you ask?
What's on my needles - geez I have so many WIP's that I don't even know where to begin. Honestly I guess it would depend on which needles you were looking at because there's a little of this and a little of that and a whole lot of yarn! And this weekend was another knit-a-thon weekend! My goal though was to get as many of my unfinished projects done as possible. There are so many, even I was a little intimidated by how many projects I started and didn't finish. When I started pulling them from my knitting bag I almost decided to pretend they didn't exist and just start something new. But alas, I'm a bit anal when it comes to having something unfinished laying around - so I got to work on getting some needles cleared off.
It began on Thursday evening - sorting through all the projects and checking the stage of development for each one, and figuring out how long each one would take to complete. Luckily I work a flexible schedule at my regular 9-5 job, where I work eight 9 hour days, one 8 hour day and get every other Friday off. And this Friday (November 5th) was one of my off days so I of course what did I do? I knitted until my hands cramped and then I knitted some more. I fell asleep watching the SciFi channel with knitting needles still in my hands on Thursday night which is scarier than anything you would ever see on the SciFi channel - me sleeping upright in front of the t.v. with my hair sticking up all over - not a pretty picture! I'm very glad my son didn't have a camera on hand when he found me the next morning.
Aiden, my son who also had the day off from school, came downstairs at 8:30 Friday morning to find me asleep on the loveseat buried in needles, patterns and yarn - lots and lots of yarn. He says I turned our living room into a knitting/yarn shop with all the yarn, patterns, needles, and did I say yarn? Piled all over the place. When I have a chance I will post a picture of my loveseat and coffee table where I'm surrounded by my work. I love it, but it is very messy and I've tried to organize it many times, but I always end up pulling out yarn, or searching for a paticular pattern and/or needle and it all ends up all over the place again - so now I've given up and leave it strewn all over the floor next to my seat, on the loveseat, on the back of the loveseat and of course all over the cofee table.
As Aiden put it I was a "knitting fool" this weekend. He couldn't believe that I had finished so many projects in only a couple of days. He was very impressed with the end product and he decided to try on several of the items and I got a real kick out of seeing him model them - unfortunately he wouldn't let me take any pictures - he didn't want to see them posted on Facebook (he knows me so well!).
So some of the WIP's I completed this weekend included a pair of socks - one at a time pair that were on dpns that I started 3 months ago (man I'm so glad I now know how to do two socks at the same time - no more one-at-a-time socks on dpns for me!), a drawstring backpack that I started last week, and I worked a little on my NaKniSweMo project that I began last week - I've gotten as far as the armholes on the backside. And after putting in a good effort (good effort being the key words here folks!) on finishing up some unfinished projects (I didn't dare look in the closet upstairs where there is another bag full of unfinished WIP's) I started and finished a few new projects that include a pair of fingerless gloves and a bath set that has a face towel, washcloth, and soap pocket. I like to pair my bathsets with this really great handmade soap and bathsalt that I get from the Pink Sugar Shop, which I discovered at my local Farmer's Market. I've given these as gifts to family and they absolutely love them.
And below you can see some of the finished projects, enjoy!
It began on Thursday evening - sorting through all the projects and checking the stage of development for each one, and figuring out how long each one would take to complete. Luckily I work a flexible schedule at my regular 9-5 job, where I work eight 9 hour days, one 8 hour day and get every other Friday off. And this Friday (November 5th) was one of my off days so I of course what did I do? I knitted until my hands cramped and then I knitted some more. I fell asleep watching the SciFi channel with knitting needles still in my hands on Thursday night which is scarier than anything you would ever see on the SciFi channel - me sleeping upright in front of the t.v. with my hair sticking up all over - not a pretty picture! I'm very glad my son didn't have a camera on hand when he found me the next morning.
Aiden, my son who also had the day off from school, came downstairs at 8:30 Friday morning to find me asleep on the loveseat buried in needles, patterns and yarn - lots and lots of yarn. He says I turned our living room into a knitting/yarn shop with all the yarn, patterns, needles, and did I say yarn? Piled all over the place. When I have a chance I will post a picture of my loveseat and coffee table where I'm surrounded by my work. I love it, but it is very messy and I've tried to organize it many times, but I always end up pulling out yarn, or searching for a paticular pattern and/or needle and it all ends up all over the place again - so now I've given up and leave it strewn all over the floor next to my seat, on the loveseat, on the back of the loveseat and of course all over the cofee table.
