Step 2 is done. I got the bags of yarn to the shawl ministry and it was so nice to have that done and off my mind. Although I think they were a bit surprised when I brought in the bags. I had told them I had 9 bags filled. I think they thought I was talking about grocery bags. I guess I should had told them they were the kitchen trash bags that were full. (oops)
I looked at the cubbies all bare and kind of felt sad that so much of my stash left the house but then this makes room for the type of yarn that I am using all the time. :) (I know, not until I finish all my UFO's) And speaking of UFO's.......I have counted that I only have 8 UFO's to my name! That is pretty amazing to me. I have about 30 rows left on my socks and they will be done and in my drawer. I have 3 prayer shawls that are over half done. I have an afghan for one of my grandson's that needs a bit more work on it. (ok ALOT of work on it). My short sleeved cardi that I started about a month ago and the scarf that is to match my hat and mittens. There is something else there but I can not remember what it is and since I am not at my home right now it will just have to be a mystery for all of us.
Step 3 DONE! I cleaned off my beading table last night. I got everything put into organizing containers. I now have a lovely desk where I can sit and do all sorts of stuff without worrying about knocking something off and loosing it forever. Infact I did just that as soon as the table was cleared off. I mended 6 of my dogs toys. She thinks she is a surgeon and is constantly "operating on the toys and removing legs, tails, eyes etc." So I got them all fixed up for her. She was so happy to have all her favorites back again in her toy box. (glad I can please her so easily)
I also started cleaning off the sewing table. I have moved all the thread onto thread holders. I have taken the material and put in on some of the cubbies. I have wrapped up all the ribbon and put it in the ribbon drawer. There is still more to do on that table but it is shaping up nicely.
I will not have time to work on the room tonight as I have to take the grand daughter to her dance lesson and then I go to Mass and then out to eat with some of our dearest friends. But there is always tomorrow night as well as Friday night.
And if you are wondering.............yes my grand daughter was thrilled to be helping me in there again. Although I did loose her to her polly pockets after about 20 minutes but she stayed with me the whole time. Infact she helped with the repairing of the toys!
More pictures will be coming along as soon as I get it all done. I don't want to spoil the surprise for y'all.
My neighbor will so pleased when I go knocking on her door. She holds garage sales several times a year and I have LOTS to donate to her sale. Maybe I can convince hubby to make a little trip over to her house sometime in the next couple of weeks.
Happy Crafting!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Monday, February 7, 2011
Step one done
The first step to making my craft room back into a craft room has begun. I got the yarn cleaned out of the all the cubbies and rearranged all the yarn that I am keeping.
Here are a few pictures of what has happened in the past 1.5 hours.
Here are the bags ready to go to the ministry! Nine bags full!
This is my sock yarn waiting for me to finish all the projects I have started so they can be made into happy feet for someone.
Worsted weight yarn that I will be making into hats, scarves and mittens for people I really really love.
A few orphan yarns that will be fun to let the younger generation learn to knit, crochet and loom.
Oh my, I have so much room left in my cubbies. I can start to organize the rest of the room now and fill those cubbies up with all sorts of treasures. Like material, beading materials, pattern books, needles and hooks, & looming accessories. The list is endless. I am so excited.
Of course there will be more pictures as I progress.
Happy crafting.
Here are a few pictures of what has happened in the past 1.5 hours.
Oh my, I have so much room left in my cubbies. I can start to organize the rest of the room now and fill those cubbies up with all sorts of treasures. Like material, beading materials, pattern books, needles and hooks, & looming accessories. The list is endless. I am so excited.
Of course there will be more pictures as I progress.
Happy crafting.
It's getting smaller
I am so happy! I finally got a hold of the person in charge of the prayer shawl ministry at the local church and she was thrilled with the thought of donated yarn for their ministry. She has no idea what she is getting. (teehee) So hopefully tonight I will have the time and energy to go into the pit craft room and go through all of the yarn in there. I want to get it bagged up and out of my house ASAP! After it is all gone then I can start on the organization again.
You see we got new furniture for our family room and that displaced some of my crafting organization. So that lucky stuff is just sitting in the middle of my craft room making it very hard to maneuver in there. So once I get the excess yarn out of there I will be able to put other things in the cubbies and straighten up the whole room and move the organizer into it's own lovely spot.
