Oops!

I made a Booboo today. And I am really feeling sorry for it. It was just a small stupid thing, but those are the things that can lend us the most grief sometimes. It all started with not being awake and letting my tongue speak before my mind had processed. My DH needed help finding some paperwork this morning.  No big deal. But this was before I had my coffee, cuz i was sleeping in.

Now DH needs finding paperwork often. That's cuz I am the one who puts it up. And while I do try to put it away in the same spot so he can find it, sometimes it gets laid on the table with other junk and forgotten about. So he asks where is such and such and I tell him the table, 2 seconds later he tells me he does not see it. So I get up, shuffle into the kitchen, and wa la produce said paper work. Now here is where I open mouth and insert foot. I told him he does not think about where things are.  Doesn't seem that mean now does it? It probably wasn't even taken that way. But I still feel bad about sending him out on his day with my telling him he doesn't think over a stupid piece of paper. And then I can't help but think about how this was in a way my own fault.  After all who didn't put the paper work back? ME. Who let the table get all junky again? ME . Who could have gotten up early or at same time as hubby so that she would have coffee in her system so that she felt like a normal human and thus could function like a normal human? ME. Way to go Amanda.

So there is my lesson for the day. I screw up and say the wrong things. I will try not to let this little incident cannon ball my whole day, but press forward instead. In fact this only goes to show that I really need to finish the filing system I have been meaning to getting around to finishing for a few weeks now. I think that will become today's project!

Have an excellent day everyone!

Our Command Center

Hello everyone!

How are we doing today? Have you been crazy weather for January too?  This past week we have had rain for 3 days that melted off all the snow, then it turned around and froze then snowed! Everything became slick, and quite hazardous for everyone but especially to pregnant women!  However one thing I do love about this kind of weather is how it motivates me to bake and organize! Maybe its because the weather makes you want to stay indoors and those two activities are perfect indoor activities!

Well I have been working on cleaning off my dinning table again! I have known for some time now I really need an efficient command center. A place for things to land instead of on my table. Its a pet peeve of mine to have things piling up on my table and then the hubby is always wondering where things are. I wish I could blame him fully for the state of all this, but he is usually pretty good about getting things in a spot once I have asked him to put it there.

SO this one is all on me. I have not set up and introduced an effective command center, so naturally everything gravitates to the table, a solid open space.  I have put off getting a command center and organizing other things because I keep thinking I don't have all the things I need yet to make the project work... clearly a procrastinating technique and a poor excuse.  What I keep failing to realize is I have been planning this whole get organized thing for ages now.  Every time I have been at the store and saw something helpful and just the right price I would pick it up.  I actually have a ton of organizational stuff floating around my house that just needs to find a home and be put to use already!

Well no more excuses! Time to get this bad boy done! I started pinning command centers that I liked for inspiration. Here are a few that I really liked:

I really loved this one

I knew that baskets or slots and a big board of some kind were going to be important to me based off of the pictures I chose.  I kept worrying about making this all work though. I guess in a small way I was intimidated. Look at these pictures! They are perfect! So functional. I was afraid I couldn't get mine to turn out that way.  All that kept running thru my head was, How do I organize it so that it flows with what we do? I finally had to tell my self to just do it, try it, and you will figure it out. Some times I really hate how I think. I like to have things fully formed before I get them going to know the end result. But clearly I am delusional and need medical help, because how many times in life do things come fully formed before you give them a go? Like NEVER.

 My goal to completing my command center was to use things I already had in my house. I did not want to go to the store and buy a thing! I found a large cork board that we had bought over a year ago...

 And wall hanging file bins...

I love Target

After hanging these guys up I knew I wanted a coat rack to go below them. I had this long board on hand and some extra coat hooks lying around. They just needed a little paint.

So in just one afternoon... it didn't even take me all day I don't know why I put it off for so long...I had a Command Center!

I love how it looks! And remember this?

