yes I am a grown woman and I still write letters to Santa. I mean I am basically an open book, yet I still hear “I don’t know what to get Gaye for Christmas” REALLY people? Me, the one who dreams of being an octopus so I can have more arms to knit with? I […]
Last time we met I said, sometimes you have to start all over again and I showed how I took something apart and made something different. Well I did it again. I have always wanted to make one of the big Giant hats and woot woot I did it guys! And if you are so inclined
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Am I the only one that looks at the early handmade stuff and think “I remember when I couldn’t do that?” Well in honor of throwback Thursday I pulled out the first cowl I made, circa 2011 The pattern is Knit Ridge Cowl by Lion brand and it was my first attempt at purling in
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I have declared today as #wiw I have asked all my crafty friends to post pics of what they are wearing that they made today. On Instagram and Facebook, so why not here too. It appears olemanwinter is confused as hell, therefore, everyday I am wearing something I made so I don’t freeze to death.
Every now and then I will grab a bunch of hanks to wind them into cakes…..just in case. Just in case I grow another set of dayum arms and can knit two things at once. Just in case I hit the lottery and I can knit all day and night in my studio. Yes I
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If you Think you can’t In my opinion I am a fairly new knitter and therefore certain projects are for folks that can knit. I mean I never tried to knit because I was so sure I couldn’t. I mean it looks so polished and professional and not like anything I could do, right? RIGHT!
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The “I did good” measurement is my daughter. When I make something that she puts on immediately, I feel like I hit the jackpot. When I have to go in her room to find said item, yes I won the Ms Knitter of the year. I am mom of year. We won’t talk about the
Hey family! Well my yarn came the Monday after Rhinebeck and because I was mad I left it on the mail pile. I mean I had already started the Hen Plaid Wrap so yea, I didn’t even open it. I waited until the weekend and decided to finish up. I took the partial Neck completely
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Hey family, Remember that pattern I found on Pinterest and ordered it as fast as my lil fingers could type? It is called the Hen Plaid Wrap and I was tempted to put my cowl down? Remember? Well I needed something to knit on the train ride to Rhinebeck So I cast on and off
It's Friday and I finished :) Read More »
You all know I love to knit, and ultimately we knit to create. I learned to knit probably 4 or 5 years ago at this point..but in 2012 is when GGmadeit was born, it’s when I began knitting to save my life, it’s when I began knitting to avoid my fears, its when knitting became
