Mary Jane Booties

Just wanted to share one of my rare commissioned projects, a tiny pair of mary jane booties. Aren’t they darling? A dear friend is anticipating the birth of her first granddaughter and she lovingly sewed up an adorable bonnet, blankie and bib. All she lacked was a pair of booties to match. A few days later, a complete layette.

Pattern:  Free Baby Mary Jane Booties

Yarn:  Bernat Cottontots

Needles:  size 3 double points used as straights

Notions:  yarn needle, sewing needle, white thread, white ribbon, 2 white/cream pearl buttons, 2 tiny pink accent buttons.

Thanks guys for all the feedback on the new logo!  I’ll be sharing more and more about my new biz over the next couple of weeks.  So stay tuned! 

A Peek at Things to Come…..

My shiny new logo, drawn & inked by a talented artist I found on Ravelry. Here’s a link to some of her other work.

Ya likey?

A Fresh New Look

A little more behind the scenes editing and the blog will be fully refurbished.  How’s it look?  I’d love to hear your opinions. 

I have a finished project to show you!  Some of you may have already seen it on my Ravelry project page but for those of you yet to go sign up, here’s the scoop.

Swallotail Shawl (free pdf download) designed by Evelyn A. Clark

Alpaca Cloud laceweight baby alpaca yarn in the Tidepool colorway.  (can be purchased at KnitPicks)

Size 4 Crystal Palace Bamboo 24 inch circular needles

One month of the most enjoyable knitting ever

I wore it to my brother’s wedding during the reception and got soooo many compliments on it!  I loved this project and can definitely see a few more Swallowtails in my future.    Now I have 4 more lace projects cast on and am enjoying every single stitch.  More on those when there is something to see.

Oh, and that major announcement?  It’s only about a week away.  I can hardly sleep!

Mr. & Mrs.

Hello blogland! I’m coming out from the other side of planning my brother’s wedding last month finally feeling human again. I have a wonderful new sister-in-law and gained a nephew and 3 nieces! Wanna see some pictures? Thought so.  Next up: My first lace F0, my first handspun laceweight and a major announcement!

Bachelorette Party

The bridal shower

The Rehearsal Dinner

Getting pretty

The Big Day!

My siblings and I are very close.  The are my best friends and I’m soooo lucky to have them!

Remarkably accurate and creepy…

What Rebecca Means

You are wild, crazy, and a huge rebel. You’re always up to something. You have a ton of energy, and most people can’t handle you. You’re very intense. You definitely are a handful, and you’re likely to get in trouble. But your kind of trouble is a lot of fun.You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together. You are full of energy. You are spirited and boisterous. You are bold and daring. You are willing to do some pretty outrageous things. Your high energy sometimes gets you in trouble. You can have a pretty bad temper at times. You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily. You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind. A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable. You are usually the best at everything … you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic “Type A” personality.

What’s Your Name’s Hidden Meaning?

Spinning progress

Bronze Peacock BFL laceweight singles & beads., originally uploaded by heartknits.

Just a quick post to try out a camera my sister gave me. Here’s my current spinning project. If I have enough yardage I’ll be knitting up the Aspen Grove shawl by Miriam Felton for my grandmother as the first christmas gift of 2008.

Okay, okay, I’ll post.

I  got tagged by Kat with the “Power of 7″ list.    She knows how to get me to actually blog!

The instructions are:
Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog. (done, above.)
Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs. (I won’t be doing this part. I don’t think I’ll get sued or anything.)

1.  I have finally reached the point of spinning a true 2ply laceweight and I’m a little shocked  and thrilled that I have!

2.  I’m very antisocial about 60% of the time.  I like being alone and quiet.

3.  I’m becoming addicted to lace knitting with 2 shawls on the needles and 2 more waiting in the wings to be started before the month is over.

4.  I’m a part-time, by request only,  wedding planner.

5.  For the most part I hate school fundraisers.

6.  I’m secretly (Oops!) a slob.

7.  I’d rather exercise strenuously than be told  what I should and should not eat.

There Kat!  You accomplished what others’ requests have not, a blog post.  So give yourself a pat on the back and get busy knitting my socks!!  (Just kidding!!) 

As to all the rest of my small but loyal readership, we will be buying a new camera before school is out in May.  I’m hoping that will be the  kick in the pants I need to blog more frequently.  It’s really hard to do it without decent photos.  I’m still knitting though and spinning so if you’re on ravelry.com come  check out my project page.  I’m Heartknits over there too.  And if you’re not on ravelry, get on the ball and sign up for an invitation already!

Okay so what do you want first?

The knitting, the spinning, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, our anniversary trip, my big announcement or all of the above? . . . . we’ll start with the knitting.

I knit alot of small projects over the whole holiday season. Several were gifted without pictures taken first so you may get to see them in the future or maybe not. The ones I do have pics of I’m planning on sharing over the course of several posts. Here’s one I’m very proud of, my first stranded colorwork project.

This is Teddy’s winter hat and oh my gosh the lining makes it warm! I had a blast knitting this and loved that it worked up in only one day.

I also knit some very colorful Celebration Mitts for Trinity. I spun up some brightly dyed Shetland wool from my favorite fiber pusher and navajo-plied it into a round, fat & squishy aran weight. They are tightly knit and wind-proof.

Tomorrow I’ll show you the beret I knit to match these, and the one I knit for myself.

Spinning pics will be posted tomorrow too. You can probably gather from my long absence that I’ve been busy. That would be the truth. Between school activities, cub scouts and wedding planning I need a break. I’ve got so much going on it’s almost impossible to keep it all straight in my head. But I do remember the news I just have to tell you today.

I’m going back to school! . . . . and I love school. Starting in the fall with only 2 classes I’ll be working my way up slowly till I’m carrying a full load. However as great as this is, it’s not the going back to college that is exciting. It’s my major that makes my heart race. I’ll be studying Fashion Design, Production & Marketing! I’m finally following the dreams I had when I graduated from high school. So yeah, that’s my big announcement. And Amanda, there’s much more to come where that came from.

Wow!

You guys sure know how to make a girl blush. Thanks for the huge response. I guess I needn’t have feared. Okay I’d write you a full progress report right now but all my pictures are on my other computer. However let me say that I have a lot to tell you my friends. Till tomorrow, knit with all your heart.

Testing, Testing….

Anybody out there still waiting for me to post?