waffle blanket!...maybe

hello readers,

im attempting another blanket, if you have noticed i have not posted any updates on the heart blanket i was working on....i decided to scrap it after not working on it for some time and then my needles had slipped out of it when it was moved and i didnt notice. i was unable to save it after the slip and i was a decent way into it i decided to unravel and not do a blanket for a while.

I had saved a nice pattern on ravelry that i was really interested in doing. it was a neat pattern that incorporated dropped yarn overs, i was a bit confused at this process so i didnt dare attempt it. but lately i have gotten more and more interested in it that i was watching youtube videos on how to do it that i am now more confidant than ever, and im just going to jump in and give it a shot. im going to try my best to stick this blanket all the way through, if i do this will be my first completed blanket project!

So, a little about the pattern, its called the waffle blanket by alexis layton (her ravelry username is alexislayton) her patterns are free to use for personal use. she has a few others on ravelry that are interesting that i wouldn't mind trying but i have to get threw this blanket one first! i'm using a us size 8 circular needle as suggested per her pattern and i'm using redheart in pale yellow as my color, i got a couple super saver skeins in that color on clearance at walmart for half off so i couldn't pass it up. all i have gotten done on it so far is the cast on of 158, ill keep you updated on my progress as often as i can, i got 2 classes left in my hunter safety class and im also looking for a new job sense my current one has become overwhelming in many different ways, im looking to probably go back in to plain old retail for a while until an opportunity i have been waiting for comes available.

Until Next Post

Boot cuffs!

Its been a bit sense my hand warmers post, but I have still been working on some projects. I have been working on some boot cuffs to go with my friends teal hand warms I made her from Christmas I have one done and am halfway done with the other. I would have been completely done by now but I was sick for a week and didn't feel much like knitting, however I very much felt like playing animal crossing new leaf sense I got it back again for valentines day! Long story on why I had to get it again, but having to start over sucked but still fun. Anyway back to the knitting part. So I didn't really follow a pattern I just wanted them to match the hand warmers I made for my friend so I just did ribbing then seed stitch and ribbing again to make a nice boot cuff. I used a us size 9 circular needle and knitted in the round which, would make these my first in the round project and its so far turned out good I'll give an update when I finish the other one but I do have a price of the one I did and I sent it to my friend to see. It looks a little funky because those boots are a little tight on the top.

Easy Flat knit handwarmers....revisited.

I know that back in october i made a post about some easy flat knit handwarmers that i wanted to try to make. well i did make them and i thought i had posted how they came out on my blog, but from looking threw my blog post i have not. well doing everything according to the other bloggers specifications, my hand warmers didnt quite come out like hers. my ribbing didnt look right, so i went on and finished the other one as per her instructions and left it at that for a little while because work got crazy and its finally slowing down there.

So i decided i was going to revisit this project to figure out what i did wrong because i wanted to make a pair for a friend for her christmas gift. i alway make her at least one thing and then buy her something small within our specified budget. as i started the ribbing section i decided i wanted the ribbing just a little bigger so instead of the k1 p1 the pattern called for i did k2 p2 and i cast on 34 stitches instead of 25 because i was using different yarn and figured i would need a few more cast ons, plus changing the pattern a bit would require me to change the amount i have on my needle because they needed to be even. 

knitting with my us size 9 bamboo needles i k2 p2 on the first row, now thinking about something i read somewhere i figured i would try doing p2 k2 on the second row to see if they would line up in the ribbing pattern and guess what, they sure did! 

side note: i did try the original pattern in a k1 p1 then p1 k1 and the pattern came out in the smaller ribbing that was initially inteaded in the first pattern but i still wanted a little bigger ribbing so went back to my change.

so i continued on threw the pattern as specified and when i came to the top cuff i did the k2 p2, but instead of flipping it and doing the p2 k2 on the second row i stuck with the k2 p2 and the ribbing came out as it should of initially when i started the pattern.

