My First Weaving Project

Yeah, Thanks To my MoM, DaD, Barry ( My Husband), and Jennifer from Gosh Yarn it. I have now started my first weaving project. My parents bought my supplies, Barry built the loom, and Jennifer from GoshYarnit.com sold me this beautiful yarn. I decided to use all the colors and different textures to make this shawl. I did have to modify the loom once I got started. Now I am weaving faster with the modifications. I can't wait till I am finished. It is so exciting. Thank you again to the wonderful family and friends that made this endeavor possible.

Butterfly Bracelet

This is my Butterfly bracelet that I hope to have available on Ravelry and ETSY. I 've been having problems putting the picture on the PDF file. I finally got the correct size file to upload it on the file. Now I need to get a copyright on it and it will be ready. Yeah.

My Bracelets

This is me working at Universal and knitting my bracelets while I am doing shows. I get a lot of knitting done here.This is how it turned out It is a ladybug and daisy bracelet. I am working on a bunch of different designs to give to my friends for Christmas. Oops now they know what I am making for Christmas, but they don't know which one they will get. This is why I haven't blogged in awhile. It is taking me a long time to figure out the pattern I am going to have for sale on Ravelry and ETSY.com.  I will post more pictures as I complete them.

My Inkle Loom

I decided to make my own Inkle Loom, but I wanted it to be wide enough to make many more things than a belt.  My mom wanted to get me one and I told her I would like to make one, so she purchased the supplies and I got the instructions for building the loom. When I got home it was time for me to go to work. My husband Barry decided he would start to build it while I was at work. When I got home it was nearly finished. I was so surprised that I cried. It was very thoughtful of him to go ahead and build it for me. It still needs a clear coat on it, oh yeah and I need yarn, tools, and a book to learn how to weave. I am so excited I can't stand it. I need to finish my bracelet patterns so that I can have them copyrighted and sent off to the Knitting calendar before the deadline. Also because I want to start weaving. Yeah for my husband for helping me in my fiber craze. I love you Barry. Also Yeah for my mom for making this all possible. I love you mom.

Hey Howdy Hey Aidan is Woody

This is Aidan's Halloween costume I made. He loves to wear it at least once a week. I will be able to post pics of my bracelets soon. I am almost finished with the patterns.Yeah. Then I will attemped to fix my sweater.

Ashley's Portable CD player case

This is a portable CD player case I made for Ashley. I thought that this would be nice for her to carry around her CD player in. Also so that she wouldn't drop it. I just took a piece of paper and drew an out line of the player and thickness of it. and made a pattern of it. I also made a place for her to put some CD's in the back. I hope she likes it.

The Good and the Bad

MERCY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you want the good news or the bad news first. I am so excited about the good news so I will tell you that first. I learned how to do 3 needle bind off :) Yeah. It wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be.

Until DUNT,DUNT ,DUNT ,DUN, I do have an excuse I was distracted. It was so easy I wasn't paying attention. All of a sudden I was done. I tried on my sweater and here is the BAD news.

I bound off the sweater with the inside and outside facing together, Then I forgot to bind off with the outside facing so that my sweater wouldn't look like I was wearing it inside out. I did this 2 days ago and I still haven't accepted the challenge of frogging it because I am afraid of many dropped stitches. This yarn is Bernat Soft Boucle and doesn't frog well. Oh and because I was fair Isle knitting I stranded the stitches a little tight. I will need to add 2 inches in the side seam. I have put this project in time out for now. Over all by the time I finish this project I will learn some valuable information and the next time I knit a sweater I will turn the TV off when appropriate so that I am not distracted. Another comforting fact. I am sure I am not the only one that has done this. Happy knitting.

Austin's shark

This is a picture of the shark Austin designed. He drew a picture of the shark and I cut it out, put it on paper, sewed it together, and Austin stuffed it. It was more fun than build a bear workshop. He loves it because he helped create it. I plan on making more because it is fun to see how it will turn out.

My Sisters

These are pictures of my sisters at our birthday party. Can you guess which one is me? The picture on the top going from left to right is Cindy, Caroline, and me (Carrie). The one on the bottom is Cindy and Me. We are twins. As you can see we got each other the same Birthday card. Are we twins or what. We even wrote some of the same things in the card. I opened the card and was immediately confused. I thought I opened the card I gave my sister. My sister Caroline is amazing. She made her daughter's prom dress this past spring. My sister Cindy makes amazing cakes. We are all crafty in our own way. I think we get it from our amazing Mother.

Ashley's Doll

This is a Precious Moments doll I made for my daughter Ashley. The pattern came from a Leisure art's booklet. It took me 9 months to make because I was working weird hours and didn't have time to crochet it. I have made this doll a sister. I went down 2 hook sizes to make it smaller and added low lights to her hair. I would post a picture but she is still waiting on a pair of eyes from the eye doctor AKA my mom. She is an amazing artist. She paints them and they look amazing. I wish I had that talent. I guess I will stick to fiber for now. This doll was made with crochet thread size 3. I have a hard time working with crochet thread size 10. I drool over people that can. Hopefully I will have pictures of this doll's sister soon.

On the Needles

This is my first attempt at knitting a sweater. I hope all goes well. I am a new knitter and I have trouble reading instructions sometimes. To the left is the back of the sweater. To the right is the front. I experimented with Intarsia. It was fun. I have been working on this project only at work. I will post more as it comes along. Happy knitting everyone.

My First knitting project

This is the first knitting project I have ever done. I found out that I knit too tightly. The hat barely fits. I also got lost when I sat the project down. I didn't know if I left off on a purl row or a knit row. I figured it out after 2 rows. I now know how to tell the difference. At least It happened in a place that the hat still looks alright. I also use a needle size bigger just about on all my projects. Since this hat I have made other things and experimented with Fair Ilse. I love the challenge it brings. I will be getting a weaving loom soon. My mom is going to get me one for my Birthday. I am so excited. I love to learn new things that you can do with fiber. After that I want to learn how to spin. I am very lucky that I have plenty of time at work to work on crafts. I can do at least 3 if not 4 hours of knitting a day there. It is awesome.

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