Almost! Just need grouting!

Here's the update on my window! With and without light shining through... My last class is tonight and we want to use some clear grout to enhance it, can't wait to see how it turns out!

Quinn's Dress- finished!

After much procrastination, I finally finished the flowers on this dress that my friend, Nicole knitted for my daughter's birthday present. That was all I did - make 2 i-cord flowers, she did the rest of the awesomeness!!!! This has become our tradition it seems, to handmake an incredibly cute dress for my daughter each year, and I am thankful to my mentor for her knowledge and friendship!!

I'm getting there!

I've only got 2 more classes to finish this, but all my catch-up work has paid off... Almost there!!

Progress on Mosaic Window

I've been playing catch-up with this project, and because it's all "freehand", I'm not sure how happy I am with it so far... I like the concept, but guess I have to get farther along to see the big picture. Wish me luck figuring it out!

Stained Glass Mosaic Frame

I'm still working on my labyrinth rug, but now I've started another HUGE project! I started a class through Henrico County, and we're making stained glass mosaic window frames. After class 3 of 6, this is only as far as I've gotten, so now I've get lotsa homework to do to catch up. Basically, we are gluing cut pieces of glass to an old frame, then we'll grout it all... It's hard to see my peacock feathers yet, so stay tuned for more progress!!!

Progress on Rug

After searching all over town, I found my filler cord (22/32 size), and started filling in my knitting. Still need to sew up my spiral, but this gives me more of an idea how this will shape up! I've got ALOT more work to do to fill all 30 yards of cord!

More Progress...

My rug is coming along quicker than I thought! My only problem now is keeping my coils together to see my color changes, guess I might have to start sewing the tube together with the piping cord... Then I'll be working with a rug in my lap, and that might become unwieldy...???

Rug Progress

After many false starts, here's how far I've gotten on my labyrinth rug... The pattern called for the moss stitch, I'm doing stockinette for speed, and it called for using 1/2" piping cord, and I'm going to use 3/4" to stuff it... It's working up much faster than anticipated, which is good for helping me stay on task to get this done asap! What a great stash buster!

Labyrinth Circle Rug

I've decided to finally start a daunting project, even bigger than the blanket, making a circle labyrinth rug from the book One Skein by Leigh Radford... If you are on Ravelry, check out members progress on these rugs. It will be awesome when done, but even working a foot a day, it'll take me over 3 months to finish... That is my goal, so we'll see! It will complement my daughter's blanket well, since I'm using alot of the same yarns and colors, it's another great stash-buster!

Painted Wreath

OK, so this is one of those projects that was fun, but didn't turn out as expected, so live and learn! This wreath was a pain in the @$% to spraypaint, and still looks horrible, and the lack of substance makes it an oval, not round anymore... Still, it's a cheap wreath and I'll leave it up a while until another idea strikes me...

Toilet Paper Roll Wreath

Last night I was bored and feeling crafty, so I started this project that I'd been wanting to do for a few months, making a toilet paper roll wreath! Here's my inspiration - http://alisaburke.blogspot.com/2009/11/recycled-wreath-tutorial.html and also http://www.designspongeonline.com/2009/11/diy-project-toilet-paper-roll-wall-art.html, So easy and fun!~ Just make your design, then hot glue gun it all together. Now I need to decide what color it should be, blue or white? hmmmmm...

I'm Featured on Craftster!!

I feel quite honored and a bit giddy about being a featured artist on Craftster for May!! Glad all that hard work is paying off! Check me out!- http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=346122.0

2nd Washcloth...

Here's my 2nd washcloth practicing another pattern, the basketweave, and this one is good enough to be a gift! I'm giving it to my mom for Mother's Day!

Practice Washcloth

I actually learned to purl and follow a pattern! I know it's sad, but my brain finally wrapped itself around the rest of what I should know knitting-wise! Here's my fancy washcloth where I practiced my newfound gift! There's mistakes all over the place, partly from my daughter who picked it up and lost a whole row of stitches, and also where I discovered I can't have a conversation and knit at the same time! Can't wait to try more cool patterns and stock up on washclothes...

My New Stash!

Here's just part of my yarn/fiber stash from the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival! I stocked up on lotsa roving to spin with- some colored and natural angora & natural alpaca (not pictured), the multi-colored roving to the right is from Creatively Dyed, one of my favorite vendors, and also the blue/brown tussah silk, that I started spinning in the car on the way back... I also bought some metallic fibers to play with, in blue and aurora, it's awesome already (see the yarn I've started spinning). So much fun & so inspiring!

Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

Just got back from the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival, which was amazing, as always! SO, SO HOT, but full of fiber and yarn goodness. Met some cool podcaster celebrities yesterday, went to the "after party" to schmooze, hit the festival AGAIN today to find more goodies, I'm pooped! I'll post pics of my goodies later, but I'm always excited to see and feel new fibers and yarns, and get inspired by all the fabulous ideas out there! I'm going to have my husband copy a triangular loom for me to weave on, I started spinning with pure tussah silk (LOVE it!), some angora (hard to spin), found more sari yarns, etc.... My mind is spinning from all the projects I've got lined up!

My Booth!

Last Saturday's show was a bit of a bust with an outdoor show & chilly, rainy, windy weather.... Here's my booth for the 2 hours that I was there, before the downpour... :(

Oh, well.... Here's hoping my next show in May will fare better!

Beach Mural

After many, many hours of work, I finally finished my friend's mural! They wanted to copy another they'd seen, and have a reminder of their honeymoon, so, voila! I could keep working on it forever, but here's where I quit...

Skirt made from Easter Dyed Yarn

As soon as I finished dyeing that rainbow yarn last week, I was determined to make something out of it for my daughter, so I just started knitting in the round on my circular needles until a skirt was born! It's a bit of a mini-skirt, but hey, she's got the legs for it!! Just a fun skirt to try out something new to knit, maybe next time I'll try to follow a pattern!

Finally Finished!

Well, I finally finished my daughter's blanket and we bought her a new twin bed! This blanket turned out WAY too big, it drags the ground on every side, and the kittens love it a bit toooooo much, but I think it looks great now that I've finally finished it! I'm a bit sad that the bed covers up her hippo, but oh, well... Now I just hope it's not too warm, since it's her "summer" bedspread....