Monday Knitting Update: April 22, 2013

These past few days have been super productive for me. I've been working a bit, but still getting lots of knitting done.

Last week, when Rick and I went to Trinkets and Treasures, we stopped at Michael's on the way back. I picked up two skeins of Luxury Wool to pair with two other skeins I have, as well as two skeins of Homespun. This adds 4 skeins to my stash down, bringing me to -10. I have a few projects in mind that will finish off some skeins, so more progress should be made soon!

Mel at Trinkets has asked some of the shop participants to make baby blankets in non traditional colours. I picked up some hot pink, and bright royal blue to stripe with charcoal for some more modern blankets. I finished the pink and grey, and I'm about 2/3 of the way through the blue now. I am loving the way they're turning out!

I've also been working on props this week! The middle photo on the right is of a Wool Ease Thick and Quick blanket I made. That little tail, all 8 or so inches of it, is what I had left after the bind off. I LOVE when this happens! I didn't waste a single inch of yarn! This finished off a nice big bulky skein of Wool Ease, which means this week I am actually -11 total! The nice thing about T&Q is that they're HUGE skeins, but not a whole lot of yardage, so they make a noticeable dent in the stash when they disappear. I have another blanket on the needles using two skeins of this awesome yarn, so that just about clears out half a drawer in my storage area!

Overall, this week has been a good one. I've been talking with a photographer about taking photos of some of my items, so I'm really looking forward to seeing how that works out.

How was your weekend?

Some New Items In The Shop!

If you're looking for the giveaway, it's here!
I was supposed to have a craft show this upcoming Saturday, but it was postponed until further notice. I'm hoping it's really soon! I was really looking forward to it.
So, instead of having a craft show, I decided to list a few items in my shop. So far, it's only hats, but I will probably be adding a few more things later in the week.
These are the first two hats I added. They are both knit in super bulky Wool Ease Thick and Quick. That is one of my favourite yarns to use. It knits up so quickly, and is super, super warm. I really like that the way I knit the hats makes them loosen up slightly over time. You can see that they are slightly slouchy already. After wearing them for about a week, they loosen up to a super comfortable fit.
All of my new photos were taken by my friend Nicki of Nicki Kay Photography. The male model is her boyfriend, and my good friend Richard. The day we took these photos was amazing. All the snow on the ground was the perfect backdrop for my knitted items.
I have a few other items I finished recently that I will be posting soon. One of them is absolutely perfect, I can't wait to share it with you all!

Into The Freezer it Goes!

I nearly had a panic attack this week. I am used to there being the occasional bug in homes and apartments, it's nothing new to me. But lately, there have been moths in ours. I don't know where they are coming from, or what they are doing here, but I am scared they want to eat my wool.

I put my new skeins of nicer wool into a bag in the freezer already.

Should I be totally terrified? Do all moths eat wool? Should I make room in the freezer chest for all of my wool? My acrylic, cotton and other non-animal fibre yarns should be ok, right?

Oh jeeze, please help me out!!

I think it's a cowl...

I started knitting a new project a couple days ago. It's made with Briggs & Little "Heritage" wool in Red heather and Blue Heather. I purchased this WOOL over 5 years ago on a trip to New Brunswick. I have gone "out East" with my family on 2 separate occasions, and visited yarn stores on each trip. Anytime I go anywhere, really, I look out for yarn stores. (this is all before I started blogging, so there are no back entries to search though!)
I have not known what to do with it until just recently.
I cast on for a cowl, but it may turn into a felted bag, if I have enough.