Well I moved him from his place over my dinning room window to over the cork board to tie in with the coat rack! Its perfect!  It still needs some tweaking. Obviously the cork board is empty for now. I need to see how notes go up there and see how its best to make sections on the board. I am thinking of buying some Washi tape and using it to make sections.  One of the bins will be used to coral mail. the other I am thinking I will make up some files for bills to be kept in.  I will have to update you on all that later. In the mean time I can scratch  a command center off my list of To Do's. And now maybe my dinning room table can stay clean!

Have you finished any much needed projects around your home that you were procrastinating needlessly on doing?  Hope you have a great day

Till Next Time,

Amanda

Not Blogging. Not Doing Alot of Anything

Hello Everyone!
Here I am again... I have not been blogging. Ugh. I know. I left you in such suspense with my last post and I have not followed thru. Bad Amanda. Bad.  Just so you know I have been mentally writing to you this entire time. My Evernote account is full of notes that I have jotted down and actual posts that have not had the chance to see the light of day.  Yes. Yes. You say. But that does not really help me now does it?
I have had so many ideas on what I want to do, but execution has been a problem. I am bursting at the seam with ideas and things I want to do, yet what is happening. Nothing absolutely nothing. And because of that I have nothing to show for anything either!  How is that for a tongue twister. My house is in a state of chaos as usual(not how I want to be living), my body has been taken and is now host to an alien(so this means I want to sleep ALOT!  I make lists of all the things I intend to accomplish but I tend to lose them, there fore more of the nothing that is not getting done).   Here we are starting a new year, and its going to be a year of a lot of change. I want things to transition nicely if at all possible.  At the rate I am going only chaos is following me.
I need to nip this in the bud RIGHT NOW!  I need accountability. What better way to get that than to post your crazy ideas for all of Blogland to see and read.  Here is my list of NEED TO DO'S.  Call it my New Years Resolutions, my last grasp for sanity, or whatever you will.

NEED TO DO'S
  1. Create Household Bind
  2. Re-organize Coupon Binder
  3. Start creating a Baby Safe Haven(right now if my kiddo was crawling my home would be a death trap!)
  4. Clean out house. GIVE. DONATE. SELL
  5. Start Living on a Budget and Living with Less so being a stay at home mom can be a reality(I realize that this should probably be #1 on the list, but hey its my list.)
  6. Blog more consistently(Its easy for me to just let this one fall to the back burner. However I still feel it is important enough to keep it going. A balance needs to be maintained)

There I think that covers the HUGE basics. Everything else will likely fall under one of these 6 things.  Nice thing is that I should be able to scratch off the first two things on the list fairly quickly. Once they are done they are done. How is that for some quick gratification to keep one motivated for the bigger things to come?  What things do you want to accomplish this year?  What do you think will help you reach your goals? 
Have a great weekend,
Amanda

I have been dying to tell you

Hello Everyone!

 How was your weekend?  And the start of your week is going well I hope.

There is something I have been dying to tell you!  I have been wracking my brain on the best way to share this with you. I wanted to smoothly transition into this. Reveal the news to you in a stylish sleek and even organized way. However much like when I was an awkward teen, I never seemed to grow out of that awkward stage. Stylish and sleek are not words I would readily use to describe who I am.  Even to use the word organized is pushing it quite a bit. I do not flow with grace nor do I tend do things in a graceful manner. I have lost count of the number of times I have looked back on how something went down and thought that could have been more graceful. So I am going to just forge ahead and spill the beans already!!

Remember about those changes that are going to be taking place??  Well here is the reason for those changes.

DH and I are expecting our first child! As soon to be first time parents we are concerned about well everything. Getting things done on time. Being good parents. Making sure everyone is good and healthy. We are by the way. Just came from the doctors and all is looking good.

