Malabrigo

Malabrigo is, hands down, my favorite yarn in the whole world. I love everything about it, except for one. I love the feel of it. I love the price. I love love love the color combinations. The only complaint I have about Malabrigo is the winding. When they put it into hanks, IDK what they do to it but it is a huge pain to get it wound up and ready to knit with. I always start out with such high hopes when I put it on my swift and start winding it. 20 minutes and a billion curses later I find myself questioning why I love this yarn so much. However, I do love it that much so I endure it each time.
Anyway, the point is, I was ecstatic to learn that my yarn store had recently gotten a brand new shipment of Malabrigo in. I was even more ecstatic when I told DH and he offered to take me. Not only had they gotten in my favorite Malabrigo, which is the worsted, but they had also gotten in two new types that I have never tried. Malabrigo Rios which is a superwash aran was the first one. Malabrigo chunky was the second. Not too long ago, Malabrigo released the Rasta yarn which I love but am a little bit at a loss of what to do with it, since it is just so bulky. The Malabrigo chunky strikes a lovely balance between the two sizes. I am so excited about my new yarn!
I got the Indiecita in the Malabrigo Rios, which looks like this:


Then I got the Purpuras, which looks like this:


In the Chunky, I got two colors since IDK what I will be doing with them:
Cactus Flower:

Jacinto:


I also have this Rasta, just waiting to be utilized:
Baya Electrica


So now I just have to finish out this week of school so that I can get back to knitting my fingers off! :)

Craft Room Sneak Peek

The craft room is still a work in progress, but here are a few pictures of what it is shaping up to look like. I really like how it is turning out and I cannot wait to finish it up.

My Yarn Cubes:


They rest atop my other cubes:


Here is the best picture I could get right now of them overall:


Here is my new knitting chair we found for a steal:


And here are the adorable sculpey sheep that Deven made me:

Craft Room

I need to take some pictures. Deven and I redid my craft room to accommodate my knitting. We bought 12 more of the jetmax cubes, the ones with the glass doors on them. Now I can have my yarn in there with the door open and not have to worry about the cats trying to eat it. Now we just have to get the hermit crabs accommodated and then we can leave the door open all of the time, that will be nice.

Mother's Day Flowers

So last year for Mother's Day, about a week before I got the bright idea to make knitted flowers for my mother and my mother-in-law. I poured through patterns on ravelry and ruled out roses, they were too complicated. I finally found a pattern that I liked that seemed pretty simple. I decided I would make a dozen of red ones for mother-in-law and a dozen pink ones for my mother. I went out and bought a nice cotton in all of the colors I needed. I sat down and started my first flower. About halfway through, I realized I would never got 24 done in my time frame. The flowers, while not complicated, were still time consuming and the cotton was rough on my hands. So I ended up with three knitted flowers in a bud vase for my mother-in-law:


My mother ended up with a knitted glasses case and an I.O.U. that I have yet to fulfill. :)

Knitted Robot

I made DH a knitted robot, which I don't have a picture of right now. His sister loved it so much that she requested one as well. Hers, however, is a little more edgy. She requested a mohawk...



...presenting Vincent Rockface.

I think he is a bit overstuffed, but she preferred a fat robot. I thought that he turned out really well and he was a lot of fun to make as well.

The Knitiot Savant

I have always been a bit of a dabbler...a hobby collector if you will. I am an artsy person and have spent my entire life surrounded by artsy people...now I am married into an extremely artsy family. I have always wanted to do different crafts and always tried different crafts and while I enjoy them, I have never been all that gifted at them. My craft room can attest to my various hobbies- painting, beading, scrapbooking. I enjoy all, yet excel at none. In October of 2009, I asked a very close friend to teach me how to knit. I was always impressed with her knitting skills and wanted to try it. I didn't, however, hold out much hope as my mother's two previous attempts to teach me to crochet did not end in success. I gave knitting a try, and much to my surprise I was good at it! It was something that I just "got". Armed with the basic knit and purl stitches, I made my way to youtube and continued to teach myself. While I am by no means claiming to be an expert, I don't think I am half bad. :)