I love my craft room and can spend hours at a time in there. Sometimes I even forget how long I am in there until my hubby comes in and tells me he is going to bed! Then I realize I have been in there for up to 4-6 hours.
You see, I have it decorated just for me. I have my stereo in there, my religious artwork to meditate on, my beading, sewing, knitting, crocheting and looming in there also. I have a place in there where the dogs and cat can come in and join me for some quiet time. (I also have my treadmill in there but am unable to use it as there is no space to open it up right now) I have everything I need in there to make the place a nirvana for me. I don't think anyone in my family totally understands how important this room is to me. It is truly MINE! I know where everything is and what everything in there is for. I know how to work all the machines in there and love it when I can go from one creative craft to another.
Hopefully by the end of this week I will have more pictures for you to see of the lovely room. But I will not guarantee that. Seems like when I have that kind of a week planned something always happens and then I am called to do other things and my room once again gets put on hold. So if not this week, maybe next week.
I do know that I will have my grand daughter in the evenings for a few days this week as her daddy is out of town (he normally picks her up on his way home) and her mommy works too. But she loves to help me in the craft room. She is the one that put all the yarn in the cubbies for me to begin with. Not bad for a 5 year old, huh! She is just a tad OCD but that is great when I need someone helping me organize something. I organized her room this weekend and she was so happy. She usually has everything in its place all the time when she leaves but she has had some help lately messing things up and then when her "help" leaves she gets frustrated that she has to do all the picking up. I don't blame her either. So I told her that we will not let her "help" leave anymore with out picking everything up from now on. She was so happy with that too. (it is so easy to please a 5 year old!)
By the way, if you want to see some thing really amazing I would have you go to another favorite blog of mine that I follow all the time. It is http://yarnharlot.ca/blog/ . Look for her post dated 2/7/11. I will have you know that I do not have any where near that kind of collection of supplies. I am planning on showing that to my hubby tonight to let him know that things could get out of hand! Crafting is a very addictive hobby. But I guess it is better than other addictive behaviours.
Oh, and by the way.................the Superbowl was the perfect knitting TV show! I got several rows on my socks done last night while watching the game. And since I was not at home it was even better because I didn't have to answer a phone, walk the dog, make dinner, or be distracted by a hundred other "household" things.
Have a craft day!
You see we got new furniture for our family room and that displaced some of my crafting organization. So that lucky stuff is just sitting in the middle of my craft room making it very hard to maneuver in there. So once I get the excess yarn out of there I will be able to put other things in the cubbies and straighten up the whole room and move the organizer into it's own lovely spot.
I love my craft room and can spend hours at a time in there. Sometimes I even forget how long I am in there until my hubby comes in and tells me he is going to bed! Then I realize I have been in there for up to 4-6 hours.
You see, I have it decorated just for me. I have my stereo in there, my religious artwork to meditate on, my beading, sewing, knitting, crocheting and looming in there also. I have a place in there where the dogs and cat can come in and join me for some quiet time. (I also have my treadmill in there but am unable to use it as there is no space to open it up right now) I have everything I need in there to make the place a nirvana for me. I don't think anyone in my family totally understands how important this room is to me. It is truly MINE! I know where everything is and what everything in there is for. I know how to work all the machines in there and love it when I can go from one creative craft to another.
Hopefully by the end of this week I will have more pictures for you to see of the lovely room. But I will not guarantee that. Seems like when I have that kind of a week planned something always happens and then I am called to do other things and my room once again gets put on hold. So if not this week, maybe next week.
I do know that I will have my grand daughter in the evenings for a few days this week as her daddy is out of town (he normally picks her up on his way home) and her mommy works too. But she loves to help me in the craft room. She is the one that put all the yarn in the cubbies for me to begin with. Not bad for a 5 year old, huh! She is just a tad OCD but that is great when I need someone helping me organize something. I organized her room this weekend and she was so happy. She usually has everything in its place all the time when she leaves but she has had some help lately messing things up and then when her "help" leaves she gets frustrated that she has to do all the picking up. I don't blame her either. So I told her that we will not let her "help" leave anymore with out picking everything up from now on. She was so happy with that too. (it is so easy to please a 5 year old!)
