We're home, with lots of yarn!!!

Stitches South was amazing! Im not really sure where to even start....

We all managed to get off work by 1pm on Friday, and were soon on the road. We made great time getting up there, and the hotel was pretty easy to find. My husband said the traffic was a little on the heavy side, I however wouldnt know as I tend to sleep on most car rides.

The best part about Friday night was going down to the lobby to look around and this is what we saw: A bunch of ladies (young and old) sitting in bath robes and shower caps, listening to techno/club music, and knitting while sipping on cosmos!!!!!

Saturday we took our time getting to the Stitches Market. There were over 600 tables of vendors! Extremely overwhelming! We made a loop around first, just trying to take everything in. Then we took a second loop around and that is when I get into trouble! Too much yarn! A lot of vendors had bags of yarn on discount, so that is where I picked up the Noro sock yarn. Of course, I wont be making socks with it, but still, awesome prices! Luckily, I knew how much I would have paid for that back home, so I knew I was getting a good deal. At that same vendor, I also picked up some glow in the dark yarn! I have a special project in mind for that!

My mother in law treated me to a great bag! I cant even begin to describe all of its functions but basically you can put needles on the inside pockets. Then you can unzip the entire bag so that the needles and pockets are on the outside and you can put your yarn on the inside. It also turns into a backpack. Very cool! cant wait to fill it up with all my needles!

Lets see, I also got a Tunisian crochet hook! this thing is really cool! Its a hybrid between knitting and crocheting! Its super easy and a lot of fun! Afghans here we come! I also picked up some cute patterns, a shirt, and some other books and things!

My husband even took a knitting class! he got a free pair of square needles and some wool. He did very good! so proud of him!!!

All of us agreed that we are going back next year! And this time I think Ill bring patterns with me so I know what kind of yarn to be looking for! Soooo many pretty colors and fibers! Cant wait for next year!!!

For now, back to unpacking and laundry!

Stitches South! T minus 4 days and counting!

Im so excited about our upcoming trip to Atlanta!!! I cannot wait to get out of town and to go to something new! I have never been to a convention like this! And it wasnt too long ago that I took that first step in going to an actual yarn shop! Im sort of scared to see what I am going to find at Stitches! I think Im mostly afraid of buying more yarn (goodness, i already have enough!) and Im afraid I get sucked into this skill/trade/craft even more! But I am super excited because my husband and mother in law are going as well! Should be a great time and hopefully we will make it over to the Aquarium as well.

As for current projects, one of the top secret projects is half done. Secret project number 2 is about 1/3 of the way done, and the last project Im still looking for a pattern. If i cant find one, I might just use something I started working on a while back and havent yet finished. I still need to figure out what to make the baby's mother and grandmothers, not to mention my grandmother. Running out of time! ah!!! And speaking of running, 5 months to my half marathon! I wonder what kind of knitted items I could make for that...??? I dont think Turkey hats will do....

Drop stitch wave pictures

Here are the pictures of the scarf that I made for my mom. I love the colors and the pattern was super easy!

Just finished up a cupcake hat for Allison. She is coming into town next week for a special event and requested a blue cupcake hat for a photo shoot. I made her a pink one a while back. She is going to be shooting twins, a boy and girl, so she needed a blue one to match. Finding the brown was a pain, and ended up getting it in St. Augustine just to discover the next week that JoAnns started carrying it again! ugh!

Oh well. Well, back to my secret projects!

Happy Birthday Mom!

The other day was my mom's birthday. I finished the drop stitch scarf in time and delivered it to her at work with the baby. She really liked it! pictures to follow! So now I am working on some mother's day surprises for all the "mothers" in my life!

Exciting news!!! So my birthday is coming up and we have planned a little trip to....STITCHES SOUTH!!! Its a knitting convention and Im sooo excited to be going! Its going to be a marathon trip, leaving Friday, coming back Sunday, but it should be fun and Im looking forward to getting away and to seeing what this convention is all about! Im really stoked about going to the market! Hmmm more yarn please?!?!!? and then if we have time, hopefully going over to the Aquarium!

Many excited things planned! Right now, Im just exhausted! Spring break was awesome but I really did forget how much he wears me out!

Pictures of the Elmo blanket!

As you all know from my last post, the Elmo blanket is finally done! WOO! So now I get to move on to other projects (like the drop stitch scarf that I am almost done with!).

Went to Knit! the past few days thanks to spring break. Bought some great stuff with my coupon! Got some black alpaca for a lace shawl that Im going to be making here soon and some turquoise yarn to make a potato chip scarf (funny name I know). Then I found some awesome sock yarn, blue and orange, go gators!!

So my little sister is obsessed with the idea of me making socks. Not sure why. I can't justify making socks just yet. The yarn is so expensive. The hank of blue and orange was 24$. I could probably buy at least 10 pairs of socks for that price. So I have another project in mind for the yarn, and will hopefully get some help for it tomorrow before my personal training session. Lucky for me, they are in the same shopping center so I can knit and then go work out (rather, get my butt kicked).

And now, thanks to the lovely lady that I met on Wednesday at Knit!, I am addicted to Ravelry, its a huge site for knitters and yarn lovers. Plenty of patterns, people to talk to, etc. Its like Facebook for yarn addicts. haha. Boy am I in trouble now!!! So many patterns and sooo little time!!!

Viking Hats!!!

So my sister just reminded me the other night that I have not posted since March and since its now April, I need to post something new! Agreed! I have been so busy with projects that I haven't had the time to take pictures and write new posts!!! But all my hard work has paid off! I finished not only the Viking hats, but also the ELMO BLANKET!!!

The Viking Hats are for the movie "How To Train Your Dragon." The husband, sister and I are all going tonight to see it in 3-D. Im sooo excited to wear our awesome hats and have a great time! They were really fun to make too!

The Elmo blanket is now complete! Can you believe that it took over a pound of yarn to finish?!?!?! So now I have 3/4 of a pound left over from the second pound skein that I had to buy. Maybe a pillow to match???

Anyways, back to house work and possibly a nap before tonight's fun! Have a great Easter!