I'm not sorry to see March go!

A day late March round up! Late is better than never right?

This month came in like a lion and went out like a lion, especially emotionally. Maybe next month will be better. I like April a lot.

First things first about this month! I learned to cable!

An Antler Hat  from TinCanKnits for my great niece. 

And a Classic Cable Knit Hat  for my husband! (Thanks for the pattern Jess !) 

It was on my list of things to do this year and I feel really accomplished I did that.

I finished a few other things that are worth mentioning, a Grain Shawl  for my sister, a honey cowl with friend yarn for myself, and I learned to crochet!

See? A crochet dishcloth!

I also got a huge knit picks order from my husband.

So many goodies!

And as an added surprise he got me Mothy and the Squid  minis! Deadly nightshade, industrial accident, and Easter egg! With markers!

And My Dear Friend Logan  sent me a hug cowl! It's so soft and lovely. And scraps for hexis and squares!

I got quite a few hexis done, and blanket squares.

But that's pretty much all I've gotten done as far as fiber. It's been a long month, that ended with my husband being ill for a week. I'm pretty tired.

These are my current wips:

A virus shawl, Hitchhiker , and a yellow hexi.

I don't have much else to say. Everything had been fairly miserable on the homestead. Especially for someone who suffers with OCD, and Bipolar Disorder. I've been trying my best and hanging in there.

But we did do some fun things this month.

Like go out for sushi

And go to the park

And play Pokémon Go

And I won a really cool poke ball from Zoe.Creates on instagram ! 

Here's the round up:

March Round Up:
3 hats (1 charity one)
1 softie
0 coin purse
0 pair of socks
1 shawl
5 dishcloths
1 cowl
0 scarf
0 blanket
7 mitered blanket squares
5 hexipuffs

Year to date round up :
3 pairs of socks
3 softies
3 charity hat
5 unrelated hats
4 dyed yarns
2 shawl
1 blanket
0 sweater
1 scarf
2 cowl
0 glove/fingerless gloves
5 dishcloths
1 coin purse
 27 mitered blanket squares
 11 hexipuffs


Total things knit = 14 (not counting blanket squares and puffs)
Total dyed yarns = 4
Total things loomed: 6
Total things crocheted: 4

Things out of 2017 goal list completed: 8 out of 13

So that's about it. See you next month. (Whoops, it is next month).

P.S. look what husbando bought me to cheer me up and as thank you for taking care of him! Books and yarn!

The yarn is Easter Moon Rocks and Mochi by TiltingPlanet ! Isn't it pretty?!

January Round Up

As January wraps up its time for me to stick to my resolution and make one blog post a month.

It's been a good month for yarn, if a bit of a hard month for mental health and the country I live in.

I got to go on dates with my husband quite a bit this month. Some of which involved dying yarn together.

And sushi.

Rasengan, the yarn my husband designed. 

The Kazekage 

I got to make a Voodoo Who Loves Me doll for myself with yarn I love from my friend I love. I decided to make 4 for my family for valentine's day and quickly changed my mind LOL.

Pattern: Voodoo you love me? by Susan Claudino.

I am making one of Rasengan for the husband for Valentines Day though! 

I made my sister a cat instead, which involved my first ever cable! 

I also worked on a pair of socks for my husband for Valentine's Day. They turned out lovely!

Pattern: Rye Socks  by TinCanKnits . Yarn is Kazekage!!

And I'm working on a PussyHat Project Hat for my sister on my loom!

I also decided to make myself a pair of socks every month this year. The first pair, January is a bit baggy on me. But they are cute. A pair of rye socks to match the husbando!

I have so much in store for next month too and so much exciting things to do with yarn this year overall!

Here is the round up:

January round up:
2 pairs of socks
2 softies (plushies)
1 charity hat
2 unrelated hats
4 dyed yarns


Year to date round up :
2 pairs of socks
2 softies
1 charity hat
2 unrelated hats
4 dyed yarns
0 shawl
0 blanket
0 sweater
0 scarf
0 cowl
0 glove/fingerless gloves
0 dishcloths

Total things knit = 4
Total dyed yarns = 4
Total things loomed: 3
Total things crocheted: 0

Things out of 2017 goal list completed: 4 out of 14

Until February friends! Xxx

Boneyard Shawl lust, the start of Christmas gifts, and more oh my!

