ADD - Another Project on the Side

Yup, I can never stick to one project from start to finish.  I either get bored with one and start another or I put the first project down, forget where to look for it when I'm ready to knit again, and end up starting the next thing on my list.  hehe.  So here is the next thing:

Ashley's cowl

So I take this with me when I'm not home in case I have to wait or while I'm visiting to keep my hands busy.  Then while I'm at home I need to get back to those socks.  At least I have something on my needles. I hate not having something to work on.  :)

Completed Set & Ready to Ship

Well, I've finished the hat & scarf set and now it's just waiting to go to it's new home.  I haven't received a mailing address yet so it sits and waits.

Packaged up & waiting to be addressed for its new home!

My personal touch; because I truly feel honored that someone would entrust me to knit/crochet for them.

Sock Update

After a couple hours of work; taken 2-20

(Also the book that I am working from)

This is finishing the heel turn.

You can kind of see the bump that is the heel in this picture; 

unfortunately it didn't come out in focus.

After the heel turn, I'm starting to worry that it is going to be too big.  I went along with the largest size in my book because I wasn't sure what measurements would correlate with a size 9.  My feet size are anywhere from a 7 1/2 to 9 so I didn't want to go by my feet and then have them turn out too small.

So, Tessie, if they are too big or look too big in these pictures, let me know and I can make them smaller before I send them to you.  Otherwise I will make a smaller pair and find another home for these. 

I'm also happy to report that this sock has been coming along a lot smoother and more intuitive than my first pair.  Socks-made-from-memory, here I come :)

Latest Challenge = Socks!

Yup!  I've put it off long enough (sometimes I think I psych myself up too much about how "difficult" socks are; afterall, I dream of being able to knit them without thinking...).  The first sock is started and nearing time for the heel-turn (the dreaded, hardest part of making a sock according to most who attempt it).  I started it yesterday (Friday) evening.  I'm hoping to have the pair done by the end of next weekend?  One can hope.  :)
I'll get some pictures up eventually following my progress.  I haven't taken any yet.

More projects to add to the Custom Orders List:
*2 grey cowls for 2 friends (one has already paid me before she left for Australia; the other is trading me an hour massage) :).

Completed Projects:

* 3 hats for my Spin Instructor's boyfriend & two sons (last two pictures are the same hats, just different poses):

* A yellow & purple hat PLUS matching scarf (picture to come soon) for a friend of my fiancé:

 

(the first picture is more true to color; the light was too low for the nearly complete, second photo)

*And the beginning of another set of dishcloths.  I found this yarn at a new store and I couldn't wait to try it so I started this right after finishing the last of the 3 hats (^).

More pictures & completed projects to come!

A Moment to Surface

Yup, I'm still busy at work.  I have a long list of orders to fill (and a few gift requests).  This week I've already completed 2 orders and 1 from last week.  Still to do:
*a yellow & purple striped scarf (which is currently on my needles) (2-13)
*a matching crochet beanie with braided earflap ties (2-14)
*green & brown crochet beanie (2-10)
*2 pairs of black socks
*crochet camoflage beanie (2-6)
*2 or 3 cowls for the shop (teal cowl- 3-11)

I apologize I haven't been online lately.  But I'm hoping to get a few pictures of completed works on here soon.  I hope everyone is having a great weekend.  Anyone else getting pelted with lots o' snow? :)

A Long Time Ago...

It was the beginning of the New Year (yes, sorry it took this long, haha) I had my first custom order to drop off to its new home.  And I took pictures before I handed them off just for the purpose of this post that never got written until now.  Better late than never, right?

So here they are:

One brim hat

& 4 Cuffs 

(2 for each person) to keep their wrists & hands warm :)  I like wearing mine a lot too.  It's a nice little change from the metal bangle everyone else wears.  Not to mention it's less noisy & not as cold in the winter.  Check them out in my shop, too!

Productive! = Success!

Yes, I'm still around.  Life has been getting pretty busy around here.  I picked up a fourth (!?) job for the spring only because it is in the area of my degree and I figure it is time I start using that University degree ;)  So bear with me, the posts may not be coming as often as they had before the new year but I'll definitely be trying to keep up with a schedule once my life's schedule settles into itself.

On to the fun part:  Today was an Etsy Day!  That means I have nothing scheduled outside of my apt (all those other jobs or errands) and I only work on Etsy To-Do things like....

Making more packaging.  I've been dwindling so low, I used up my last good-sized package to ship off a cowl to Chicago (one of my more recent custom orders) and realized that was the last one!  Yikes!  Luckily, I haven't been too busy that I needed to get orders out lickety-split but that is changing soon.  I have another order to ship out Thursday and quite a few others locally that are interested so my little fingers will be working quite a bit for the next couple weeks.

The Cowl sent off to Chicago.

Other things done today:

*worked on Thursday's custom order (half done)

*sew 24 package envelopes in 3 hours (while watching The Last Song, a good background movie)

*photographed two new Etsy dishcloths

*re-listed two Etsy dishcloths, listing other 2 new ones next

*blog post (*check*!)

Now off to bed because I have a full day of work outside the apt :-\  One of these days Etsy'll pay the bills.... right? ;)

CBC

I may have to move my January challenge to February because my book came up due, tomorrow, at the library and I can't renew it -- someone else is interested in it and has a hold on it.  So if I don't have time to copy the pattern before I return it, I'll have to re-request it for February's craft challenge.  :(

Away

How has everyone's week been going?  Sorry I've been missing in action.  Just as I was starting to get back on the wagon, haha.  I'm currently working 24-7 for a family friend so I won't be blogging until some time next week if not the week after.  Sorry to be leaving anyone who reads this in the dark for that long of a time but rest assured I'll have lots to blog about when I get back!  I've already finished both cowls (and have pictures!) plus a bonus one and have a good handful more custom orders to blog about.
Happy Weekend!