Green FO's, lol!!

Bramble Beret "bramblefru" knitted in support of the Podcaster Challenge for Sassypantsknitter, Sillyfru! Sereknitty yarn which was fabulous! Thanks to lapdogcreations for the gorgeous prize yarn!

Mother Bear Project KAL in support of the Podcaster Challenge for the knitabulls group. You're rockin' it Diane...love you!:)

Don't forget to cast your votes in the Podcaster Challenge group!

Fitted Knits Class!

HeyMindy was our fabulous teacher yesterday at Grandma's Yarns & Notions!

She taught a class on fitting your knits to your body type.

We got to measure ourselves for sweaters/skirts...this was the depressing, hilarious part!:)

Learned how schematics are guidelines and not actual rules...and to not ignore your row gauge!:) Short row shaping (heel flap for your boobs). Also had wonderful examples shown to us and some awesome books to add to my amazon wishlist!:)


Those in attendance using Ravelry names were: HeyMindy and her hubby Jaimie; DawnRene; CourtsGram; Katnmouse; Knittinwolf; LakeAlien; Vmomr (all the way from Acton); grandmaangie; lszeremet; neckio30; familydiva, KnittingGlassGuy showed up later for knitting time!

DawnRene, Katnmouse, CourtsGram and I went out to lunch at Panera after the class and had a totally fabulous lunch and giggles! We had so much fun yesterday that we are all in a fog today! After lunch we went back to the shop for knitting time! Nancy brought in a coconut cake to celebrate Angie's birthday too....a day of fun and good times!

I Won!!!:)

I won this beautiful skein of yarn by participating in Bijouxmaster's contest!

It is Handgefaerbt Merino Extra Fine Superwash in Lord of the Vampires...it is soooo pretty and I love the name!:) She had a total of 72 hats donated! How awesome is that! Knitters/Crocheters are the bestest!

Pic of the hats I donated!

Apple Cozy's

Made James an apple cozy for his apple today in his lunch...can't wait to hear what he says about it! Every day at lunch him and his coworkers cut up their fruit they bring and share it...thought they'd get a kick out of James' special fruit!:)

Then it was so cute, I made another to place at the LYS. Its a cute "granny" type of decoration for them since the store is called Grandma's Yarns and Notions. Quick and easy pattern too, you can find it on my ravelry page. While I was crocheting them I watched Hannah Montana the Movie....what an awesome movie, soooo good. Even went and downloaded a few of the songs from itunes! Definitely will be watching it again and again! Even James and Jimmy watched it (I made them) and thought it was good!:)

Remember FREE shipping at wolfefarms.net until Mother's Day...its fast approaching!

Also the FREE lavender soap sample is on the site to try!

Wrapped in Hugs and Kisses

Our Wrapped in Hugs and Kisses Crochet Pattern was created by knittinwolf and crocheted for her Grandma Wilma as a gift for her 90th birhtday. She is the one who taught me to crochet so thought it fitting to design a crochet pattern. The stitch pattern make Xs and Os, hence the name “Hugs and Kisses”, so wrap yourself or someone you love in hugs and kisses.

The finished wrap measures approximately: 72 in. by 16 in. Crocheted with worsted weight, required approximately 945 yards.

This will come to you as an emailed PDF file, so you won’t have to wait long to get started.
For more information, see: http://wolfefarms.net/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=22&products_id=107

This was published into the Ravelry database yesterday and I've already sold one! So exciting!

Beautiful Lapghans...

Sillyfru of the Sassypants Knitter Podcast sent in this cheery lapghan that she's been working on. She has been such a blessing in this contest by mentioning it on nine of her episodes! I get excited each time too, think I say every time "hey, knittinwolf, that's me!:)!! This has really meant a lot to me her doing this...then I open her package today with the blanket.....look what else was in it...this adorable Snowbunny figurine which is entitled "A basket of joy".....each week her podcast is my basket of joy so if you haven't listened to her, get over there and download all the episodes! This token from her of course brought happy tears and means so much to me! I haven't met a lot of my online friends but feel soooo close to them, such a treasure!

The next package held Andreia's pretty blanket....she also sent a little somethin' to me....these beautiful sock stitch markers. I'm so blessed to have such awesome friends!

Cat sent this fabulous blanket....love the pattern on it, and the colors are so springy. These packages are so fun to open and can't wait to see the joy all of these blankets bring to the nursing home residents!

Going to check the P.O. Box Friday to see if there are any blankets and will draw winners and post it later that day! Thank you so much for doing this!:)

Charity Blankets!!

