WIPs

Here is a picture of all my WIPs currently (and more to come I'm sure!)

 These are the 5 blankets I'm working on right now (you can barely see the 5th one, it's that white pinwheel blanket on the right). 3 are for customers, and 2are for when I'm feeling stressed out. I'm almost done with my rainbow granny blanket! I just have 8 rows left!

This is a picture of ALL my WIPs. I've got 5 blankets, one purse, one set of mittens, one scarf, one Snorlax pillow, one owl hat, 1 baby cardigan (now completed), 1 brain hat, and 3 cardigans. 

And I still have at least 10 orders that need to be completed. I can do this!

Stay crafty my friends.

Guess the project: rows 9-13

 

Row 9

Row 10

 Row 11

 Row 12

 Row 13

Stay crafty my friends.

Giant Cabled blanket

Well, sometimes I just need a project to work on for myself so that I continue to enjoy the knitting and crocheting I do on a constant basis for others. So I decided to treat myself to a GIANT cabled comforter for me and my boyfriend's bed.

 This was when i was almost done!

 Decided to keep it on the floor for a while as a knitting nook!

Buuut then I couldn't resist putting this fluffy piece of awesome on my bed. It's so comfy. My kitty loves it. And it will be PERFECT for cuddling once winter gets here.

If i get enough interest in these blankets, I may start making them and putting them in my pending Etsy shop! So if you like it, and would want to buy a smaller or larger version of it (depending on if you want a throw or a king sized comforter), let me know! 

Stay crafty my friends.

Hutch restoration

My parents were given an old, handmade hutch a while back, and it had just been sitting in their garage gathering dust. When they asked if I wanted it, I jumped at the opportunity! After all, I can never have too much storage for my yarn, right?

Doesn't that just look so much better!? I love how the blue just POPS in my crafting room (which is messy right now..so pardon..)

Steps: strip paint, clean up the mess (it does make a HUGE mess), sand everything with 100 grain sandpaper, paint 2 coats of a deep chocolate brown, paint 2 coats of a bright turquoise, let sit for 24 hours, rub the edges with a sandpaper block, and rub the heck out of everything else with coarse steel wool (1-2) and coarse sandpaper (but even out with a finer steel wool),  and presto! new and improved hutch!

Stay crafty my friends!

20th birthday and 3 year anniversary

Today has been just a relaxing day of doing absolutely nothing, which is nice. Today is my 20th birthday, and the 3 year anniversary of Fletcher and I's beautiful relationship. I love him dearly, and I can't wait to see what is in store for us in the future.

Birthdays are fun! But you know what else is fun? Restoring and revamping old furniture! On my next post I'm going to post about all of my adventures I had restoring THIS old hutch, so keep an eye out :)

Stay crafty my friends.

What I've been doing all day every day..

My boyfriend has summer school, along with my other roommate and several of my friends. Whoever isn't in summer school has a summer research job, which leaves me all by myself Monday through Friday from 8-5. So I've had to occupy my time with knitting, crocheting, and general crafting. Oh the horror! So here are some of my recent projects. You can see way more pictures on my facebook page. Enjoy :)

 Green market bag I made for Jan at JanMadeIt

 Baby blanket I made for this beautiful little guy! It was my first shot at designing a baby blanket. How'd I do?

This beautiful young lady, Lorelei Decker is VERY special. She is a recent highschool graduate of my old highschool, Putnam City North. She is battling Hodgkin's Lymphoma, but if you get the pleasure of meeting her you could never tell! Her adament happiness and optimism during such a hard period of her life is such a treasure to witness. Here is the link to her CaringBridge page if you would like to keep track of her and keep her in your thoughts! The picture above is her in a prayer shawl I knitted for her. Blue for the thunder, of course :)

 James Harden beard I made for one of my friends. The original intent was for him to wear it to game 6 of the NBA finals...but obviously that did not pan out. Oh well! better luck next year i suppose. THUNDER UP!

My friend (pictured) had a birthday last week, and I wanted to make him something really cool! Turns out that this is my favorite hat pattern now!

Hello Kitty :)

One of my general craft projects. I was going to buy some lace trim, then I was going to make some lace trim, but I ended up just crocheting a border around the edge. I like them :)

HOBBES! One of my favorite creations. :)

If you like anything you see, please visit my facebook page and "like" it. I would appreciate it very much! I also do custom orders if you want a different colored market bag, hat, or anything you can think of!

Stay crafty my friends.

Guess the project: rows 6-8

So, I was not expecting to have much business this summer..but I was wrong! That means I haven't been able to crank out rows of this blanket as quickly as I would like. :(

Here are rows 6, 7, and 8! Once I get to row 10, I'm going to start on the rows for the next character so that you guys have the opportunity to guess both characters!

See if you can guess who it is! :)

Stay crafty my friends.