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My favorite pattern right now

fiberrox — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:10:21 +0000

So one of my favorite patterns right now is BonBons by Susanna IC this pattern is amazing it’s very easy to follow and quick to knit up which are 2 things that I love about a pattern lol. You can find this pattern at either www.ravelry.com or www.knitpicks.com I have made several pairs and plan to make more lol I think I need these in every color lol.

Happy Knitting

New project pt 2

fiberrox — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:41:13 +0000

Ok so I finished my sweater and it’s so cute but it’s a bit tight in the lower body so now I’m trying to decide if it will be easier to lose a few pounds or rip it out and re knit with a few more increases I’ll keep you posted on the decision lol. We are having a very snowy weekend so I’m enjoying my flannel jammies and have traded my tea in for a rum and coke while knitting a super cute cabled poncho that was in the latest vogue

Happy Knitting
T

New Project

fiberrox — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:43:37 +0000

I am super excited I am actually making something for myself lol I almost never do that. I found an adorable sweater pattern on Ravelry last week it’s called Emmaline by Jennifer Wood. I am loving this patten it’s very girly and easy to follow. I will post pics in a couple of days when it’s all finished. Ok I have to go knit

Happy Knitting

New Years Knit Wishes

fiberrox — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:36:34 +0000

So I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how I can continue to expand my knitting business without having too much stress on myself at certain times such as Christmas lol.

I work a full time job and am a single mom so I already have tons on my plate my ultimate dream would be to be able to have a yarn shop and knit full time however I don’t see that happening any time soon but that’s ok.

Back to my resolutions lol I am going to try to get my etsy shop going and possibly a website so I can sell my knit items through there instead of craft fairs.

I would also like to find a company that I could order wholesale since the selection around here isn’t great.

Tomorrow I am going to organize my knitting room so I can enjoy going back in there instead of cringing as I walk past lol.

Any thoughts on how I can do these things would be greatly appreciated

Happy New Year
Knit on my friends

Newest art

fiberrox — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:15:41 +0000

Oh I almost forgot to share my newest piece lol….I love it

Merry Christmas

fiberrox — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:10:22 +0000

Wow I can’t believe how long it’s been the year has really gotten away from me lol. I can’t believe it’s Christmas eve eve and I’m so excited.
For those that don’t know me Christmas is a HUGE deal in my house the countdown goes on for months lol this year I had the very best countdown calendar it was the 24 days of tea by Davids Teait was beautiful and I will be sad to open the last window tomorrow.
I am madly finishing the last of my orders and will be giving my poor achy hands a much needed/deserved break before I start the next batch lol.
Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas filled with family,love,food and of course some Christmas cheer.

HAPPY KNITTING

Knitting is sexy

fiberrox — Sun, 01 May 2011 22:30:59 +0000

So we all know how much I love knitting and all things to do with knitting right? We also know how much I love tattoos right? Well how happy am I to have merged my 2 favorite things? SO happy lol.

I am a very lucky girl that one of my good friends also happens to be a very talented tattoo artist…The Painted Lady she is amazing and I love her.

So here it is my newest addition it is amazing and I cannot express with words just how much I love her she proves that knitting is sexy lol

Broken Gurl

fiberrox — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:52:16 +0000

So my daughter loves to ski and is a good skier, which makes it so much sadder that she isn’t aloud to ski anymore lol

Normally she goes skiing with her best friend and on this particular day my mom and I decided to take her up it was my first time ever going to watch her I may have been her bad luck charm lol.

I had been joking with my friend and sister that something bad was going to happen because I was there so when my friend came to me towards the end of the day and calmly told me that the medics were heading up to bring Torey down I thought she was kidding after asking her several times if she was serious I finally got it through my head that yes she was in fact serious so off we went to the first aid area to wait. My friend told me Torey had hurt her arm (which she had fractured twice before) I wasn’t surprised as it seems to be weak already. When they brought her down and unzipped the bag she was in I noticed her arm and leg were both splinted grrrr.

We took her to the emergency room and had xrays done on her ankle and wrist the doc came and told us that her ankle wad just sprained and her wrist just had another small green stick fracture so we should take her to get casted the next day.

I took her Sunday to get her arm casted and her ankle looked at again as it was very swollen and sore. Turns out her wrist was broken all the way through so the put a cast on and said again her ankle is just badly sprained.

She went for a CT scan on her ankle on Wednesday and we found out on Saturday (a week later) that she had a bad fracture in her ankle as well good thing she walked on it for 5 days.

Monday morning she went for surgery and they got her able all fixed up they had to put a wire and a screw in and she is now sporting a cast on both her left arm and her left leg which means she is wheelchair bound for at least the next 6 weeks hmmm fun lol.

I personally think that an injury if this type should come with some type of alcoholic beverage for mom

Challenge Complete :)

fiberrox — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:03:45 +0000

So I had a friend ask if I could make a Harley davidson sweater for her baby I looked online and found a chart and said of course I can…..lol it took some time and much cursing lol but I did it now to see if I can put the pic on with my phone

Yay

fiberrox — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 05:59:04 +0000

Lol I have been a serious blogging slacker lately have been very busy knitting up a storm, working and just life in general
My Monday night drop in knitting class us still going strong have a great core group of ladies that come out regularly and have new ladies stopping in often too which is awesome
I have been teaching a mother and me knitting class as well on Fridays and that is going great as well

Until next time
Get your knit on
T