 In fact here is the little one's first picture. Everything is right on track with a due date of May 26th 2013!  This news has thrown us for a bit of a loop. But its exciting and well received news. We were surprised because with everything that has gone on in the last few months, getting pregnant did seem high on the list. None the less we are thrilled!!!

This bit of news has had me doing a lot of thinking.  Of how, of course, our lives will never be the same, but of all the little things that will change.  I got to thinking that one of the first places it seems fitting to start some of these changes is right here on this "baby" blog project of mine. Writing helps focus my thoughts and calm me down when things feel like they are getting out of control. Plus I love the sense of community that is felt in the blogging universe.

One of the biggest changes in store for this blog is a name change. I have been thinking that Crazy, Crafty and Caffeinated just does not fit anymore. Oh sure I am still crazy, though more tired, and I am always looking for crafty and DIY opportunities, the caffeinated part has had to come to a bit of a halt though. Now my priorities are changing and I want to share this special time in our life from beginning to end. To get it documented to have forever. I want to tweak things to reflect that. Don't worry I still plan to speak quite a bit about DIY projects and Knitting! That's what got me started into blogging to begin with and I can not just abandon that. Besides even with baby coming I am not changing my thrifty ways, in fact they are probably going to increase!! Right now the new name of the blog  is still a secret but I have hopes of making that reveal later this week, by next week for sure(the websites that I use to help makes these kinds of changes are being finicky right now so that has delayed me a bit).

There I have told you! I feel better now!  I am so excited for what is to come, I hope you are too!  Now I am off to take a little nap and plot out what I have in store next.  Have a great evening everyone!

Till Next Time,

Amanda

Time to start making Lemonade...

Hello Everyone...

My my it has been quite a while hasn't it?? You may recall I wrote about some difficulties that have come up in my life in this post Heart Broken.  These past few months have been about just getting by.  Frankly everything just kicked me in the butt big time. It knocked the wind out of my sails and thus out of a lot of the routines that I did and things I enjoyed. However, now it is time to start rising above it all. There is still life to live no matter how many lemons it throws at you.

Its time to start making Lemonade...

I have been meaning to sit down and write to you all for a long while now, but every time I would sit down to write, my mind goes blank. I know I have things I want to talk about, things I am dying to share with you, yet the words don't seem to come out. I am thinking an overhaul is needed. You know clean air, clear out mental clutter so I can get to the good stuff.

I was perusing my Google Reader account last night and I realized just how long I have dangling off the edge of the planet. There are tons of blog posts I need to catch up on from all my favorite blogs. I used to have a daily ritual of coffee and reading the latest blog posts, my version of the morning paper. I got out of that habit and thus an account full of unread posts. 

Along with reading to catch up on there are projects to be telling you about. Things I have finished. Things I am working on, and planning for the future(because nothing helps clear mental clutter than a little future planning). There is so much to share with you!!! Including a few changes that will be taking place very soon!

Here is to making LEMONADE and re-instituting routine!

Have a great weekend all you Crafters and Homemakers. Thanks for stopping by and hanging in there with me, when my world was silent.

Till Next Time,

Amanda

Bad Decision

Hello Everyone,

I made a bad decision in my coffee choice last week.  I wanted a change. I thought a little change would be a good thing. I WASN'T really feeling like coffee. Which should have been my first clue.

My first clue, that All was not well. Me. Not. Want. Coffee? That is the definition of insanity right there. What I should have done was bought my usual coffee as I always do when I went shopping. Since I was in a mental fog, with not even wanting coffee, that is what I should have done.

However that is not what I did. Instead I bought Tea. Yup Tea. At that moment the idea of Tea and scones sounded so lovely and relaxing that I caved. Now I have nothing against Tea. I really don't. I just don't usually drink it. If I do its Iced Tea.

