Seeing Stars

Star Wars that is. The boys are obsessed as you can be about Star Wars without ever seeing a movie, cartoon, comic, etc, but they know who R2D2, C3PO, Anakin, Obi, Luke and Han are. I was playing around on Ravelry and found this pattern. The boys immediately requested their own hats, and how could I resist? I cast-on on a Friday night, and was done with two R2D2 hats by Monday afternoon. They were knit using Cascade 220 in grey, Plymouth Galway in Blue, with a bit of black and red (Plymouth Encore).

The back


The top


The front - yeah I know, my duplicate stitch could use some work...


May the force be with you ;)

The MIL Scarf

Another one from a long time ago. I knit this a year ago at the request of my Mother-in-Law. She wanted a coral lace scarf - done and done! I had just gotten Knitted Lace of Estonia from The Knaughty Knitter and was eager to try another lace project. The yarn is Zephyr Laceweight Wool-Silk in coral (which is looking VERY pink in these pictures), and the pattern is the Peacock Tail and Leaf Scarf. It was a relatively quick knit and ended up being 13 inches wide and 52 inches long. My MIL loved it :)

The scarf before a good rinse and block.


In the sink... can you see how much the color bled? Thankfully, the color didn't fade at all in the finished product.

Blocking on a towel (did I mention how tinted the water was?)

An up close shot of the lace pattern

This is the finished product on our crepe myrtle tree.

Teacher Gifts

This year for Christmas, I made some small notepads for the teachers at Doodle's preschool. The covers are lightweight chipboard that were embellished with scalloped shapes (cut with the Cricut and the Design Software - of course). The inner pages are just regular printer paper trimmed to size. They were bound using my Zutter Bind-It-All. Oh, and I used Mod Podge to adhere the letters and shapes to the front covers.

A Cricut Christmas

The Christmas Season included some gift knitting and a lot of Cricutting for me.

I added a Bible verse in vinyl to our kitchen wall (Opposites Attract Cartridge with the Cricut Design Software).


And a vinyl "Merry Christmas" was added to our large china platter in the china cabinet (Christmas Cheer)


And out with the old...


and in with the new! DH got me the Expression for Christmas! I was super surprised and really excited, and I love that there are fun colors now - not just white and grey.


The difference you ask? Check out the picture below.

The top cutting mat fit my old Cricut (6"x12"). The bottom cutting mat (for the Expression) is a WHOPPING 12"x24"! Watch out walls here comes vinyl!

Weasley Sweaters for my Sister

My sister and her boys are HUGE Harry Potter Fans, and after seeing this on Alison's blog, I had to do the same. I used the same pattern, but knit it top down and in the round to avoid most of
the seaming.

The yarn is leftover bits and pieces from my mittens last year. I used some 22 gauge wire to fashion the mini hangers.


This sweater was knit using some leftover sock yarn that Meredith hand dyed, and I used the mini sweater pattern from Heartstrings.

My newest crafting addiction

I've seen personalized metal stamped jewelry all over, and kept thinking, I could do that. I found my supplies at RomaZone.etsy.com. I got the stamps on New Year's Eve and have been playing around ever since! The stamp set that I purchased is 1.5mm, and as a result of them being so small, it is a challenge to line them up. Below are photos of my stamp set and my first two attempts at stamping. You can watch Roma in action at her youtube site.


My attempt at guide lines - drawn on by a fine tipped Sharpie.


"Be the change you wish to see in the world" ~ Ghandi on a 1.4 cmx2.1 cm brass rectangle


"Everyday is conquerable by its hours and every hour by its minutes." ~Robert Brault on a 1.8 cmx 3.1 cm brass rectangle