Where are They Now?

It´s day four for the Second Annual Knitting & Crochet Blog Week.This post is about where my projects from the past are now and it is an interesting thing for me to think about. I love making things for others.


These are wash cloths that I sent my friend in France.

this bag went to France as well

and so did these socks.

I really enjoyed making these for my friend which I don't get to see very often anymore. These were also my first pair of socks with actual sock yarn.


These went to the little girl next door shortly after she was born. I had fun with these because I don't have very many girls to knit for.



Sold these. For a while I thought I wanted to knit for hire but it just didn't pay enough for the time I put into it.


these went to a neighbor boy for his first birthday. They are made with Icelandic wool so they have a root to my heritage.


this little hat went to a nephew for his first birthday. I also made 2 more for my boys.


this went to a friend´s baby. I made several of these for friends and family. It was a very quick and easy project.

This little Doll went to the little neighbor girl. It was a lot of work and at times I was discouraged but at the end worth it because I think she is loved.

These are at my local yarn store

This sweeter went to one of my best friend´s little boy in Iceland and I loved knitting it. It was such a quick and easy pattern.

This one went to the Neighbor boy for his birthday. It was a free hand design that I never wrote down.

The sisters and the hats went to the Children´s Hospital here in Tulsa for Christmas 2010

This was made for my neighbor down the street as a birth present. It also included a little hat and booties.

And these are on their way to France at the moment.These are so soft and pretty.

Tidy mind, tidy stitches

Day Three of................

Today is all about how we keep our projects and yarn organized. I´m all about Ravelry.com to keep my projects organized and my queue up to date on what I really want to knit next. My queue is a bit long now and I´m sure I need to go through it and get rid of items that I´m not interested in anymore.
But I don´t use Ravelry for my yarn. I have this shelf for that. It´s two 9 cuby storage shelves stacked on top of one another. It´s been the best storage for my yarn and I see everything and am able to choose from my stash easily. My books are right there to grab when I need them and then at the bottom I have canvas drawers for those half skeins and left overs and tools.
Then on the little table next to my knitting couch I have that standing project tote which I bought at Garden Ridge for $6 if I remember correctly and it keeps most of my works in progress so that I can grab what ever I am working on quickly.
When I have several small projects I get gallon size ziplock bags and use them to keep everything I need in one place for each project.

Skill + 1 Up

Day two of the......

And today we are talking about skill level and how my skill has changed in both my knitting and crocheting this past year.
I know after knitting all of these toys and not having ever knit toys before that my skill in toy making has much improved.

You get the point.


My crocheting got a lot better since all I had made in the past was purses and here are the shoes I made for M. They were a real learning experience.

I tried my hand in designing

I never thought I would call myself a designer but here I am. I was even laughing at the thought of it last time me and my husband went out for lunch. The last project is still in the works and I'm enjoying the process of designing it. It's a fun way to learn a lot of different stitches. I hope to have it for sale some time in the fall.

How have you evolved this year?

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