Then next day when I came out of my tea induced coma, I realized I still had no coffee and despite how good that cup of tea was in the morning, it just wasn't my cup of tea.  So I dashed to the store again, to get coffee. You would think that this would have righted everything in the world, but it didn't. Because I was still suffering from insanity. I still did not buy my usual brand of coffee(which is Starbucks by the way.) I stood in that coffee isle thinking "Maybe one of these others brands have a nice flavor. I should try it out so I am not stuck in a rut."  So I bought this guy...

This stuff is painful to drink. I even hate the smell of it as I grind the beans to be brewed. It doesn't get any better while its brewing either. And the taste. Ack! This stuff is only a step up from Dollar Store Brand Coffee, which tastes like someone took tree bark shavings and passed it off as coffee to the public.

This all started because I was afraid of being in a rut. Because I wanted change.  What I failed to consider is that the relationship between coffee and I has been going on now for almost 15 years. That's 15 years of already trying things out. Testing different brews. Going cheap because you have no money(hence the dollar store coffee). Which means that by now I know what I like.  Which means if I want to change it up now and again well fine, but maybe that change should happen with a new nail polish color instead.

So please everyone, if you hear me going off on spiel about needing to change or wanting to change my coffee habits. Stop me. Slap me. Remind me that I have been here before. That I don't need to go thru the pain again. Buy me a new nail polish color. What ever you do, keep me away from the coffee isle.

Till Next Time,

Charting Un-Charted Waters

Hello Everyone,

How has your week been? Mine has been another one of surviving. That's what I am doing right now. Just making it from one day to the next. Its all I can ask for at the moment. And I am OK with that. I am living in every moment right now. Its a new feeling, that takes some getting used to.

I am doing a lot of knitting. Its very soothing on my soul. I have finished yet another Kerchief Scarf. Its blocking right now. I have moved on to another scarf. The Nancy Pygora-Merino Lace Scarf. Its beautiful. I am working it up in a lovely Cinnamon Fire Kid Mohair fine lace weight. It will be the perfect scarf for fall. Light and airy for still warm days, but warm enough to keep the fall chill at bay. Plus it's so gorgeous it will add instant style and flair to any outfit.

The only trouble I am having is that I am in uncharted waters. I have never worked a pattern that was Charted before. Its been quite different.  I have been enjoying the challenge of learning something new. I think I am finally getting the hang of the chart.

Have a great Friday everyone! Hope you have a great weekend too!

Till Next Time,

Heart Broken

Hello Everyone...

I have not been feeling crazy(not the good kind anyway), nor have I been crafty, and the caffeine is one of the only things that has been keeping me functioning. I have been hibernating. Literally just going thru day to day activities on auto mode. This month has dealt me some pretty hard blows. You know what they say when it rains it pours. Some blows were personal, some concerning family, others work and frankly it was just to much for this heart and mind to handle.  So thus the hibernation. My world stopped for about a minute and then spiraled out of my control.

I don't think I can explain it any better than The Yarn Harlot did...

-my heart got broken.

It doesn't matter what happened. Hearts get broken all the time. Marriages crumble, people die, there are bad accidents, reversals of fortune, intentional hurts, crushing disappointments, or surprises that one can't bear. Every person is different, and to describe to you what broke my heart would only draw a divide between us. As humans we can't help it, can we? You hear about something that's a heartbreak to another human, and because you are strong where they are weak, you can't understand how it would hurt them. You can often see it in the face of someone as you try to explain your heartbreak. As you tell someone about something that has knocked you down, kicked you in the stomach, kept you awake and sobbing for ten nights, and then took your lunch money, you see that as sympathetic as they are to you, as much as they love you, they're sort of thinking "That's it?That's what all of this is about?" We're all different, and all you need to know is that something broke my heart, and I was beyond sad-  Stephanie Pearl-McPhee  All Wound Up: The Yarn Harlot writes for a spin 2011

That was a paragraph or two from Stephanie's 3rd book. I just love how she writes and I have been re-reading this book as it brings me comfort. I write to you about this difficult phase I am in, about this heart break, not to focus on the cause of it. For that does not matter. It will only cause me to keep hurting. No, I mention it to help the healing process. To move on. To work and focus on the ways this will all change my life and my outlook.  Hopefully all for the better.

