Merry Christmas

I got to give my Christmas presents today. It was so much fun... I think everyone liked their gifts. Here is what I made:1 and 2: Irish Hiking Scarf for my future SIL Katie
3, 4, and 5 Turn a Square Hat for Uncle Harry, Grandpa, and Grandma Sturt
6 River Rapids Socks for my Sister Sarah
7 and 8 Plain Vanilla Socks hand dyed by me for Aunt Debra and Grandma Cuso
9 Bristol Neck Warmer Cowel hand-spun and dyed by me for Mom
10 and 11 sweaters made by Aunt Lisa and Aunt Debra for Mom and Aunt Susan (matching!)
12 Special Bonus of Murph on Christmas morning... he was enjoying the unwrapping

I will post my loot (I got a lot of good stuff) after we move on Monday. I sent it all home with Sarah. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!

Happy Kittah

Roxanne, my year old ragdoll kitten is SO happy with the moving process so far. She cannot believe that there are boxes laying all over our house and the cabinets are getting cleaned out, which just means that there is room for her to lay in them. She spends her days sleeping and jumping from box to box at the moment. She is a spoiled brat, which I know is just my own fault, but I do feel a little bad. See right now she basically does whatever she wants. We are moving in with my sister, Sarah, who has two cats and a dog. Despite all our hard work she does not like her cousins and spends the whole time under our bed when we visit.... poor kitty has no idea whats coming!

I have finished my Christmas knitting. The scarf did not come out how I wanted it to. So, we dyed over it! Pictures later (I left it at my parents' house drying). Hopefully it dries better I think it will. We dyed it with black and vermilion and I think it will be very pretty.

School's Almost Out

It has been a VERY long semester and I am very happy to anounce that I only have one test and a final left and then I will be a graduate of Quinsigamond Community College! This is not my ultimate goal. I would like to go back and get a BA, but I am still very proud of myself as I have been working on my associates for several years while working full time. It keeps me busy.

On a knitting note I have been working on my last Christmas project. It is an Irish Hiking Scarf for my future sister-in-law, Katie. I am in love with it and I think I will be making another for me after Christmas!

Another Square Hat

I have been so busy with school lately that I have not done too much knitting. Here is a little peek at something I did have time to whip up.
This is the Turn A Square Hat pattern and is very quick and easy. I love the green with the gray striping. The yarn was leftovers that I stole from my sister Sarah's stash. (it is where I usually shop as you will soon find out if you have not already!) The hat is for my grandmother for Christmas. I only have one more Christmas knitting gift left to finish! More on that later, back to writing papers :(

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope everyone had a great day with friends and family! Enjoy your turkey.

Sock Machine

As the holidays are fast approaching I am a knitting machine. Recently I ordered 2 bracelets from my friend Erin for gifts. She is so nice and gave me a deal on them, so I wanted to do something special for her. I made her these fall socks that I thought were fitting for this time of the year. She loved them, and I can't believe that I got them finished in time. It was a new pattern for me and I really enjoyed knitting it.

Success!

Last night Melissa and I took the soap out of the molds and it was a success... we weren't sure there for a little bit about one batch. We ended up making another batch, but did not have a place to mold it in since the first batch was not done yet. So, we did what we do best and improvised! I dumped all the yarn out of a plastic bin and molded the soap in there. Here are the successful pics of us taking the soap out of the molds, and in the case of the bin cutting it up into bars.
Since I live in a one bedroom apartment, and have a kitten that likes to get into everything storing the soap was a small problem. The soap has to stay out in the air for about 6 weeks before it will actually be ready to use (yes I am well aware that I am cutting it VERY close for Christmas!). So since space and not having the cat eat the soap was a major concern we decided to store it on cardboard on top of the kitchen cabinets! At least the house smells very yummy.

We ended up making one batch of oatmeal, honey, and milk, and one batch of citrus. It was a great experience and I had a lot of fun learning a new craft. There will DEFINITELY be more soap making in the future!