2015: my year in knitting 

I can’t believe the year is over. I started 2015 knitting  and that is exactly how I plan to end. I have one last project that I plan to finish before the clock strikes 12 😋 so stay tuned. When I opened my eyes this morning my first thought was how many projects have I […]

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The Fearless Cardigan

Yes I finished my cardigan, in no time flat! It only took me as long as it did because on Wool and the Gang’s website the description says it is knit in one piece yet the pattern said other wise. I posted a picture last night of the first half and trust me I could

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Merry Christmas 

As you all know this time of years sucks for me! Grieving is a never ending process that can remain dormant and then rear its ugly head like the loss just occurred. I cried all the way through breakfast this morning because….that was my job, I made breakfast and my mom came over. I have

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Knitting on the road

As you all know I do contract work which requires travel AND Knitting on planes and such. So about a week ago I asked a question on Facebook. I asked “when traveling does one pack enough yarn for the stay or find a yarn store and buy more yarn?” Lol the answers had me laughing

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Life of a yarnho: Thanksgiving 2015

How does yarn and the holidays go together? You sneak 👀 let me tell you a story   For those that have followed me for awhile, you know that when I travel I ALWAYS look for a local yarn store. Well my Shelbey and I jumped in the car and headed down to Virginia Beach

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The Evolution of GGmadeit

I am sure most of you know my story, what you may or may not know that GGmadeit is only 3years old. GGmadeit was born out of grief when my life simply imploded; therefore,  in 2012 I grabbed my yarn and held on for dear life. I had to because I lost my parents AND

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Life of a yarnho: the struggle

The other day while preparing content to load on my social media platforms, I looked down and saw a bag full of yarn. I smiled because, ahh the joy of new yarn is like no other feeling I can describe. It really doesn’t matter if it’s fancy expensive or not, it’s new yarn which makes

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Knit & Relax: a knitting workshop

Guys I am all over the emotional map about teaching my first workshop on Saturday. I am excited, I am anxious and I am scared. When she called me that ole ugly voice in my head started talking to me, telling me no-one would pay for me to teach them to knit. But guys the

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Introducing The Shelbey Cowl

So while I was crying over the 1 point loss to the New England Patriots ☹️ I grabbed the LB Collection Natural Wool and my US50 needles to work off my frustration. I am a die hard NY Giants fan and yesterday almost gave me a heart attack. The game was so intense that I couldn’t

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A day in the Life of a Yarnho

I was up until 4am due to a much needed midday nap. Yesterday was a tough one so I just shut down. When I finally fell asleep I was too tired to get off the sofa; life won so I just passed out. Fast forward to this morning, when I was awakened by the phone.

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