Knitting Madness

I was so happy that I had enough leftover merino from my longies to make this soaker! Merino is way too beautiful and soft to go to waste! I knit the entire thing Thursday. It was so quick and easy to do I can't wait to make a few more! So for a grand total of $20 I was able to make 2 pairs of longies and a soaker! Not too shabby if you ask me!! =]

So you may remember my knit "Uggs" that I made for my friend's twins, and they ended up being very large, at least for a newborn. (See link--->http://08melissab.blogspot.com/2009/01/faux-baby-uggs.html) I have plenty of leftover Berroco Suede (the darker color that was used for the bottom) to make a pair or two for my little one. But, seeing she'll be born in November (the same month the twins were born) I want them to be small enough for her to actually wear when it's cold. At first I was going to just try knitting the pattern on smaller needles and seeing what happened. But it's knit flat and seamed and I'd so much rather knit in the round. So what I'm doing currently is trying to adapt the sock pattern I just used to make some smaller booties. You don't get quite that same boot shape, so we'll see. =]

PS - While the boots are cute and all, I CAN'T STAND working with Berroco Suede. I am itching to get my hands on some good wool!!!

Faux Baby Uggs!

Here is a photo of the lovely baby booties that I FINALLY just finished for Alicia's twins, Hallee and Taylor. I started them before they were born...Nov 26...but got busy with Christmas and everything so they got stuck on the back burner. However, they are going to be a little big for them for a while and it's still very cold in Maine!!

So now my newest endeavor is to start making wooden earrings on my new scroll saw. =] =] =]

I love it. =]

I have a few designs sketched out and I've picked up some materials so after I make 5 or 10 pairs I'm planning on opening an etsy shop. But I still need a few things to get started. Right now I'm just practicing on scrap wood that Ben had.

Sooo since I haven't posted since October (eeek!) I think I feel obligated to put some footage of some good ole Maine winter fun.

Okay so it wasn't that fun...but we're having quite a storm right now! So maybe later on we'd have better luck sledding. Church is cancelled today so we'll have to find something to do to entertain ourselves. =]

We watched a sermon online from Mars Hill Church in Washington. The speaker is Mark Driscoll and it was pretty good. He spoke about generosity and compared our economy to that of the Corinthian church.

I'll try to be more diligent about keeping my blog updated! I couldn't remember my user name or password this morning, =/ but I got that figured out!

Ciao for now!