Monday, May 15, 2006

It is finished!

YEAH! I finally finished my hooded/zippered cardigan! I have sewn it up and single crocheted around the edge it looks great, all I have to do is get my friend to put the zip in for me now :)

Monday, May 08, 2006

I really need to get my act together!

I am terrible for starting things and not finishing them, I always seem to have unfinished projects on the go yet I still keep starting new ones?? What is wrong with me??
I still have the hooded/zippered cardigan to finish all I have is the hood to knit, then sew it altogether, my friend said she would then sew the zip in for me as I have never put a zip in before? I also still have the hooded poncho to finish for my neice in Australia, I have sewn the poncho together but I still need to make the hood and sew it on!... I am still working on the TV Blanket for myself, plus a shrug for my friend, but at least I did start and finish 3 shrugs for myself that I have been wearing non stop, I LOVE THEM! .... Last night I started a 3 in one scarf out of an English knitting magazine, mind you I have also undone it and started it 4 times since last night! It is using the yarn Bernat Matrix. OMG! I hate knitting with this stuff, but I have to admit it does look great now that I have it going with no mistakes or dropped stitches, but man is it a pain in the butt to knit with!
I did make a dishcloth for an exchange I had going at my yahoo knitting group, and I also did the 12" square for the afgan square exchnage we are also running at my yahoo knitting group, I now need to do both again for this months exchage! :)
Yesterday I found this great secondhand bookstore and bought OddBall Knitting By Barbara Albright and also bought KnitLit By Linda Roghaar & Molly Wolf.
Last week I read the book BeyondStitch'N'Bitch it was a FuN book to read and a fast read. I am waiting for my library to get me the latest Stephanie Pearl-Mcphee(Yarn Harlot ) book. I recently bought the book 200 knitted blocks By Jan Eaton, and I also bought Quick Crochet, Huge Hooks.
Does anyone buy the English knitting magazine Simply Knitting? I just love this magazine but often have a hard time getting yarn that is used in it here in Canada as it ends up being so expensive.
I was wondering does anyone rember the new magazine that came out in the Fall/Winter 2006...Family Circle Easy Crocher...? In that magazine it says the next issue Spring/Summer 2006 would be on stands April 18th... but I have not been able to find a copy at all? Does anyone know if it ever came out?
Oh and last weekend I bought a sewing machine from a lady I know. It only cost me $30 and it was just serviced. I hated sewing in high school, but thought it was time I got my act together and learnt how to sew properly... Or at least enough to do repairs and such! LOL!
Last weekend a neighbor that was moving gave me her washing machine, it is only 3 years old. I am so happy to have a washing machine at long last, it doesn't match my drier but that is no big deal. So I have been doing losts of laundry and Ironing(I love to Iron) :)
The sock class ended up being cancelled as not enough people signed up for it, so for now knitting socks remains a mystery to me :) And I decided not to do the crochet class as it was going to be over $50.00 in total I have decided to just practice on my granny squares for now.
I think that brings me up to date for now... Hopefully I won;t take so long to up-date again :)

I could not get in here!

I had to wait until I heard back from the people that run this system and we had to change my password, our computer crashed and we think it may have been hacked as I have had problems getting into many things that had passwords but I am slowly getting in comtrol of my sites again I will up-date what I have been knitting in the next few days, and also stop by everyones blogs to say hello.