By the way, if you want to see some thing really amazing I would have you go to another favorite blog of mine that I follow all the time. It is http://yarnharlot.ca/blog/ . Look for her post dated 2/7/11. I will have you know that I do not have any where near that kind of collection of supplies. I am planning on showing that to my hubby tonight to let him know that things could get out of hand! Crafting is a very addictive hobby. But I guess it is better than other addictive behaviours.
Oh, and by the way.................the Superbowl was the perfect knitting TV show! I got several rows on my socks done last night while watching the game. And since I was not at home it was even better because I didn't have to answer a phone, walk the dog, make dinner, or be distracted by a hundred other "household" things.
Have a craft day!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
It is getting there
Ok, I have gotten rid of the Homespun yarn. I took it to a friend of mine's house and she was thrilled. I still have to get rid of the Red Heart yarn. I have tried to call the church where I want to donate it but have not been able to get thru so far. I don't have any updated pictures of the yarn stash but here is what it looked like before the cleansing took place.
In the top picture the 2 top right cubbies are empty and the middle right cubby also is empty.
In the middle picture, all of the top cubbies are empty and the 2 left middle ones are empty too. If I can donate the red heart than all of the rest of the cubbies will be cleaned out!
The bottom picture is not very good. I mean you can see it fine but since that was taken I have added LOTS of sock, and DK yarn to it. All of the cubbies are overflowing now and I need to clean it up and put some of it in the empty places in the other shelving units. I have even had to remove my beading supplies from the bottom cubbies and put it elsewhere because the yarn monster came and attacked me.
As I was going thru the stash the other day I also discovered about 8 bags that had projects in them. All of which are WIP (works in progress). Guess I have quite a bit of work to do yet. But that will keep me busy and happy.
But that is all for now.
Happy crafting!
In the middle picture, all of the top cubbies are empty and the 2 left middle ones are empty too. If I can donate the red heart than all of the rest of the cubbies will be cleaned out!
The bottom picture is not very good. I mean you can see it fine but since that was taken I have added LOTS of sock, and DK yarn to it. All of the cubbies are overflowing now and I need to clean it up and put some of it in the empty places in the other shelving units. I have even had to remove my beading supplies from the bottom cubbies and put it elsewhere because the yarn monster came and attacked me.
As I was going thru the stash the other day I also discovered about 8 bags that had projects in them. All of which are WIP (works in progress). Guess I have quite a bit of work to do yet. But that will keep me busy and happy.
But that is all for now.
Happy crafting!
Monday, January 17, 2011
A Day Off
I have a day off from work and thought it would be a great time to do some things I normally put off doing.
So far I have cleaned out our kitchen pantry, organized our butcher block rolling cart and started and frogged my scarf 3 times. I have called a friend to come over and pick up all the homespun that she would like to use and have also put a call into a local church with a large prayer shawl ministry to see if they would like a bunch of red heart and the rest of the homespun. I will get my stash down one way or the other!
Last night I gave several skeins of the "fancy" yarns to my Daughter in Law who is making some really cute fashion scarves with it. I also gave her several skeins of some polar fleece yarn for her to figure out what she would like to do with it as well as some ribbon yarn that will be fun for her. I have cleaned out 3 cubbies of my yarn stash and if I can give the homespun and red heart a new home that will open up about 10 more cubbies. WOOHOO! But that still means that I have 14 cubbies CRAMMED full of yarn still. So I have a lot of knitting/crocheting to do this year to get rid of it so I can buy more.
I will keep you updated on my progress.
The weather today makes me not want to be inside. It is going to be in the high 70's today and we will probably hit 80 tomorrow. I love the weather like this but it is WAY too early for this temperature. I don't want summer to come too early. I am no way ready for the 100+ temps that we get here. But at least we don't have to dig out of snow and ice here.
Not much else going on here so will close and get back to my knitting and cleaning.
Happy crafting!
So far I have cleaned out our kitchen pantry, organized our butcher block rolling cart and started and frogged my scarf 3 times. I have called a friend to come over and pick up all the homespun that she would like to use and have also put a call into a local church with a large prayer shawl ministry to see if they would like a bunch of red heart and the rest of the homespun. I will get my stash down one way or the other!
