Soooo Much to Tell!!

There has been so much going on lately that I don't know where to begin! I have a few new craft projects I am working on, I am even more obsessed with make-up and best of all....I am finally moving in with my beloved boyfriend of 11 years! This has been a painful process to say the least of convincing him to rent instead of buy. I am all for buying but we are just not in the right place financially right now to do it and we won't be for a few more years. I am too old to be living with my mother in my opinion and he has come to the same conclusion. I am SOOO excited! Move in day is April 1st and I am thrilled!

There have been some other fun things going on the last few months also....

I finished a pair of socks (two years in the making....ahem) They are in the Leyburn Sock pattern.


Started a sweet star baby quilt for a co- worker. This block is 25 inches and I am going to add some sashing to make it bigger. I used ten inch squares to make the half square triangles.


I also joined a quilt block of the month club! I am super excited about this one. You get fabric for two blocks a month every month for 6 months! I think it is the cutest idea and makes it easy to get a quilt top done if you are a busy woman! And at the end they have backing and binding kits you can buy if you don't want to pick out your own which is super handy if you ask me. Here is the link if you want to sign up too! it runs from March to August =). Shining Stars BOM


So that is about it for now. I am shopping and collecting things for my new place so I sure I will have another post about that. 2013 is has certainly been a great year so far!

New Year! New Beginning!

Ahhhhh I love the new year! I do a post like this every December, about how I love the fresh start it brings!

I have my usual resolutions which include losing weight and saving money. I usually do pretty good the first couple months! This summer we saved enough to go on an awesome vacation to Fort Lauderdale and my beloved boyfriend said he thought I was in the best shape I have ever been in since I met him (11 years ago mind you) so I can't say the year has been a total loss! I always seem to faulter when fall and winter come around, probably because of the holidays and the bleary weather makes me lazy. So hopefully this year will be different and I will stick with it! We are FINALLY moving in together in the next few months so that will help my motivation since I will have the space and time to do what I want, though saving will be a challenge with a rent payment but I am not complaining haha.

I also want to get more into fashion and make-up, maybe start a youtube channel to keep me accountable on my workouts and maybe even do some beauty related things....show off some crafts? The possibilities are endless! Of course I will need a camera and learn how to edit videos so this all won't happen right away!

I just love new beginnings! This is going to be a great year =)

Finishing

Boy has is it been a busy summer! Between work, the boy and my friends wedding there hasn't been alot of time for blogging but I am hoping that ends soon! Since my last post I have finished a pair of socks, started two more knitting projects, began reading a great book, and went on vacation! I am actually feeling productive haha. And the best part of the summer.....Mr. Bobert finally agreed to getting an apartment with me! (not that he didn't want to live with me, he wanted to buy which would take a few years and I just wanted to rent which we could do tomorrow....I finally won!) I am so excited I can't stand it! He has a week left in his class and once he finds a new job we can officially start our life together after all these years =). Hopefully I will be able to share the process here.

Anyways, we got back from our vacation in Fort Lauderdale last week. It was AMAZING!! Ocean front view from our hotel balcony, gorgeous weather, relaxing by the pool and going to yummy dinners every night, what more could you ask for?

I got to dress up for our fancy nights


And Mr. Bobert got to drive a mustang convertible!


It truly was the best vacation ever! He even brought be to a yarn shop because he know how much I love them =P I got lots of great goodies while I was there including Malabrigo sock yarn, something I have always wanted to buy but never have. On vacation you can buy whatever you want!


And this is when I got the knitting bug again. It usually hits me at the beginning of the year and at the end of the summer when it starts getting chilly again. This time however is happened in 100 degree heat! I even finished my Herminone socks while we were there! I was so excited to finally have them off the needles, that mean't I could start other things!

So of course I went right for my new yarn. I didn't want to use the Malabrigo for socks ( as pretty as they would be) I wanted something I could wear for everyone to see! I chose the scarf pattern Nympheas by: Mimi Hill. The colors are perfect for it and it is knitting up very nicely.

