Saturday, November 20, 2010
Super Mario :-)
Hello there! It is 12:52 am, November 20th, and just a couple of minutes ago, i finished my Super Mario! I got the pattern courtesy of a VERY talented crochet wizard, Wolfdreamer. She's absolutely amazing and her instructions are clear and easy to read, it took me 2 days and that's only because i only worked on it at night when i got home. I am super excited, i tried to take some pictures with my phone but it's too dark and my craft room has poor lighting, but tomorrow i will and i will post them, if you are curious as to where to find this awesome pattern here you go! Mario Amigurumi , I made him for my son Ayden who is now 4 and (thank the goddess) completely potty trained now!!! *dance* So i've decided to give him the Mario tomorrow morning, and make the rest of the set to give to him for christmas. He's gonna be super excited. Anywho, i'm off to play some WoW, i will post those pics tomorrow. Good night interwebz.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Frustration
Hi everyone, long time no speakie. I've been busy, moved into a new place, got a puppy, potty trained my son. I have been keeping up with my knitting but i can honestly say that the only knitted project i've completed was a worsted weight pair of socks that i can't find :( I think i get too overly excited about new projects, and i start too many and get overwhelmed.
Right now, I am on a desperate search for a Red riding hood cape knitting pattern with a hood, I recently watched "The company of wolves" , it's an 80's movie, and it's sort of a different take on the little red riding hood story. Not my favorite movie, but entertaining none the less. So the main character's grandma makes her this BEAUTIFUL cape with a hood, it was too red though, but i would like to make one for me, i am having a hard time finding a pattern, and since i'm a plus sized girl, it's even harder. So if anyone out there has ANY idea where i might be able to find a nice pattern, that would be awesome , please comment.
What am i working on right now? I am making a Super mario brother's Wii character Amigurumi for my son I bought the pattern on Etsy, You can see it here Wolley ,a hat for my best friend called Urban jungle which can be found here Urban Jungle , and a crocheted dog sweater for my best friend's mami's doggie, the video tutorial is here if you're curious Button crocheted sweater , it is absolutely EASY, and it's actually a lot of fun to make, i'm actually pretty much done with it and i started last night!
In non-knitting related news, i have plans in the near future to have a Gastric Bypass, which i am really nervous but excited about, i also joined a Bariatric weight loss center to help me lose the 10lbs that i have to lose before the surgery. I'm horrible at diets, but i think i'm finally gonna give in and do the 1200 calorie a day diet that the weight loss center requires.
Christmas is coming up! and it's project season for me (i know i procrastinated and should have started earlier), I'm thinking of making my son the entire cast of super mario brothers, i think he would really enjoy that. As for the rest of my family, i have to start asking what they want, i love making things, so hopefully they want something handmade.
That's it for me for now, Thanks for reading and i should be back soon. Again, if you know of a good hooded cape or cloak pattern, please please please let me know. Thanks in advance!
Right now, I am on a desperate search for a Red riding hood cape knitting pattern with a hood, I recently watched "The company of wolves" , it's an 80's movie, and it's sort of a different take on the little red riding hood story. Not my favorite movie, but entertaining none the less. So the main character's grandma makes her this BEAUTIFUL cape with a hood, it was too red though, but i would like to make one for me, i am having a hard time finding a pattern, and since i'm a plus sized girl, it's even harder. So if anyone out there has ANY idea where i might be able to find a nice pattern, that would be awesome , please comment.
What am i working on right now? I am making a Super mario brother's Wii character Amigurumi for my son I bought the pattern on Etsy, You can see it here Wolley ,a hat for my best friend called Urban jungle which can be found here Urban Jungle , and a crocheted dog sweater for my best friend's mami's doggie, the video tutorial is here if you're curious Button crocheted sweater , it is absolutely EASY, and it's actually a lot of fun to make, i'm actually pretty much done with it and i started last night!
