Saturday, October 30, 2010

So It Begins

'''...needles and pins..."  Not so much pins.  I made these for my friend Jessica's birthday.  She cooks a lot and I think she'll like these potholders. They are both Cate Anevski patterns. 




















You can get the apple hat dude pattern for free, and many more, on her blog:
http://cateanevski.typepad.com/cateanevski/

You can buy the second pattern, along with many other cute facebroideries, from her Etsy shop.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/cateanevski


Thursday, October 28, 2010

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like...

I'm gearing up for my handmade Christmas gifts!  I already have a lot of the supplies, and the perfect ideas in mind.  I can't wait to get started!

In the meantime, I have finished another onesie. This is a Sublime Stitching pattern too, maybe it's called Rock N Roll? 



















Tada!  Now, I just have to iron the creases out and put that baby up for sale!

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

More of What I've Been Up

I stitched up this one using the Sublime Stitching Scooter Babes pattern.  It's on a onesie and is available at Moxie in Austin, TX.


















Another IT Crowd piece.  This is Roy.  I think he's my favorite.  I'm really enjoying cross stitching.



















That's about it for now.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

What I've Been Up To

Oyyyy, long time no blog!  I've been busy!  Wanna see?















I made this for Elizabeth to put on her new baby's nursery door.  
Pattern from Big B:  http://bigbgsd.blogspot.com/
http://www.etsy.com/shop/bigbgsd



















A very blurry pic of another hat I made with my Knifty Knitter.  It certainly is nifty...















And I made this for my desk at work.  It's from the book Subversive Cross Stitch by Julie Jackson.

I have also been making a ton of cross stitch patterns, so I've been pretty busy.  I have many more works in progress, so stay tuned!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

More Goodies

After the success of the last two hats I made on the knitting loom, I made a third.  I used a Medium 4 yarn especially for babies.  I think it was a little TOO soft, because instead of just folding up for a brim, I'm going to have to tack it down, or it looks funny. 



















I do like the colors, though, and I think once I get the brim tacked, it will be super cute.

I also did this cross stitch.  I may have just found myself another craft to get obsessed with!  I bought the Zombie Cross Stitch book, and I was so excited about this, but didn't want to post it in case the person I made it for came to the blog and saw it. I mean, it was HIGHLY unlikely but still.



















Someone told me it was the most beautiful thing I've ever done.  HAHA!!  I'll tell you, it was a BITCH to do!  But, I did enjoy it, and it was very well- loved, so it was totally worth it.  I decided to try some more cross stitching, which has always intimidated me.  

Now.  Here is one I am VERY proud of.  It's Moss from The IT Crowd.  If you have not checked this show out, YOU MUST.  It's hilarious.  I have a friend who's really into it, and I found a pixelized version of the three main characters.  I used graph paper to chart out a pattern for each of the three characters, and this is my first one.  I'm quite proud of the fact that I was able to actually create a cross stitch pattern!!!  It took me forever to start creating my own embroidery patterns.



















The hat and Moss are for my dear friend Elizabeth, who lives in San Antonio.  She's also getting the blue hat I made for her new baby.  I am also working on a top secret fourth gift, that I will hopefully have done by Friday so I can mail her package.