Happy Halloween

As a kid, I was the one who dumped out her trick-or-treat sack on the living room floor, sorted through her candy, and admired her loot as she enjoyed a chocolate or two before bed. Now, as a grown-up, I find myself doing the same thing on this Halloween afternoon, but this time with lots of yarny-loot:




The husband and I ventured up to Hartford for Stitches East 2010 this morning -- talk about a kid in a candy store (I am talking about myself, of course, not my husband). This was my first time at Stitches and I had a blast browsing through all the booths. Next year I definitely want to spend more time there and even take a class or two.

Pictured above: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock in the Briar Rose colorway from Webs; Lisa Souza sock yarn in Squash Blossom, 4 pins from Leilani Arts, 3 pins and a Norwegian thimble from The Mannings, and a small bear from Mother Bear Project.

Hope everyone has a safe & Happy Halloween!

FO Friday

I finished this a couple nights ago. Tomorrow it will have a real photo shoot, but I couldn't wait to share, so please don't mind the camera phone photo.

Wordless Wednesday - less than 80 knitting days left until Christmas!

October already?!

It has been another busy year around here and the blog has once again taken the backseat. Do I sound like a broken record??

I have been doing quite a bit of knitting in the midst of other things going on -- and even started my own Etsy shop. My aunt was going to host a craft fair this coming weekend, so I have been knitting away on mini ornaments to sell. Unfortunately the fair has been postponed, but I have started to list the items on Etsy instead.

I am still working out the kinks, so please bear with me while I get started.

Thanks!

http://ndjen04.etsy.com





(edits because apparently 10 months away from the blog = Jen forgot how to use it...)

Happy 2010

Happy New Year everyone!

I am feeling very inspired after having just watched Julie & Julia and the ideas are just spinning through my head as to a similar project I could do with my knitting. I thought about picking a knitting book out of my library and knitting every pattern in it the same way that one of the movie's protagonists, Julie, cooked all of the recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. As much fun as that sounds, I cannot decide on which book to choose.

How about a regular ol' New Year's Resolution? I know, I know. Every so often I come back and say that I will blog more often. Finish my UFO's before casting on a new project. Knit from the stash instead of buying new yarn. Organize the forever-expanding yarn stash, needle collection and library of knitting books. Knit for at least 30 minutes every day. Those are the usual stand-by resolutions for myself and many other knitters out there. Been there, done that (albeit not very successfully...)


When it comes down to it, I think that my New Year's resolution is just going to be: Enjoy my knitting. Learn new things. Not be intimidated by difficult techniques. Crochet an entire project. Knit a shawl. And finish or frog all my current projects (I can't have a resolution list without including that one...) OK, OK, so that's more than one. But they can all be summed up in two words: Have fun!!

Good luck to everyone and Happy Knitting in 2010!!