Boy Meets Girl

I have been in a design mode lately. Maybe its because I want to revamp my site and come up with a new logo. Of course this is a form of procrastination. I need to dye more yarn. I have all these new color ideas but sitting down and dyeing just hasn't happened. What is the point of having a store if you have no product to sell?

So out of my procrastination I designed a new scarf. I call it the Boy Meets Girl Scarf. Using Twinkle handknits soft chunky yarn in white, blue and pink I casted on 200 stitches and knitted a color pattern side to side instead of top to bottom. I got the idea from the scarf that Carlise wore in Twilight. It was knitted side to side. However my math when calculating the measurements was way off. Let me just say that again. WAY OFF. The scarf ended up being too long.

Pictures are of my brother William and his girlfriend Bre. When laughing about the length and my poor math skills William did something that was so cute. Pulling Bre close with the scarf around her neck, he kissed thus the name Boy Meets Girl.

 

Bella's Baseball Scarf

The scarf is complete! Finally. I really put that project off. It was fun to knit up, I just took my time and as most knitters know once you lose momentum you end up moving onto a new project. I posted pictures on my facebook page for my facebook friends to see and to get a chance to win. Yes thats right I am gave it away. The winner Josh Witt and he is expected to send me some pictures with him wearing it!

Lets see what is now on my needles, well another Twilight Scarf. Rosalie's White Scarf. This one I hope to knit up pretty quickly. Its a simply and repetitive pattern. I posted a picture for everyone to see what scarf I am talking about.

I also painted a few skeins of yarn. These skeins will be for sale as soon as I get them twisted and tagged. Below is just two twisted skeins but I think I will keep for scarf knitting. I have some great socking yarn that I am so excited to share. Madelyn just loves them and has come up with her own colorway ideas for her product line, Madelyn's Lollipop Yarns.

Like I posted on facebook I asked if anyone is interested in seeing something knitted up that they saw on tv or movie to let me know. I would love to knit it up and I would love the challenge. Well I am off to knit!

Happy knitting!

Amanda

Knitting Myself Some Hair

Cast On Podcast had a beautiful story called Knitting Myself Some Hair. In 2006 Diane went into the hospital for what she thought was asthma related problems only to discover she had a tumor the size of a grape fruit invading her chest cavity. She asked herself what am I to do? She did what I think I would do, vow not to leave this world until her Icelandic sweater was finished. As she shares more of her story I realize that this women like myself finds more joy in giving a knitted item to someone than the actual knitting. I was deeply moved by this women and felt she needed to be honored for her bravery and her generosity. God truly used her talents and her cancer to touch others and he healed her, and in 2008 she went back to the hospital to thank the staff that saved her life not realizing how she had touched their lives. I see God at work in this women and I am just filled with so much joy listening to her testimony. I tried to find more details maybe her story posted online, and found nothing, which made the desire to share her story more intense. If you ever get the chase please go to iTunes and download episode #76 of Cast On to listen to this women’s testimony.

As for what is on my needles I am on the last knitted piece for the Bella Baseball Scarf. Tomorrow I hope to finish it, block the pieces and sew together. I’ll post pictures. I’m pretty excited to finish this project and compare to the movie scarf.

Hmmm what to knit next....

Amanda

Clutter

Out with the old in with the new. Clutter is starting to take over. It all began when knitting took over my life... Ok not just knitting, reading, church and friends are priority in my life. Well today I am making the clutter number one. Let me start by listing what I am getting rid of.

• Recliner
• 2 vacuum cleaners (apparently I thought having 3 vacuum cleaners was necessary!)
• 3 bags of madelyn's old toys. (oh there will be more by the end of the day)
• 2 bags of clothes (a small number yes but only because a project has come to mind).
• My car is completely clean, washed and detailed.
• My email inbox… yes more of a personal declutter but it needed to be done… I mean how many people have 2gb of emails…
  

Have you notice that I am not getting rid of any yarn. Yeah I have projects in mind for all the yarn I have so I have decided that I am not buying any more yarn unless it is for the store. I will use the majority of the yarn I have until I have brought down the stash level to that of a more respectable level…. Hmmm so what is a respectable level?

Even though I am cleaning up and organizing my house I am still happily knitting. I have started on the Bella Baseball Scarf. Now the scarf colors in the movie are purple shades with black I changed the colors and went with pink shades. I will post pictures when completed; right now it is in pieces. I will also put the scarf on etsy for any Twilight fans. Well back to work.

Happy Knitting,

Amanda