Till Next Time,

I Heart Packages

Hello Everyone!

I have mail! I love mail and packages! I love to receive them and I love to give them! So you can imagine my delight when the other day my package arrived.  I had some splurge money set aside and I had finally decided on what I wished to spend it on. I guess it was never really a question of what I would get.

Can you guess?

You got it. It was yarn. Or at least some of it was yarn...the rest was knitting and yarn related.

I ended up with a pair of much needed fold able scissors...

 Two books  I have been dying to have...So many patterns, so little time...

I finally broke down and got my much anticipated Soak Wash. Now I just need to finish up a project so I can use this bad boy...

Then finally some yarn! In finger weight with well over 450 yards in each. What shall they become?? You will have to wait and see.

Have you sent anything special in the mail to a loved one lately? Or have you received a special package?

Till Next Time,

Hanging Lake

Hello Everyone,

How is your day going? Mine not too bad. I am currently procrastinating in cleaning my house.  Of course I am justifiying not cleaning at the moment with taking care of much needed things on the computer( like writing to you all). Also I have a strict rule, "No work to be done till the last drop of coffee is gone". Right now I still have a half of a cup so I got time! Course now I look at the clock and feel a twinge of guilt because I think of how the day is slipping past me and what will I have to show for it, alos how nice will it be to have all of my have tos out of the way before Dear Husband gets home. *Sigh* Ok I will get to work on things as soon as I am done here I promise!

So I took a break and I actually did get up and give the dog a bath and cleaned the house, plus got some laundry going. Motivation must have finally hit me. Or it could have been that I hit an impasse with finishing this blog. My tablet and I are still feeling each other out and I have yet to figure out how to get pictures where I want them in a post on my tablet. Can anyone tell me how to do this??? Anyway with this difficulty it was going to require going to the library to use their computers and I could not allow myself to leave the house with out cleaning it. Anyway back to the story...

First I want to share with you about our trip up to Hanging Lake. Rememeber I mentioned here that Dear Husband and I needed to get away from the craziness we have been experiencing lately. So we escaped to a town not to far away from where we live. We went to Hanging Lake for a hike. And it was beautiful. Once you got there. Because let me tell you think you are going to die as you are climbing up there.

Just before starting the hike up. I don't think its a very good picture but  I am keeping things real.

Thoughts are running thru my head like, How did I let myself get talked into this? And why doesn't some one just shoot me and get it over with already? When you first start out you are so joyful and looking forward to this little trek you are going to do.  I wasn't even half way to the halfway point when my legs were screaming and I was sweating in a very unlady like manor and felt like I had a permanet scowl attached to my face. Maybe I really should get that Gym membership after all. I didn't think I was that badly out of shape but apparently I am! I kept thinking how if we ever experience one of those Day After Tomorrow or Deep Impact scenarios, I am likely to be the first to die because my survival will depend on getting up the mountain the quickest and I shall be trampled!

This is the stream you get to hike next to on  your climb up to the lakes. It really was peaceful, even with the other hikers around. Frankly I found myself doing a lot of Think Walking. I didn't speak much, that could have been due to a lack of oxygen but I like to think it was because I was being reflective. I wanted to be absorbed in the moment. I wanted nature to take me in and restore my soul if you will.

Here we are at the last leg of the trail up.

And then before I knew it I was there! And I was pooped!

sshhh! I am sleeping

But the view was worth it!

There that's a much better picture of Dear Husband and I. Mmm I should get it framed. The hike down was much easier and faster and very much looked forward to, by me anyway. Obviously I survived to tell the tale, unlike how I felt on my way up. Nature did her trick, I was relaxed and at peace. Anyone else go somewhere that put them at peace and was beautiful to see?

