Knitting WIPs

I’m putting this picture up only because I promised a picture, but it’s so craptacular I think the world would be better off without this picture in it.

On the left is a scarf I am making for my best friend, on the right is the good ole cabled scarf I am making for my partner.

Crafts Supplies Inventory

I really have no reason why I should not be crafting constantly. I have tons of supplies! You saw the fabric in the pic from a couple of days ago. Off the top of my head, here are all the crafts I could be working on:

Knitting: I have the knitpicks needles! and tons of yarn! and free patterns! Not to mention, I just bought the Mason Dixon knitting book, and the Vogue Knitting book is always useful

Crochet: this is my number one crafty skill, yet I haven’ t picked up in a hook in I don’t know how long. Again, I have hooks in all sizes, yarn, and I even have steel hooks and thread if I had a sudden urge to make some snowflakes. I just bought The Happy Hooker, and I have about three other crochet books, so again, no reason not to be crocheting!

Papercrafts: I have a scalpel, cutting mat, decorative-edge scissors, handmade paper, mat board, gluesticks, a color printer/copier, colored pencils, watercolor paints and even doublesided foam tape (that I got from the east bay reuse place yay for reusing!) I just ordered a book (I somehow found myself signing up for a craft book club, I’m so weak when it comes to books, and when it comes to craft supplies, so there is a multiplicative effect there and I am unable to resist craft books) on quick and easy cardmaking, and I always have my favorite bookmaking book to get ideas from as well. I even have a 2 year old UFO that really, really, I need to finish because it’s going to be so cool.

Other crafts: I have shrinky dink paper in all formats – dark, light, inkjet printer, etc. I have make-your-own-snowglobes stuff. I have all the stuff to make magnets.

You see? there is no reason for me to instead of crafting, spend hours surfing the internet looking for more crafts to do! I have plenty at my fingertips!

the good news: I’ve made more progress on the best friend’s scarf. my partner and I have been hanging out constantly though, so I haven’t been able to work on his.

and I’m sorry, I know I promised a picture… next time, really! I put links to sites with pictures, can I get partial credit for that?

You can’t tell, but I am working on things

I am too busy lazy to take a picture, but I really am working on things. Specifically:

this scarf for my partner but in a lovely soft grey

and a knitted scarf of my own “design” for my best friend H. it’s too simple to call it a design, but I think it’s turning out great. except I missed a stitch and didn’t know how to fix it, so now it’s kind of messed up. as my partner said, “it looks like it got caught in the crossfire and had a hole shot through it”. But I am certain H will like it. I’ve made a huge list of things I need to make for “giftmas” and I’m starting to panic about having them all done in time.

I just bought this yarn on Friday. It’s so beautiful, soft and lovely. Cost a fortune, but it’s for a dear relative, and she’s worth it. I think she’ll love it. Now I just need to find a scarf pattern for it. I have this weird notion that I should design my own pattern, and it will be more special that way. Of course, I’ve only been knitting a few months, so that’s a pretty ambitious goal.

I promise I will have pictures of WIPs in the next post! Just so I can mock my own feeble progress towards christmas…

I’m going to get back to blogging!

I’ve just been soooo busy at work. well the good news is today I organized my craft space. I love to organize. being organized makes me all happy inside. here’s a picture:

On the bookcase in the colored boxes are my works-in-progress (actually, they aren’t in there yet, they are still in plastic bags, but they will be there!) and on the left in the closet is fabric, in the drawers are, top to bottom: embroidery supplies, papercrafts supplies, other craft supplies. Not visible, on the left side of the closet, is another hanging sweater thing with yarn, and a very small three drawer thing with tools and small supplies, e.g. my scalpel for cutting paper, and beads.

Now I’m ready to do some craftin’!