I'm alive!!! Well, barely. There is finally snow on the ground and I have the worst cold/flu imaginable. Yes, that means it's December 1st. Which, in turn, means that there are 23 days to finish my knit tins projects, block what needs it and to give. Except those projects that need to be mailed for Christmas... but those will probably be late anyways due to an overflowing post...

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I decided to only make a few items for Christmas this year and buy the rest. It turns out there are a few people on my list who are extremely hard to buy for and only slightly easier to make for so I decided to make for them. Right now my list looks like this: 1. Twilight socks - finished 2. Square socks 3. Square socks 4. Cowl...

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We'll it's really Christmas that I'm more worried about. Instead of trying to knit/make something for everyone this year, I've decided to make some and buy others. I've realized that not everyone will appreciate the time and effort that goes into a hand made gift, and not everyone will appreciate it or use it so I can use that time to make something for others. On my list...

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I decided to make some simple stitch markers for a swap... and then it got out of hand. While looking on etsy for inspiration, I came across beaded stitch counters and had to make some for myself! So after a trip to Michael's and $50 later, I had all the supplies I needed... for a small knitting army.  I started with this Pink Dragon's egg counter. The beads...

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It took me about a month and 12-20 hours (I didn't count since they were knit on the bus and other odd places) I finished my first pair of socks! And I've been bitten by the socks knitting bug! I used the twilight pattern from the two-at-a-time socks book and I've learnt a few things. I now have my two skeins of yarn in a ziplock bag with...

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Halloween is my favourite event of the year to celebrate so I've decided to have a costume party at my place. I've had a half finished kimono in a bag somewhere but Ji says I'm not allowed to wear it as he won't be able to match it. So I figured what better than a video game themed costume? I threw out the idea to go as lollipop...

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Yay it's already october and with it comes Socktoberfest! A month long celebration of sock knitting. I'm currently working on my first pair of socks, only have about 4 inches to go in a top down pair. It's already become apparent to me that sock knitting is highly addictive. You can knit around and around with nota care in the world, but then you need to pay attention...

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I signed up for the Givers and Needers Swap on Craftster where someone gives a box of craft supplies and the receiver of that box sends a thank you. Well I looked at my partners Pintrest and she had this headband pinned. The pattern was very vague and confusing so I asked for help on the Craftster knitting board and got an answer. I'm going to cast on tonight and...

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Since my New Years resolution to be more active was crushed as badly as my broken tailbone was in January it hasn't happened yet. In an attempt to get this health thing going before the wedding I signed up for yoga and got the mat needed to do the activity. What better way to help myself get motivated for Yoga than knit a new yoga mat bag! I'm...

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I splurged and bought some Malabrigo yarn and knitted myself up a cowl. It was amazing to knit, so fun and soft. It's been on the needles forever waiting to be cast off. Well tonight I finally did it and then came the blocking. What?? You want me to put this expensive yarn and time intensive WOOL project on a bath tub full of WARM water. You've gotta...

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Just wanted to put up a quick welcome. I used to be Ilianora then PenguinSoup on wordpress but I wasn't able to customize my blog as much as I wanted so now I'm here. I love to knit, but I also sew, crochet, and just about anything else I need to do to complete a project. I plan to post my projects here (wether they're my pattern or...

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