As Aiden put it I was a "knitting fool" this weekend. He couldn't believe that I had finished so many projects in only a couple of days. He was very impressed with the end product and he decided to try on several of the items and I got a real kick out of seeing him model them - unfortunately he wouldn't let me take any pictures - he didn't want to see them posted on Facebook (he knows me so well!).
So some of the WIP's I completed this weekend included a pair of socks - one at a time pair that were on dpns that I started 3 months ago (man I'm so glad I now know how to do two socks at the same time - no more one-at-a-time socks on dpns for me!), a drawstring backpack that I started last week, and I worked a little on my NaKniSweMo project that I began last week - I've gotten as far as the armholes on the backside. And after putting in a good effort (good effort being the key words here folks!) on finishing up some unfinished projects (I didn't dare look in the closet upstairs where there is another bag full of unfinished WIP's) I started and finished a few new projects that include a pair of fingerless gloves and a bath set that has a face towel, washcloth, and soap pocket. I like to pair my bathsets with this really great handmade soap and bathsalt that I get from the Pink Sugar Shop, which I discovered at my local Farmer's Market. I've given these as gifts to family and they absolutely love them.
And below you can see some of the finished projects, enjoy!
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| Personal Bath Set - made with 100% mercerized cotton by Saucy paired with handmade apricot scented soap & mango madness scented bathsalt |
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| Front view of drawstring backpack made with Lion Cotton in Seaspray. You can find the pattern at: Super Summer Backpack pattern #80401AD |
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| Side view |
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| Back view |
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| Fingerless gloves made from Lion Brand Jiffy in Fisherman & Fun Fur in Ivory |
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
If I didn't have my knitting to keep me sane...
I saw this t-shirt that said, I Knit So I Don't Kill People and I thought... that is so me! Have you ever felt that if you didn't have a hobby you love that allows you to get away from the craziness around you that you would go on a killing spree? Well maybe not exactly that far, but there are times when I feel like the people around me are so annoying that I just want to smack them right up side the head! Ugh - particularly the ones who seem to be so helpless when standing in front of the copier machine and you have a twenty page document you have to have ready for the boss in like five minutes and the person in front of you can't figure out how to work the damn machine! Shouldn't that be a requirement of a person before they are hired? Know how to use standard office equipment, i.e.: copier, fax, computer, printer? Hmm...just a thought.
Well thank goodness for my knitting, it's allows me time to de-stress at the end of the day after dealing with the daily frustrations of stupid people on the job, raising an oftentimes annoying teenager, really bad drivers in Washington, and everything and anything in between. Have you ever felt that way? If I didn't knit, I think I'd probably go stark raving mad sometimes - because people can be so annoying at times and other times even more annoying.
Patterns don't talk back, or cut you off in traffic, or make you do a letter over five times before it's perfect! I'v found that knitting can bring you a lot of joy and when you finish that handmade creation and see your friend or family member sporting the end product you can't help but smile and think life isn't so bad after all.
And since life can be overwhelming at times for me to keep my sanity I pick up my needles [no not to stab that annoying person in the check-out line who can't find the right card to use to pay for a lousy pack of gum and a gallon of milk] and block out the stupidity around me and bask in my world of colors, textures, styles, patterns, and designs.
And with that I just finished another shrug last night - this one was a little longer in the making because I used a less bulky yarn and smaller needle [Berroco Comfort Chunky 50% super fine nylon & 50% superfine acrylic in Beet Root, size 9 needle]. It took a little longer but I think the end result speaks for itself. What do you think?
I also completed the Fun Fur & Jiffy scarf and hat. All the ladies at work loved it, maybe you will too!
Well thank goodness for my knitting, it's allows me time to de-stress at the end of the day after dealing with the daily frustrations of stupid people on the job, raising an oftentimes annoying teenager, really bad drivers in Washington, and everything and anything in between. Have you ever felt that way? If I didn't knit, I think I'd probably go stark raving mad sometimes - because people can be so annoying at times and other times even more annoying.
