I stenciled a t-shirt for hubby tonight. This was inspired by a shirt that we seen online, and he thought it was pretty awesome, so I decided to surprise him by making him one.
Well, I started these a couple days ago, and have been working on them on and off. This is the first time I've used this particular pattern, so it is a test run, which explains the yarn choice, however, I am quite fond of this particular colorway. I am also planning on a hat and booties to match.
Project Details:
Yarn: I Love This Yarn Stripes
Colorway: Agean Stripes
Hook: I9
Ravelry Link
Well, I have decided that for New Years this year, I will start on my "50 projects for 2010." I will be posting them as I go, I have a couple of things in mind, and some even in progress already that I know won't be finished in the next couple of days, so I'm going to go ahead and start my list now, and post pictures of every project once completed. :) These aren't really in any order, as that darn John Deere blanket is going to take me WAY longr to finish than say the recipe cards that I've already started on, just kind of a to-do list at this point :)
1. Longies for baby A
2. John Deere blanket for M
3. Altered journal for Hubby
4. Recipe cards and box
5. Projects from the book "Tasty Crochet"
6. NB and Small Dipes
7. Hat that matches Baby A's loniges
8. Booties that match Baby A's longies
9. Market bags
10. Dinosaur for M
11. Keep a craft journal with all of these projects in it, including the patterns for knitting/crochet patterns and also photos of finished project
12. learn bookbinding and use it to make the journal mentioned above.
13. "thats how i roll" tractor stenciled shirt for M
14. Etched glass something... just want to try it
15. bullet shell jewelry.
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the sweater in the last past? something went terribly wrong. frogged. i don't know if i'll start it again or not now.
i have a pink baby blanket that i'm working on and one for another friend of mine that both need to be finished, so i think i'll concentrate on those for now.
i'm working again. i didn't realize how much sleep i was actually enjoying not having to get up early and all. now i feel sleep deprived for the first 4 hours or so that i'm up. ugh.
i haven't been knitting or crocheting much lately. my hands hurt from work to tell the truth. i have done some digital scrapbooking though. i have mr. m's album that i'm working on and one from the wedding. i'm hoping to have enough pages done in the next couple weeks to get them printed and put in the albums.
i really, really need to make it a point to update my blog more often, but lately the entries would all be the same. "today was a long day, i'm tired, going to bed." lol.
So, this is the sweater that I was working on. I just frogged it, rewrote the pattern to include larger sizes (which btw, that is a "large" in the original pattern, and it says it only has a 34" bust) so I reworked the pattern by adding additional cast on stitches and more rows. according to their sizing, the one I am now knitting would be considered and XXL. for those of you who know me, i wear a size medium. *rolling eyes here* but, since it is worked with US17 needles, it is going quite fast. These are my Addi Natura needles that I love.
And, for your viewing pleasure, Mr M modeling his new sunglasses. Aww, what a ham. I can't believe he will be 2 in less than three months! time flies.
I was thrifty today! Ok, so I'm super excited about it, even though it is quite small.
I bought a Needlemaster set today. They retail for 69.99 usually. Guess how much I paid for mine? $16 and some change including tax. Oh yeah! I guess that makes up for the $25 Addi Natura needle I bought yesterday.
I'm working on a sweater. I'll post pictures of my progress soon.
A - Age: 21
B - Bed size: Full
C - Chore you hate: laundry - because not only do you have to wash it, you have to fold it and put it away again.
D - Dad's Name: George
E - Essential start your day item: cigarette (i'm know, i'm a horrible, dirty smoker)
F - Favorite actor(s): Johnny Depp
G - Gold or Silver: Silver
H - Height: 5'8"
I - Instruments you play(ed): i played trombone briefly in 5th grade, and then cello, and my mom taught me to play piano as well
J - Job title: mommy <3
K - Kid(s): Mr. M
L - Living arrangements: me, the hubby and the baby
M - Mom's name: Fran
N - Nicknames: nothing real interesting
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: giving birth
P - Pet Peeve: people who don't stick to their word
Q - Quotes you like: "if you're going to point fingers, make sure your hands are clean"
R - Right or left handed: Right
S - Siblings: one sister
T - Time you wake up: 9-ish
V - Vegetable you dislike: brussel sprouts
W - What makes you run late: uncooperative toddler
X - X-rays you've had: probably just about everything you can have xrayed.... ankles, knee, hip, wrists, elbow, head, teeth
Y - Yummy food you make: chocolate chip cookies
Z - Zodiac: gemini
i will update my blog more, i will update my blog more, i will update my blog more.....
Thing seem to be busy chasing a toddler around, then trying to finish up some projects in the "down time" lol.
We just had another growth spurt though, within the last week, I've noticed Mr. M's clothes were seeming a bit small on him. I just bought some 3t/4t clothes on ebay. here is what i got:
4 pair 3t shorts
3 pairs of pants 3t/4t (one is even cars!)
4t pjs
3 long sleeve shirts 3t
2 tshirts 4t
total spent: $11.60 (really, i won the auction for $1.25 or something like that, shipping just added up though)
He's tall and skinny though, so I'm hoping that the pants don't just fall off his little butt. He does have some 4t pj's that he wears all the time though (they have lightning mcqueen on them, so he picks them out everytime they are clean) and they fit him ok.
We are going to the children's museum tomorrow, which I am excited about.
We should also be getting our taxes back next week, so we can get caught up on some debt and put the rest away to save it. Well, and I can buy myself this.
I guess I should go get ready, we have an appointment today in an hour, and it looks kinda snowy out.
