New Hat!

I am almost finished with my previous project. I just have to sew in the sleeves and the edging. Meanwhile, this is an original pattern, created by yours truly! If you're interested in purchasing the pattern, I can sell it for $5! If you want me to MAKE you one, I can sell it for $15 plus shipping!!

It's been a while...

It's been a while since I last blogged. I've been pretty busy lately. My sister in law has moved in with us, its been a little difficult. I have knitted multiple things since my last post. I FINALLY finished finished a scarf that was supposed to be a Christmas present. HAHAHAHA. Ooops... Now I'm working on a really cute sweater pattern called "Iced Gem" for my daughter from the book "Enchanted Garden" by Louisa Harding. Its super cute. I'm making it out of Cascade Yarns, Cotton Rich in colorway #6122, which is kind of a fuchsia color. I thought since its summer, cotton is a more appropriate fiber for a sweater.

The picture that is posted, is the image from the book, when the sweater is finished, I'll post a picture of my finished product.

Mega Cabled Scarf

So, I made this scarf for my cousin for Christmas, using the pattern designed by Marie Connolly (pattern can be found at stitchdc.blogspot.com). I made a few adjustments. I switched row 1 and 2, so row 1 was knit and row 2 was a purl row. In addition to that, instead of making 2 pompoms for each end of the scarf, I crocheted 2 large flowers for each end. My pattern for the flowers is below. The scarf stitched up very quickly. I used super bulky yarn and US size 13 needles.

Flower pattern materials:
Lionbrand Wool-ease Thick & Quick in Raspberry(A) & Natural(B)
Size N Crochet hook

Pattern:
1) With B, ch 4, join with first ch

2) ch 1, sc in circle, *ch 3, sc in circle, rep from * 6 times, join with sl st in first sc, fasten off A--6, ch 3 lps.

3) Join A in any ch 3 lp, ch 1, in each ch 3 lp around work sc, hdc, 2 dc, hdc, sc, join with sl st in beg sc, fasten off A--6 petals

4) Working BEHIND the flower, join B with sc AROUND post of any sc in row 2, *ch 3, sc around post of next sc, rep from * around, join with sl st to beg sc, turn--frontside of flower will now be facing you

5) Ch 1, *sc, hdc, 2dc, 2tr, 2dc, hdc, sc, rep from * around, join with sl st in beg sc- fasten off.

Weave in ends and enjoy!!!

Welcome to my new blog

This is my first blog, so I'll start by explaining a little bit about who I am. My name is Sara, I have a wonderful husband named Andrew and a beautiful daughter named Vivian. I'm currently a student at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, OR, studying Criminal Justice for law enforcement. I would really like to end up working as a trooper for Oregon State Police. My passion for law enforcement was spurred on by the shooting of my husband and his friends in September 2008. Unfortunately Andrew's co-workers and friends did not survive the shooting, although my husband did survive, we struggled through a lot of problems afterwards.

My blog will be mainly dedicated to my knit and crochet adventures and misadventures, but I felt that you should know a little bit about me before reading about my craft adventures. Enjoy!