Knitterly Adventures

This weekend was full of new friends and travels of knitterly adventures :-) I recently had become acquainted with Tracey on Ravelry. She was interested in some of my destash yarns and it led to quite a few PM's back and forth ;-) We were able to wrangle up a meet up this weekend which included a field trip for my husband to Cabelas. He was happy that he could visit his favorite store and I was happy that I could visit with a wonderful fiber related friend :-) We had a wonderful visit and time flew by! Tracey gave some destash skeins a wondeful new home and even purchased a skein of PrairieDyeStudio MCN Sock skein in Purple Passion and 2 sets of Snagless Stitch Markers.



Top set is Chrysocolla and the bottom set is White Jade :-)

I was so happy to connect with a fiber friend and meet them in person! So many times we have fiber friends on Ravelry and very seldomly get to meet them in person! Thanks so much Tracey!!

Once I found my husband in Cabelas after my visit I got a good laugh! He had caught our 2.5 yr old putting fishing lures in her Bubble Guppies back pack. So he was massively stressed, embarrassed and had to keep a keen eye on her for a while. Once we explained it to her she seemed to understand that she couldn't do that. I have a sneaking suspicion that she was trying to help her daddy by picking out what fishing lures she liked while he was picking out what he liked BUT... it's a parenting moment. This is still a funny story that I will relentlessly bug my husband about!

On the knitting front I'm making good progress on the second sock from the second pair of Scrappy Casbah Socks I'm knitting for Christmas Gifts this year :-)




I'm hoping to have this castes off in the next 2 days. I'm stretching it a bit time wise but I want to have some time to knit up in my new WIP. That's right, I casted on a NEW WIP!!

As soon as From Way Back popped up on my Ravelry friends feed I've been in love with it! I've been pricing out yarns to knit it up and haven't been able to find anything in my budget since I'm a stay at home mom. After our visit to Cabelas my husband and I stopped at Pam's Woolly Shoppe in Stoney Plain (which is a short drive away) and I stumbled on some Estelle Eco Andean DK Wool. I figured I needed 4 skeins but I bought the last 5 skeins in this color way. I figured I like my sweaters longer and if I happen to run out with 4 skeins I might be pooched to find some more in the same dye lot. This was definitely in my budget. It cost $62 and change for all 5 skeins!

Once I got home I casted on and promptly ripped it out since I **HATE** provisional cast on. I always mess it up and when I pick up the other side to join it always looks super sloppy and baggy, for me anyways. So I changed it to a plain long tail cast on and I'm sure it will be fine :-) I doubt anyone will notice once it's done. I haven't gotten much done but I've been working on it here and there. It's my selfish project and has no estimated completion time :-) Just whenever I feel like knitting on it :-)




Overall it was a lovely weekend full of new friends and travels full of knitterly adventures :-)

Happy Knitting!!

Announcement and A Bit of Catch Up :-)

I've been holding back a secret for the past 22 weeks and haven't posted it on the blog but I'm sure you can guess what it is. My little family will be expanding to include another child sometime in mid December. I'm 22 weeks along and was very sick the first 3 months. My appetite has come back but I've been focusing on everything else EXCEPT for the blog for the last couple months. Potty training my 2.5 year old is stagnant and there are days where she uses the potty sporadically, then she's convinced the potty is a toddler eating monster. I don't want to push it as I'm afraid she'll hate it more so I encourage her to use it and reward her when she does. So that's where my pregnant frazzled brain is at :-(

Now today on the other hand today started out to be a fun day ;-) It started out that I slept horribly last night as I'm carrying this baby out front and I've been trying to get comfortable with pillows supporting it at night which is NOT comfortable. So I got very little sleep. So I'm surviving on coffee today.

I had an epic coffee disaster this morning. I went to reheat my coffee in the microwave and on the way back to my couch my butter fingers dumped the whole cup of coffee on my Moonmist Ombré Cardigan. Sigh. So this is where my 4 balls of Moonmist and cardigan are hanging out since I'm not sure if the coffee would stain it.




So this is the first time I've washed wound balls of yarn so I hope it dries. I think I'll squish it gently between a towel and put it in the window still to let it dry once I'm sure the coffee has been washed from it. I blame this incident on not drinking enough coffee to get my mind functioning before I attempted to do anything. Maybe next time I'll put my coffee in a spill proof sippy cup!

I think I'm going to relax a bit today and knit on these Scrappy Casbah Socks which are for my Christmas 2015 stash! I have enough of these colors to knit 2 pairs of socks I think. Right now I'm working on the instep of the second sock on the first pair. So once I finish the second sock I should have more than enough for a second pair of Stripy Scrappy Socks.