Patterns don't talk back, or cut you off in traffic, or make you do a letter over five times before it's perfect! I'v found that knitting can bring you a lot of joy and when you finish that handmade creation and see your friend or family member sporting the end product you can't help but smile and think life isn't so bad after all.
And since life can be overwhelming at times for me to keep my sanity I pick up my needles [no not to stab that annoying person in the check-out line who can't find the right card to use to pay for a lousy pack of gum and a gallon of milk] and block out the stupidity around me and bask in my world of colors, textures, styles, patterns, and designs.
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| Ladies small - machine washable-gentle cycle & dry-low heat |
I also completed the Fun Fur & Jiffy scarf and hat. All the ladies at work loved it, maybe you will too!
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| Me modeling hat and scarf I'm all set for the holidays! |
Monday, November 1, 2010
Weekend Knit-A-Thon
My needles were flying this weekend. I'm getting ready for the Pre-Black Friday Holiday Bazaar in two weeks on Saturday, November 20th - from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Kent Memorial Park Bldg [850 N Central Avenue; Kent, WA] and I'm working frantically to get as many projects done as possible to have on display at my booth; because of course I agreed to participate before really thinking through the time I would need to prepare for the event.
So I went into overdrive this weekend and practically knitted non-stop from Friday to Sunday. I worked on two scarves - completed one [using Lion Jiffy in Fisherman & Fun Fur in Ivory], still working on a green and black striped one (using this really soft yarn: Beautiful by Sensations in mint green and black - working with this yarn has been a joy because the softness felt great against my fingers as I worked), I also made a matching beanie hat to go with the Jiffy & Fun Fur scarf (I will have pics up soon - still searching for a model).
I also started a mesh drawstring backpack as well. I have one side done and will probably have the other side done tonight and then it's all about assembly. Can you say cramped and tired fingers. I took a break on Saturday to watch my son play basketball and I spent most of the game massaging my fingers and hands! I'm not complaining though - I'm having a lot of fun with my projects and hopefully the customers at the bazaar will enjoy them too.
Another reason why I'm not complaining because after a long hard week at 'the day job' going home and knitting - creating such nice handmade items is very relaxing for me and I can watch t.v. while I work - bonus right?! So during a Halloween Law & Order SVU marathon on Sunday I was able to get a large portion of my green and black striped scarf done, and when I got bored with that I decided to try my hand at making a backpack [using Lion Cotton in Seaspray]. Variety is what it's all about ya know and as soon as I'm done I will post a picture of all the items I described above.
Well the day job is calling so I will leave you with a photo of a light blue shrug I finished last week made with chunky yarn that was a breeze to complete using size 15 needles!
So I went into overdrive this weekend and practically knitted non-stop from Friday to Sunday. I worked on two scarves - completed one [using Lion Jiffy in Fisherman & Fun Fur in Ivory], still working on a green and black striped one (using this really soft yarn: Beautiful by Sensations in mint green and black - working with this yarn has been a joy because the softness felt great against my fingers as I worked), I also made a matching beanie hat to go with the Jiffy & Fun Fur scarf (I will have pics up soon - still searching for a model).
I also started a mesh drawstring backpack as well. I have one side done and will probably have the other side done tonight and then it's all about assembly. Can you say cramped and tired fingers. I took a break on Saturday to watch my son play basketball and I spent most of the game massaging my fingers and hands! I'm not complaining though - I'm having a lot of fun with my projects and hopefully the customers at the bazaar will enjoy them too.
Another reason why I'm not complaining because after a long hard week at 'the day job' going home and knitting - creating such nice handmade items is very relaxing for me and I can watch t.v. while I work - bonus right?! So during a Halloween Law & Order SVU marathon on Sunday I was able to get a large portion of my green and black striped scarf done, and when I got bored with that I decided to try my hand at making a backpack [using Lion Cotton in Seaspray]. Variety is what it's all about ya know and as soon as I'm done I will post a picture of all the items I described above.
Well the day job is calling so I will leave you with a photo of a light blue shrug I finished last week made with chunky yarn that was a breeze to complete using size 15 needles!
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| Light Blue Shrug with three quarter length sleeves model: my friend Sandy |
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