GRRRR...

Why do lace carriages have to be so temperamental? It's 2:00 in the morning and I'm still up messing with this thing. I've finally figured out the problem though: a metal piece underneath the carriage was misaligned. I've adjusted it and now it knits perfectly. Hopefully I'll have pictures of the finished curtains by Monday.

Ok, I actually wrote that post on Friday night (Saturday morning?). Apparently, Blogger no longer supports me being able to post by texting on my phone. My guess it's because I don't have a smartphone.

 At any rate, I haven't finished the curtain yet. Not because the lace carriage is giving me problems, but because other things have got in the way. I have about 100 rows left and then I will be done with it.

OH MY! Has it really been that long…

It’s hard to believe that so much time has past since my last post. I have so massively busy I haven’t even had time to think about blogging. So… on to the update.

Firstly, the projects roughly in the order of creation:

Firstly, we have a picture of the gauge swatch  I made for the curtain for the spare bedroom; I’m not sure why I didn’t take a picture of the finished curtain. As soon as I finish knitting the second curtain I will post finished pictures.

 

 

Next, is a picture of a camouflage blanket that I designed and knitted using DAK

 

 

 

Next, is a blanket I made for my children’s babysitter. Well, it’s actually for her new son Caydan. This blanket was knit on my garter carriage in moss stitch, then embroidered with his name and birthday, and finally backed with a cool outdoor/woods themed fabric (Caydan’s Dad is a big hunter).

Lastly, we have pictures of two purses I have sewn and my brand new diaper bag:

 

 

 

 

 

You can see in the picture that one of the purses is embroidered “Bones”. This purse was made for my sister who is an RN. “Bones” is my husband’s nickname for her.

The diaper bag was super fun to make; I started with a diaper bag pattern I found online and modified the snot out of it until I was satisfied it could hold everything I need for a 3yr old, a 2yr old, and newborn twins. It’s massive! 19” x 12” x 8”

I also have knitted a ton of  blankets on my garter carriage, hand knitted and crocheted slippers for myself and my kids, and sewn my husband a new pair of pajama bottoms on my new serger; but I’ll have to post pictures of those at another time.

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Ok, enough about my projects, on to the twins:

Temperance Kathaleen and Talia Isabelle: born on Labor Day, September 3, 2012 at 4:28 and 4:29 AM.

The girls were born 4 1/2 weeks early, but despite that were absolutely perfect! They both got perfect Apgar scores and passed every test they were put through. They are six weeks old now and are still doing great.

What have I been up to lately?

Well... Lately I have not been doing much machine knitting. This is why:

No, this is not just two views of the same baby, I am actually having twins. They are due October 4th; but I'm already as big as I was when I gave birth to my first two children. So, not much machine knitting, but I'm making booties and maternity clothes instead.

Unfortunately for my husband and son they are both girls. So I see lots of skirt making in my near future...lol!

Finally Knitting Again

Ok, so I'm finally getting back to a project that I started 4 years ago. No, I don't usually procrastinate this badly, but my pattern went MIA and I have only just re-purchased it from Leisure Arts. Anyway... Since it has been so long I have completely forgotten what cast-on I used. Take a look; it looks like a tubular cast-on to me, but I'm not sure.

Rebekah's Hat

Hello again, everyone. Been a while since I had opportunity to post. I made this hat (a few months ago, actually) for my sister. She has an unusually large head for a girl and wanted a hat that would still cover her ears when she had her hair in a ponytail.
This hat is a replica of my almost reversible hat, except that this one is actually reversible.
I will try to post the pattern as soon as I find it again.

DAK 8!

Ok, it's official, I love DAK 8!!! I just planned out a pattern for my punchcard machine. It let me change the stitch type so I could see what it would look like when knitted by my garter carriage; and printed out a template so I can punch my punchcard. This program is amazing!

My New Babies...

Ok, so it's been a while since my last post. Since then I've had two new babies delivered. The first is Design-a-knit 8, I've waited a long time to be able to afford it and now it's finally here. The second is my new embroidery machine, a Brother PE 770. This machine is truely awesome! BTW, if you're looking for a good deal on an embroidery machine, try Amazon. I got mine for only $615!!