Last night I gave several skeins of the "fancy" yarns to my Daughter in Law who is making some really cute fashion scarves with it. I also gave her several skeins of some polar fleece yarn for her to figure out what she would like to do with it as well as some ribbon yarn that will be fun for her. I have cleaned out 3 cubbies of my yarn stash and if I can give the homespun and red heart a new home that will open up about 10 more cubbies. WOOHOO! But that still means that I have 14 cubbies CRAMMED full of yarn still. So I have a lot of knitting/crocheting to do this year to get rid of it so I can buy more.
I will keep you updated on my progress.
The weather today makes me not want to be inside. It is going to be in the high 70's today and we will probably hit 80 tomorrow. I love the weather like this but it is WAY too early for this temperature. I don't want summer to come too early. I am no way ready for the 100+ temps that we get here. But at least we don't have to dig out of snow and ice here.
Not much else going on here so will close and get back to my knitting and cleaning.
Happy crafting!
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
January
I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year. I know we did and I am trying to hold onto that feeling of peace and joy daily. ( I said TRYING!)
So in my last post I told you all how I would love to have a home made Christmas next year. I have a great start on it. I have completed a 2 piece set for someone special already! It was suppose to be for this year but life got in the way and so I didn't make my dead line. But it is done now and put away for next year. (as long as I can remember where I put it)
Right now I am working on a pair of mittens for ME! I completed the hat about a couple of weeks ago and now am frantically trying to get the mittens done. I have one done and half done with the second one. Then I have a scarf to make too. I was not going to worry about it but.......... all of a sudden we got a really really cold snap here and I don't have a hat, mittens or scarf! I still have my socks on needles too but I have other socks so they can wait.
I am also going to try and not buy anymore yarn this year until my stash goes down considerably. I have way too much yarn and not enough time to use it all. I could probably make enough socks for my whole family (and I mean the whole one including cousins, second cousins, third cousins................you get my drift!)
I have lots of Homespun yarn too and that is probably my least favorite to work with. So I think I might donate that to a local church that makes lots of prayer shawls. I will never make that many shawl in my entire life. So that might be one way of getting it out of my yarn shelves.
I think most of the rest of it I will have no problem finding a use for it. Oh did I mention I also have a sweater on the needles for ME? But I am afraid it will be a while before I get that one completed. Plus I may have to make a different size (smaller) than what I started it out at. We will see and keep our fingers crossed that that will happen.
The past two weekends we have been busy with guests at our house. They did not stay with us but they were there for football parties. It was so nice to see our friends from Vegas again and they make great company. So this weekend will be quiet for a change. At least at this point it looks that way.
I would really like to take some more knitting classes but I think with the knowledge I have at this moment I will be able to do several projects without taking classes. Plus I have discovered that U-Tube does wonderful videos of things that I might have a question on. That is how I still do my Kitchner stitch even though I have done it several times already. I also use it to do cables. (not really good at those yet)
Other than that not much else crafty going on at my house. I have put beading aside for a while. Making all those sets for the craft sale kind of burned me out. Plus I can not do that while sitting in my "comfy" chair and watching TV. Now knitting and crocheting on the other hand can be done anywhere and everywhere. Must be why I keep falling back on to my love of fiber.
Craft on!
So in my last post I told you all how I would love to have a home made Christmas next year. I have a great start on it. I have completed a 2 piece set for someone special already! It was suppose to be for this year but life got in the way and so I didn't make my dead line. But it is done now and put away for next year. (as long as I can remember where I put it)
Right now I am working on a pair of mittens for ME! I completed the hat about a couple of weeks ago and now am frantically trying to get the mittens done. I have one done and half done with the second one. Then I have a scarf to make too. I was not going to worry about it but.......... all of a sudden we got a really really cold snap here and I don't have a hat, mittens or scarf! I still have my socks on needles too but I have other socks so they can wait.
I am also going to try and not buy anymore yarn this year until my stash goes down considerably. I have way too much yarn and not enough time to use it all. I could probably make enough socks for my whole family (and I mean the whole one including cousins, second cousins, third cousins................you get my drift!)
