I do a variety of crafts, I enjoy crosstitch (probably the first thing I ever learned) I like to sew (the 2nd thing) but make mostly clothes for my girls, I'm not into curtains, pillows, quilting, etc... I also enjoy knitting and in the last couple of years I've learned to crochet and do beadwork. I've also dabbled with lots of other things, candlemaking, scrapbooking, painting, cake decorating, the list goes on and on, but they're not the main things I turn to.
I learned to crochet and spent almost an entire year doing nothing but crochet, then together with my daughter, we explored beading and I have worked with that for almost a year. Recently, I was in a craft store and saw a gorgeous knit poncho, so I picked up the magazine, ordered the yarn and made it. In the process, realized how very much I love knitting, so I've made a few things over the past couple of weeks and thought I would share with you.
This is the capelet I saw and fell in love with, but unfortunately the yarn was 100% wool and that just doesn't work with me, so I looked in my yarn closet and came up with some beautiful mohair - - yes I know, that's wool too, but it's only the thick stuff on the outside, not the inside, so you don't feel it when you wear it!! This is what I put together with that.
We also are going to have a new baby on campus the first of the year, so for a gift, once again, I turned to my stash -- and quite happily decided it was the perfect time to pull out a pattern I've had for many many years, but never made -- so this was born.
The colors in it were awesome -- I already have plans for another one in pinks and yellow with a touch of white and dark green!! It was a neat stitch -- basically just a purl stitch that added the pattern between the colors. LOVE IT!! Almost, makes me wish I had a little one to wear it -- ALMOST :-)
So now you know my de-stressing techniques!! Now if only knitting would keep my house clean!!
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