Two more blankets have been donated!!:)

The blue square one was donated by Dr. Gemma of the Cogknitive podcast. Its very squishy and cuddly.

The beautiful star lapghan was donated by Chan...love this pattern, will have to go queue it!

Love seeing all the different blankets, all so original and beautiful!

Less than a week before the contest ends.....:)

More lapghans...:)

These beautiful lapghans came in the mail yesterday!

So much fun opening these boxes! These two were done by KnitNurd....thank you so much DeeDee! I've gotta know how you connected these squares, such a pretty join!

Donated blankets....

Three of these blankets were donated by familydiva, the above two and the dusty rose one below. The green/tan was done by knittingtrucker and the bottom left square was done by maryjo. Love receiving these in the mail...so beautiful!

Charity lapghan contest ends April 1!!

Charity Blankets!!

These blankets came in the mail today from Michigan! Karmen01 made these beauties! That's her cat Amidalla trying to help her with her blanket pic!

Contest ends April 1!!!

Taking a break and icing my knees today from all the hard swimming....yes, I overdid it!:) Hope everyone is having a great day! Knittin' tonight, whoohoo!

Ravelympics Update!!

These are my two medals for entering my lapghan! This will be donated to the nursing home my Grandma is at! Don't forget the contest ends April 1!:)

Ravelympics!!

Ravelympics starts tonight at 7:30p.m. when they light the Olympic Torch!!

Mass Cast-On at 6 pm Pacific Standard Time February 12, as the Opening Ceremonies begin in Vancouver! Find out what time that is in your local zone here. No casting-on before this moment! (with the exception of WIP/UFO event entries)
Ending time: 11;59:59 PST February 28; the closing ceremonies will be earlier that evening, but since the exact moment of torch extinguishment is unknown, we’ll give you until midnight. Each Ravelympics project must be marked Finished on the project page prior to the ending time in order to qualify for a medal.
What is Finished? Does it mean blocked? Ends woven in? Sewn together? Photographed? That’s up to you. See the big rule at the top: Challenge YOURSELF. Do you feel it’s finished without the ends woven in, or before blocking? Then mark it finished. If not, don’t. Be honest with yourself, and we’ll celebrate with you.
The Finish Line: Each event will have its own FINISH LINE thread on the Ravelympics 2010 board. Post details of your finished object in the thread(s) for the event(s) in which it is competing. (Details of what to post – link to project page and picture, for example – will be listed in the thread.) The FINISH LINE threads will be open for a day or two after the closing ceremonies, so if you can’t get a pic and post by the official closing time, just cross as soon as you can.
Medalling: BobicusMaximus will hand out medals (blog badges) to each finisher in the event threads.
You’ll be able to follow your team and event progress on the special Ravelympics stats page that Casey’s magic machine assembles out of all properly tagged projects. Chat and cheer in special threads for each team and event!

Team Barknknit: barknknit danceNknit knitnpurlgurl kigeliakitten born2knitnpurl wishfulknits AnnieBear KicknKnit knittinwolf flttrby CourtsGram mishlhini

I’m doing:
Charity Curling - lapghan
Scarf Super-G and WIPS dancing -drop stitch scarf that's been marinating in my purse forever...

Tomorrow morning my Barknknit buddies and I are doing a virtual baby shower for our friend in Canada, danceNknit! We're going to use Skype and watch her open the presents we've sent her. Should be lots of fun!

Charity Blankets!!

Received this beautiful machine knit blanket from DawnRene!

Received this beautiful warm blanket from HeyMindy!
I've gotta find out what pattern she used!:)

KnitNurd made this colorful blanket!

Knitnpurlgurl made this crocheted Shrek blanket!

Knitnpurlgurl also made this coffee mint fleck blanket that reminds me of chocolate mint ice cream. My favorite color (green) in both her blankets!:)

Contest details you can click on the link for more info!

New yarn store opening near me today....too sick to go :(!!! I'll post pics though when I do get to go! Hopefully some yummy yarns!

Children's Hospital...

Donating this lapghan I just finished to the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. These are children with cancer, autoimmune disease, traumatic injury, or other illnesses that make being a kid and having fun a lot more difficult. Children undergoing medical treatments will hopefully appreciate the extra comfort of a hand crocheted lap blanket to keep them warm.

Mother Bear Project...

Mother Bear Project....Bear #1 finished!

