It's in the Bag

I've been sewing. That is until the sewing chair broke and yes I was sitting on it. There was a weak chair leg and I've been after the DH to fix it but seems he hasn't had the time (eyeroll). Needless to say, I hit the floor, whacked my back on the chair and have been in pain since. Ouch!

But before that happened, I made a few things. Here's a clutch purse from fine corduroy. I love how this turned out.

This is the inside of the bag. It has a zippered closure and a divided pocket. ssshhhh......it's a gift-to-be.

I was going through the closet and found jeans that don't fit and an old sweater. I cut the sweater and lined it with the jeans. It's a new knitting tote:).

The inside of the bag has pockets to put necessary knitting gadgets and it has a magnet closure. I'm going to like this bag as my knitting-to-go bag for larger projects. The little knitting cat face was made for me by a friend. He makes a nice accessory for the bag:)

I'm still knitting but I need to get back to the sewing otherwise Santa will be passing over this house.

My blogging will be very sporadic so please forgive me. I will be reading blogs and commenting when I can. Seems those darn elves are on strike and the gifts are left to me....LOL

He missed the memo........

Apparently Mr. Bettis and his owner did not get the memo about my yarn.
We had some errands to run yesterday and we came home to this.

I was unaware the husband set a tote of my yarn on the table. He missed the memo that my yarn absolutely cannot be within Mr. Bettis's reach. And yes Mr. B can set his head on the kitchen table. Look out Thanksgiving dinner (eyeroll).
Mr. Bettis missed the memo that he is to NEVER paw, slobber or otherwise destroy my yarn. Not that it would matter, I don't think he'd pay attention anyway. He also chewed a plastic hanger to bits. I have no idea where he found that one but he and his owner are in trouble. BIG trouble!

Here he is on his loveseat taking a nap. Gee. I wonder why (eyeroll).


I purchased new covers for the couch and loveseat. There's no way I'm buying new furniture with him in the house. He weighs 140 pounds and I can't get him to budge so he has taken over the loveseat. He paces the floor and stares if anyone is sitting his loveseat. Anyway back to what I was saying about the covers. The oaf wouldn't get on the loveseat because there was a new cover. I should've covered this one a long time ago and maybe he wouldn't get on the furniture. I laid the towel down and he jumped right on it. Big Baby!

p.s. He has no idea that Santa Paws is watching.

A ramble of sorts

The college DD was home for the weekend. Hubby picked her up while I was home cooking and baking. The trip was a 7 1/2 hour trip to and from due to the city traffic. I won't mention any more about traffic except to say I don't like traveling city traffic. Period.
The homecoming game commenced and our team won!! YAY!! Playoffs are next and if they win those then they're statebound.
While she was here she gave this book to me as a belated birthday gift. She saved her pennies (she's a poor college student, you know:) and found this book at a bargain in the campus book store. She knows I enjoy Christmas books. Cost never matters to me. My most precious gifts are the ones that have been so carefully thought out.
As if I don't have enough knitting to finish before the holidays I wound this skein of Araucania worsted to make a pair of pop-up paws for a gift. It is a blend of wool and alpaca and is so very soft.

All is quiet here for the time being. I have to wonder if this is the calm before a storm of some sort. The holidays are fast approaching and we're getting ready in this household:).

I am dyeing yarn and sewing bags to update my etsy shop so my blogging will be sporadic for awhile. As if that hasn't happened before. LOL

I Did it!!!

I did it!! I honestly did it! Drop spindles and I have never had a good relationship. We fought. A few not-so-nice words flew from mouth as the spindle would go flying across the room. So I put my spindles in a nice basket and went to my wheels for easy efficient spinning.
Out of the clear blue sky I decided I was going to repair the relationship with my spindle again. It was a tough go in the beginning but lo and behold we worked together and finally created a "masterpiece." (perhaps setting aside my name calling had something to with it:).

The above is a result of the beginning of our relationship and as you can see it shows how rocky it has been. However, it's a continuous "string" and that's all that mattered at this point. I navajo plied the yarn and I love this little skein of "string." I will keep it and not knit anything from it so I can reminisce about "our" relationship.

This is the second spindle of yarn. Like any relationship as you move along it gets better and soon I was in the swing of spinnning.

This is just a comparison of the handspun on the spindle and my wheel. I'm pleased:)
I also navajo plied the newly spun yarn on the drop spindle. On the left is a sample of navajo plied yarn from my trusty wheel. The right is the navajo plied on the spindle. I know it's a little lumpy but the spindle and I are happy that we have rekindled our relationship. Much like relationships in life, there are bumps and lumps along the way but if one puts forth a good effort they become beautiful "masterpieces" of Life.
So I'm tossing a challenge to a few of you out there who have given up on your spindles. Give it a whirl, you just might rekindle a beautiful realationship with your spindles and create a masterpiece of Life.