I only have 2 works in progress. It’s a lot less than what I’m used to but it feels like I’m over my head in projects. It must be the new baby with the lack of time and the inability to give them my full attention. On a good day I can get James to sleep for 1.5-2hrs at a …
To Frog or to Tink
To frog a project: taking a project off the needles and ripping it back and undoing all the stitches. It gets it name from what your doing “rip it rip it” which sounds like a frog. To tink a project: undoing your work one stitch at a time until you reach your error. So you’re knitting backwards and it so …
James Joey Fernandes
Last year our little family of 3 (yes we consider our dog our fur baby) became a family of 4. James Joey Fernandes was born September 19th at 10:49 am weighing 8lbs 1oz and measuring 20.75″ long. Keith and I found out we were pregnant last January and we were thrilled to be expanding our family. Contrary to what everyone made …
Happy New Years and a Few 2016 Goals
Happy New Years!!! Last year was a bust for this blog, I didn’t even post a single entry. This year however, I want to get back to blogging and working on my Etsy shop. I guess you can say those are my goals and/or resolutions for the New Year. Although I’ve never been one to keep resolutions, I’m hopeful this …
It’s been a while….
It’s been a hectic fall. I spent October travelling, first to Montreal then to Thunder Bay. I babysat my cousins 3 kids in Montreal (6, 8 and 10) and I was super worried because let’s be honest 3 kids that don’t really have to listen to me for 5 full days while Mom and Dad enjoy New York. But I …
Crochet Monsters
Lately I’ve been into making knitted animals but once I learnt to crochet I figured I can start crocheting them. And since I wanted to create my own designs I was leaning more towards crochet monsters and/or aliens that way I could try to make any weird ideas I came up with. This summer I took Stacey Trocks Amugurumi: Design your …
Thoughts on July
I am well aware that it’s now August but everytime I sat down to write this post my mind went blank. So today I vowed to get it done. 1. July was productive and unproductive all at the same time (seems impossible but that’s how it felt). I started a few new projects (productive) but I have finished them yet (unproductive), we …
Where did June go?
June went by in a flash. One morning I was waking up and prepping for a bunch of house guests, the next it was Canada Day. Needless to say I wasn’t all that productive. Except for a handful of gifts, there was no productivity in this household on the knitting, crochet, blogging and Etsy shop front. In my spare bits …
WIP Wednesdays
This weeks been pretty hectic and I haven’t had much time to work on some of my old projects. But I’ve been anxious to start working on a gift for a cousins 1st birthday in June and one for my childhood friend who is due in September. Let me start by saying I’m beyond excited for my friend, I’m just …
Yarn Weight and Length: Converting Yards to Grams
A while back I had the chance to rummage through my Memere’s stash. Not the best selection of yarn (after all she was living on a pension) but regardless, it was yarn and it was free. And who doesn’t love free yarn! All of the yarn I chose (except for 2 skeins of Bernat Baby Softee) are no longer available today. The …