The Mother Bear Project is dedicated to providing comfort and hope to children affected by HIV/AIDS in emerging nations, by giving them a gift of love in the form of a hand-knit or crocheted bear. The simple gift of a hand-knit bear with a tag signed by the knitter has touched children with the message that they are unconditionally loved.

This is a KAL/CAL that Dr. Gemma from the Cogknitive Podcast is doing and thought you might want to go over and join in with this!

Get out those scraps and warm up those hooks and/or needles!
Send completed bears with $3.00 to cover cost of postage for shipping to Africa to:

Mother Bear Project P.O. Box 62188 Minneapolis, MN 55426

Volunteers will sew a red felt heart onto your bear’s chest. If you did not buy a tag from them, volunteers will also fill out one for you, with your name or anyone’s name you suggest on it, to be attached to your bear.
These bears are meant to be personal, so each child will know the name of a person who loves them and is thinking of them!

For more info on the KAL/CAL check out Wolfe Farms group on Rav or the Cogknitive Podcast group. Super fun to make!

Navy Lapghan!

Finished my second lapghan! It's a lot darker than the pic so was hard working on at night. Love this crochet pattern. Hope you guys are all having a great time working on your lapghans for the contest...don't forget the deadline has been pushed to April 1 so no need to rush!:)

Had a really busy weekend: changing beds, cleaning bathrooms, vacuuming, laundry/ironing...made blueberry muffins, cranberry orange muffins and lemon tea cookies.

Saw Inglorious Bastards....ug don't bother...I really dislike Quintin Taratinos movies. We are watching the series Tudors though which is awesome...still on the first season!

This week we're supposed to have rainstorms that are the worst we've had since 2004...started raining last night (yeah)!! Put up a rain gauge so we can see how much rain we actually get. I just love the overcast weather...love love love it!

Went to knit meet yesterday too...had about 22 people show up...seemed like a lot more in this coffee shop though. Boy did we get the looks from other customers! Had a wonderful time! I got to meet Courtsgram (Luann) whom I've only met online and playing Words With Friends! Such a lovely lady! Also got to hang out with my friend DawnRene who just got back from AK where her dad was really ill, so glad she made it back safely and that he is recovering. Limejuicy (Sarah) even came and knit with me for a bit too, hadn't got to hang out with her in awhile! So much chit chat going on with so many people it was a blast! I'm lucky to have such great friends in real life and online...truly blessed and am blessed by them each and every day!:)

FO Friday!

Been crocheting a lot of Soap Cozy's!

These are so much fun to make...Jimmy has been using one and just loves it!

I made him a neon lime green one and he put candy cane soap in it!

Also have been crocheting Cup Cozy's...

These are perfect to make your daily dose of caffeine stylish!


And crocheting washcloths for soap sets!
These all make perfect Christmas gifts!
http://wolfefarms.net

Been doing so much crocheting had almost forgot how to knit...felt really weird to hold two sticks!:) Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Stuff....

Whoohoo a FO! Finished my Alpaca Cloud Wrap, modeled by the lovely Fuji Ann!

This was an awesome pattern and the Berroco Ultra Alpaca yarn was divine!

Gotta love Amazon....got some new books. What a great beginner spinning book too! I've been wanting the Answer books to have in my bag and since I had some amazon points, whalla they jumped into my cart!

Jimmy's doing a great job with the drop spindle...even mentioned he might have to knit something out of it!:) He sits with me while I spin and he drop spindles...lots of fun!

Off to Target to get the 3-disc DVD of Twilight! So excited!

Spinning & Mystery!

Wow, I haven't blogged since Thursday, so sorry!

Friday I cleaned and cleaned house so that Saturday and Sunday I could learn to spin and have some knitting/cro time. This is my first handspun! Very chunky....going to dye it soon too. At the knit meeting yesterday I learned how to draft it to get it thinner, Jo was a huge help. Amanda had just learned the night before so it was nice having another newbie to learn with! Now I'm wanting more roving to spin!:) Had a great time at the meeting too! Fun to see all the goodies they brought back from Stitches West! I also test crocheted a pattern this weekend for Alisha...I'm saving the pics for my DOT post though! Very cute and love the pattern!

I'm doing a Mystery Crochet Shawl Along....this was the first clue yesterday! I was really scared to try this but didn't have any problems! Yeah! I'm using Blue Heron Mercerized Cotton in the colorway Marshgrass and a size E hook. Can't wait for the next clue!

Off to take Jimmy to the dentist today...maybe we'll find a sheep to sheer!:) ha ha