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I think I'm overdosing on technology. I can Twitter from my iPhone which updates my blog and my Facebook status - I can create a blog entry from my phone on a plane, on a train, in a car, Sam I am....I can IM from my laptop, get my email on the pc and my phone, and on and on and on.....so, wonder why I can't get the bathrooms clean, or my projects done (other than knitting, of course) - but darn it all - I'M CONNECTED.

I guess the best part is I can find my kids no matter where they are on the planet!! :) Oh, and I guess they can find me :( - and so can everyone else - why did I need it all? And why do I want more? Still drooling over an Amazon Kindle - I'm sick, sick, sick....time for an intervention or a twelve step program..... Hello, my name is Susan, and I'm a techno-a-holic.
(this blog post was actually created the old fashioned way, from my PC on blogger.com, ha!)

Stash Buster

Woohooo - I love it when I find a project that I can complete without buying something, anything...and this was it - I have so much wool yarn that is good for felting. I was inspired by a project I saw on Ravelry - but it was crochet.... I used four different colorways of Plymouth Yarns Boku - its 95% wool and 5% silk -and it is very close to Noro Kureyon. Its a self striping yarn so you get lots of colors, but you could get the same affect by changing colors as you knit the squares. I think it would be fun if you make each square alternating stripes of just 2 colors.

I love this laptop sleeve - I have a few of them I've purchased - which makes it easy for me to use any tote bag for my laptop - now I have a fancy creative one. If you want to make one, either check out my Ravelry page - or leave a comment and I'll send you the basics. I still have LOTS of stash so maybe I need to make more for gifts? I'm sure I can get some ideas of who would like one. --Happy Monday - -

Knitting for Babies

I love to knit for babies - their items are small so they can be quick to knit up - plus they are sooo cute. And I feel all "earth mother"-y when I knit for a baby, like I'm a pioneer woman living in the time when we made everything "from scratch". The baby sweaters were completed with a recipe instead of a pattern - from Elizabeth Zimmerman (or EZ to us knitters) - sometimes thought of as the mother of modern knitting - I like to think of her as a "knitting engineer" - you can have paper engineers, she was definitely a knitting engineer. These little sweaters (called the Baby Surprise Jacket - or BSJ in the knitting world) are knit continuously using a recipe instead of a line by line pattern - all in one piece that resembles origami when complete - you fold the correct way and voila - a sweater. You can change the size by varying the size of your needles and the weight of the yarn but the recipe remains the same. Love it!! It was a challenge for me to change my thinking to knit this way - and the challenge is what keeps me addicted to knitting.

The baby in the picture is the beautiful son of my friend Sheryl - his name is Finn - he is wearing booties also by EZ and knit up very similar to the BSJ. The yarn is Opal self stripping sock yarn which makes you look like you are a color wizard when in fact, the yarn is doing all of the work. The first sweater is done with a different yarn - now I need a baby girl to give it to - we have a new baby arriving in our family in March - my cousing Bekk is expecting - so if she delivers a girl, instant sweater!



This is a diaper bag - for the above mentioned Sheryl and baby Finn - felted, with lots of pockets and enough artistic flare for the artistic mother (Sheryl Tuorila Mosaics). The end pockets are the perfect size for a baby bottle. Now if I can get together with the new mommy to give it to her before the baby no longer wears a diaper, we'll be doing good!! The stripe on the front is a light lime green, hard to see in the photo - and the circles are also felted and appliqued on after felting - I also added some matching seed beads for a little sparkle and bling - I love felted bags - so durable and comfie to carry.



I have so many knitting projects planned - I can't possible get to them all - but I'm hoping to get some current projects completed so I can start something new.

Happy Friday, my friends -

College Boy

My oldest is in college. I have to keep reminding myself of that. It seems a bit unreal to me because I could swear he was only five just yesterday. But those are the thoughts of all parents.

We are having fun getting into college sports. St Cloud State hockey games are a family favorite. So I'm trying to adjust and excited to see him succeed and make his way in the big wide world.

-- Post From My iPhone