newer stuff

I've been pretty busy with my crafting over the last couple of months and, I have to admit, it's been fun and really, really rewarding.  I am to the point now where I'm wishing I had more time for it and, furthermore, I'd love to find a way to do it as a side business.  But alas, I'm still pretty slow and I don't know where to start - although I may try.  We'll see.

These are warm, cozy socks knitted on big needles.  I made the first one about a year ago and my goal was to make the match this year (well, err...2010).  I did it.  My friend Jen liked the first one so much that I made them for her.  Of course, they were for like a size 6 feet originally - hence the red toes!

This is a cute hat with a cabled band.  I have been afraid of cables since I started knitting, but I had a pretty basic pattern in one of my magazines - so I thought I'd try it.  The pattern was for a headband and, let's face it, I"m not a headband kind of a girl.  So I made the headband and then knitted up to make the hat.

Mittens!  In that same magazine (you'll note a pattern), they had basic mitten patterns.  I gave it a whirl - love them.  G is enjoying them (or at least enjoying modeling them - no clue where the heck they are now).

This is a modified version of the Burlington hat, which I made for my cousin Laura.  She saw a pic of the original that I made for myself on Facebook and requested her own.  This is so much fun - one of G's friend's moms wants one too - maybe next?

PILLOWS!!!  We got a cheap couch for our finished basement a couple of years ago.  It came with 4 hideously ugly ass pillows - so I set out to cover them.  Two are quilted and two are knitting.  I think I'm going to do the same for the pillows in our family room - they aren't ugly,, but they are nearly 10 years old and looking it.



A friend of mine from high school posted a message on Facebook back in late November, looking for recommendations for an Etsy site where the person could make long-cuffed mittens for a toddler.  I told her I didn't know of a site but that I'd make them for her.  At the time, she was 8+ months pregnant with her 2nd son and, around the time I finished the mittens, he was born - so I made him the hat.  Infant hats are fun (and very gratifying - super quick)!