Requested Creations.

I have been requested to make a few things. First a pair of crocheted slippers like the crazy colored ones I made a while back. Second, a wallet out of this checkered fabric that looks kinda like country curtains to me. Third (and hardest), a pair of fingerless mitts out of the *sigh* bamboo yarn my sweet upstream pal sent me.
The first mitt is just over half finished, the slippers have to wait till I can find the right yarn and the wallet will likely get worked on tomorrow.
On top of these things are the things I have taken upon myself. Most of them happily.
There are two sets of puppy legwarmers in progress. There are multiple things to be hemmed or altered in minor ways. There is the gift I made for someone that is %95 finished, just some beading to be finished. The final package to send to my downstream pal , even though she has said she was satisfied with the packages she received. ( I still want to send out these few things anyways.)
Oh, and there has been major upheaval at my house. One of my presents was a re-organization of the house. I can now sit at my computer and look at my creative supplies without getting up. More incentive for me to get things made. I will leave the *planned* projects to another post.

Foot, and how it's Broken.

So about 6 months ago I twisted my foot in a really bad way then about a month and a half after that I twisted it again. Thinking that these were "just" sprains I wrapped and stayed off it as much as possible (ha ha) but the pain didn't magically go away and the funky lump on the outside of my foot made me curious. Finally going to the doctor about a month and a half ago I was given an opinion. An evulsion fracture on the inside of my foot. An x-ray was scheduled. The multitude of x-rays seemed to verify this opinion but an MRI was scheduled for further information. MRI was done and an appointment was scheduled with a podiatrist. The podiatrist looked at the x-rays, got a confused look and went to find the MRI results. After looking at those he came in and told me that I had broken my heel bone all the way through and that normally these kinds of breaks require surgery and screws in the foot. Notice I said normally. He told me that somehow my heel bone had been healing correctly and that hopefully we could get away with just immobilizing my foot for about a month. Thus I sit here typing away with my foot in a medieval torture device that is giving me horrid cramps in my calf. Yes, a BOOT. Why, I ask, do I need this beastly thing when I have been healing properly with what I had been doing. Because there is a possibility that I would step on a dust mote and re-break it. Because it makes hunny feel better. Because that crazy lady that I love so much got to laugh and think loudly that she told me so. Because I have to try to do things the right way once in a while.
But yeah, It's broken.

Internet and laziness

Since the past week has been made up of almost no Internet access I will have a few posts to put up soon. Hopefully within a couple of days. The topics are as follows... Foot, and how it's broken. The Presents I Loved. The *NOT* a sock. The Scarf Debacle and how it looked when over. Requested creations. Projects to come.
Yes there are a few pictures to go with these random seeming titles. I am also hoping to put together something I call "stitch patterns and their applications. I want to do an instructional series of posts on what you can use the basic stitches for and projects for practice. First up will likely be the garter stitch dish scrubber and a few variations thereof.
The house got re-arranged and I might be able to get to some of the million and one sewing projects that have been backing up. For now, I am just glad to be able to look at Ravelry and read the things that have been going on in everybody elses lives. More after I get some sleep.

What was I saying?

20 minutes ago I find out that I need to have 8 scarves made by 3:00 monday. Wish me luck and if I make it I will take pictures.
**edit: total is nine. 1 1/2 finished.**

Help?

I was gifted a sheep in a bag and I need to find some resources on how to clean and card wool. If any of you fine souls has a few links for me I would appreciate them greatly. I really want to play with it and see if I can teach myself how to use a drop spindle. Such a purty color. (=***

Attack Of the Monkeys!

Yesterday was the day of the MONKEYS. The day started with a plan. I planned to finish one thing that I had been working on for a couple of days so as to have it ready to give as a christmas present. Instead of doing that I made a pair of slipper socks, because I realized that I had worn a hole in the bottom of one of the last set.

Then I decided to start putting together a different present, a book that I am making for a dear friend. She knows about it so I can safely post without spoiling it. I got the pages cut, folded, marked punched and sewn together and got the outside of the covers finished...Then I put it down because the next step involves picking a button. Hard thing that.
Not long after that the final package from My pal arrived. Val, It was awesome. The adorable kitten was *immediately* absconded with and she slept with it last night.

I was insanely tempted to make things with the Yarn in this box. he hand spun, hand dyed alpaca merino is the most beeeeeeautiful shade of blue. So pretty it almost hurts my eyes to look at. And sooooft. But the *3* skeins of bamboo were nearly in bed with me last night. Outside cashmere I don't think I have held anything so pettable and squooshable.

