Whoops!

Well I was going to post about the thing that I’m currently knitting, which is a thing not for Etsy, but for Christmas present. And then I realized that it was a Christmas present, and it is not yet Christmas. So I’ll talk about something else until I can show off the awesome thing that I am making for a person for Christmas, which I kind of want to keep for myself because it’s squishy and soft.

My other exciting news this week is that I switched from men’s gloves for Etsy to women’s colorwork gloves, because I realized I only had one left in the shop. I’m planning on making more Gabriella gloves for the shop, but I’m waiting for my metal dpns from a certain, which are a lot nicer to work on with the tight gauge.

And I have to make a mouse ornament for Alex’s Christmas party on Sunday. Complete with catnip. Which I will put high in the tree. *Bwahaha*

Happy Knitting!

And here’s a cat.

Plans

Because it’s been a bit crazy on my Etsy shop, I’m still trying to catch up, which means that all I’ve knit for the last two weeks has been men’s fingerless gloves. And don’t get me wrong, those gloves are pretty awesome, and the fact that I can whip out three pairs in a week without having to skip work is pretty awesome too. But to be honest, I’m a little tired of knitting stuff for other people, and of not starting all of these new design projects that have popped into my head. So after Christmas my plan is this: knit stuff for me!! (and try to put something new on Etsy at least once every other week).

For these: I have an infinity scarf planned.

For these: an entrelac hat.

And this: finally a new pair of Gabriella gloves, with the gorgeous Tosh DK

All for me! Who could’ve guessed knitters were actually capable of knitting for themselves? Now if only it were January…

Happy Knitting!

Weirdest thing I’ve ever knit. And turkey.

So a few weeks ago I had someone contact me on Etsy about making gloves for their father, who smokes cigars, and would benefit from a pair of these, but with the colorwork pattern that I’ve used with other fingerless gloves. Now I have to say, these are probably the weirdest gloves I’ve ever knit. Doing the colorwork for the fingers made them extra pretty, but a real pain. I think my biggest issue with them though, was that I don’t like smoking, and I don’t like people who do. And not just cigarettes, but cigars, hooka, pot, I don’t care – if it involves inhaling smoke, people who do it aren’t very bright. But all in all, these are rather gorgeous gloves, if I do say so myself!

Now onto turkey! Thanksgiving this year was our first holiday that we got to host, which is appropriate that it was also our first holiday as a married couple. Ty went way overboard with the cooking, making about 10 pound more turkey than needed, and about 5 pounds of extra potatoes. The only downside is that I’ve been eating Thanksgiving dinner for a week now.

We managed to cram seven people into our apartment and around our table, with only one person not sitting on a real chair, Bonnie got the lounger. There was plenty of wine, and as previously stated, way too much food, so I call that a successful holiday. And now I think Ty is addicted to hosting holiday. Mostly because it means he gets to control everything, and perhaps just a little because he gets to cook.

And here’s a super pretty picture of moss. Cause it was there. And yelling at me each time I went change the laundry. So I obliged and photographed it.

In the meantime. I’ve been knitting lots of men’s fingerless gloves for Etsy. Who knew they made such good presents for men. Oh, I guess all the people on Etsy did. Now I need to catch up!

Happy Knitting!

Blueberry Muffins

When Ty woke up this morning at an ungodly hour to catch a flight to Utah, I swore that it smelled like blueberry muffins near me in bed. He, of course, thought I was insane, or asleep. It was driving me crazy all day, and I had to make some.

I’ve been working on some Etsy gloves, the non-custom ones (less brain power needed) for the last few days, including today. And it was incredibly frustrating when I had to wait for a seat on the metro this morning. Two full stops of knitting I’ll never get back! It’s also a little awkward to knit with my bag on my lap sometimes, I’m always a little worried that it will fall off, especially when it’s packed full. I realized as I was leaving the house this morning that I had four separate knitting projects in my bag – gloves for Etsy, custom gloves for Etsy, socks for Ty and the front of Working Diamonds. Oh well, a girl can never have too many options.

And despite the weather today being the perfect fall weather, just the right amount of crispness to the air, it felt like Christmas should be around the corner. But maybe that’s just my worrying over application deadlines. Can someone else make my grownup decisions? It’s not that I’m bad at decisions, I mean in chocolate vs. vanilla, chocolate always wins. But if it’s chocolate A or chocolate B? Who can tell the difference from far away? Without trying both?

Although I guess today I went with blueberry. Go figure.

Happy Knitting! (I can’t wait to get back to Working Diamonds tomorrow at knit night!)

Also, those muffins are Splenda’s recipe, surprisingly tasty every time I make them!

Finally Fall in DC – now where’s my hat?

These last few weeks have been full of knitting, and a few FOs, but it seems that a few things on my to do list have managed to escape my attention, again. My redo of Peacock Feathers is finished, but to be honest, I’m not as happy with them as I’d like to be, at least if I’m going to go through the trouble of re-editing the pdf and taking better pictures. Fortunately I have another skein of that same purple knitpicks stroll, so I’ll try again. The socks will go up on Etsy, just as soon as I do the finishing for them, and figure out how I’m going to do the pictures.

Speaking of pictures, I recently received probably the best hand-me-down I’ve ever gotten (and I’m the youngest of three), my dad’s old DSLR camera! I’m still figuring out how to use it, both the physical buttons and what actually makes a good picture. Etsy has some nice tutorials on small object photography, which kind of overlaps with what I want, but I’ll need more info on photographing hats/gloves/etc. The other issue that comes up with finally getting a nice camera, is the issue of a model. I’d much rather be in charge of what the photo looks like, which means I have to be behind the camera, not wearing my knits. And as much of a good sport Ty is about modeling the men’s stuff, I think he, and my customers, would draw the line at him modeling the women’s items. But I guess that’s what friends are for… *cough* Ashley *cough*

My autumnal colorwork fingerless mitts are finally progressing, after having the issue of being way too annoying to carry all those skeins around with me. Once I realized that I should therefore work on those while I’m home, instead of more transportable projects, I found myself almost finished. I’ll have to remind myself when I’m done, however, that because of all those color changes they’ll need some serious blocking.

As my take-with-me project I started a second pair of men’s fingerless gloves, which I think are probably my favorite thing on the needles now. Partly because the Rowan Felted Tweed is so nice, but mostly because they knit up so quickly! I started to realize that although I had a thing or two for men on my Etsy shop, more is definitely necessary before the holidays. Because seriously, what exactly are you supposed to get your husband? And if I have that problem, and I’m a knitter, I’m sure that the non-knitters have that issue too. Women are easy to shop for, and even if you get something they don’t like, they know how to lie. Men? Not so much.

Tomorrow I’ll be heading off to Philadelphia for a work retreat/3-day seminar, which means that I’ll have quite a bit of travel time to knit, and hopefully get these four Etsy projects ready for pictures over the weekend. Maybe I’ll start Ty’s next pair of socks on the train, is October 26th too late to enter Socktoberfest?

Happy Knitting!