May I just say again that I am awed by the talent in here: Bella, IlF, Ozymandias, wild rose, others on the previous pages ...

I will post up more of my quilt as soon as possible.(in my case that may be 3 weeks).

Any pics ready?

thank you so much everyone Valia, yes, the beads for the shoes are larger, I have a friend who gave me a whole box filled with beads of all colors and sizes and some of the beads were bigger than others
Mel, I just saw a picture of the ballet shoes and I thought it was really pretty and decided to make a beaded picture just like it. I copied the picture and sorted out my beads and then put it all together

I recently started making amigurimi animals. I've made a little family of a rooster, a chicken and three chicks, pictures will come soon

Cool projects, wildrose!

Well, I hadn't really thought about buying a sewing machine yet, but my big sister was looking at several online and found one like my Mom's (which is a great machine, it has to be to survive our lifestyle). So, I bought a Janome Memory Craft 4000 last week. It hasn't arrived yet, but when it does I will post some pictures. I am super excited!

I have several projects cut and ready to sew when the machine arrives, unfortunately none of it is for me. There is a purse/bag that I want to make, I am hoping maybe this weekend I can finally make it.

SnowAngel

Bella, your knitting left me speechless!!! I'm still in the long process of learning to knit. I love the sweater

Thank-you, Wrose!!

That baby blanket is very cute! It looks cozy and warm. And the beaded ballet shoes... That's gorgeous. How long did it take?

Ooh, I'd love to see photos of the amigurumi!! I enjoy making those, as well.

May I just say again that I am awed by the talent in here: Bella, IlF, Ozymandias, wild rose, others on the previous pages ...

Thank-you, Jo!

I've been knitting and crocheting a lot this summer, in preparation for any upcoming sales. I am also working on a sweater (my first adult-sized one) for my grandmother, and that is going pretty well.
For the sale, I've knitted three or four hats and a handful of amigurumi toys so far. CSLN has been working on redesigning the patterns we use, and she's doing a good job of that.
I also started doing Fair Isle Knitting again, and I borrowed this lovely book on Norwegian mittens. (The lady mentioned shoddy mills where they take knitted waste and turn it into stuffing, rugs, or salvage yarn or the design for socks and such if it is not too worn. That's such a good idea; I wish it was more wide-spread.) I'd love to make some. The technique is breathtaking and complex. So far, though, I'm just doing a generic snowflake on a hat. It's simple but looks very classic.

Hooray for a new sewing machine SnowAngel. I also recently got a sewing machine, a friend gave me her old one, but there is one catch, it doesn't have a pedal, so I'll have to try and find one. It's just an old machine so I don't know if parts for it will still be sold

And the beaded ballet shoes... That's gorgeous. How long did it take?

Thank you so much. It took about five days to make (that's not counting the time when I was half way through the project and ran out of white beads and was searching the area for beads the same color and size. In the end I found them, but they were a slightly different tint, if you look at the picture closely, you'll see )

Ooh, I'd love to see photos of the amigurumi!! I enjoy making those, as well.

They're not all that good, caues it was my first attempt at amigurimi and for a long time I just couldn't get the hang of it (I'm not all that bright at times )
so here's the little family:

I made them for my niece and she just loved them. She was 'helping' me make them, which meant she held the buttens that I used for the eyes and she kept dropping them and we'd crawl all over the floor looking for them
I also made this little blankie lovie for my niece. It was supposed to be a rabbit, but she decided that it was a kitten and there was just no changing her mind . I made it out of the srcaps of yarn I had and didn't know what to do with

I also recently finished a cross stitch project that I had been wanting to do for a long while, but couldn't get around to

Good luck with all your knitting and crocheting projects Bella. I've run out of yarn so I'm a bit on hold for know with crocheting. I'm concentrating on cross stitching for now but I hope to get back into crocheting and teaching myself how to knit when I get some more yarn

May I just say again that I am awed by the talent in here: Bella, IlF, Ozymandias, wild rose, others on the previous pages ...

I will post up more of my quilt as soon as possible.(in my case that may be 3 weeks).

Any pics ready?

Ha and more than a month after this post, still none and they are all on my old computer now which is rather disappointing.

Hopefully we can see them at some point, IlF. Whatever works for you.

Oh my goodness, wild rose, your little amigurimi family is adorable, as is the blankie lovie! Having said that, I had to Google both words (amigurimi and blankie lovie), because I had never heard of either of them before. And the cross stitch is gorgeous! So fine and delicate.

EDIT: Bella, I'd love to see the adult sweater when you're finished. What a special gift for your grandmother! And how cool about taking knitted waste and turning it back into something of value. Great idea!

Digging this thread out of the high past to show off my new scarf. It's the first thing I've ever knitted before, and apart from a few flaws, I consider it to be pretty good.

DiGsY, that is lovely. That maroon colour is especially attractive. Good job, especially for your first knitting project! And I do like how you have it draped so artistically over the chair. How long is it? 6-7 feet or so?

It's longer than that; more like 8 feet. The original strips were about 10 feet each, but when I sewed them together, they shrank.

I'm now working on an iPod sleeve.

That's really neat, DiGs! (At first I thought you'd done the stripes lengthwise, so they were super long and only a few rows and my mind was totally boggled but then I woke up and realized that they must have been short rows and lots of them. ) I bet the iPod sleeve will work up really quick in comparison.

At first I thought you'd done the stripes lengthwise, so they were super long and only a few rows and my mind was totally boggled but then I woke up and realized that they must have been short rows and lots of them.

Actually. . . you were right the first time. The whole scarf is only made of five strips. So the strips are like 8 feet by 1.5 inches.

Which way did you knit? The length-side? (The 1.5 in.) If not, I'm very much in awe of the needles used for the 8 ft! Did you use a pattern, or was is just freestyle?

Also, very very lovely for a first time! *cheers*

My first project, a few years back, was a very very crooked-rowed purse. I kept increasing and decreasing my stitches without realizeing it! And the gauge was sometimes too tight... And my first swatch/piece of knitting resembled more of a doily, the stitches were so loose.

Which way did you knit? The length-side? (The 1.5 in.) If not, I'm very much in awe of the needles used for the 8 ft!

Yeah. . . . 8 foot knitting needles would be quite the sight to see . I did the length side, which was a total of six stitches on size 10 needles.

Did you use a pattern, or was is just freestyle?

Nope, it was just freestyle.

I will hopefully finish my iPod cover today

that's a really nice scarf Digs, (oh and an amazing chair ) I like the combination of colors.

post a picture of your iPod cover when your done (please )