Knitting Night - Double Knot

Every other Thursday night I go to a knitting night at EcoFlora, called Stitch Rage. Thanks to Carly, tonight I learned how to join yarn by making a double knot!

With the help of some friends...

My friend Eva owns a flower shoppe here in Clintonville (EcoFlora) and as of March 1st, she started hosting a knitting group that will be meeting every other Thursday evening. At our first gathering, I started this new project. We (me, Kelli & Meghan) have been talking about starting this project for while & last night seemed like the perfect time to start. We are making the Mitered Square Blanket from one of the Mason-Dixon Knitting Books. Kelli has made this before, so we know that it can be done! It will be interested to see how long it will take us all to finish. Knitting the squares are pretty easy. The parts that makes me nervous, will be the task of putting all of the squares together and adding on the boarder. I'll post more pictures along the way.

 (It's the making of a corner!)

 (1st completed square)

(Our finished project should look something like this.)

Scottie Dog

I came across this pattern: http://www.dsquilts.com/uploads/ScottieDogPattern.pdf and thought it was super cute. So I used some extra fabric and I figured I'd try to make it. The little pup I made isn't perfect, but I think I did an okay job for a first attempt.

new project - single girl quilt

At the end of March I'm going to start a new quilt. I'm taking another one of Mary's classes at Sew to Speak. I bought the Single Girl Quilt Pattern a long time ago with the goal of learning how to quilt at some point. The other day I found this pattern and looked at it. There are a ton of directions and I started to feel a little overwhelmed. Later on that day, I checked the upcoming class list at Sew to Speak & found out they were going to have a class for the very same quilt I was previously looking at. Since the class isn't full, I decided to sign up and learn how to make the quilt that I'm still pretty sure is above my skill level. Here is a picture of some of the fabric I plan on using. I'm going big with this quilt. I plan on using it on my bed, so I'm going to try to make a queen size version of it. (yikes!)

Crafty Teaser

Even though I haven't been posting, I have been getting my craft on! Unfortunately, the project I'm working on will need to stay top secret for awhile because it's actually going to be a gift. I promise I'll post more about this crafty adventure in the future. But for now, I can only post one black and white photo.

Bluebirdsky Cowl

My lovely friend Sue moved to NYC last summer. For Christmas, I made her a cowl to help her stay warm while she is traveling around her new city. I didn't follow a specific pattern but here is the pattern that inspired me to make the cowl Sue is wearing in the above picture.  

Sue also happens to be wearing one of the necklaces she made. She has a rad Etsy shop.   Please check out her necklaces and support a wonderful independent artist!

(Sue B) 

Blankets for the Mintons

The last time Hunter & I were at the Minton's house, I took a couple picture of the kids with the blankets I knitted for them when they were babies. These two kids are amazing! The blanket I made for Luke was the first baby blanket I ever knitted. 

(Luke, Daisy (pup), Rachel, Anna)

 

(June (bottom left corner), Anna & Luke)