IS IT A BIRD? IS IT A PLANE?

No , its my new umbrella swift and ball winder, my xmas present from Bill. Hanks of homespun yarn are held by the umbrella swift and the yarn is attched to the ball winder. The swift and ball winder turn simultaneously to produce beautifully wound balls of yarn. The gift has been put to good use as I took it to the last Stitch and Bitch meeting and wound 4 hanks of yarn for friends.

starting socks

am starting a fun pair of socks at this time, pics will be posted as they progress

My tote exchange gift

Here's a picture of the bag I received from Chrissy in Singapore recently as part of the Internationl Tote Exchange2. Isn't it beautiful?

Bowls

Am experimenting with crocheting bowls out of unusual materials- just finished a rectangular bowl out of sportsman's line, now am working with household twine.

caps for the capital

Another crochet project- newborn caps for Save the Children's "Caps for the Capital". They are collecting handmade caps for newborn and are showing them to the white house prior to sending to needy countries where the will be placed on a newborns head.

Long Striped Scarf

I made this scarf to replace the very colorful one I made previously as that one was itchy. This one is made out of "suede" yarn- man made but very soft.

Tote Exchange Project Done

just mailed off the bag to my "pal". Hope she likes it- it was alot of work- check out the cable pattern not only on the front flap but running thru the strap!

Quick sweater

I had a lag between finishing my lace scarf and starting my project for the tote exchanage so I whipped up a sweater.

First crochet project

A friend is having twin girls so I took a spin a crocheting and here is the outcome.

Tote Exchange

Received my international tote exchange partner assignment this week, am looking forward to knitting a non-felted (gasp) purse for once. Been teaching myself crochet this week, will post pictures of my finished projects soon. Also am in the midst of a open front cardigan which is knitting up quickly.

Using up my yarn

I finally finished off these 3 skeins with another purse...

scarves

Last winter I made myself the colorful scarf shown here to jazz up my brown winter coat.






Recently, I knitted this feather and fan scarf

Second sweater

After I gained confidence from baby bear sweater I progressed to a real sized project..

One of my first knitting projects

This sweater was one of the first things I knit, I started small !

Selection of knitted socks

Thought I'd share some of my old knitting projects, I was on a sock kick for a while, made myself and relatives slipper socks.

Felted Purse # 2- Fulled Lopi Tote

Here are pictures of the Fulled Lopi Tote that I also recently knitted.
After knitting



After felting


De-furred after felting

Felted bag #1- SOPHIE BAG

These are pre and post pictures of the SOPHIE bag (pattern by Julie Anderson) that I recently knitted, I am now addicted to felted bag knitting.

First posting

Aug 16, 2006
Just signed up for the International Tote Exchange II this morning and created this blog. All new to me!

It's firsts today, first knitting exchange, first blog, so far so good.