There is a little kit to knit a little sheep...I maight just have to do this because, though she didn't know it, I was once associated with a local group that contains a few Scotsmen.Many jokes and good memories. (I wonder if I could dye the wool green?)

Then to the heart of the matter. COFFEE and a mug and an awesome cup cozy! The mug, while not entirely in my taste range (though very cool for a holiday theme), will definately be kept for my mother to use. She is over for coffee often and appreciates a good mug. I don't know if I will be sharing the three coffee sample sizes though. I might have to hide them. The mug cozy is happily being used on my all time favorite coffee mug, a jelly jar mug.

After the Joy was had at the opening of a *super* present I went on to work on 4 other things I am working on for various people that i can't put pictures up of yet.In between all this there was a phone call from the school we have been trying to get the Creature into. She will be starting in january and I can't tell her yet because she will get MAJORLY excited and ask fifteen million times a day if school is tomorrow. Then I *knit* this thing that I will choose to call a trivet. I will be felting it today to see if it does what I want it to. The colors kind of remind me of chocolate mint icecream...I think I'll keep it, maybe, if it turns out how I think.

While doing this I was thinking about some of the other crafts that I should be working on and putting up on etsy. Being all kinds of happy because of the 3 orders I have mailed out. Yippee.

Then there was the making of dinner. I decided to make Chicken cordon bleu and scalloped potatos, from scratch. So I did. And The Creature was a *big* help. I let her layer the potato slices in the pan while I was prepping the chicken and she did a wonderful job. After this there was the brushing of the teeth and the stories (she reads me bedtime stories now) and the *many* songs till she passed out.

Cleaning up dinner and trying to find the happy relaxed place before I go to sleep, I finally got some more work done on the thing I started my day wanting to work on. Now I am only a few rows from finished....Think I can finish it today without the monkeys in my head spoiling it?

And I finally got around to it...

I have updated my Etsy shop. Yes, I know. Took me long enough. I blame the hives for the delay. I may even have more stuff to go up tomorrow if I am lucky. I have spent the morning taking pictures of things for the shop so I will be trying to spend what is left of the afternoon taking pictures of things to post here. Like the finished scarf for hunny and the *huge* fingerless mitts I made for him. Some pictures of the Small Creature in her new apron might happen too. Then again I might just pass out watching one of the new movies hunny got for x-mas at work. Love the Indiana Jones set and have been wanting The Sound Of Music for a while. The Usual suspects and Philadelphia are both good movies, just not things I would choose for light entertainment. I also hope to put up a list of the links I have found over the last couple of weeks. Some of the craft links are just awesome and there are many things I would love to try and make. Have a happy day y'all

Look ma, No hives.

So for the first time this week I didn't wake up with something swollen and itchy. I might be actually recovering. Due to this and the making of several last minute present things there will not be an update to my store until friday night at the earliest. I will have a few "new things as well as a couple more Ear hats going up. Yayayayayayayay. My first sale happened. I am so thrilled to think that something I made will be going to someone else as a present. Kinda feel like I got a present too. I might have more "content" later but right now I am just reveling in the fact that I can type without hurting.

Just a few words.

I will not be putting up more stuff on my etsy site till I am finished with this current medical issue.
HIVES suck! I am now officially allergic to shellfish. Waking up covered from head to foot with hives is NOT the way to start a good week. I'll post more when the backs of my hands aren't covered with spots.

Store update and a frog.

I just finished updating the etsy listings... More odd stuff that came from my hands. If you happen to go by there and have any comments about how I could make it better, PLEASE let me know. It is also the best way to see what I have been working on. Almost everything I have made for the last month has gone up there.
Another gratuitous frog.

I loves me the ribbits

Yarn is Gooooood

Short post full of yarny goodness. Of course this is not a complete list of drool-worthy yarns, just the beginning of the fantsy. (=
https://www.knitpicks.com
Gloss - Any color
Essential - not Coral, Petunia
Palette - Any of the Heather colors
Felici - Any color
http://www.discontinuedbrandnameyarn.com
MarL La - not Warm Mix, Fresh Fruit
Bobcat - not Wild Cherry, Serengeti
http://elann.com
Classic Elite Paintbox - not Watercolor Green
elann.com Peruvian Pure Alpaca - Any color
elann.com Peruvian Pure Alpaca Fina - Not Carmine Pink