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And I'm back

nobody@vox.com(Destined2B) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:40:15 -0700

Finally got around to posting pictures...well at least of some of my new creations!

So my new beanies are all about color! I feel like it's time for me to do somethings that a year ago I would not have tried!

And then some Super long (96 inches kinda long) skinny scarf's.

I still have 6 more beanies that I will post over the next few days, and 2 sets of handwarmers...and of course more are in the works right now! I'm so excited that I found my motivation again!

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OMG

nobody@vox.com(Destined2B) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:46:10 -0700

wow, so i know i haven't updated this in FOREVER, but i am still around! I have lately been working diligently to get some new things made, and i have a friend that is going to take some professional pics of all my stuff and redo all my etsy pics, i am excited about that! I promise to get back into the swing of posting more often!

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latest and greatest

nobody@vox.com(Destined2B) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:17:37 -0700

alright, so here it is

Long beanie 3

Long beanie 2

Long beanie1

I made this for my friend Jed, he wanted it for snowboarding. Now I seem to be very into making these!

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oh the times

nobody@vox.com(Destined2B) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 21:41:31 -0700

Monday afternoon I was performing my monthly MySpace check ( I have a few friends from back home that refuse to upgrade to Facebook) and I got an email (myspace email) from one of my very best friends from high school. We have had a bit of a tough time keeping up with each other because I am addicted to the constant and immediate contact provided by the internet while she has just recently got a cell phone and internet! It still really amazes me that there are people just now catching on to these things!

Knitting news! I've been busy lately, and of course still horrible about taking pictures! I finished Mr. Awesome's blanket and gave it to him for his birthday. I'm going to visit him in Boulder this weekend so I will get a picture of the blanket complete to post it. I also have orders for 2 "sock beanies". Basically a wind sock with a puff ball on the end! I'm looking forward to getting started on those, and then another friend asked me to make her 2 beanies...she picked out the yarn and told me to be creative! So far I've made 2 from one skien she got and 3/4 of a beanie from the 2nd skein she got...I wanted to give her some options, and also it will give me a couple more things to post to Etsy! In my "spare time" this week I was playing with some stitches and made a shrug and a skinny scarf that I need to take pics of and post on Etsy. *sigh* and I had a couple of friends from back home message me on facebook about some custom orders...we'll see if that turns into anything, but I'm hopeful!

Anywho, time to pack!

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ETSY SALE!

nobody@vox.com(Destined2B) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:12:52 -0700

This weekend I am having a $5-$10 off Sale on all of my Cowl's, Scarf's, and Beanies (that are not already in the sale items list).

Check it out!

Also in the works, or at least the planning stages of things, are 2 custom beanies! Both EXTRA long, I mean like 3 feet long extra long! I'm excited to get to work on those this weekend. I think because of the intricacy of the first one, I will take some progressive pictures!

Also I'm finally finishing up the blanket I started for Mr. A last year, my goal is to get it done before he comes on Monday, but I think more realistically it will be done before he leaves on Saturday!

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YAY Me!

nobody@vox.com(Destined2B) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:56:31 -0700

Today I finally got around to posting new items to Etsy!
Most of these things have been done for quite a while, I can't believe I have been such a procrastinator!

Here ya go!

All of these wonderful items and many more available for sale on Etsy!

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note to self

nobody@vox.com(Destined2B) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:31:02 -0800

TAKE BETTER NOTES WHEN CREATING A NEW PATTERN!

So my amazingly awesome long black fingerless glove with the heart...It's perfect, but unfortunately I just discovered that I did not take such awesome notes while making it! I was trying to take my scribbles from my notebook and put it into pattern format in excel, so I could print it up and more easily check rows off to keep track, when I came to the harsh realization that I have no idea at which point I started the pattern! I tried counting the rows on my one finished glove, but then the number of rows does not match my tally mark count! *sigh* I suppose it's back to the drawing board, and I will have to keep this pair since I'm nearly sure they won't perfectly match.

Status - Epic Fail!

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hearts

nobody@vox.com(Destined2B) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:23:50 -0800

So the other day I was cleaning out my closet and reorganizing my stash for the 10 millionth time when I came across this....

Knit stitches

I got this book shortly after I started knitting years ago. At the time all of the patterns seemed to be far beyond my capabilities so it got tucked away in the bottom of a bin! So I pulled it out and after looking through it several times I decided that the Heart pattern would be the easiest to start with!

Heart 1

This was my practice run!

Heart 2

This was my first attempt at incorporating the pattern into an item! These will be posted on Etsy soon! I like how these turned out, but I think I can do better...they need some more shape. so...

Heart 3

This is what I worked on today! I "perfected" the pattern I had used to make the purple ones! Surprising less stitches, some decreases just below the wrist to give it more shape, and I think they are perfect! I've been fighting with myself as to post them, or to keep them! I know it's a good idea to actually wear things I make because it's great free advertising, but at the same time I love them so much that I think they would sell well on Etsy!

I did create the pattern, so I can and will definitely make more...I think I should keep these and make more! =D

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QotD: If I Were a Teacher...

nobody@vox.com(Destined2B) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:42:14 -0800

If you had to teach something, what would you teach?
I've been asked several times if I teach knitting (by patrons of the coffee shop where I used to work, while I was sitting and knitting).
Maybe I should do a beginners lesson or something. Teach scarfs, beanies and fingerless gloves!

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Sort of...

nobody@vox.com(Destined2B) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:17:26 -0800

Well I've managed to get some things made...knitted at least...I still have some sewing to do, and some better pictures to take! But here is what I have so far!

The scarf I made tonight while watching the final episode of Top Chief! It was my first time working with eyelash yarn...I think I will use it again, but I don't think I really like it. lol, I happen to have inherited quite a bit of it!

This matching set kept me up until 3:30am yesterday trying to get it done! I used my favorite Berroco Comfort yarn, but as you can see here I still need to sew up the fingerless gloves!

These Fingerless gloves also need to be sewn up! They are the product of my last sleepless night a few days ago!

These have been complete for quite some time now, sewn but I still have a few loose ends to tie up.

And here are all of them together, waiting to be finished and posted!

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