Knit/crochet/yarn - totals update for 2012

Feeling very proud once again....more than surpassed my IN column for yarn and the output, Yay me!!!!

• 2011 totals in grams: 9300 IN, 10565 OUT
• 2012 totals in grams: 8472 IN, 9450 OUT

 Now that January has begun I've jumped aboard the 113 projects  in 2013 train (or rather group on ravelry)....I completed 111 in 2011, 112 in 2012 (well actually I smashed it last year with 126 projects all up) and now I hope to succeed again :)

I-cord snake pattern - knit

I made up these simple little stash busting snakes for my kids for Christmas - nothing too special but I was trying out an i-cord and thought I'd keep note of how I did the head, enjoy!
They literally take less than a few grams of yarn to make.

Stash gram snake.

Start with making an icord the length you want your snakes body to be.......lots of tutorials in how to make an i-cord can be found on youtube.

Next we will begin knitting by rows......

KFB (knit into front and back of stitch) into each stitch across .....this increases your sts to 6. Turn.
KFB, Knit 4, KFB .....increases to 8 sts across. Turn.
Knit across. Turn
Purl across. Turn
Knit across. Turn
Purl across. Turn
Knit across. Turn
Purl across. Turn
K2tog, Knit 4, K2tog........this decreases to 6 sts. Turn
P2tog, Purl 2, P2tog.......this decreases to 4 sts. Turn
Cast off in knit.

Embroider eyes with black cotton thread and tie on and knot a piece of red yarn for the tongue.
Weave in all ends.

Christmas 2012.

Baking gingerbread is my most fav thing to do at Christmas time - to me the smell alone signals a season of joy and peace. My children love it - I make them gingerbread men, reindeers, round cookies I cover in whipped cream.....mmmmm I (heart) Christmas!

Can you tell they're actually upside down gingerbread men......

 

 

Gingerbread house made with my eldest daughter <3 br="br">

My Dad's special Christmas pressie.

Another pressie

Another pressie.....

And lastly this was a gift for a friends new baby girl!!!! A cloth nappy cover knit in a gorgeously soft merino and embellished with the bubs first initial and a sequined star :)

Conjoined twins....

Isn't this sunflower amazing....they're conjoined twins!
Both flower heads are joined completely on one side of each head, sharing a central "face" which continues on around the back. How interesting!

 

Summer and still clacking away ;)

And boy is it getting hot....phew!
But of course there is alwaqys plenty on the knit list to get done so here are my latest ones :)

Teacher aide gifts......I just adore how smart and pretty this washcloth pattern is! Poplar by Julia stanfield.

My first 'Nina' test knit for my lil princess Calliope......

This is a second knit of 'Nina' by craftyweewifey on ravelry.....This one I gifted as a surprise to a little girl at my son's school.

Project 112....

And it's this project that completes my commitment for 112 projects in 2012 with the ravelry group of the same name!
All my projects can be found in my thread http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/112-in-2012/1958126/1-25
I'm quite stoked and it's so fun to keep track of what you've been making throughout the year all in one spot....of course I've heaps more projects that will be finished before the year is out but it's fun to know I made it!!!

 

 

 

Photography....

I love taking pictures with my camera........what started as a way to show others (namely my Grandma) what I had been making or doing has become a fun and interesting way to document my life, children and the smallest things I see as I wander through each day.
I don't have a fancy camera.....nothing special but I guess I'm not really into the complicated side of things more the preservation of a memory and time. When I take photos of my craft and children I may fiddle a little with the pics in photoscape, adding fancy borders or sharpening etc but my nature shots are just as they are - I think that's important! Of course I do have to crop and resize the nature pics and maybe add a simple border but that's it.

One of my fav pics I've taken.........

This little guy lives in a tree near our vege garden

3 more scarves for a custom order.....

Sunflower - I can't wait til more open and I can show off a sea of yellow....

The beauty of nature........Raspberry....

 

Knits and learning a new skill.....

 

Poplar' wash cloths.....such a cute pattern!

  

And ta da.....something new! My very first try at colorwork and a chart! Super proud of this one and I love the colors....

the back.

Wee and warm' test knit - I love this seamless pattern.

Green living...

"The biggest part of how humans function must be green 

or we will have failed the planet"

Kookaburras taking time to survey our vege garden...

Our first raspberry

An ants view....looking up into the sunflowers...

Found this lil guy as I was planting flowers - google tells me it's a fiddler beetle! I love his markings.

Fresh made pesto for the freezer - my husband has grown the most yummiest basil this year!