I also wanted to start a new sweater. I have tried a few times to complete one and something always go wrong making me abandon the project but not this time! I chose a very easy fool proof pattern to do. Ellie by: Nikki Van De Car which is a simple top down sweater. I am using KnitPicks DK weight City Tweed in the color Tabby for the yarn. My friend bought be 10 balls of it for a past failed attempt at a sweater and I really wanted to use it up!


This is actually an old picture. I have already seperated the sleeve stitches and am working on the body now. It is going soooooo quick I love it =)

Other than all that I am reading a few books by Rachel Herron. Love stories with knitting in them.....could it get any better? I am also trying to work on a quilt for my friend's wedding....have to get on that since it is in 3 weeks haha. Not to mention my Patchwork Chevron Quilt that I want to have when I get my apartment!Busy busy busy....but I can't wait to finish everything.

Down to the Wire

I joined a quilting bee on Flickr months ago and today was the last day we had to send out our quilt blocks. Needless to say not only did I procrastinate but I chose a block that actually had a lot of cutting so they took what seemed like forever to finish, but I did it! I was so sorry to see them go because I loved all the colors! They are colors that I would not think to sew with myself and I think that is why I enjoyed this so much.


















I am bummed I can't participate in the next round. Too many obligations for the rest of the summer, but I am definately going to do the one after that! This has been great!

BFL Riverwalk - Plyed

310 yards of yummy, squishy BFL! Socks.....Hat....my first lacey scarf perhaps? Hmmmmmm

Happy Medium

I am trying to find a happy medium with my crafts. I find that I tend to do only one craft for about a month, then get bored and get interested in another craft etc. It is a vicious cycle and I never get anything completed this way. So each day I might do something different. The Yarn Harlot for example dedicated Tuesdays for spinning. I can do that! Maybe knitting can be for when I spend the night at Rob's house so I can do it while we watch TV. Yes, I think this is the only way to go. I know that some days I won't be able to do any crafts but oh well!

My list of crafts/hobbies are:

Knitting
Sewing
Spinning
Cross Stitch

That isn't too bad! If I dedicate at least one night a week to all of them I would be soooooo productive! Perhaps I will make a little calender =). I am not going to lie...I might sew more then that and maybe cross stitching will be every other week....but as long as I don't completely abandon any of them I am good =)

This weekend was for spinning.

 
I got this yummy falkland fiber last October for the Spunky Club. It is called Field of Screams and practically spins itself!

 
The first 2 oz of singles are done and I LOVE the colors! I am getting them pretty thin so I am hoping for sock yarn =)

 
I also finished the BFL that has been on my Traveller FOREVER!! That wheel is having alot of problems lately so it was very hard to sit down and finish this fiber but I did it! I am going to ply on my Kiwi (to save the aggravation) until my Traveller is up and running again. I am hoping to get that started tonight =)

 
I even pulled out my next spin! I bought this at a sheep festival a few weeks ago, the colors are amazing! It is merino and it is dreamy. I hope I have a better experience spinning this merino then the last time I tried it =/

So that was my crafty weekend and I am going to continue spinning tonight just so I can finish the BFL. I feel more productive already!

Potholder Swap Received!

I received the most amazing package in the mail the other day! I joined a potholder swap on Flickr this month where you have make and send two potholders to an assigned partner in the colors that they pick. You can do any pattern you like as long as there are 2 of them. Well I haven't finished mine yet ( but I have finally gotten the bobbin stitches to look decent on my sewing machine!) but I have received mine!!



OMG!! Look at how adorable they are!! They were made using Vintage Modern by: Moda and she even included the rest of the charm pack she used! I also got a sweet little keychain and some bias tape! This was a fantastic package and I can't wait to see what my partner thinks of mine =) All I need to do now is get my own place so I can use them in the kitchen! Haha