FINALLY

I got this thing up... at last.. after saying I'm going to do it for over a year... I think I will start out by posting pictures of everything I've made so far (which is a lot).

I am currently working on a few things at one time.... I tend to take on too many projects.

1. an afghan for football season (16 squares total, 4 x 4, each 9 inches)... I have finished about 11 out of 16 squares... The center is a large VT logo inside an oval... I'm actually about to go get more yarn so I can finish... once I'm done I will post yarn info, pics, and instructions.. I think it's going to be cute... The hardest and longest part will be making a border for the entire blanket to help it hold its shape...I can tell I'm going to have a problem with some of the squares..

2. A cute felted remote control holder for the sofa knit in lion wool... I adapted a pattern from a book.. I will post that on here also..

3. I made the 'mermaid top' from Ashley Paige's 'sexy little knits'... all that was left was the ruffle border.. and then Hunter spilled cappuccino all over it... so I had to wash it several times... then the book mysteriously disappeared.. so I had to go to Barnes and Noble and type in the instructions in my phone (didn't have ANY money at the time because of the 7,000+ mile road trip)... I started working on the ruffle, got frustrated with the phone instructions, and stopped... well GUESS what I found in my truck!! ... the book! So I am going to finish that up soon.. its going to be too cold to wear it :(


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The blanket in particular has been taking FOREVER... largely because the intarsia takes forever (I'm new at it and the pattern is intricate).. and partly because I am taking classes at the community college. I am taking a portfolio developing course for my photographs (and since all my old negatives mysteriously disappeared I had to start over).. This is discouraging because I havent been in a darkroom in years. Hopefully, though, if I apply myself at it, when I move in the summer, I can take my own darkroom equipment (Thanks mom and dad, best Christmas gift EVER!) and set it up. I am also taking ceramics (A lifelong dream of mine - I took a class as a child and LOVED it) and have been rabidly working away at that also. I still can't throw a pot worth shit, but some of my coil and slab pieces aren't too bad. Some are pretty darn good, actually! We glazed last night, which was fun. I'll have to put some pics of that stuff on here as well...


till next time!

xoxo

b