I know what I said yesterday. I said that I would finish a wip and be down to one project. But I lied. I lied terribly. I am going to start more projects. I can't help it. I mean, I probably could, but I don't want too.

I still have to knit the gryffindor scarf but I know if I finish it too soon I'll give it to The Husbando before his birthday so I'm kind of ignoring it.

I'm slowly working on the teddy bear surprise thing and have resigned that it will be gifted way before his birthday. Oh well.

And now I'm casting on two new projects. One is a hat for my dad for Christmas, the first of my Christmas presents that I hope to knit. An orange hunting hat. Knit in the round which I have always been terrible at so pray for me. And my seaside knitters mystery scarf.

I've also been eyeballing the Boneyard Shawl on ravelry and have picked out some yarn online that would look lovely with the pattern. It would be a huge undertaking for a beginner like me but its so pretty and it looks fairly easy. Has anyone knit it, what do you think? Here is a link to the boneyard shawl and here is the Beginner's seamless hat pattern I am knitting for Christmas. And in case you were wondering I am totally fueled to try this by WEBS yarn annual summer sale.


I love knitting it has helped me heal from hurts and grow as a person and make wonderful friends. Like Tory from ThePaupersCloest aka Shirefolk Yarns who sent me a lovely get well card. It made me smile so much today. I've never had a friend who sent me a get well card or was so sweet before. This community is so tight knit (pun intended) and wonderful.

Thank you so much. 

The card was beautiful too! 

And great news, after a failed attempt, I've successfully cast in AND knit a round in the round!

Failed attempt 

Successful attempt!!! 

Yay! I hope I continue well and don't mess it up at any point. Lol. 

And we got some good news today so it's been a very very good day!!!!

Tried The Four Row Cable Slanting Right again and it turned out much better, still not great bUT better! And it's been a MAGICAL day!!! And The Husbando is off for TWO DAYS!! WAHOOO!!! :)

Exhausted cables

I am exhausted. I haven't been sleeping well. I am so tired. Between frequently waking up, The Husbando waking me up when he gets off work at night, and no fan it's been tough. And then Lucy has started barking relentlessly in the morning, around 2am. My parents let her out, give her food, and cuddle her but still she barks. I am so tired.

And today I am going to see what I need to do to inform my insurance that I am married. So it's a day of busy stuff and out of the house stuff and all I want is a nap.

Luckily the insurance just needed to see my social security card and that was that. So it was quick and easy. And I got some car knitting done.

My project bag is from Joann Fabrics and was on clearance. I'm working the Furrowed Rib which is easy to remember in some soft alpaca yarn from the farmer's market in town. 

And when we got home mom made lunch and I finished knitting the back of the Furrowed Rib Teddy Bear Surprise Thing. Now I have a front and a back! And it's used all of my stitch markers!

The horse stitch markers were made by AJ aka KniCroManiac and the Harry Potter Gryffindor and Ravenclaw ones were made by ThePaupersCloset aka Shire Folk Yarn

So if I get the sleeves done and seem it all together and block it, I'll be down to.....

ONE SINGLE WIP!!! 

That's right folks, one singular WIP once I finish this! I know. I amaze myself.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves in excitement though. I just cast on for the sleeve of this project so. We will see. I'm just so tired today. And I just started reading The Girl on the Train. So far I don't understand what's going on and it's weird. Maybe it's because I'm exhausted. Maybe it's because it's weird. We will see.

Okay so it should be noted that I write these blog updates throughout the day. Slowly, little bits as my day goes by. I just read about half of this book. 

A little bit about me though: I wanted a baby. But the doctor told me that because of my bipolar disorder and the medication I am to be stable right now I can't have kids. It broke my heart. Like, shattered me into a million pieces and wrecked me three weeks from Thursday. 

This book is not a good book to read if you have been told you can't have kids. It's been very emotional and very distraught. And I'm much too exhausted for these kinds of emotions honestly. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to finish it. My brain feels soggy and wet and a little sad. This was not a cozy mystery at all. Blah.

Actually I just finished. The ending was lackluster and I didn't like it.

I'm really tired so I knit a tired square today. A four cable slanting right one. Or at least I tried but failed. Then I messed up my bind off. Obviously I need to go to bed. I'll try again tomorrow.

Goodnight.