Mommy Needs Yarn: February 2011

Friday, February 25, 2011

Episode 4 - Just A Little Appreciation

Show Notes
WIP
February Lady Sweater by Pamela Wynne in Cascade 220 Celtic Green
Acadian Shawl by Melisa McCurley in Wool-Ease Violet
Featherweight Cardigan by Hannah Fettig in Knit Picks Palette Edamame

FO
Wee Leafy Baby Set by Pamela Wynne in Debbie Bliss Ecobaby Pea Green

Up Next
Small and Clever by Anna & Heidi Pickles in various Wool-Ease colors
Annis Shawl by Susanna IC in Malabrigo Sock Archangel

What I Love
Malabrigo March on Ravelry
Dramatic Knits with Steve!
Biggie felted ball earrings

What's on the Way
Piddleloop Piddly Bag
The Loopy Ewe Order
Ravelry Button Pack

Randomness
180 members in the Ravelry group!
I can't tell you how thankful I am for all of the positive feedback that I've gotten over the past four weeks. I am having such fun with this and I hope to be able to continue to share with you all for a long time to come.

Thanks for watching!!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

The Power of Apple

I FINALLY found the card that my earrings came with.

Apple logos recycled from a pair of 1991 Apple keyboards, considered by enthusiasts to be the golden-era of Macintosh keyboards.

The website is: http://www.geekware.ca

She has lots of very cool tech-hoar accessories. :)
So go check it out!

Friday, February 18, 2011

Episode 3 - Just Awesome

Show Notes!
(sorry for the delay - kids are high maintenance)

Welcome!
- 120 members in the Ravelry group!!!
- #1 hobby podcast on iTunes for three days in a row now!!!

- Thanks to everyone who has been so positive and encouraging!! Such wonderful feedback!

WIPS
- February Lady Sweater by Pamela Wynne is coming along. IF the damn dog will stay out of my yarn!
- Square Top Hat by Hannah Fettig got NO love this week. Poor hat.
- Acadian Shawl by Melisa McCurley got a couple rows added but I'm not really motivated to finish it.

FOs
- Starving Artist by Laura Linneman was knit again... I'll add a project page for the purple edition as soon as it finished drying.
- Exfoliate! Dalek Cloth by Penwiper was knit for my Geek Swap

What's Next?
- Featherweight Cardigan by Hannah Fettig hasn't been cast on because I ordered the wrong size needles.
- Looking for a shawl pattern for my newly acquired Malabrigo Sock in Archangel.

Stash Enhancement
Keegan Lane Yarns
Close Knit in Evanston, IL
Knitterly Things
Intention Yarns

What I Love
Trader Joe's
My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler
Alice Starmore's Book of Fair Isle Knitting
parentsshouldnttext.com

Podcast Love!
Listed in the side bar and more are added just about every day, it seems!

Contest winner!!!
#7 - LEAH! She's contacted me and her yarn will be in Monday's mail.

Thanks for watching!

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Lemming

Seems that Miss Lala of KnitGirllls fame has started something of a trend! The Starving Artist hat has become the accessory to knit this week. And I am dubbing it the Lemming Hat because everyone is knitting it! And Lemmings are cute. If Laura were a Lemming, I would TOTALLY follow her off a cliff. I'd probably follow her off a cliff anyway. She's just THAT cool.
Anyway, here's my Cascade 220 held double purple Lemming Hat.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Arts & Crafts

Collin & his friend painting

Collin took to painting with water

They kept it on the table, thank goodness

The finished product

Friday, February 11, 2011

Episode 2 - And the Lost were Found

Show Notes

What's New
- The puppy tried to eat my knitting.
- We found Jesus hiding in the Wii games.
- Ravelry group (Mommy Needs Yarn) has 77 members - AWESOMENESS!
- The podcast is available on iTunes now.
- Thanks to JD at Twisted Strands for the shout out in her last episode!

WIP
- February Lady Sweater by Pamela Wynne in Cascade 220 Heathers Celtic Green
- Square Top Hat by Hannah Fettig in Trekking XXL Susanne
- Acadian Shawl in Wool Ease (I keep forgetting to show this one because it's a stash eater and not a priority)

FO
- Starving Artist by Laura Linneman in some random bulky yarn I had in my bin with no tag. It's grey.

What's Next
- Featherweight Cardigan by Hannah Fettig in Knit Picks Palette Edamame

What I Love
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice with Nicholas Cage. Good movie! Kids loved it!
- The 19th Wife is AMAZING. I need to get rid of the kids for a couple of days so I can get some reading time! Anyone want free child labor for 48 hours? I'll poke holes in the Fed Ex box and put a water bottle in there.
- I am thinking about doing a KAL/CAL for the Autism Speaks Scarf on Ravelry. It's a crochet pattern but there is also a knitted hat pattern that would be cool too. Please message me or leave a comment here or email - whatever - if you're interested.

To enter for the skein of Sun Valley Fiber Farm yarn, leave a comment. The contest will close on Wednesday, February 16th at 6pm and I will announce the winner in next Friday's episode!

Good luck!

The contest has closed. Watch Friday's episode of Mommy Needs Yarn to find out the winner!

Thanks for entering!

Yummy Yarn Goodness will go to one lucky viewer!

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Yarn Porn

I came home to a box on the front porch - the yarn for my next project.
I'll talk more about it in tomorrow's podcast but here's some yarn porn for ya.

Opening yarn is so exciting!!!

Such a beautiful green!!
It's Knit Picks Palette in Edamame

I also ordered some Harmony DPNs to try out.

Any guesses on what this is waiting to be made into?
How about wagers on whether or not I wait to finish at least one WIP before casting on?

Monday, February 7, 2011

Snowpocalypse 2011

So I mentioned I would post some pictures from the blizzard last week. So here is the awesome day that we had. :)

The view out my front window on Wednesday morning.

Collin in the trench we dug for him to walk back to the garage.

Brodie laying on top of the snow.

Our Hoth tunnel

Collin crawling through

Shoveling waist deep snow SUCKS

Saturday, February 5, 2011

She was an American Girl

I put down my knitting for a few hours today and did this:

My niece turns 7 on Thursday and she asked to go to American Girl Place for her birthday. She also invited ME - her favorite aunt - to tag along. So I hopped on the train this morning and met my sister downtown to help make Zoe's birthday amazing.

While on the train, I whipped this up:

Well, actually I made all three pieces, but I whipped up a little crochet hat for Little Zoe on the train ride. Zoe's hat and scarf are crochet also - I made them for her for Christmas.

We had lunch in the cafe which was wonderful. Dessert was, of course, my favorite:

Judging by the look on Lindsey's face, it was her favorite too:

If this picture is any indication, the trip was a total success:

I hope everyone is having as successful a weekend as I am!
Tomorrow - more work on the Acadian Shawl and the February Lady Sweater.
But tonight I'm exhausted...so I'm going to bed to dream of little doll shoes and little doll earrings and $40 doll outfits. :)