WOW...it has been a week since I posted.  I try to post more than once a week, but the week got away from me.  My worthless renter finally moved out, and I have been pretty busy trying to get that house in order to re-rent.

I hate to say that I have not been able to knit as much as I wanted to during these Ravellenic Games....boo, hoo!  But....the good news is that I go on vacation in two days and I plan to do a lot of knitting while on vacation.

I finished another Work In Progress.  An Orange Sweater that I started in January of 2011.

I also have been working on a WIP that I just started this year....it is a Kindle Fire Cover...I know it looks small, but trust me, it fits :)  Yes, of course it is Orange!

Then the test knit baby blanket has been giving me problems so it has been in time out, but I hope it comes out of time out soon, because the deadline is August 15th.

And I finished the final part to the Pillow I am making for a KAL...now I just need to sew the seams together and put on the buttons....I am very excited and cannot wait to make another one of these.

Now for sime side pictures...one is a couple of Longhorn Zipper bags my friend made....they are so cute and I LOVE THEM! 

Here is a picture of what I am working on ALL THE TIME....LOL!

Happy Tuesday Everyone!!!

Hello everyone.  I have been knitting, but not as much as I want to!  I need this job to finance my yarn obsession, but this job really cuts into my knitting time....LOL!

I finished the test knit and blocked it.  It is a little big for 6 months (in my opinion) but it is cute!

I did my FFE....First Felting Ever!  I am so excited.  I started these clogs in October of 2009 (yes, over 2 1/2 years ago) and I put them on the back burner.  Well, nothing like Ravellenics to get you to work on some old stuff....so I decided to do the second clog (in burnt orange of course).  When I made the first one, I held the yarn double for the sole, but single for the top and the part around the ankle.  Well, when you have not done something in 2 1/2 years, you tend to forget....so the second clog has the yarn held double all the way for all parts of the clog.  I was able to felt it small enough, but you can still tell that one is bigger than the other......but it does not matter to me.  I love them and will wear them with pride.  I will be making these again.  My daughter even likes them (she is picky).

Now I am working on the baby blanket test knit and want to finish some other things I have not touched in a long time.

I meet a fellow knitter during lunch today.  She donated two huge cones of chenille yarn.  I am going to use it to make some blankets for the Veterans.  They are due in December, so they will go on the back burner for later, but I got the yarn today and that was exciting!

And last but not least.....drum roll please......My worthless renter is FINALLY moving out!  The lady that lives across the street texted me that they are moving!  Yahoo!!!


Happy Tuesday everyone!

Wow, what a crazy week.  I do not want to bore anyone with yucky details, but I have a rental house and I have been trying to evict my renter for a couple of months now.....I had court yesterday and it was very stressfull.  The stress was enough to make me call a good friend.  I called Heather with Pyramis.  She has taken away most of my stress!  Thank you Heather!

Now to knitting...Wednesday, was a super day for me.....my knitting buddy from work came back from vacation after being gone for 18 days.  I missed her so much!  Then, my boyfriend sent me a link to a craigslist add where someone was looking for a knitter.  She wants 20 small fish knit for $65.00 and the knitter has to provide the yarn.  Here is a picture of what she had on the craigslist add:

I told her I would need to see it in person, so I met with her yesterday to get her 'prototype'.  I asked her if she was ok without the eyes and mouth (tedious yarn work for 20 fish) and she said she could make the eyes and mouth with puffy paint.  So I got the yarn (she wants 3 different colors, orange fish, pink fish and blue fish), and I knit one.  She did not have a pattern so I had to just wing it.  I think I did a pretty good job.  Mine is a touch bigger, but I think with practice, and maybe a needle size change, I can get it the right size.  Here is mine below hers:

Now, it took me about an hour to knit this little fish.  She wants to pay $65.00 for 20, and I have to provide the yarn.  The yarn was $8.61, so $65 - $8.61 = $56.39.  Divide that by 20 and it is about $2.82 per fish.  Now, I know that handmade crafts will never be sold at the price that reflects the time it took to make them, and I do not knit to make money, I knit because I LOVE it (However, I would love to find out a way to knit and make enough money so I do not have to work, but that is another story), but I think my time is worth a touch more than $2.82 per hour.  My delima now is do I tell her I can make them or no?  She did mention that she had another knitter willing to make them, but that knitter only worked off of patterns.  Maybe, if I give this lady a hand writtern pattern, she can ask the other knitter if she wants to do it?  What do you think?

Updates:
My Camp Loopy Project 2, Milk run shawl, is coming along well.  I decided to change the ruffle.  I hope I like it.  I have about 6-7 more rows (of 607 stitches) and then I think I can bind off.  I will post a picture once it is done.

Here is the pattern of what I am going to make for Camp Loopy Project 3:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/leftie

I finished the Lace Blanket Test knit, so I have decided to do another test knit.  This will be a dress for a little girl (6 months).  My daughter has a freind that has a 4 month old daughter and it will look great on her.  I am going to make it in pink and purple....I can't wait to show you all pictures.

The pillow KAL is coming along well.  I had a new clue yesterday, but I have not started.  Here is my pillow so far after clues 1 and 2. 

I hope to have more knitting updates this weekend or Monday!  Just one more week till the Ravellenic Games start....Yeah!

Happy Friday everyone!!!