Craft slut..

I love crafting.

Raise a child among a family of crafters (men and women!), add in a few crafting friends of the family and a joy for anything crafty done with Girl Guides this means I'm a bit of a craft slut.

I got to try many things over the years, some of which I still have and some of which I wish I did.. and many more that have gone by the wayside, or I wish they had. Some crafts I've tried: tole painting, knitting (duh), crochet, sewing, quilting, spinning, latch hook, cross-stitch, embroidery, plastic canvas, woodworking (I did say the men were crafters!), scrapbooking, beading.. really, I could go on. I've probably done most of the mini sort-of crafts that happen at camps also (my camp hat probably weighs about five lbs when I have everything pinned to it, no lie).

Of course most fell by the wayside for a good reason, like I prefer to do things with less potential for loss of digits and I really have no room for paints and wooden doodads everywhere. I don't want things taking up space so USEFUL crafts are good. Knitting, crochet, spinning (not too much, not enough to knit a pair of mittens yet! But one day..) and sewing..

Sewing. I love sewing, but my machine has been tucked away for too damn long. The last time I took it out, I was working on the dining room table and made a costume the day before halloween for my precocious boy. Never again, I plan ahead now!

I buy the stuff at the store. :p

Actually, I want to sew more. I see lovely quilts and think it would be great to turn out one or two (why would I need more?), maybe a dress or something.. or even a costume for myself for cosplay!

Tomorrow is the unused fabric sale.. so I am sitting here writing a blog post while i try to figure out what I want to buy. Fabric for cosplay? Quilts? Anything else? Do I really need to add to my fabric stash (almost as large as my yarn stash, but older)? Oooo I dunno.. we'll see.

Stay tuned to see if I will first get my craft room fixed up so I can.. you know.. craft in it!

Hmm what to update?

So much happening all the time, busy with new friends and old and keeping things sane around the house, but I do manage to squeeze in some knitting now and again!

What's on the needles?



Fiddlehead Mittens, I've finished the outside shell of one, and started the second but not gotten too far as I realized I wanted to finish..



Mystic Waters before I go on vacation, so I can WEAR it. Velociraptor is in swimming lessons now, so that is a whole block of uninterrupted knitting time while he is in the pool I can sit with my knitting and a coffee. The only problem is, with the charts for the above I prefer it as a home project so I bring along with me something a little more portable..



Sunday Swing Socks! Because I have yet to finish a pair since my Saturday Socks (anyone else wondering if there are other days of the week socks? I looked in Ravelry and couldn't find any so I will either need to choose ones and make them for each day of the week or make my own patterns.. hmm..)

And of course because I don't have enough crafts, I was shared a link to this lovely quilt and this quilt along. I have plenty of fabric (mostly cottons) in my bins in my not-yet-set-up sewing room (other bins from my yarn, of course) and I am thinking I need to shuffle my room around, get that darn sewing machine set up and try out some quilting. Just for fun!

I will at some point, not quite this instant though.

And of course today it feels like spring, which has got me thinking of my future garden (the first I'll have that's not just a couple feet of dirt by the front step, good enough only for some pansies and marigolds).

Not enough time for everything!

Oh, and I am debating whether or not to frog Phoenix Rising and start again. There is a MASSIVE MASSIVE mistake in the middle, one even a non-knitter could easily pick out which will only be worse when blocked. So I am seriously considering despite being almost done.

Le sigh.

First Post of 2010

So it's a new year! I'm hoping this year goes as good as (better in fact, because there were some hiccups that I really, really would rather not have had to deal with.. but I'll manage).

On the crafty front, as always there are lots of plans and no real follow through happening. Which is my own fault being so flibbertigibbet and just busy in general. Plans for this year? Finish the sweater for Velociraptor (thank goodness it's a top down and he's skinny!), finish at least one sweater for myself, one shawl and just really actually finish several projects instead of constantly casting on new ones. I have plenty to keep me busy.

Also, I need to set up the knitting/sewing room. It's currently half unpacked and half boxed up. Mostly organized at least as I know what is in what boxes and the needles and notions are unpacked and in my wardrobe. But this way I can maybe display some things that I otherwise haven't been able to for years.

Of course I am also wanting to do some of my Cross-stitch now that I know where it is. Or mostly. I can't seem to locate one chart for the Alluring Sorceress which I think would just be great to make and put up in my craft room. It's one of the ones that has been floating around my stuff and calling to me but I always forget to go get supplies.. well I got a gift card for Michael's and today was wandering around wondering what to buy there. None of the needles appealed to me, the yarns were okay but nothing really cried out especially since I have what.. two large rubbermaid tubs of other yarns that cry out to me 'knit me!'?

Then I found the cross-stitch aisle. TWO. I don't think I've ever seen that much cross-stitch items in one place before and it got me fired up to do that again. So I went digging and found the charms for the sorceress, but not the chart. I know it's here somewhere.. it will turn up. In the meantime, knitting keeps moving on.