Christmas in July - it's not too early to start shopping!

This is my yearly plug for some of my favorite crafters in no particular order. Please check them out if you're in a spending mood...... or even if you're not. :-)

MontanaNana
Knitting II
Jewel Re Motion
NanaSadieRose
Serenity Stitches
Wolfe Farms

June Mystery

This "Infinity Scarf" was a fun knit. It can be worn as a scarf or wrapped around your neck twice be worn as a cowl. It can also be lain across a bench to keep the bench's arm warm.

Cheater Fishing

Is it really fishing if you catch your fish at a trout farm. We had a great time and Justin caught two fish in record time. Dinner last night............ trout!!

Hexagon Fabric Swap

I was invited to join a hexagon fabric swap. If anyone's interested the details are below. So far only one person has posted her fabric but I'm sure the rest of us will get ours up there soon. I'm hoping to work on this tonight.

Thanks Christina and Stacey for putting this together. :-)

So far these ladies that have joined in the fun:

Christina
Stacey
Carolyn

"A friendly fabric swap for the hexagon addict in you. In a rainbow of colors please feel free to join us.

Rules:

1. Fill a ziploc bag with a 1/2 yard of fabric in a wide variety of colors. A 2" hexagon will needs 4.5" square so the fabric minimum has to be no smaller than 4.5".

2. Post a photo to the flickr group (http://www.flickr.com/groups/1667659@N24/)

3. For each bag you post you can select a bag from someone else

4. Be prepared to ship anywhere

5. The scraps of fabric can be recycles, reclaimed or new but they all need to be big enough to cut out a 2" hexagon (and please make sure they are pre-washed)

6. All fabrics must be 100% cotton"

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Mid-May Mystery

It's been a long time since I made a market bag. I thought it would be a fun quick mystery knit and I was right. It's such an easy way to use up dishcloth or any other non-expensive yarn.

Hexagon quilt?

Whoever reads my blog regularly knows that I run a Mystery KAL on Ravelry. One of our members name is "rocketgirl." She started reading my blog and commenting. I always try to check out who's leaving comments when I don't "know" them.

I, in turn, started reading her blog. She was very encouraging about my quilting - which is fun for me but nothing like my love of knitting. She, on he other hand is quite quilt and sewing gifted which has been fun for me to read about.

Earlier this week she proposed that we do a hexagon quilt.

Being the non-savvy quilt maker I had to look it up. This is what I wrote her after I googled it:

Just googled it………….. NOT IN THIS LIFETIME!!

I think I’d rather knit it.

She is no quitter and suggested that we make table runners, nothing big. I wrote back and said I'd make one flower this weekend and then let her know. This weekend turned into one evening of cutting the templates and the next evening of sewing the flower. I fell in love with the process. She was going to do the same, wait for the weekend but ended up making her flower early as well. Both of ours are non-similar but I love the both and can't wait to make more!!

May Mystery Revealed

The Storm Cloud Shawlette was our May Mystery. the final clue was posted today so I can blog about it.

I wanted mine a bit larger so I used 10.5 needles and three strands of lace yarn held together. I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

More beanies

Kevin's friends don't get tired of them and I'm glad I don't get tired of making them. These are for Brandon and Jon.

Band of the Month - Hot Topic

Click this link and check out the cute bass player!!

Yoga, here we come!!

Dona and I started taking a Saturday morning yoga class. We bought our mats, we were ready to go.

I remembered seeing Yoga Mat covers on Ravelry so I knitted up two. We're very stylish now when we're walking into our class.

Fish lips!!

I saw this pattern and fell in love with the lips. My friend Kathy gave me a flounder lesson and told me that one eye of the flounder was larger than the other. She wasn't sure which one and when I tried to research it I couldn't find the answer. While he might not be anatomically correct, I think he's very adorable.

Felting makes me happy

I've been wanting to felt something for awhile so I started searching and came up with this. I wish I'd taken a before picture because I'm always so amazed at how much the item shrinks during the felting process.

Celebrity Hat Sighting!!

Nathan of "Allstar Weekend" was spied during a Radio Disney interview wearing the hat I made him. See the cutie on the right in the first picture. That's Nathan and my hat! Thanks Crystal for the pictures.

Quilt homework complete

This week will be the final class. We'll pick out border fabric and she'll send us on our way to finish our quilts. I can't wait to see the finished project.

There's a baby coming!!

Kevin's friends Brandon & Angie are expecting a baby in June and they're naming her Ariel. I know that it has nothing at all to do with my name but I like to believe it does. They requested a knitted blanket and a hat. Baby items are so easy and quick so I made a few extra items. I can't wait to give them their "stuff."

Ta da.......... mystery project complete!!

Dona's taking the hat with her on her Alaskan cruise. It should keep her head nice and warm. The pattern can be found here.

Our next mystery project starts in just over one week.

WIP Wednesday

Mystery project going strong.

Quilt homework complete for tonight's class.

WIP Wednesday

No class this week but I'm ready for next week.

March Mystery!!

I finished it just in time to start handing out clues today. Come join us if you want to play along.