In non-knitting related news, i have plans in the near future to have a Gastric Bypass, which i am really nervous but excited about, i also joined a Bariatric weight loss center to help me lose the 10lbs that i have to lose before the surgery. I'm horrible at diets, but i think i'm finally gonna give in and do the 1200 calorie a day diet that the weight loss center requires.
Christmas is coming up! and it's project season for me (i know i procrastinated and should have started earlier), I'm thinking of making my son the entire cast of super mario brothers, i think he would really enjoy that. As for the rest of my family, i have to start asking what they want, i love making things, so hopefully they want something handmade.
That's it for me for now, Thanks for reading and i should be back soon. Again, if you know of a good hooded cape or cloak pattern, please please please let me know. Thanks in advance!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Okay seriously now, i am back.
Okay so i've been gone for a while, and i've gotten a couple of emails about it because i promised more, I'm sorry. Been really busy with life stuff. but the good news is,
I've Learned to Knit!!!!!!!
YAY!!!
*Applause and streamers*
So Far i know the long tail cast on, Regular cast on, Knit stitch, Purl stitch, Garter and stockinette, as well as K2fb (I think that's what it's called), Yarn over (YO) ,and Cast off and Russion Bind off.
I'm pretty proud of myself, i took an awesome knitting class with my favorite local yarn store:
Natural Stitches
with the lovely Carla K, if you live in pittsburgh or come for the summer and are looking for a fabulous knitting teacher, i highly recommend her, and the shop is absolutely wonderful!
Because i have been knitting so much however, my amigurumi collection has suffered, but i have been collecting patterns that i plan to make soon and display on here, so don't fret.
I also made a Ravelry page, My name is Meowsezkitty, so look me up, and add me, i'll be your friend :-)
Alright everyone, thanks for stopping by, i shall blog again soon :-) i will probably post a knitting project as well as what i like to call "The easiest knitted shawl in the world" a pattern i made up when i was looking for shawl patterns online and couldn't find any good beginner ones. So come back for that :-) See you guys again soon! bye.
I've Learned to Knit!!!!!!!
YAY!!!
*Applause and streamers*
So Far i know the long tail cast on, Regular cast on, Knit stitch, Purl stitch, Garter and stockinette, as well as K2fb (I think that's what it's called), Yarn over (YO) ,and Cast off and Russion Bind off.
I'm pretty proud of myself, i took an awesome knitting class with my favorite local yarn store:
Natural Stitches
with the lovely Carla K, if you live in pittsburgh or come for the summer and are looking for a fabulous knitting teacher, i highly recommend her, and the shop is absolutely wonderful!
Because i have been knitting so much however, my amigurumi collection has suffered, but i have been collecting patterns that i plan to make soon and display on here, so don't fret.
I also made a Ravelry page, My name is Meowsezkitty, so look me up, and add me, i'll be your friend :-)
Alright everyone, thanks for stopping by, i shall blog again soon :-) i will probably post a knitting project as well as what i like to call "The easiest knitted shawl in the world" a pattern i made up when i was looking for shawl patterns online and couldn't find any good beginner ones. So come back for that :-) See you guys again soon! bye.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
No worries, for i have returned!
So i have been gone since my last post and i know i promised pictures of the bingo bags i made but in the middle of all the X-mas spirit i completely forgot! not to worry though, next time i see my mother-in-law i will ask her to bring the bag by and i will take some pictures. Both bags came out great! and they were extremely easy to make.
So happy new year to all! i want to say that i made a new year's resolution, but i didn't. I always end up forgetting the same month i make them so i didn't bother,lol.
