projects started. projects completed. projects eaten?

was working on a secret project. a holiday present for friends. finished in time, of course. my very own stitched version of home sweet home. i'm pretty darn please with the way it came out. there were some moments that i wasn't sure if i would like it, especially the letters. in the end it gets a thumbs up. the MFs seem to like it so that's nice.

pretty amazing. i think i'll make some more for other friends with homes... hmm. if i get started now everything will definitely be done by the holidays... maybe even birthdays or anniversaries? okay, note to self get on that! (ha) 

as ya know i love making the quiches. i've started using sweet potatoes with the broccoli...the first time the sweet p's were on the bottom, which is a good idea. and some on the top, which wasn't such a good idea. 

 when i made it the second time, i did a longer pre-cook with the sweet p's. then put more broccoli on the bottom...added asiago cheese and viola, a better quiche!

and mc61 loves the bacon so this time he got a bacon BACON and cream cheese quiche. holy smokes, doesn't that look gouda!?

do you see that bacon top? yeah. there was so much bacon in this mother, it made up for the fact that the crust got well, crusty.


for starts, i'm working on simple knitted squares, which as mentioned before will be part of a baby blanket. i'm still learning but i wanted to do more than garter stitches or stockinette... so here are my broken slip stitch and moss stitch. the best part about the moss stitch is that i screwed up my row counting and made a big mistake. twice. however, it looks like it's supposed to be that way. funny how that works out!

i completed this. remember my aquarella? well here she is.. k2, p2. basic ribbing. some lucky friend will be receiving this in the mail so surprise, surprise.

another year wiser...

halloween brings another birthday for me...victorian weekend with the unicornist and c39 was so much fun. we had breakfast saturday and then headed out to a pumpkin patch on sauvie island. it was completely worth the trip just to watch the unicornist squash every pumpkin that looked like it was starting to decay... and even though we didn't really tackle the pumpkin treats we wanted, somehow margaritas, dominoes and cribbage got in the way, at least for me! good thing some people were better at staying on task.. we did manage to chop up one and roast seeds. mc61 made us smack n' cheese in the new cooking ware from the mf's..

 new yarns and embroidery floss

means i'm ready for a big winter snow storm, which leaves me stuck at home to be creative!! 

i also got a gift certificate for at the local yarn shop, so i can stock up with even more yarn. 

i really need more time in my day for all the projects i want to do.

 

as usual the kbomb found interesting vintage looking gift wrap.. caged birdies and pistols. wow! and old school treasures. 

 remember these???

 

i got flowers.. a wonderful cookbook, socks, an air plant and a cool gardening book... oh my goodness a million good wishes.. what else?















AND a new tattoo...we got a little tip that moment of truth was having halloween tattoos for thirty one dollars. i've never had a tattoo done on my actual birthday so we decided to check it out. not to mention the mc61 and i don't have a local tattoo artist so it would also be research. thanks jacob for doing an awesome job!!! i love my black kitty cat!

what to do when ole man winter comes knocking at your door....

after getting inspired by many knitting books, break out those needles and POP ole man winter's efforts to ruin your day...

after a recent trip to the library here's what inspires me. i may not actually make any of these BUT i'm going to try... even if that means i only show the pattern to a good friend and talk about wanting to knit this or that.

oh my this is a pretty rad lace sampler shurg... some of the stitches included in this pattern are simple eyelet stitch, staggered seeded eyelet, filet-ribbed lace, double dropped stitch and monster bobble. 

wtf? i think i know what the double dropped stitch is however, the monster bobble has me very intrigued.

i think more along my skill set would be what i really want to make: arm warmers!

i think i need some help maneuvering the cable portion. that's okay, i have like five other arm warmer patterns to attempt. 



oh my gawd so cute! i want a fuzzy computer cover!

holy crap a felted backgammon board with yarn buttons!! i want, i want! and some purdy pillahs..sheez, this book has all sorts of good stuff... but there was one thing that just kinda made my toes curl..

 this image creep-ed me out. big time!