 i dont know what i did in the first place but it didnt come out right on my first pair but i figured i was half way threw i might as well finish just do them both the same, and i used them on the weekend cabin trip and they helped me stay warm. i have finished the pair for my friend and i will feature pictures of the ones i made for myself and the ones i made for her so you can see the difference in the pattern. until next post

(mine are the purple, the ones for my friend are the blue/teal)

A simple headband/earwarmer flat knitting version

As you know its been quite some time sense my last post. ive been meaning to post for a while but with deer hunting week in full swing i didnt have any time to get much done, they job i work at requires me to work with firearms paperwork so as you can imagine i was quite busy. I do however have an update on a project ive been working on brought to you and me from another blogger the name of her blog is devin likes to knit go here to see the pattern i had used for my project. the project i did was a simple headbead, flat knit, with a flower (or without if u choose, but i decided id give it a shot) theres and adult and childs version in the pattern picture she tells ya she withheld the garter stitch rows the pattern called for, either way i think it looks great. for my headband i used a size 8 needle, which is what devin used in her pattern. and for my yar a used a lighter weight dark purple color, because it was my first time attempting the pattern so i wanted to see how it would come out. my next headband i was goin to use a heavier yarn. anyways back to the project!

so i have the items all knitted out i have assembled the the headband and fit it to my head and i have my flower knitted. For the flower i had gone to her in the round knitted headband because in the comment section she had listed a few flowers for the crotchet person and a few for the knitted person because the flower pattern attached to that one was no longer available. for the link to the flower i used go here. i however changed the pattern a bit because i hate to say it....but i thought it was a bit ugly for my taste, i would of probably stuck to the original pattern in a smaller gauge and i would of liked it but i didnt have all my needles, so to the creator of that im sorry if theres any offense...

moving on ....

what that pattern calls for is you basically make 6 petals and sew them together to make the complete flower...i omitted 1 petal and went with five, in a larger gauge needle and knitted tem shorter for more curl, and they way that came out i absolutely love!!! so without that original pattern i could not of come up with the flower i knitted so kudos all around. at this stage in my project i just have to put the flower on the headband and presto flower headband! i however am going to do one more thing to it before had so once im completely done i will post the completely complete project. i have a few pictures i will be attaching so watch for those. ive rambled on long enough...Until Next Post

green scarf finale

so the green scarf has been wet blocked and it is finally dry so i took some pictures of myself with it on. i just got home from work so excuse the work attire. ive been working on the heart blanket a bit so i hope to have an update on that soon. in the mean time im going to try to find another project to work on. until next post!

Yarn scrap project

Hi all. Ever wonder what to do with those scraps of yarn you have after a finished project? If your like me, you keep them hoping to use them to make a dishcloth of scrap yarn or maybe u might tie a bow on a present with it who knows, point being u saved it because u felt there was a need for it in some way shape or form so here's what I did.

I had just recently moved my cat into my boyfriends house I got all the way to his house before realizing I forgot to grab some of her toys, I then decided to take it upon myself to make her something. At first I had no idea where to start and suddenly I remembered something I saw and thought was to hard to do, so I looked up a video and was suddenly suprized on how easy it was to do.

I decided to take my yarn scraps and make an i-cord cat toy where u knit the same stitches over and over, without turning the work which is done by using double point needles or circular needles, and it creates a neat looking round cord. I knitted it long enough so I could toss It out and reel her in and she seems to like it as u will see from the picture. I also could of hid the yarn better from when I switched over, but I couldn't find my tapestry needle so I didn't weave in the ends which it would of looked better if I did. Any questions please comment, the pic I have is kinda bad so I'll try to add a better one later. Until next post!

Green scarf finished!

Good news everyone, I have finished the green scarf! Right now I'm wet blocking it and u will see why from my finished photos. It was still wet when I left for work today, so I will check on it when I get home. I ended up doing 21 full row repeats and then the plus 1 row which u do till row 11 then knit 2 rows and bind off. I had a little bit of yarn left from that ball of yarn which I used to create something fun and quick which I will discuss in another post. The pictures will have one with flash and one without. Until next post!