The Vortex Shawl

I finally finished my first shawl, it took awhile, mainly due to my knitting ADD. I had gotten this really nice Blue Heron Yarn from my local yarn store.

I had tried to make a sweater with it but I didn't like it and ended up ripping it out. Then I thought of making a shawl but my first attempt ended up being a small lap sized square that couldn't even be passed off as a scarf. So I proceeded to rip it out again. I finally decided to look up a pattern (something I should have done in the first place) and I finally found this gem on ravelry. It is the Vortex Shawl. It was easy and fun to work on. I took it with me everywhere, I didn't have to pay close attention to the pattern since it repeats itself constantly. I eventually ran out of the beautiful blue yarn and had to run to the yarn store to get more. Since they did not have the same color I got a variegated fiber from the same company that had the same blue in it. It is now finished and I am so pleased with it. This was a fun project!!!

Holiday Project Ideas

The holiday season is fast approaching, and as a knitter we must all start our presents early otherwise they will never get done. Here are some tips to help with the holiday season knitting frenzy.

• Have quick projects that are simple and fast to make:



Frill yarn

• Frill scarf  - made from frill novelty yarn
• Arm knits
• Simple Lace Scarves
• Most hats are nice and easy
• if your a fast knitter a blanket
• Start early. I start my gifts in September
• Buy your yarn in bulk
• I only buy special nice yarns for my mom and people allergic to wool
• Make sure to send out presents early. My deadline for projects that need to be sent within the US is Dec15. My deadline for oversees is Dec1. 
• Include a hand-written note with care instructions
• have fun, don't stress too much it takes the fun out of it

Happy Knitting 

Craft Store Day

My family really needs to stay away from craft stores. I had a coupon for 50% off at Michael's. My Haul today included:

Of course Starbucks run for PSL Noms 

For my TOK care of magical creatures Bracelet. 

Grandma has challenged me to make her a purse from this yarn. Challenge Accepted. 

My dad knows me well and found this and then bought it for me. It has a mustache!

I had to have these. They are so cute

So I made them into this after getting home. 

It has been a great day shopping. 

Happy knitting all

Arm Knitting

I was on Pinterest over the weekend when I stumbled upon this post. It caught my eye because it was a bulky yarn Infinity scarf. Those are my favorite, mainly because they take no time at all to make and they still look amazing. Well once I read more into this post I was super excited. Basically you use two balls of super bulky yarn like this:

Any color will do but I choose Sky Blue. This happened mainly because I did not want white since it stains so easy and black was to dark (most of my clothes are black), and my have a lot of pink as well so blue it was.

After you have picked your yarn you get to knit the scarf with your arms as your needles. I am not joking. This is the best thing ever. The tutorial on how to knit with your arms is here.

And here is the finished product:

Happy Knitting !! 

...end of summer update

So much time and so little knitting has been done. I am sad to say. My current hexi-puff count is 16. I want to start doing them one a day. It is a nice way to chill after a long day. Some other projects I have worked on and are now finished are:

Cat hoodie

• my cat hated the sleeves so I removed them
• She was smaller than the cat in the pattern so I had to make edits. If you have any questions on how to make it smaller just ask me I can try to help you. 

Whale Shark iPhone Cozy

• I made this for my mom for her office.
• It makes her phone not vibrate as loud on her desk which is nice for those people in cubicles at work
• I decide to knit based on what I saw instead of following the pattern, mainly because I hate sewing seams this was seam less and the only sewing I did was his tail. 
• His name is Whale-don (think Sheldon only with Whale) 

Projects I want to do:

• I want to make a cabled cowl that I want to design myself
• daily hexi-puffs
• boot cuffs (similar to leg warmers only just for the top of a boot)