Oh So Lovely 30 Day Photo Challenge

G recently link'd me to this blog, and the exciting photo challenge she's come up with!

Never mind that i'm starting on day three, but here we go!

Day 3: Clouds
at sunset in fayetteville.

a new stitching hobby!

i was given this absolutely lovely sewing machine for my birthday this month! it's a singer stylist 7258, and i completely adore it!

i've got big plans for this machine! and i've already made a bag using this tutorial from //between the lines//.
i've got such a long list of things i want to make now! it's an every growing list, and i can't wait to dive even further in to a new fiber addiction :)

what i've made in the past month!

i've been knitting up a storm the past month!

i've made two pairs of mittens (the moulin rouge still need thumbs), here's a pair of 'faux isle' mitts, from Bekah Knits. i made a little monster out of noro kureyon, using this rebecca danger pattern, and snapped a picture of him 'in the wild.'i worked up a shop sample of this churchmouse pattern using a skein of louet eurofax.we've got a lot of single skeins left over after the success of cynthia parker's fitted tank class. oh, and the surprising popularity of this little ditty i made up using this cocoknits pattern.
i blogged about it on the Hand Held Knitting Blog, and basically rambled on and on about how much i adore this pattern and garment!

but honestly, i want to wear it all day, every day. it makes me feel so pretty! (even if i look super awkward in the pictures...)

something geek-tastic...

so, there's this show i like, maybe you watch it too:first season was better, but second season had some truly shining gems. such as:



and as you know, i love all things geeky! so i couldn't resist making this for my honey!

don't tell anyone, but i'm much more partial to the wars than the trek. actually, tell everyone. obi-wan could take picard any day! there, i said it! come at me!

*cough* anyway... just wanted to share with the world! (maybe soon i'll make one for the paintball episodes! how could you not love abed as han...:D )

tickle me bender!

during all those fabulous snow days where i was a captive of my own apartment, i made a plush softy toy, something i've been wanting to try for quite a while!

so here he is, in all his glory:
made of fleece, dmc embroidery floss, stuffing, and cardboard!

and, for even more geek fablosity, he loves my jayne hat too :)may the geek be with you! fangirls unite!

*dramatic entrance*

with doves...

anyway, hello blogland! it has been even longer than usual... i got swallowed up by the snow, and then by the abyss known as undergraduate education. but now i make a dramatic comeback into the summertime!

and here's what i've done since i last posted (with ravelry links):

i finished those thigh highs! (by which i mean, they're bound off, now i have ends to weave in...and i don't have a more current picture...)

and i made a fantastic vest!americano pattern using rowan lima

i made a bunch of scarves,chastain park shawl in manos maxima for zoom's birtday

saxon braid scarf in katmandu aran for my loving bf

riding hood scarf in amy butler aran

firefly scarf in noro king

and hats,fooofoo beret in fresco (with a jack-cat)

sideways grande cloche in sandstone for zoom's birthday too!

cable brim slouch hat in kumara (with a dinosaur buttion!!!)

an early morning beret in donegal tweed (with a needle-felted octopus!)

including one of my own design! (check back soon for the pattern!)
entitled TBL, out of blue sky sprotweight

oh, and this ear-warmer thingy!made out of manos, also for zoom's birthday. and i definitely need to make one for myself for this winter!

and i made a big wrap/shawl/scarf for the trip to syria that was called off on account of revolution.sunshine wrap in amy butler dk, modeled and blocked by my fantastic mother!

Happy summer blogland! sorry i've been absent for so long!

more snow! and some fun links!

my internet has been spotty the past few days from all the snow we've gotten in fayetteville, but i've managed to grab some here and there to put this post together!

i've been using my phone to browse the internet, and Gayle just shared this link to Rachel Denbow's blog with me! doesn't this look like so much fun!? maybe it'll help me get over my fear of sewing machines, and i'll be able to make some super cute stuff from it!
and as you can probably tell, i've been itching to pick up my embroidery again! maybe i'll have something fun to post soon ;)

and speaking of something to post soon.... i'm working on a tutorial for casting on two-at-a-time top-down socks! a cast on that's perfect for something like this:

that's right, blogland, these are toe-less and heel-less socks (and as soon as i try out top-down two-at-a-time socks with a cuff, i'll post about that too)! because, why would you make socks this gorgeously long just one at a time, on double points?

ravelry link, from this fantastic pattern book

and scout's honor, this tutorial is coming soon!


also, has anyone tried out this site? it kinda seems like a more general ravelry, but i can't quite get the hang of how it works. do any of you use this? do you like it?

i'm so enjoying all this extra crafting/knitting/gaming time, it's truly wonderful. just like winter break part 2!

stay safe out there, blogland, it's a dangerous world.