UFO's

I have so many UFO's right now which is very bad seeing as they are all supposed to be going in the book. I like a lot of knitters have no problem getting inspired to start something new but then somewhere along the way I get a new idea and want to start on that and then the other project gets put on the back burner. Over the past few weeks I have started several new projects and have finished zero, zip, nada. So my goal for July is to finish all of the projects that I've started including writing up the patterns and most importantly it will be my goal not to start anymore projects.

Speaking of UFO's lets talk about the granny blanket that I have been making for my mom (see last post). The blanket itself is looking really good but unfortunately its been put on hold for two different reasons, 1 my mom moved the crochet hook and now I cant find it in her messy bedroom and 2 she cant find the rest of the brown yarn. She has two to three skeins left of every other color but for some reason the brown is missing and I think I have a pretty good idea what happened to it. My mom used to take the blanket that she had been working on to work all the time and I believe she left her yarn at work and its probably long gone by now. So now I have only one option and that is to go and buy more Vanna White yarn and hope that the colors aren't noticeably off, I think because of the stripes it wont be. If I don't get more yarn this blanket wont be large enough to be called a baby blanket.

Alright I'm going to get off the computer and work on my UFO's, ta ta!

Granny Blanky for my Mommy

I started making this granny blanket for my mom 2 days ago and its coming together quick. I'm using some Vanna White (that's right) yarn that my mom was using to make a blanket that she started knitting months ago. We went to Joann's and I saw one of those cheap booklets and it had this granny square blanket pattern in it and I knew it would work great with the yarn my mom already had so I talked her into letting me frog her never to be finished blanket so I could make this instead. Crochet is a lot quicker than knitting so this should be finished in no time. I love having a crochet project going it gives my hands a break from the needles and this is also my first time doing a granny square. I love granny squares but I have never found a project that I wanted to make that used them but they have such an old school style that I really like. I'm sure when my Grandma sees it she'll tell me all about how her mother used to make things just like it when she was a little girl. Oh and did I ever tell you guys that my Grandma is one of 17 children? Birth control?! She don't need no stinkin' birth control!

Even children know that stealing is wrong

So than why is this blogger Yarn Bourgeoisie SELLING my FREE pattern? Click on the link and scroll down to see the pattern. If you have time please leave her a comment or send her an email letting her know how ashamed of herself she should be.

I worked really hard designing and making the Lillian Tank Top and I won a contest for designing it and I was really proud of that and I cant believe that someone would just come along and snatch it up and try to sell it as there own. They are also selling a few other patterns that are available for free online.

I have reported them to Ravelry since they are a member and I have also flagged there blog and reported them for copyright infringement so hopefully the blog will be deleted soon and maybe they will learn a lesson from all of this and not do it again in the future. Or maybe they will just open a new account using a different name and do the same thing, oh well.

Buenos Dias Snowball

I would like to introduce you to the newest furry addition to our family, Snowball. My sister got good grades on her report card so she was able to pick a pet of her own. Actually she got two little frogs that promptly died and were flushed, so sad. They lived two weeks. She was very upset so my mom took her to the pet store and let her pick something else. She told her she wasn't allowed to pick any rodent like animals but my mother has a hard time saying no to the little ones.

Ah yes she may look sweet and innocent but I can assure you she has a bit of a mean streak. She bit me the other day causing me to curse loudly in front of the kids.

That's ok though, me and Butters will have our revenge Mhuh ha ha ha!

YARN CAKE!!!

As you can see I got my yarn ball winder and swift today and I made my first yarn cake, YAY! The yarn did get tangled up a few times but it is still worth the money and it takes alot less time than winding it by hand. The yarn you see here is Berroco Ultra Alpaca Fine and it is a fingering weight yarn. Hopefully my yarn winding skills will improve and my cakes will be a little neater.

I have to get back to my yarn winding now, I have a full box of yarn that I need to get busy on.

I really need a yarn ball winder.

I've been avoiding buying one because I am ridiculously cheap and try and buy everything second hand or on super sale but I'm going to have to give in and just buy one.

Misti Alpaca- 100% Baby Alpaca, lace weight yarn.