Lots o' excitement here!

I did my first test knit! A very beautiful shawl by Amanda Reed called Opulence! Once the pattern is established it's a very east knit! I even got to block it! This shawl is first piece that I've ever blocked. Had such a great time making it I plan on making it again!

I've also started making my first garment! I know!!! I couldn't believe it too! ;) Radiate is a one-piece cardi with short sleeves and so far it's fun! I'm on the 3rd increase row and haven't made any progress in at least a week due to work but I love the yarn and the pattern!

The saga of the continued crocheted troubles :(

Ok so the crochet troubles I was having has beaten me this time. I was wanting to make a baby ripple afghan that also has shells in the pattern. Well, I got all flustered early on and couldn't get my brain to back up. Has that ever happened to you?! Anyway, I decided since I only have 4 more months, I'll bypass the baby shells and just go for the ripple. I will have to make this blanket at least once it's beautiful! Heather Tucker is the genious behind the lovely pattern! You got me this time, but I'll be back! ;)

Crochet troubles :(

So I'm trying to make a little shell ripple afghan but I'm having some troubles. Row 4, yup it starts that early in the pattern :/, has me making gaps in the piece. I'm gonna go with it and hope it comes out the right way. Fingers crossed!

The big plan for me to make that nativity I've been wanting for YEARS!

Alright, so I've wanted to make a nativity for a few years (read since 2009). I really like some of the free patterns on Ravelry but I fell for the one by Fiona Gable in her book Knitivity.

There are roughly 14 pieces and here's how I think I want to break them down by month.
January-shepherd #1
February-Joseph-month of St Joseph
March-shepherd #2
April-sheep-a couple standing and a couple laying
May-wiseman #1
June--wiseman #2
July-wiseman #3
August-Mary-month of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
September-donkey
October-camel
November-stable
December-Baby Jesus and his manger-month of Divine Infancy.

And speaking of the nativity and crafting it did you guys see the life sized one thats touring?? Here's a link for the story. It only took them a year to make that and it's life sized so I'm really hoping I can make my miniature in a year!

Getting caught up!

I've finally uploaded most of my pictures to flickr, ravelry and facebook-respectively! It's been very exciting and fun looking at pictures that I have taken a while back and trying to figure out what it is or what its made of or who it is.

This is a poem my husband penned for me before we got all official! Can you see the pearls in the crochet border? See the gold craft rings I got from Hobby Lobby? And how about the little piece of tule by the bouquet?! It's my favorite.

Whew, it's been a while hasn't it?!

I'm getting a camera! Hopefully it will user friendly like advertised so I can upload some of my projects. Lots has been happening in the life of Elaine since my last post forever ago! I've made too many projects to name-didn't even keep up on ravelry with them! My son graduated high school! We went on vacation a couple times. Most recently to Graceland and Dollywood. All 3 of us converted to Catholicism and my son was baptized! But I'm excited to get a camera I can use. Keeping my fingers crossed!

My latest yarn project

i've been wanting something to cover the very nice wooden dinner table hubby and i got from his mother. so i've been working on a pineapple tablecloth. i'm not sure i'll ever get done. for every 2 rounds i get done, i have to rip out 1. quite frustrating.

nothing much

hoping to get back here soon. so many things have running thru my head. just trying to get my bearings this time.

work work work!

been so busy lately its great getting to use my puter for some mindless babble! i've still got to get a lots of pics of fo's to post. and i finally made a sock that fit! my first one was uber tiny! so the 2nd one i tried on as i went. fits like a glove. and the first one has elfen toes, you know, very pointy! but my 2nd one looks great! hooray! and i made my first poll today! for a ravelry group! all-in-all today has been awesome. a totally for-me day! been wanting one of those for a while! yeah!

quiz

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The West Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta.
The Midland
Boston
North Central
The South
The Inland North
Philadelphia
The Northeast
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the new year!!

the first day of the new year and already i've got a new fo! i started it new years eve and finished it this afternoon! its a very pretty but basic christmas stocking for my son. there are some places where its kinda obvious to me that this is my first sock/stocking but hey, if my kid likes it who am i to argue? i'm going to try and post a pic of it here coz i'm very proud of it! wish me luck!

long time, no posts

whoa, can time really get away with a person! hehehe so the holidays have come and gone, sans New Years, and the pace around here has gone down! whew!

so now its "resolution" time. the past few yrs (3 or more) i've not made any resolution. reason being, i got tired of feeling like a failure at the end of the year when i realized less than a month into the new year, those resolutions were a thing of distant memory! well, this year, mine are craft related. i have an acct on ravelry and its in dire need of some upkeep, ie posting photos, and logging in needles/hooks (types and sizes and whatnot), yarns w pics since not all yarns come with pics, updating progress on wips, and ufos.

i didn't realize til 2 days b4 christmas that my son had a 12 yr old stocking! and it was falling apart!! so i've perusing all the sites looking for a patt i like and is somewhat easy, but i've looked at so many i think i may have gone blind! i would like to think that i could and would make a stocking for my son and dh and myself, but realistically, i'm only shooting to make my son one. will soften the burden if i don't feel pressure! but i figure if i do 1 stocking every 3-4 months, done deal!

well, i need to go now and do some youtube to see if i can figure out how to do some color work knitting, intarsia style.

peace out,
elaine

wow!! ravelry!

so i was just in there putting in the hooks and needles i have...i really don't have any "need" for any more! i have the Denise circular interchangable knitting needle set, so i essentially have every circ i could possibly need! there are great!! i have purchased 3 sets, 2 were gifts for friends and 1 was finally for me. check them out @ www.knitdenise.com they rock! i have alot of crochet hooks too. i didnt realize how many dups i have! whoops, oh well, that only means i can get more WIPs going on than i originally thought! woo hoo.

flickr is a little tricky for me. i need to size down alot of my pics to fit into the alotted gigs/rams/whatever! i sometimes wish i were more computer literate.

i have some of my projects listed, i still have alot left to add tho! hehe

i also do cross stitch and am hoping to learn to quilt sometime in the near future, so i think it would be wicked-awesome if ravelry came up with a section for those crafts as well. maybe something all-inclusive if it proves to be too cumbersome. however with the effectiveness of the site thus far, i would have to say that i have faith in them to get something up for that before long.

well, i'm going now coz i have alot more stuff to catalog!!

got my invite!!

and i could be on here ALL nite long!! i guess i can get organized now!! i'm sooo excited. i gotta get a flickr acct set up too. oh man, so much to do and so little time!

p.s. i've only been on there 10 minutes or so and i already got a friend.

woo hoo! i have arrived!

ok! so i've signed up for ravelry and wanted to start a blog...so here i am. i'm 33, married, 1 kid, 2 dogs, and a ferret. i love lighthouses and Elvis. i also love to pass my time with some yarn and knitting needles or crochet hooks (whichever i have a fab patt for at the time) and counted cross stitch. i have recently recieved a quilting book and am looking forward to trying my hand quilting in the very near future. i'm gonna go for now but i'll be back!