Baby Steps

I'm still working on getting out of the knittin' funk. Been doing a bit of sewing instead.


I had great fun making this "Olivia" drawstring backpack.
I wasn't too sure how to go about making it, (I wanted the straps to be adjustable and I wanted it to be lined.) and I guess I was feeling too cheap to go out and buy a set of instructions ~~wow, I really am in a funk!~~ so I took ideas from several free patterns that I found online and came up with my own instructions.
The straps are still long because I haven't tried it on my granddaughter yet and I wanted to make them the right length for her.
I was thinking I might make another one and do a little tutorial with the directions. I have a couple of fat quarters of material that might work. Of course, doing all that would require me to be fully out of the funk, so I would't be holdin' yer' breath on that one.

I also did a little bit on the baby beanbags. I'm done with the stuffing and sewing up part. I ended up using beans instead of the rice for filling. The rice was too dense and heavy. The pinto beans are a perfect weight and density.

I'm just doing a simple running stitch around the edges to give them some extra color. The T is my grandson's first initial.


Well I guess that's about it for now.

Knittin' Blues

Well, I'm still in a knitting funk, even though I did get my Cat Bordhi book last week at Kiwi. Lynn was kind enough to sell me her copy so I wouldn't have to wait for the next shipment. (Or maybe she sensed my desperation for new inspiration.) I also picked up a little bit of Maizy yarn to sweeten the deal.

And although I've read Cat's book from cover to cover (and I'm certain now that her brain is wired in a much different way than mine), I still haven't cast on a stitch.

So......I figured if knitting wasn't' going to do it for me here in the waning days of August, maybe I should tackle a whole different project. So here's what's going on instead of knitting:

1)Bathroom re-do (here's the progress photo, demolition almost complete. Shoot, I forgot to take a before photo.)

2) Recycled denim bean bags for my grandson. I found a whole unopened bag of sushi rice so I'm going to try using that instead of beans. Since we live in a dry climate, I'm thinking it just might work.As for the big knitter, he's still knitting away, unfazed by my current slump. Happy Sunday!

Dog Days Knitting

So I've been in a knitting and blogging slump for the past couple of weeks. And we had a great time at the beach in San Diego and I coulda' been knitting under our beach umbrella and didn't.

Oh, yeah, I visited a couple of SoCal knitting stores in the process and that didn't even cure me. And now we're home and I'm still in the slump. And the only way to get out, I think, would be to go buy a new sock book:This is the sock book I want.

And tomorrow, I'm going to Kiwi and see if they have it.

And I already have the yarn I need to knit a new pair, Panda Cotton in color 2342 Sprite Green:
So, I can just sense my knitting slump will come to an end very soon. Wish me luck.