One Project Down, Three to Go!

I had started four knitting projects at once... Not such a great idea! But there was one project I had to get done right away (a baby sweater for my... great cousin? Or great niece? [My cousin's newborn daughter]) so i worked really hard on that until I finished it! But... I forgot to take a pic before I sent it... :( Sorry...

Well I am also working on a sweater (it's an easy pattern that I started like a year ago but am trying to finish this fall),

some thigh-high leg warmers (which I am going to try to also finish this fall),

and some socks (which I barely started and will put on hold until some other projects are done).

Also, I want to try to knit a sweater (raglan style) without a pattern next! If it goes well, I will probably post a pattern. Also, I will try to come up with more patterns and post them! :)

And I am also thinking about possibly maybe someday starting a store online where I can sell stuff I knit and crochet. Well we'll see what happens with all that!

Oops! Haven't been on here in forever!

Wow! I haven't posted on here in forever! And I was trying to post every week! I suck at this... ;) Sorry! I have been soooo busy with school and all that I haven't even had time to think of any projects... But now school is over and I might think of something in the future. I will probably start out with simple things like skirts and the such but who know what could happen in this crazy mind of mine? :)

Well, I learned to quilt a couple months ago from someone who was staying in our rental guest house. I made up a little pattern and I found that I have enough random fabrics to do it! I bought a rotary cutter and mat because that thing makes it soooo much easier to cut straight lines! So now it just needs to come in the mail and I will start cutting and sewing! All I will need to buy is batting for the center. It's the first time I've done something like this, but I think it will work out ok.

Other than that it's just been school, school, school (oh and a bit of my sweater). I am sooo happy it's summer! :D I will have more time for sewing, knitting, crocheting, and cooking!

Speaking of cooking, sometime this coming week I am going to attempt making gnocchi! I love gnocchi and they sound so fun to make. Apparently all you need is potatoes, eggs, flour, and maybe one or two other small things. Very simple. I will try to remember to post and tell you how it went!

Morgan

It's Been a While

Wow! It's been a long time since I've written on here! I kept thinking of it and telling myself to do it right after school, but I forgot over and over again... Well, here it finally is! :)



So I've started crocheting a baby blanket for some friends whose baby is due in a week!!! It's so exciting! I got the pattern from Lion Brand (like I do with all of my patterns). The yarn it said to use (Nature's Choice Organic Cotton) was like $7 a skein and would have cost me like $70! So I got a much cheaper ($3 a skein) yarn (Vanna's Choice Baby by Lion Brand) in green, white, and blue. I don't know if it's going to be a boy or girl, so I hope that it'll be ok for both genders! :)

My sweater is taking a long time... I've been working on the back for months! I never remember to work on it (I'm such a procrastinator) and when I do, it's only one or two rows... I will try to work on it more and maybe finish it by winter this year! :)

Speaking of procrastination, I've stopped working on my skirt... I keep telling myself to work on it, but either I forget or the t.v. or computer distracts me... sigh... I will try to finish it by the end of this week! I know I can if I make myself do it! So anyone who reads this, hold me to that! Remind me sometime in the week so I don't forget! :D

And speaking of sewing, I wonder if I should try to sew a southern belle dress for my homeschool group's spring formal... I've been looking at dresses and they are all so expensive (although I don't know how much cheaper this would be...) and I don't know if the cheaper ones on ebay would fit... maybe I can rent a costume somewhere...

I keep wanting to make a knitting/crocheting video to post on youtube or something, but I never get around to it... haha I'm such a procrastinator...

I will try to keep posting stuff at least once a week! :)