behind on posts

well i have camera batteries but no energy, alas i am a slacker!

i have finished three baby sweaters now, though one needs tidied up with some sewing and embellishment. have completed two baby hats, three pairs of baby socks, all those wash rags, one burp cloth, and hmm think that's it for little bean.

am working on a  cable knit dog sweater currently, as well as a hat for me. need to start yana's hat, though first need to pin her down and measure her head.

can't think of anything else project wise for now.

nother project down!

finished up the little sweater and hat set for baby oriya. dont have enough yarn for socks but thats fine.

looking ahead, yana wants a hat for winter and found a couple more sweaters i want to make for oriya.

still need to figure out buttons for this sweater and decide on some embroidery accents.

sweaters and hats

wednesday went to divine cupcake with Lillian and met some new fiber friends. started baby Oriya a new little hat that i finished up last night. its so cute and darling! love it.

today i started little Oriya a wee sweater. i'm working it in black and gray. will make her a little matching hat from the same pattern as the hat i just made. and if i have enough fiber i will make her some little matching socks as well.

found a few little sweater patterns i want to make her, so that should be fun. can't wait to see how they all come out! and i have tons of yarn laying around i can use up on our little wee bean!

rugs, aquarium skirts and other goodies

this week we finally got our little studio room kind of sorted out. we got my book shelves moved in and stalked , my fish are moved in and set up and we have our little living room area all put together, complete my love seat, entertainment center and a break down able sewing area. plus pretty well all my crafting goodies are here! yay. well think one huge box of yarn is still in storage.

so ive been able to do some sewing finally.

finished up aquarium skirts for my fish tanks and got them up. so no more having to look at unsightly sumps and buckets and crud!

finished up the ten yard skirt of my kitchen witch. so now i have the doll i hand made, she has little bloomers and a skirt. i think i have decided she needs a tiny little knit sweater, but shes not priority, poor girl, just a fun project i like to work on.

when i get batteries i'll have to get some pics of her and some of my bubushka baba yaga. i'm not a doll fan, but some things are just cool! lol

the last thing i have been slaving away at which isn't as much fun and way more tedious is a braided rug for our room. i have a large ball of braided rope now that i am slowly working on stitching the together into a lovely oval. ugh so much work. i remember now why i prefer crocheted rugs so much over braided. ya braided are beautiful, sturdy and awesome, but not only do you need to stitch the chords of fabric together, but then you need to braid them and then sew the braids together, ugh so much extra work! with a crotcheted rug you just stitch your strips together and crotchet away!!!!

i have been looking for old t shirts to make a second rug and i am so crotcheting it! lol sorry but my fingers are all bruised and not up for sewing two braided rugs! ok i might consider knitting it, but either way it won't be another braided rug.

so ya i have tons of pics i need to take to catch up on all my projects!

projects

well, my camera batteries died, so no pictures until i can get around to the store.

did finish up my crocheted blanket and am working on a  receiving blanket now. its just a simple light weight stockinette stitch blanket with a seed stitch edging. wishing i had enough cotton for it, but sadly it will be out of acrylic as i have tons of it to use up.

popcorn babies

spent the day finishing edging my popcorn stitch crocheted baby blanket. is rather big, easily lap sized, will be great latter for cuddling on the couch. should to lay down for the little bean to play on. especially doubled over. nice and cuddly and scooshy. wont be using it till shes a bit older, likely at least three months, but should be perfect then! am finishing it up now, have one more side to edge then will try to get some pics tomorrow or this week sometime. can try to put up pics of burpys then too.

burp cloths

finished up my first burp cloth tonight and got started on my second. will get some pictures likely when i get a few done up. am interested to see how a knit burp cloth works. am hoping they are efficient. i always hear such good things about hand knit compared to store bought. will have to review the wash cloths and burp cloths after the little beeja is born.

on the baby front, we started registry stuff today. sadly one store didnt have everything we need, so started a registry at target and babies r us. will try to convect the two via amazon latter. hope it works! might start one at fred meyers too. sadly neither store had much for clothes, and neither had all the  supply's we need. fredys has a good clothes section for tiny tots, but almost no supplies. grumbles. oh well i guess. might just not worry about fredys and just get any clothes we need on our own.