and a pompom on top

The pompom maker... Wrap each side of the pompom maker

















Pop the 2 sides together and cut the yarn using the grove as a guide...tie a piece of yarn around the middle in between the pompom maker.. and pop the tool apart... ta da.. a pom pom..(^_^)

yellow orange and red .. omy

In the last couple of years my income is about half of what it used to be.. I'm not alone when I say this.. anyway.. it has forced me to stay at home more and basically just go out to work and the grocery store and a knit/crochet group close to where I work... I do happen to work at 2 fun jobs though.. at one job I'm surrounded by a sea of shoes and purses and at the other .. a store full of crafts..yes this includes yarn and knitting books... I have always enjoyed staying home and being crafty anyway.. so.. I had a couple days off and besides going to my knitting group.. I've been trying to knit as many hats as I can with the yarn I purchased for the Jayne Cobb hat.(I love these colors.. so bright and happy) These hats are pretty fast to knit and I do not need any more left over balls of yarn to add to the pile that is already taking over my closet from finished projects in the past.. so here is my progress for the last 2 days.. I hope to finish one more hat before heading out to work today..
A messy knitting basket..


















Almost finished..one and 1/2 ear flaps to go..


















Two down.(minus the pompoms). working on the next one...


















I squeezed in a little beading.. and made some pretty spring stitch markers and a scissor fob.

bitten by firefly..!!

Something new in the making.. my attempt at the Jayne Cobb hat from the series Firefly... just to let you know .. there are over 20 patterns to knit this hat and the knockoff version is on sale everywhere... who knew it was so popular..!! I tried to make it with scraps from the stash but the colors are just a little off... so that means a trip to Michaels today for better colors.. This hat wont go to waste.. more on that later..

















Brit finally had a minute to model the cropped turtleneck.. a perfect fit in my opinion.. This sweater is fast and fun to knit and I would definitely knit it again. I love the textures.. The only mods I made were .. shortening the neck a little ( I didn't knit the full 8 inches) and knitting the sleeves in the round instead of flat . I have worked with this yarn before and it can make a pretty big seam no matter how careful you are.. you can see it on ravelry..(^_^)

no knitting today...!!

Today I spent most of the day hemming a pair of pants.. being short has it's disadvantages.. like always having to shorten every pair of pants that I purchase.. I haven't hemmed pants with a cuff in a few years.. or probably more.. so it they turn out exactly right the first time and I ended up picking it all out and starting again.. The second try was better and the pants will be a good length for either pair of shoes I will wear them with. One pair of shoes has a heal the other a wedge... Now I'm going to have some lunch and either knit or do some beading I have put the the side since before Christmas.

Finished...

She is finished.. and has been finished for a few days now.. I was trying to get a better picture with Brit modeling it.. but that hasn't happened yet... work has been keeping me busy and on my days off I've either been running errands or trying to do some spring cleaning and organizing.

















In my spare moments I've been working on a baby sweater from a very old pattern. It's actually the very first sweater that I knit many years ago for a friend that was having a baby.. (I think I said that already in a previous post).. It's an upside down raglan with a little garter stitch collar. The yarn I'm using is Patons beehive baby sport which is really really soft..I actually think it's very close to they yarn used in the pattern .. This sweater is super easy and requires very little thinking.. (^_^)

three!!!

As you can see there has been very little progress on my projects... and to top that off... for some reason unknown to me ... I started a baby sweater... so now I'm up to three projects and non of them seem to be growing at all.. I feel like I'm having an off week.. I've been tired and I had some issues at work with a co-worker ... so when I'm home.. I'm not motivated to knit.. hopefully things will improve this week.. I have 2 days off this week.. that helps with house work and laundry and other things that need to get done in the house... shhhh don't tell anyone.. I didn't vacuum this week yet.. 0.0
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no knitting today...

Little Cameron and Abby..
I haven't really worked on my knitting in the last few days.. and I had to rip and re knit.. so I'm basically in the same place as you see in the last picture..(last post).. the grandbabies are pretty to look at though..(^_^)