i currently have a million ideas floating through my head for items to produce. i just wish i had the time to sit down and make them!! i do get to create when i get home from work in the evenings which are pieces that need to get out to their new owners :) believe me, i'm not complaining about that!
so i thought i should make a short little list here so that i can look back when i need to. here we go...
-i recently learned (via youtube videos) how to knit (yes, i said KNIT) on circular needles. i now want to make a million new cowls! and a million of the beanies coming next..
-this
beanie (and it's smaller
version) by
jane richmond, who produces the best knitting patterns! how freaking cute is that?
-i have been getting a ton of requests for kids size beanies. i think numero dos on this list might take care of that! thanks again jane :)
-i realize that i make scarves but i'm always the last to actually wear them. why is that? i really don't have an answer. could be that i can't decide what color to choose (there are just so many!!). could it be that i can't choose what style i want (again, there's a couple)... i digress. the point, i usually wind up wearing
this scarf that i've had for a couple years now:
although mine is black. so i thought, "i could make one of these right?" so my next goal is to make a scarf similar to this, but without fringe and add a little more detail... the detail i just can't give away yet ;)
-next up: leg warmers. oh brother, or should i say sister, since she is the one that tells asks me to make her some almost everyday. my solution to this was to teach her how to knit... which i did. but... my number one reason to learn how to knit on circular needles was so i could make that little stinker a pair of leg warmers for her birthday. which is this thursday the 4th. my little sunni will be 25, holy hell when did that happen? then i also broke down and told her i was making her a pair. we really can't go a birthday or christmas without spilling one present to each other, it's just how we roll. i actually have to confess that they are pretty darn easy!
i'm modifying
this pattern pictured. instead of a seed stitich i'm doing a stockinette. now to hustle and finish them by the big day!!
-finally, make cookies. i didn't say bake (cause i can't), i said make. sunni & i said we were going to make them last weekend but that didn't really happen. they are a cinch and maybe i'll post a "how to" when we finally get around to them. i don't think they have a name? sunni, do they have a name? they are ritz crackers with peanut butter in the middle, dunked in melted semi sweet chocolate and then sprinkled with, uhhh, yeah... sprinkles. they are so damn good. i want one now actually...
so that bascially sums up my list, for now, that is!
