Triangles

I worked more on my sewing project today.

I actually have all of my 84 orange squares done and all 84 red squares as well.

I even seamed them together.

 G was my helper and helped me cut them apart again.

Now I just have to decide on my final pattern and finish putting together the top.

We are thinking zig-zags but G has no clue what we are making anyway.

I don't think that they look too bad for our first attempt but it is not done yet either.  We still have tons more time to screw it up lol.

Tomorrow I am going to weave some more and I got my January Jimmy Beans Beanie Bag in the mail on Friday that I have yet to open so if you are curious whats in it this month stay tuned.

Cindy

D's Trip blanket

I have officially finished the first of 5 blankets worth of trip blankets from 2015.

We added 25 squares this year to his blanket bringing his total to 84 blocks.

The pattern used is Sock Yarn Blanket by Shelly Kang and it is free on her blog here.  I have done all of mine with sock yarn and size 3 needles.

I just have Z's block to knit to finish up the rest of them and after that tons* of seaming.  I hope to past another one soon.

Tomorrow is Friday so I plan to work on a long time ufo.  As for this weekend I plan to try some more sewing and weaving.

As always I am open to trying my hand at just about any craft pattern you suggest.

Cindy

Squares

Today is NoTechTuesday at our house.  NoTechTuesday is when you can't do anything that uses electronics so no 3DS, no TV, no tablets, No phones, and no computers until the kids go to bed at 8.

So what did we do with no electronics? 

We cut squares.

Lots and lots of squares.

We also played with the scraps lol.

We talked as a family and made dinner together which was homemade chicken noodle soup and dumplings.

G and I even hung out and chatted while we knitted together.

I mostly helped him and made zero progress on my knitting but that's what family time is all about.

Knitting Blocks

This week I am back to working on catching up on our trip blankets.

Orange for G's birthday.

Green from when we had everyone over to make Christmas cookies.

Yellow from Z's birthday.  Yes, I know I am short one because I haven't made that one yet.

Ok, in the pics I only have 4 pictured because D's is an attach as you go pattern and the rest still need to be seamed.  Keep an eye out because as I finish them to the end of 2015 I will be posting pics both on here and on my Ravelry page.  I only have 6 more blocks then I start the dreaded seaming.

I have the one more yellow block to make and then it is this color for Christmas 2015 which will complete our blankets for the year.

I have changed my organizing plans for this year due to lack of time motivation.  The book that I have calls for 10 or so goals a week but, that just wont work for me so I am making them one a day.

Jan 1, get atleast 7 hours of sleep a night (I do this most nights)
Jan 2 write a To Do list (easier said than done but I am trying)
Jan 3 start a journal (a blog is a journal right?)
Jan 4 limit TV (I cut cable a year ago and don't regret it yet)

Tomorrows goal is to take a 2-3 minute break 2-3 times a day.  Back when I smoked this was easy to do but now I have no clue if I can even stand still for the 2-3 minutes lol.

Weaving

I was back on the loom again today.  I was planning to make a hounds tooth pattern which was supposed to look something like this.

I figured that I needed to so a 2x2 stripe sequence.  I warped my loom to make a scarf.

I got it all warped and ready to go.

But, when I started weaving it didn't take me long at all that I wasn't getting the results that I was hoping for.

I was making gingham not houndstooth.  I was disappointed but I continued on because it still looked ok.

So I wove and wove and wove some more.

In the end I got a cool looking scarf that is a wee bit long as in over 7 feet long but I had fun and I get to say yes it is a cool looking scarf and I made it myself.

I also made a Star Wars bag for K because he wanted one.

I am not sure what I will make next but you can bet that I am going to try for houndstooth again and this time I know where I went wrong.

As always if you know of any knitting, weaving, or sewing patterns that I could try don't hesitate to let me know.  I am always looking to try a new craft project.

Cindy

Pants try 2

Today I tried my luck at pants for Z again.

It is a different pattern than last time so we will see how it goes.

I used pink camo because it is one of her favorite colors.

This time when I cut it out I remembered to cut the notches before I removed the paper.

I used extra pins just incase thats what was wrong with the first pair.

They look good finished but so sis the last pair.

They are a little too big (2T?) but she seems to like them anyway.

So much so that I was unable to catch her for long enough to take her picture and she screamed when I tried to take them off so she got to wear them the rest of the day.

I am going to mark this one as a success.  Tomorrow I am going to go back to knitting and maybe warp my loom to make another scarf.

I do have fabric to start a quilt and try some size 8 fleece pants as well but after the last ones I am not quite ready to try again.  Possibly next weekend when I have G home to take measurements.

If anyone knows something small to make with leftover fleece please let me know I am starting to get a collection lol.

Cindy

Pants

I made my first attempt at doing a sewing pattern today.

I got a pattern.

I got some cute fabric.

I cut on the lines.

I pinned.

I sewed.

I followed directions.

It didn't go as well as I had hoped.

Where my problem was is that the pattern listed by weight not by measurements so they are way too big.

I stopped by a different fabric store this evening and got more fabric and a different pattern that goes by measurements to try tomorrow.

Z likes her new pants anyway.

Project one following a pattern was a bust I guess I will have to try again tomorrow.  As much as I look around and it seems like every blogger is great at what they try to make this just goes to show you that what they post isn't always the first one that they made.