one beaded project done.
I’m going to make my Aunt E. a neckerchief, I think. Maybe that koigu one with the beads. And as for my sister – she wants a turtleneck shrug. I was thinking Bobbie Bear. I’ll have to think about it some more…
also: Wendy is calling it quits? Some people are wondering if it’s a hack, but it certainly could be true….at any rate, it’s interesting.
Coming home on the subway yesterday, I felt the urge to bead. I used to make tons of seed bead jewelry, but I haven’t done it in at least a couple of years, now. So today I pulled out my old beading stuff.
And then, since I don’t have any classes today, I went over to Sheppard Centre, to Lewiscraft. I picked up a couple more balls of Classic Wool on sale (more on that in a sec) and new beading stuff:
Seed beads, beading needles, and findings. I’m gonna make a necklace – stay tuned for that!
As for knitting content – I’ve decided on a hemmed bottom edge for the cabled top-down. I’ve done the turning row and just need to do a few more rounds before binding off. Now I just have to hope that I have enough yarn for the sleeves – I have 5 balls left. The Lotech has sat around for a few days, but it is my take-along project – I’ll work on it in classes this week.
New Classic Wool: three balls of black, 2 of a nice burgandy. I think I’ve finally decided that I am going to do Christmas knitting. I was not going to do it, but I think it could be fun…maybe. At any rate, it’ll be nice to give knitted gifts. So here’s my list as of now:
Mom: mittens (gotta figure this out, I don’t think she’s very wool tolerant)
Dad: wool scarf
Sister #1: I have no idea. She’s 18. Any ideas?
Sister #2: socks (she asked for them)
Grandma: a tam
Grandpa: scarf
Aunt E: a tam, or maybe a scarf
Cousin L: the opera scarf, in black classic wool
Cousin D: uh…probably a wool scarf
Aunt J: something lacey
Cousin T: maybe a hat?
Cousin M: wristwamers. or something to do with guitars.
I think it’s doable. As for my personal knitting, I won’t start anything new until I make some more headway with my projects. Then it’ll probably be koigu gloves, the must have cardigan, and clapotis.
Whew!
1. Check out Elann’s Sneak Peek page! Silkroad Ultra, Aran Tweed, and Aran are all on sale this week! I want to order a few balls of the white ultra for winter accessories…but must. not. spend. money. Besides, if I don’t make an effort to get up, it’ll all be gone by the time I awake tomorrow anyway.
2. To the Americans in the audience – does anyone know where to buy Jane cosmetics? I’ve got this lip gloss that I’ve loved for the past several years, but I didn’t find it when I went to the states in September. I don’t even know if they have it anymore – it’s called LipKicks, in Cranberry kicker or something like that.