I have lots of Homespun yarn too and that is probably my least favorite to work with. So I think I might donate that to a local church that makes lots of prayer shawls. I will never make that many shawl in my entire life. So that might be one way of getting it out of my yarn shelves.
I think most of the rest of it I will have no problem finding a use for it. Oh did I mention I also have a sweater on the needles for ME? But I am afraid it will be a while before I get that one completed. Plus I may have to make a different size (smaller) than what I started it out at. We will see and keep our fingers crossed that that will happen.
The past two weekends we have been busy with guests at our house. They did not stay with us but they were there for football parties. It was so nice to see our friends from Vegas again and they make great company. So this weekend will be quiet for a change. At least at this point it looks that way.
I would really like to take some more knitting classes but I think with the knowledge I have at this moment I will be able to do several projects without taking classes. Plus I have discovered that U-Tube does wonderful videos of things that I might have a question on. That is how I still do my Kitchner stitch even though I have done it several times already. I also use it to do cables. (not really good at those yet)
Other than that not much else crafty going on at my house. I have put beading aside for a while. Making all those sets for the craft sale kind of burned me out. Plus I can not do that while sitting in my "comfy" chair and watching TV. Now knitting and crocheting on the other hand can be done anywhere and everywhere. Must be why I keep falling back on to my love of fiber.
Craft on!
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Almost There
This is the last week before Christmas. The last week of advent as we prepare for the birth for our Lord, Jesus Christ. This is the last few days that we have to prepare our hearts and minds for this joyous event. This is the time of year that I love. It is so joyful being filled with friends, family, festivities and FOOD!
A few weeks ago my Grand Daughter helped me and my mom make Mom's famous party mix. She was a big help stirring all of that stuff and taste testing it to let us know if it was good enough or not. Here is a shot of her helping.
This past Thursday our Grand Daughter had her Advent program at Church and it was wonderful. What a joy to watch all the children from her school perform some very special songs in preparation for the coming of our Lord. Here is a shot of some of her Classmates during their song.
And here is a shot of her doing some of the sign language during the song. (actually they all did sign language during the song)
Last night was her Dance recital but unfortunately we are not allowed to take photos during the performance but just trust me when I tell you she did a wonderful job. In fact the other girls in her troop were watching her to make sure they were getting it right.
We have all the presents bought, wrapped and most of them delivered. My hubby was a big help this year with some of the shopping and with the wrapping. We were up until 2AM wrapping last night and had a wonderful time listening to Christmas music and enjoying each others company.
I think next year I will start the first of the year getting gifts for Christmas. I love giving. It gives me so much joy to watch the faces of others as they get a gift that is heartfelt. I would love to have a homemade Christmas next year. So if that is going to happen I truly need to start in January to get everything made that I would like to give to others. So the list will begin very soon and will have much thought put into it.
I hope all of you have a Blessed Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year.
Craft on!
A few weeks ago my Grand Daughter helped me and my mom make Mom's famous party mix. She was a big help stirring all of that stuff and taste testing it to let us know if it was good enough or not. Here is a shot of her helping.
This past Thursday our Grand Daughter had her Advent program at Church and it was wonderful. What a joy to watch all the children from her school perform some very special songs in preparation for the coming of our Lord. Here is a shot of some of her Classmates during their song.
And here is a shot of her doing some of the sign language during the song. (actually they all did sign language during the song)
Last night was her Dance recital but unfortunately we are not allowed to take photos during the performance but just trust me when I tell you she did a wonderful job. In fact the other girls in her troop were watching her to make sure they were getting it right.
We have all the presents bought, wrapped and most of them delivered. My hubby was a big help this year with some of the shopping and with the wrapping. We were up until 2AM wrapping last night and had a wonderful time listening to Christmas music and enjoying each others company.
I think next year I will start the first of the year getting gifts for Christmas. I love giving. It gives me so much joy to watch the faces of others as they get a gift that is heartfelt. I would love to have a homemade Christmas next year. So if that is going to happen I truly need to start in January to get everything made that I would like to give to others. So the list will begin very soon and will have much thought put into it.
I hope all of you have a Blessed Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year.
Craft on!
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