I Love Swap Partners and the Mail

So this morning I got my glass grinder back via FedEx.  It went out last week to be repaired and I have it back in working order.  This afternoon I got my package from KnidiotinHavre.  She spoiled me rotten.  Look below and you'll see all that I got.

Winging It

I have a new scarf pattern that I love.  I made it up at the end of last week.  I couldn't find a pattern I liked for the yarns I was working with and decided to just "Wing It" hence the name of the pattern.

With Yarn "A" Chain 252 or desired even amount.

Row 1: DC in second ch from hook and in each ch to end, ch2 turn

Row 2: With Yarn "B" DC in first DC  from hook, chain 1, skip 1 DC, and DC in next DC. Repeat across,  DC in final DC.   ch2 turn

Row 3:  Skip first DC and DC in first chain-one space of previous row, chain 1, DC in next chain-one space and repeat across.  DC in space between turning chain and the first DC of the previous row.  Chain 2 and turn.

 Repeat Row 3 until desired width (I did 4 times).

Last row:  Go back to Yarn "A" DC in all DC and chain-one spaces.  Tie off at end and weave in ends

I Failed to take a photo before packing this scarf off to go to it's recipient, but hope to get a photo eventually.  If you make this I would love to see your creations.

2 Christmas presents down

2 Christmas presents down and it's only the 2nd of April.  Yay!  At this rate I have time to experiment and try and design a scarf.  Won't that be nice.  I got a book in the mail today and found a really cool stitch patter that I am about to try as a scarf.  If I like it, who knows, you may just find the pattern here.  It'll be worked with 2 balls of yarn with 1 color getting carried up the side while not in use. 

I'm making this scarf in alpaca and am going to have toms of fun.  It's going to be in red and black.  Someone I know is going to make a red had to go with it.  Ok, enough talking about it!  Have to go work on it now.

The Soul's Obsession

Holiday crafting is going along extremely well.  I got 1 scarf woven in 1 night and am working on another one.  I still have 3 to do by Christmas which will get done.  I'm also knitting one for an Aunt of mine.  I have pictures going up over on Ravelry under the screen name of VangeKnitter whenever I get a project done. 

The glass fusing is also going well too.  My friend is putting a tree up in her store where we can make ornaments to put on it for people to buy.  My roommate & I have about 10 ready to go on and who knows what is in the kiln too.    It puts me in the holiday mood.  I'll eventually post pics of everything.

First Flight

Ahhh, a quieter week.  That left time for knitting and weaving.  Knit and weave is what I did.

I did my 5" on the scarf that I had for Scarf Travels (a round robin travelling scarf) and got it off to the next person.  The next one will arrive next week.  I also got a bit more done on Robbyn's Christmas or Birthday Present.  idk which it will be yet.  Sandy's scarf is also on the go now.  Who knows what will happen over the weekend with it.

The mantle Scarf is almost done.  If we're lucky it'll be done tonight.  It won't be the best, but it'll be better than nothing and I'll include a note to make a new one next year.  For starters it's narrower than intended even though I double, no triple checked my math and it should have come out right.  Also it's somehow coming out 30" shorter than it's supposed to!  I have no clue how that happened either.  I remeasured the spots I used and those are the right length.  I guess for a 4th weaving project and a 1st with dimensions to meet I came close.

As for the weekend my roommate & I will be manning a table for NAMI at an annual Health & Wellness Fair.  It's fun.  Last year my roommate % I got our picture taken with the Governor.

The Obsessed Time

What a week.  It's been one hectic one.  The hilights being getting the next section of Scarf Travels in the mail and having my friend's store tomorrow.  TOday also had part of the most trying part of the week.

One of the monthly meetings was today.  We've been developing a mission statement and today was the final part.  Trying to get 20+ people to agree on 1 thing can make people want to pull their hair out.  I actually left the room at one time.  I would have pulles out knitting & worked on it, but feared for my knitting.

Oh, before I forget, I got the title for this post from Random Title Generator and any other entries with titles that don't make sense you can figure cane from here (i'll try to remember to tag them). 

Knitting Away

I've been knitting away on a Christmas present for my roommate.  She knows what it is and all.  I had her come with me to pick the yarn out too.  The part I'm not looking forward to is the lining.  I know it's going to be easier that the last time I lined a purse, but I'm dreading it just the same.  The last time I lined a purse which was also the first time I hand did it and it was denim.  Who knows what I was thinking. 

One scarf that I'm working on wasn't going so well so it got frogged and is enjoying a new life with a new pattern.  Hopefully this will be the last time.  Once these 2 get done I'll be back to my weaving as I still need to do the mantle scarf.

Scarf Travels

I got the 2nd section to k nit on for scarf travels today.  I'd work on it now if I wasn't so tired.  I'll work on it tomorrow while Robbyn is at the dentist.  The yarn is all picked out.

Potpourri

my scarf section went off for the Scarf Travels. The NAMI state conference online registration is up and running. It was a good day at the store. We had a couple customers and I got to make a few pieces of jewlery with the new glass. Now for the rest of the weekend.

Scarf Travels

On Ravelry I'm doing a Travelling Scarf. I'm so excited about it and looking forward to sending my first section off. Also to getting to knowing the other people in my group. Especially my up and downstram people.