07.29.09

My Crafts Addiction is Getting Out of Control

Posted in Uncategorized, hobbies, knitting and crocheting at 5:38 pm by Administrator

Not long ago I was diving through my craft closet when I found an old unfinished cross stitch project that I had never finished.  I realized that it is “almost” finished, so I might as well finish it.  And then I remembered that there are more patterns by Mirabilia that I had wanted to make in addition to this one.  So I checked out Nora Corbett’s website and found there are “more” new ones that I just “love!”  Ack!  So that has motivated me to finish this one up so that I can justify buying more of them.  I’m eyeballing the “Circle of Friends” as well as more mermaid patterns as well as others.  Just too lovely!  Here’s my unfinished project as I found it.

As you can see, most of the cross stitching is done.  It’s worked on 32 count Water Lily Linen by Wichelt Imports.  There’s just the box in her hands left to cross stitch.  I also still have some back stitching to do and then sew on all the beads, straighten out the fabric, and get it framed.

Here’s a closeup shot to show how nice Mirabilia’s designs are.  I just love her designs!

The first Mirabilia design I stitched was Nora Corbett’s Midsummer Night’s Fairy.  I actually worked on this when I was recovering from AA.  I took this with me to many transfusion sessions since it took “hours” getting all those transfusions.  Here it is finished and framed.

And for some reason I can’t seem to focus on just one thing these days.  I started another gansey for Matty, but wanted to do it up really fast with some left over yarn I had.  So, no fancy patterns or cabling with this one.  Here’s a pic of it in progress.  After I finished the first sleeve I started on the second sleeve only to find myself “short” of the cognac heather by 4 rows. . . grrrr.  So I ordered another skein, so I can’t finish it until it comes.  This is worked on 7 US circulars using Patons Classic Wool in colors cognac heather and blue denim.

In the meantime, I decided to start on another sweater for Matty with some other colors I have.  This time I wanted to try a raglan working from the top down.  Here’s what I have so far.

I will be folding down the color when it’s almost done.  This is also worked on 7 US circulars in Paton’s Classic Wool in colors sage and wheat heather.  This is some of the wool I went crazy buying when Joann’s had a nice sale with free shipping. . . dangerous to shop online when things are on sale and with free shipping!

Sadly, these are not the only projects I’ve been dabbling in.  There are a few more like my yarn spinning that I’ve started up again and the miniature needle punch that I still haven’t gotten to.  I’m still reading my stack of books as well, which I’m thinking of blogging about the Sudan section of Me Against My Brother.  So don’t ask my why I can’t control myself, but I picked up another project that I just thought was too cute to pass up.  I hunted for bargain deals for this book and the “doll.”  I saw this book while browsing through the library and couldn’t check it out because it was a reference book.  Imagine that. . . BUT, Amazon to the rescue, I was able to pick it up for about $10 used and also bought the cheapest doll I could find for my model ($6.30 ish).   When they came in the mail my boys gave me some strange looks and said, “Aren’t you too old for that kind of thing?”  I told them that, “I’m not to old to dream of being a grandma who likes to make things for her grand daughters!”  And that shut them up!  Tee hee hee!

After I bought this book, I found that there are “free” Barbie patterns online!  But before I kicked myself, I thought that this book is nice because it also gives the patterns to matching outfits for little girls, which the patterns online didn’t have.  If I get around to making any of these, I’ll likely post them up here.  Until then, toodles for now!

Marlakins

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