The End...Till Next Time

I am back!!!!

I am back Everyone!!

I am back and it feels great! I feel great!  I feel like I have been away for forever. This last month has just flown right by me! Did this happen to anyone else? Do you feel like July was just a blip and that was it?

I am back from a little holiday that Dear Husband and I took last week.  Boy did we need it. We didn't go far. Just to Glenwood Springs. They have natural hot springs there which are very theraputic! We also went hiking up to Hanging Lake( I will share more on that later).  While we were there I had a glorious afternoon catching up on some reading, email responding, and some good old fashioned letter writing(it seems sad that I had to get away on holiday to get to those things. Alas it is what it is). While I was away I thought about my baby blog here.

How I have neglected my blog this month and I feel terrible about that. I didn't want to become among the many that started a blog and then fizzled out. I understand life gets in the way and some balls that we juggle just have to be dropped in order to cope. I really know this one because well thats what happened to me. In my last post I mentioned some of the family drama we have beeen dealing with.  Namely my aging inlaws and their declining health. That has been the biggest thing because it has been their life added to our life. Its not more balls we are juggling, we are caring for their needs on top of our own. Its a lot to grasp. And we are keeping our heads above water but it hasn't been easy. It has taken a lot of sacrifice on our part, with more to come I know.  I want to commend all those who have taken this route before me. Everyone who cares for  an ill loved one is to be commended! Its  
a very loving thing to do and one that is no small task.

Getting back to what I was saying, I didn't want to fizzle out on this endevour of mine, although I did feel like I was running dry on ideas. Course I am sure having my mind on doctors visits and no time to work on crafts had something to do with it.  Even so I know that dry spells are to be expected.  While I was away I made a resolution with myself that I was going to get back on track with blogging. To share my thoughts and concerns no matter how trivial. This is to be a place for me to decompress and de-stress. And to be part of a unique community.

Since everything else in my life has had to go onto a legit schedule and under go planning, I am adding the Blog Baby to that mix. Its the only way its going to get done! So a blog planner of sorts needs to be made up, where I can write down thoughts and ideas and keep everything in one central spot. Oh and it must be pretty! I have been looking at different ideas and reading different bloggers takes on how they keep a blogging planner. My goal is to have my planner in order by the end of this week.  I am so happy to be back and excited to get back into crazy craftiness!

Till Next Time,

I am worried...

Hello Everyone,

How are you doing? I hope all is well.

All has not been well for me. That is why I have been MIA of late. For that I am sorry.

 Lately this statement has been true.  We have been dealt a few lemons that have made us pucker.  Namely with family. Not to long ago we learned that my father in-laws cancer had spread to his bone.  He has been so tired and weak of late and its no wonder. Naturally it has us all worried. Worried for him and how life is going to change with this development.  Already we have had more responsibility thrust upon us.  This has caused my head to spin. There is so much running around to be done, I don't know if I am coming or going anymore.

My crafting has slumped because of all of this. And of course since I haven't been crafting much these last couple of weeks, having something to write about has been a little thin. Never mind that I have not had the time to sit down and write you out something proper. This has been very frustrating to me of course. Crafting of any sort is my outlet.  I don't need to tell you other crafters out there how important the stress relief of crafting is. Yet I have not been able to do that. Gee! No wonder I am twitchy here lately!

I know these are things that are a part of life and well I just have to ride the waves I am on. But I needed to share with you what was going on. About why I have been absent. Why I may be spacey and absent quiet a bit. Till I work out a new rhythm that is.

Gumballs

Hello everyone,

Don't you just love Pinterest? I sure do. It helps get me into the mood, to find my happy place. Some days I know I want to craft something but some times  I haven't got a clue as to what. Then, BANG! Pinterest has some awesome idea that I can not wait to try. There are so many blogs out there that center around making those pins a reality. I just love that!

