A Confession of Sorts

So, if you are an artist craftier extraordinaire, you will understand this revelation. If you are not you may see this as excessive or a little crazy. But to the point..... most A.C.E.'s have a "stash" of whatever they craft/create with. Here's most of mine.



This is my yarn that sits right next to my love seat. I am not currently knitting with any of this yarn. It use to house my dishcloth cotton, but it was way too full. Then I started putting whatever I was working on in there, but since I tend to take my projects with me it ended up being an "in between" storage place for when I'm done with the project and haven't put the yarn away. I always leave this yarn tote/storage right there. Frugalmom gave it to me after her grandmother passed. I never got to meet this wonderful woman but knowing she was a knitter/crocheter like myself made me feel connected to her. So, I leave it there and use it and remember her and say a prayer for her family that I know misses her everyday.


These three clear totes hold all my dishcloth cotton. You may be thinking, "she has plenty", but I was just looking online two days ago. More, specifically at more natural looking colors. LOL
Um, also if you notice to the left of these three totes are more totes, ummmm that's all my stamping/card making stuff. :0)


This is the top of my XL Land's End tote. This tote is not stuffed full of yarn, yet ;0) It probably has 12-20 balls/skeins of yarn in it.


There are nine totes here. The three on the left hold all my dishcloth cotton. The orange tote currently holds misc., mostly non wool yarn. The four small totes on top hold all my wool yarn. They are Rubbermaid with natural cedar. I wish I would have bought more of these and larger ones when my local Walk Mart had them marked down. They are stuffed full.

Clothespin Apron

My DH recently put up my clothesline. I was getting tired of carrying my clothespins out in a ziploc bag. I didn't want to leave them out there on the line. Soooo, I made this clothespin apron. I found the pattern and instructions at Mother Earth News.

My first Socks!

I knit these two at a time on two circs, size 2 needles. I used Knitpicks Memories sock yarn, colorway- flowerpower. They pooled at the ankle, but that's okay I'm just glad I was able to finish them.

I'm still here

I've just been posting everything on Ravelry instead. Plus I'm still trying to get a few pictures of gifts I made but forgot to take pictures of. So, I'm going to do a quick update on everything I've made since Christmas of 2007.


These were actually made back in August/September 07 for my niece Sophia

This was a scarf I made for my neice Carly for Christmas.

Frugalmom's Ear flap Hat







KiKi's Headband






My headband that needs a few rows ripped out.






Mercede's Scarf


Meghan's Scarf

Cabled Headband

This started out as a hat gift, but I soon realised that it was going to be too big for the recipient. So, I decided it would be for me, then when I finished it not only was it too small for me but it probably would have only fit a three month old and the colors were all wrong for her. So, I started ripping. I ripped back to the last cable section and then just bound off. So, now it's a nice cabled headband for me. Here's where I found the pattern.

FO's 2

Here is some stuff I made for my color swap buddy, stephanie. Unfortunately I have been crazy busy so getting pics of everything wasn't a priority. I made the cards in the top right corner, the bookmarks right below them and the dishrags/potholders in the middle. I did happen to take a close up of the bookmarks.

FO's 1

I have a few finished projects I can share now that they have been gifted.


First up is a birthday gift for my BF frugalmom. Its a backpack I knit. I used a pattern for the infamous booga bag and then just adapted it into a backpack. I felted it. Unfortunately, I forgot to take pics before the felting. I put stiff interfacing in the bottom to give it some form. I also lined it and put a pocket on the inside.

Front and back flat

Front and back stuffed

Inside shows lining and pocket