Christmas Presents: Cabled Fingerless Gloves

Right around Thanksgiving, my sister saw a picture of the green gloves I had just finished a couple of weeks before. She had mentioned that she REALLY liked them and that she wanted a pair in gray. So I took that bit of information and got to work.

I had one finished and one almost finished by the time Christmas came. So I wrapped the one and promised her I would finish the pair before the night was over.

I was able to finish them and give them to her completed!!

Here are some black and white photos!! 

There you have it, another present that I was able to make for a Christmas present!! (Sorry I am alittle behind on posts, hopefully I will get all caught up soon!!)

~Rebecca

Christmas Presents

This Christmas a Co-Worker and I decided to exchange gifts. If you knew her, you would find out that she loves bright colors and accessories. So I decided a hat would be fun to make. I used the same pattern as the one I made for my sister for her birthday a while back. 

I love this yarn because it shows the texture of the lace pattern so well!!

I just loved how it turned out!! And she loved it too!!

And this is how I wrapped it, making a box out of 12x12 paper.

Well there is one project I was working on during the month of December. And I have a few more to share... So stay tuned.

~Rebecca

Easy Yarn Ornaments

It has been a while since I have posted.... What can I say. But I have a few posts to make... so don't lose all hope in me!! :) Well this project I did about a month ago. And it was very fun and easy to do.

I started with these foam balls

Then I pined a piece of yarn for the hanger. (sorry it is a blurry picture)

Then spraying a little of this in the out side, I wrapped and wrapped yarn around them to make....

These!! Cute Huh??

I made 4 of each color.

Well there you have it a new set of Christmas ornaments!! I got this idea from seeing them in stores to buy ready made. But I thought it would be WAY to easy to make, with the color's that I would like.

So there you have it, a craft for the Christmas season!!

RebeccA.

Cabled Finger~Free Gloves

I have finally made something with CABLES.... I thought they were going to be so hard, and that is why I never tried it before now. But...

I tried it and it was....

SO easy!!

And the best part is it LOOKS hard but it is only a matter of switching stitches.

Love this photo!! :)

If you are a knitter and haven't tried cables, I would encourage yo to do so!! It is fun, easy and makes any project look complicated. As you can see I had fun taking pictures with my new fingerless gloves. They will keep my hands nice and warm this fall and winter season!! :) ~RebeccA.

KnitPicks Yarn Sale!!

So about two weeks ago, I got an email from KnitPicks saying they were having a warehouse sale. So see that I had to work that day, at 10:45 and it opened at 10am I was really pushing it for trying to go.... But I went any ways. When I got there I had already wished that I had arrived about a half an hour before I did. When I got to the door to go in it was already 10:20... meaning to make it to work on time I had to leave in about 10 min. Well that didn't work. There were boxes and boxes of yarn, and fabric (from there sister shop Connecting Treads) When I looked at the time it was 10:30... panicking I grabbed, and looked and found this....

As soon as I walked in and looked around I had wished I had a plan for projects and yarn to look for, but seeing that I didn't I looked for what I thought I could use.


This is a feather weight yarn, great for lace... never used it before and thought it was a great time to try.

 

This is called Crayon yarn, I made a scarf out of this for some friends and thought it would be nice to make another one!!



This is great sock yarn!!

 

And this is called Comfy Sport yarn... not so sure what I am going to do with this but it is so SOFT!!



There great deal was $12.90 per lb. for yarn and $2.80 for fabric!! Great deals!! When I stepped into line to get it weighted and pay.... it was 10:45...the time I had to be at work. So I called work to let them know that I would be late. I finally got out the door around 10:50 and headed to work. Though I was late, it was worth the trip to get some great deals. And hopefully next year (if they do it again... really hoping so) I will be able to go with a list and some more time!! :) You will have to wait and see what I use all this for... ~RebeccA.