I have however discovered that i have wonderful (sarcasm) allergy to permanent hair dyes. My hair was purple and red for a while i had bleached it and put the colors in with semi permanent hair dye, but it didn't hurt me at all. After a while my hair started to lose the awesome colors and of course turned a hideous orange, and i don't mean traffic cone orange because that would have been kind of awesome, but it just went back to how it looked when i started bleaching, and of course my natural black roots came in and i was looking hideous. So i decided, let me get some permanent black hair dye and just go back to my natural hair color, i did. and 3 hours later i had seeping wounds on my scalp and i was as itchy as could be. I thought well that sux, i have a pretty bad allergy so i took some claritin and that didn't help in the least. So needless to say i am in a LOT of pain right now. I told myself if it doesn't get any better by friday i will have to go to the doctors and hope they can do something for me. So here's hoping it will go away. Now my hands have begun to itch and ive got little red dots on them. *sigh* i read up on it and it turns out that a LOT of people have an allergy to an ingredient in permanent hair dye called PPD *i forget the scientific name* . That ingredient has been banned in many parts of Europe and the allergies can be so severe that sometimes it can cause death because people can't breathe. It is also very common for people who have dyed their hair for decades to develop an allergy to the ingredient. Sad to say i still have some spots in my hair that look terrible because my hair is long and there wasn't enough dye in the bottle to cover everything, I was going to just chance it and just apply a second bottle but i've decided against it seeing how severe my allergy is already and people say that the allergy could get worse the more you dye your hair. So for now i will just have to deal with people wanting to throw hair dye bottles at me when they see my skunky looking hair, lol. Good thing i wanted to show my gray hair once i get older or else i would have been in big trouble. Growing old gracefully (or semi gracefully) here i come!
Other than that, My best friend is engaged! To a wonderful lady i must add. And i couldn't be happier for them, they look great together! and she treats her wonderfully. Maybe i can get them to let me take some pictures of them to post on here so u guys can see. hehe.
I think that's about it, I haven't been working on any projects since the last bingo bag, but i have purchased a few new patterns that i want to get to work on as soon as my allergy calms down, for now i want to concentrate on getting my house cleaned up some. Thanks for reading, i will be back again soon!
So happy new year to all! i want to say that i made a new year's resolution, but i didn't. I always end up forgetting the same month i make them so i didn't bother,lol.
I have however discovered that i have wonderful (sarcasm) allergy to permanent hair dyes. My hair was purple and red for a while i had bleached it and put the colors in with semi permanent hair dye, but it didn't hurt me at all. After a while my hair started to lose the awesome colors and of course turned a hideous orange, and i don't mean traffic cone orange because that would have been kind of awesome, but it just went back to how it looked when i started bleaching, and of course my natural black roots came in and i was looking hideous. So i decided, let me get some permanent black hair dye and just go back to my natural hair color, i did. and 3 hours later i had seeping wounds on my scalp and i was as itchy as could be. I thought well that sux, i have a pretty bad allergy so i took some claritin and that didn't help in the least. So needless to say i am in a LOT of pain right now. I told myself if it doesn't get any better by friday i will have to go to the doctors and hope they can do something for me. So here's hoping it will go away. Now my hands have begun to itch and ive got little red dots on them. *sigh* i read up on it and it turns out that a LOT of people have an allergy to an ingredient in permanent hair dye called PPD *i forget the scientific name* . That ingredient has been banned in many parts of Europe and the allergies can be so severe that sometimes it can cause death because people can't breathe. It is also very common for people who have dyed their hair for decades to develop an allergy to the ingredient. Sad to say i still have some spots in my hair that look terrible because my hair is long and there wasn't enough dye in the bottle to cover everything, I was going to just chance it and just apply a second bottle but i've decided against it seeing how severe my allergy is already and people say that the allergy could get worse the more you dye your hair. So for now i will just have to deal with people wanting to throw hair dye bottles at me when they see my skunky looking hair, lol. Good thing i wanted to show my gray hair once i get older or else i would have been in big trouble. Growing old gracefully (or semi gracefully) here i come!
Other than that, My best friend is engaged! To a wonderful lady i must add. And i couldn't be happier for them, they look great together! and she treats her wonderfully. Maybe i can get them to let me take some pictures of them to post on here so u guys can see. hehe.
I think that's about it, I haven't been working on any projects since the last bingo bag, but i have purchased a few new patterns that i want to get to work on as soon as my allergy calms down, for now i want to concentrate on getting my house cleaned up some. Thanks for reading, i will be back again soon!
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