Knitted Babe

Okay, seriously, how cute is she?! I finished her up last night and gifted her to Onai right away. I couldn't wait to gift her this little babe. Onai, love, love, loves her and she already named her Olivia. Malachy and I were posing her for pictures last night. We were having so much fun.

As soon as Malachy saw her he asked me to start his knitted cowboy. I told him that I would start tomorrow and he just wailed and said that I never make him anything. WTF!!!! Anyway, guess what my new project is.........

Onai is already asking for more clothes for her. She NEEDS a pair of jeans and a cute hat and some boots. I need to seriously rethink my gifting in the future. It only leads to more and more work, I mean joyful knitting, for me.

You know what, I don't really like dolls or stuffed animals and things around the house. Having allergies, all that dust collecting does not help, but that knitted babe, I tell ya. I want one. I really don't know what I would do with her, but cute she is. It was fun and easy to make her. Even the seaming and the face was no big deal. It was like I was creating this little personality one stitch at a time.

I am actually glad that Malachy wants the cowboy and the horse. OMG, the horse is soooo cute and I will definitely be making him, too. AND the Pirate, okay, you really need to check this book out. Knitted Babes/Dream Toys

Until next time: Knit-Laugh-Enjoy!

New Countertops!!

So here is my little kitchen before, with the grandma beige tiles and here's my kitchen after. I love, love the granite. I picked the verde bamboo if anyone is interested. I love the way it kind of just moves across the counter, rather than being all mottled as how I am used to seeing granite. I love it. It has changed the look of my kitchen so much, that I now enjoy being in there. You know, just to look at the granite. I love running my hand over the cool surface. Cooking, yeah there's a little bit of that going on too, but there's more admiring than anything else going on in there!!

Now about those cabinets..........

I finished the Knitted Babe for Onai, but I need to buy felt for the eyes and mouth. In the meantime I am knitting a dishcloth for my swap partner.

Mark, Malachy, Onai and myself have been in the weaving mode lately. We have been weaving potholders. Remember these from way back when?! They are fast and fun and the colors are so great and now we can make patterns and all! We have already gifted 4 of them and there's more weaving happening everyday. So don't be surprised if some potholders end up in your kitchen.

I can't believe that my knitting/beading classes end next week. They will be starting again at the end of February. A little break is always good. I had a fun group of girls in my knitting class and my beading class, well.....let's just say that there were a little too many kindergarten students in there and you know how their attention span is. This is what I hear from them, I'm bored, I'm hungry, I'm thirsty, I'm bored.....and then there's Malachy, he's in my beading class, he's beading away, quietly and the girls are complaining, complaining, complaining. Jeez. How can they be bored in such an inspiring, fun class of mine. HEH HEH!!

Okay, I left my camera at home and will have to post my kitchen pictures later, but here is a picture of Malachy that he took of himself on my laptop! Now, somedays that is exactly what I look like at the end of the day.




Until next time: Knit-Laugh-Enjoy

PS: My Mom called me this morning and said that she was putting her life in Papa Phil's hands, he's driving for the first time since his surgery. His surgery was 1 week ago today. You can't keep him locked up I tell you!!