Under the weather.. but not out of commission

Hi everyone,

I've been fighting a sinus cold thing since yesterday which has left me dizzy and weak.  Yesterday I slept till nearly 6 pm!  Today I'm marginally better, and determined to be productive without pushing it :)

On Monday evening I *finally* got around to finishing a couple patterns and adding them to the website and to ravelry for FREE!!!!!.  The patterns I have added are:

the foldover cropped cardigan shrug!

my furry rave gogo legwarmers

(as requested by a couple burners on ravelry)

my perfectly flared legwarmers

and last, but not least

my dropped stitch scarf

(a great stashbuster)

A bunch of people have already downloaded the shrug, and I am really excited to see how the projects turn out :)  I proofread the pattern carefully and I'm crossing my fingers that there weren't any mistakes.  I feel like the calculations might be confusing for some people.  Pattern support is provided free at bethnouveau@gmail.com.

In other news,  I attended Floyd Fandango this weekend in Floyd, VA and had a wonderful time.  Sam Bush is an incredible bluegrass musician and I was one of the only hula hoopers there, so I didn't cringe every time I dropped my hoop :)

I don't think I mentioned this yet, but I purchased an LED hoop from trickconcepts and I ADORE it.

It's so bright!

This month I am working on vertical on the body hooping, the barrell roll, the vortex (which is supposedly easy but I struggle with it), and bringing the hoop up from the knees.  Slowly but surely I will master them all :)

sweaty me, hooping at a festival :)

ah funny hooping faces

I will leave you with a few shots of some new wire-wrapped feather earrings I put in the etsy store.

The Kingfisher - I LOVE THESE

The Bees Knees - These look great wrapped in yellow wire.  Talk about DRAMA

The Sandpiper - Understated, the photos don't do these justice.  LOVE THEM

Peacock Jamboree - Very colorful

Butterfly Wings - more superbright color.  I Love peacock body feathers!

That's all for now.  An update on my current knitting projects will follow soon.

happy creating!

xox

Here's to sunny days and dispositions...

Hi everyone,  I apologize for not posting for awhile, but this weather has been so absolutely gorgeous that I have spent just about every second possible outside.  I generally blog during my lunch break at work, but those lunch breaks are now taken outside on a blanket with some knitting.  The positive is that I have completed quite a few projects.

The first project I finished is a cute knitted cropped shrug that I designed.  The pattern will soon be available on ravelry for sale.  Here are some photos.

I made it with 3/4 sleeves as I ran out of yarn to make full ones, but I like it!

I absolutely love the back.  The sleeves were made with raglan shaping.

I love this yarn, Rowan "ribbon twist", colorway "mole".. now discontinued.

As far as etsy goes, I haven't designed a lot of jewelry lately as filling orders has been taking a lot of time. I did design these earrings on the left for a customer as a custom order.  I liked them so much, I added them to the shop today.  They feature peacock swords lightly wrapped in black wire and set in sterling silver ear hooks.  They're about 4-5 inches long and just hit the top of the shoulders.

I hope everyone had a lovely Easter holiday.  I took a ton of pictures of the rural Virginian countryside around my parents home.  Here are some of the highlights.

View of the Peaks of Otter in Bedford, VA

A gorgeous house and stream in Colton's Mill

Another view of the house

A gorgeous farm and greenhouse near Colton's Mill

View of the dogs in front of my parents gorgeous cherry tree

Enjoy the weather!!

xox

RAVELRY!

I was invited to join ravelry today! I have been waiting for a few weeks for my invitation... now it's time to get my butt in gear and post some stuff on there!