Beads and Shopping

Work in Progress! I am trying to make a little argyle dog sweater. This one will probably be for my friend's Siamese cat, if we can get him into it. Gloves may be necessary. More likely, we will lay it on top of him and fake a picture.

If not, hey, it's fun to knit. Right now, all of the stitches look loose, but they will look better after I finish the entire thing - all the ends in the back are just dangling right now and make the sweater look lumpy. I made one of these for Sarah's dog, and she looked very cute in it. (She was a puppy last winter, and so she found it cold outside as she had not yet grown her full adult coat).



Today Cryssie and Celine came over. We went out for lunch, then to the mall and looked at clothes. It was fun, although I did not buy this dress that Celine spotted. It was perfect, but I'm wary of spending the money. I'll see if I still want it next week.


After dinner, we sat and beaded for a while. Cryssie made a bead penguin. I made this bead angel. (Sorry for the fuzzy picture). I've been making these for awhile - I tried selling them on etsy, and did manage to sell one set of five, but now I am just making them to put on top of Christmas presents in December.

First post

So I decided to try to start a blog, and after some confusion with Blogger and Google (I didn't think I already had a Blogger account, much less five, but apparently I often start things and then completely forget about them) voila! Blog-gy goodness.

Just off the needles! I found the pattern for this by clicking through a link on the warmfuzzies blog. It's the Anthropologie inspired capelet. I have to block it still, but I'm pretty pleased with it. Looking at hers again, though, I think maybe I should have made mine longer. I used Debbie Bliss cotton angora.


And yesterday, I got mail! It was completely unexpected, so the Canada Post worker now thinks I am crazy, but who expects mail on a Sunday? At any rate, I let the postal carrier into the building, and look what I got:

Bend the Rules Sewing by Amy Karol and Simple Sewing by Lotta Jansdotter. (The other book is for my husband). I actually only expected Bend the Rules Sewing, but Stuart remembered that I had been looking at (coveting) this book on the shimandsons blog, so he ordered it as well. I'm very excited.