Bragging on my Bestie

 Some of you have met my Bestie from Georgia, Barbara. She recently made the Pretty Basic Shawl by Janina Kallio . It's a beautiful shawl pattern and I love what Barbara did with it.

 She used one of my favorite hand dyed yarns, in fact it's the yarn that I use for my picture here on the blog.

Please feel free to leave a comment for Barbara!

Looking For Some Free Classes?

No matter what the topic, if it's about crafting you can find classes on it. At Craftsy, you can find FREE Classes on a variety of craft toptics. Click on the link below to see what's available for you.

Free Classes at Craftsy

 

 

After you find a class, let me know what you take and what you think about it. I'd love to hear your feedback.

 

Right now I am taking Stephen West's Shawlscapes class. Its great, though it isn't one of the free classes, its filled with inspiration and great ideas. I'll be posting photos of my up and coming shawls soon.

 



Sea Breeze Summer Shawl

Here are some pictures of my new pattern. It will be available on Ravelry and Craftsy. This is a wonderful shawl to just through on as you go our the door to keep the chill out or and a beautiful accent accessory to your Spring/Summer wardrobe. Wear it dressy or casual. It goes with everything. You can also knit this in less that a weekend, how great is that? :-)

Purchase Shawl Here  (Ravelry) and Here (Craftsy)

I've been busy

I'm a few minutes from leaving for a long weekend in Tennessee but I wanted to post a few pictures of what I've been doing. (when I'm not on Ravelry, LOL)

A neck warmer pattern for my knitting students. As they finish theirs I'll post pictures of them.

I LOVE these socks. If you are like me and think that you are the last knitter on earth to make a pair of Monkey socks (found on Knitty.com) go ahead and start a pair. You will wonder why you waited so long.

This is Cindy. She is modeling her "Beacause I Care" shawl I made for her.

My Ravelry

The late bloomer to Ravelry here, loves it. I'm still working on setting it all up, but I've found all kinds of good stuff. Today at my morning knitting class I'll be telling all the ladies about it.

I've started another shawl to give away. This time I know exactly who it's going to. Many times I start a project and as I'm knitting on it, the person comes to mind, but after about 5 stitches I knew. There is a lady who lives close to my mom that is having some very serious health problems, and she has been on my mind so much. So the shawl will go to her. Here is a picture of the start of it. The first two pictures are of the right side, but the third picture is of what the patterns says is the wrong side. I really like how the "wrong side" looks. There is one other thing about this shawl that is nice. The pattern it's self knits up nicely and is easy to remember.

Well I'm off to knitting class, I have two new ladies coming to it this morning. I can't wait!

Blessed Be

Knitting, Dog Shows and other stuff

It's true, I haven't fallen off the end of the earth yet. This year has been something else so far, but I can say that finally life is beginning to be much happier. Though I'm twice as busy, I am happy and getting some knitting done, and going to dog shows and taking charge of areas of my life that I had let slack or thought was ok.

Anyway, I've got some projects going on. The yarn below is Kid Merino from Crystal Palace. It's for a shawl that I'm making for my daughter. The shawl is called Milady's Shawl, designed by Dee Jones for Alpine Meadow Yarns.


A little while back I was not really intending on buying any yarn I was just looking and there on Handpainted Yarn's website were these two beautiful lace weight yarns. They just somehow got into my cart and ended up in my mailbox. LOL.

And here is what I'm making. It's a variation of the Feather and Fan shawl. It's hard to see because of the wood background. But when it's finished I'll take a much better picture for you. We've been joking around about how these are the very colors of my new pup, T.

Details and a better idea of the colors.

You know I can't let this one go. LOL. Today is Gunther's 2nd birthday. Him and T have celebrate all day. We've been to PetCo, Starbucks and Petsmart. It's been a big day. I'll have more pictures tomorrow on Gunther's blog. Gunther, GT and I just got back on Saturday from a dog show in Greenville, SC. We have a great time inspite of my mistake. LOL.

It really feels good to be in a place in my life where I am feeling centered again. Where most of the people who made my life a living hell the first part of the year are long gone and dealt with. It's been an interesting spiritual ride, many lessons reviewed and new ones learned. But I'm just grateful for today. Grateful is such an overlooked feeling. It can be the entrance to such peace.