I usually don't knit ankle socks but my mom loves ankle socks, so here I am. Although they are quick to knit up :-) I just find they photograph weird ;-)

I'm so blessed to have so many orders shipped out of my Etsy Shop since the Karmic Balancing Gifts on the YarnHarlots blog post :-) So I've been keen on getting as many options of gems and minerals Snagless Stitch Marker sets as I can available. Just recently I've made a couple different options available to my wonderful patrons :-) Now you can choose what size of Snagless Stitch Markers you want in the mineral or gemstone you want for a set! You can choose from Small, Medium or Large and they are made to order and will ship out within a day :-)

The other option is the Create Your Own Stitch Marker Set which allows you to choose the size you want (Small, Medium or Large) and you get to choose what minerals you want to create your own custom set from all the instock mineral or gemstone beads I have :-)

Two great options that will give my customers more selection of what they want for their own personalized Snagless Stitch Marker Set :-) I hope everyone loves these changes :-)

Lastly, I've loaded a few SECONDS sets into the Etsy shop :-)




There are 4 types of SECONDS Snagless Stitch Marker sets to choose from. This time around YOU choose the stitch marker size (Small, Medium or Large). There are 3 Chohua Jasper sets, 1 Picture Jasper set, 1 Orange Calcite set & 2 Green Spot Jasper sets :-) The link for my Etsy Shop is on the right side of my blog if you would like to see what's available. the SECONDS sets usually go fairly quickly so get one while you can :-)

Now I'm off to knit a bit and brew another cup of coffee. When I say brew I mean use that heaven sent device called a Keurig :-) I'll leave you with a photo of my "oh so tired" fur babies :-)




Happy Knitting :-)

I'm a Busy Girl :-)

I've been busy the last day! It's the second year I've donated gifts part of the Yarn Harlot's Karmic Balancing Gifts and this year has brought all kinds of abundance :-) I've been super busy last night before bed packaging up orders and this morning I had more orders to package up as well :-) it's not a bad problem to have ;-)




I've packaged up 14 orders or 24 Snagless Stitch Marker sets. That's not including the 4 wonderful winners of the Karmic Balancing Gifts. They got to choose a Snagless Stitch Marker set of their choice :-)

I've only got 1 set of SECONDS left.



It's the Mookaite Snagless Stitch Marker set. I find it beyond beautiful. I have a set of Mookaite for myself and I love the eclectic feel of this mineral :-) This SECONDS set is only $6 plus shipping.




I also have some Lace or Small Snagless Stitch Marker sets in the Sale section of my Etsy shop. Those are selling quite well as well so if you've had your eye on a set you better snag one before their gone :-)

Happy Knitting :-)

Finally!!

Finally!! A day where it's not smokin' hot! It's been well into the 30'C the last couple days and it was smokin' hot the last week so I am so happy that today is over cast with a bit of rain. I'm going to take full advantage of this day by catching up on doing some cleaning and laundry! There's something about having a hot day of epic boob sweat proportions that isn't encouraging to do any work what so ever. It was quite a chore just to make dinner.

Until I get going on cleaning the house I've decided to spend my morning knitting on my Smokestack Socks. I love this installment of the Tanis Fiber Arts Year In Color Club. This is May's installment and it's a new sock base that she's testing out in the Willow Colorway. This is my favorite colorway so far :-)








Today's going to be a productive day :-) I'm hoping to get the heel turned and completed. If I'm a real keener I would love to get going in the leg portion. I want to get this second sock completed before the July Installment pops in my mailbox!

Happy Knitting :-)

Snagless Stitch Marker Update :-)

I've been busy the last few days getting some Snagless Stitch Markers completed and getting some SECONDS Snagless Stitch Marker sets completed.

I've loaded 11 sets of SECONDS into the Etsy shop :-) These usually go fairly fast so get a set while you can.






What are SECONDS? :

THERE ARE IMPERFECTIONS IN SOME, IF NOT ALL THE BEADS. THIS IS WHY THEY ARE DISCOUNTED 50%. THEY STILL FUNCTION WELL AND ARE BEAUTIFUL SET NON THE LESS :-)

I have them priced at $6 for a set of 12 :-)

I also listed 9 kinds of Lace Snagless Stitch Marker sets. They fit up to a size 5 / 3.75mm comfortably and work perfectly for lace.



They are priced at $6 a set so I an make room for new product in the future :-) Be sure to snag a set while you can!

The link to the Etsy shop is on the right hand tool bar if you would like to snag a set :-)

Happy Knitting :-)

Some Knitting and a SALE :-)

I've been very silent for a long time!! My husband and I are expecting our second child and I've been feeling very sick so I haven't been feeling up to blogging or anything beyond Instagram. Which is horrible of me! I'm feeling more my usual self lately and decided to do a quick post on the blog :-)

I've decided to clear out the remaining Pietersite Snagless Stitch Marker sets for $6 each. So If you interested in snagging a set check out my etsy shop and get a set before they're gone ;-)




I've also added a few more sets of Amethyst, Sodalite, Bronzite and Carnelian to the Etsy shop in the new packaging :-) I love how the new backing looks! I'm so happy I used White Rabbit Designs. Jacqueline did a fabulous job and I was so pleased with her work!!




I still have a few Snagless Stitch Marker sets packaged with the old name. They will get phased out as they sell. I want to thank everyone for their patience with this transition :-)

On the knitting front, I've been a bit of a keener posting on Instagram my progress. I'll be posting some WIP's and FO's as they pop up in the future ;-) For now, this is what my side table next to the couch looks like :




Happy Knitting :-)

Yarn & Snagless Stitch Marker Giveaway on Instagram!!

Hi Everyone!!

Just a quick post letting you know that Taiga Hilliard is having a Giveaway on Instagram!!

You have a chance to win some yummy yarn and your choice of Snagless Stitch Marker sets from my Etsy shop :-)

Check it out on Instagram HERE!!

Good Luck :-)