Any who back on topic. Not to long ago I was on Pinterest(surprise surprise) when I came across a way to make an old style gumball machine from some inexpensive items at your local Walmart or hobby store. I love old time stuff. Naturally I was drawn to this project.

Here is what you will need:
Medium sized clay pot
Small clay disk
1 wooden knob
1 button or bottle cap
Medium sized glass bowl
Hot glue gun
Krazy Glue

Now it's time to assemble. First you may want to paint it. I painted mine a lovely Ivory. Mainly because I already had it at home.  I put it together, embellished with a ribbon,  and wa-la I have my very own old time gumball or candy machine all for under $5.

Isn't it cute? I love that it matches my room perfectly.  Here is one that my friend Jess did. I loved how hers turned out too!

You are getting a double dose today, because yesterday ran right by me and I never got to share a craft with you.  I know you thought I was all done. Well I have just one more quick project to share. This is another great one because it allows you to use all those magazines you have lying around!  Come on I know you have them hiding somewhere in your home. You know I know.
Using fun and colorful pages from all those magazines lying around we are going to make envelopes! Exciting huh? Wait till you see how it easy it is.

Check out this You Tube video that shows just how easy it is to make these! I love it now I don't have to run to the store to get envelopes. I can just make it at home. I love the D.I.Y life!  This wraps up craft week. We started out with Stockholm, then Bookmarks and Hair Pins. Now we have Gumballs.

Have a lovely Friday everyone. I have family coming in to visit me so I am checking out for a couple of days.

Till Next Time,

Bookmarks and Hairpins

Hello Everyone,

How is it going with you? Are you as hot as I am?  Let me tell you moving to the North Pole is sounding better and better all the time.

Its craft week during the Bloggy Olympics and Hating Martha has had some lovely crafts thus far. As have the hosts of this week's events, Here's  to Handy Andy , C.W. Frosting, and Freaking Craft. Earlier this week I shared with you my finished Stockholm project.   Tonight I wanted to share with you a fun and quick(you know for those of you who haven't picked up the knitting needles yet...because you will someday, I am sure of it.) project that uses items that most of us have in our home(So its very budget friendly. WIN WIN).  I first found these ideas on Pinterest. And let me tell you its gets addicting.  All you need to make these guys are buttons, ribbon, paper clips, bobby pins, scrap booking add on's and a hot glue gun.

 

Then just let your creativity run wild. They work up fast, aperfect project if you have kids that are cooped up inside.

Hair Pins

Bookmarks

That's it that is all there is too it! See how easy that was? They make great gifts too! For those times when you're in a pinch and you need to give a gift.

Have a wonderful night.  Till Next Time,

Stockholm

Hello Everyone!

Guess who is finally off the needles?

That would be The Stockholm Scarf! Remember this project? I gave an update on this project a while ago. I said it was gonna be done. SOON. Then I ran out of yarn. Every knitters nightmare. I miscalculated. You know what is really sad is that I only needed a little bit of yarn to finish the inch to and inch in a half that I had left to do on the project. Isn't that how it always goes? I am thinking I will make some fingerless gloves to match the scarf since I have so much of the yarn left over.

Here the Stockholm is getting a bath...and then a nice stretch out on the couch!

Here I am modeling the Stockholm.

A model I am not.

I just love how this guy turned out! He is so squishy and soft. I love that I can put it up around my head and make a hood with it and still have lots left over to keep my neck nice and warm.  This is going to be great to wear come fall and winter.  Yet another reason to look forward to fall coming(heehee).  You can find this project on Ravelry or hop over to Knitted Bliss to find the pattern. Julie is the mastermind behind this piece and she has done lovely work. Her blog is very nice as well.

Today starts the 4th event of the Bloggy Olympics, Crafts. Thus I found it appropriate to share this post with you. After all knitting is my particular craft. Head over to Hating Martha to read more about this weeks event and find out who the hosts are going to be. Have a wonderful Saturday.

Till Next Time,