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Illinois, United States
I am a band director at five private schools in Kankakee. Music is a big part of my life, but knitting and crafting are right up there too. I own a ridiculous stash of yarn, which I am slowly using... and replacing with better yarn... I tend to knit and crochet a lot, in class, out of class, while watching tv, while driving, pretty much constantly. I have been involved with crochet romantically for 15 years, and involved with knitting for 11 years. They sometimes get jealous of each other. I think its funny. Along with knitting and crocheting, I quilt, spin (drop spindle) and design patterns!!

Friday, December 07, 2007

christmas gifts and sales

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so im trying to work on a christmas present for the boy, and in between that i am working on just random hats and scarves for gifts and sales.
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so ill keep posting and if you guyses see anything you like just gimme a ring, or comment or whatever.






Thursday, September 13, 2007

back to school

I made this purse from scraps and just went along and figured out what i liked. In the end i decided to have three buttons at the top and a pretty decent interior.
Its kind of blurry but its like a Chinese flower pattern.
This purse is for sale for $20
I went on a spending rampage, (actually my mom decided that it wasnt healthy to have yarn laying around because it collects dust.) (howd you guess shes a nurse?)
we spent over 150 on this and i dont regret it at all, all my yarn is color coded and prettyfied.. too bad it still doesnt all fit into the bins...

its a prettyful site isnt it?

too bad its all three hours away..... sobs...

I just finished this hat, Just simple knit stitch and two yarns, and easy peasy. $10


And this is what EIU drumline is all about

Friday, August 31, 2007

College life


new cable purse
front
back
interior-all for 25$
theres a story about this. my friend whos asked me to do some work for her before, gave me a bag of granny squares about 3 years ago, and asked if in my free time, could i sew it up. so of course i said yes.

well come....3 years later its still hanging in a bag on the underside of my bunk.

so being in a bored state and needing to finish some projects before going to college i took it out. and spent over... 4 hours sewing it up on my bedroom floor.

and then i finished it.

afterwards, i cant help but say i partied!

Friday, June 15, 2007

just hanging around

tping lizes house

the
class of 06 yo jacob. what more can i say
como!
lorenzo
abby and stefl
alex! princess sparkles! dont leave!



le murk
and thats all for now!

been busy

havent had much time to really put up pics, but ive got a buncha them. bunny-i love it
scarf and hat set, sale for 30 both or 15 hat 20 scarf
scarf for sale 20
scarf for sale 30
hat and scarf set.... i really dont want to sell it because its my absolute favorite yarn and pattern. itll cost you...
teddy bear made for adam... but sadly i have taken a strong liking for it, and dont plan on giving it away...
hat made on a loom that i yoinked from liz
one of those hot dogs
the collection of most stuffed animals, give or take acouple
random loose end scarf, for sale, 15$



Sunday, January 28, 2007

more knitting

sooo ive had alot of time to knit, and im not sure why i had so much time. i should be studying...

I made this hat for my friends sister, and then started another one, where i taught her how to knit, and she knit a couple rows and gave that one to her sis instead, so i have this one laying around. $8
One of my improv hats, takes me less than 3 hours to knit one, on size 10.5 needles, so it makes me feel happy! $8
my emo kitty, im keeping it cause i never make something for myself.
newly knit drop stitch scarf, really soft and warm! $25

my last installment so far of the rainbow striped hat, with purple. $8

Thursday, January 25, 2007

I finished the camel

I started it last night when my friends RA asked if I could knit a camel. I thought about it, got out some yarn and decided crochet would be the best way to go. And by 4pm today i finished up the camel, for now at least. I gave it to him and he was smiling ear to ear, lol he even carried it around showing people while he was doing rounds. I was happy!
It's simple, I just made up the pattern, didnt write it down though, I was too lazy to do that, and I didnt use a small enough hook, you can see the stuffing, but i love it, and i know he did too



And my baby Terrence taking a shedding bath. You can see the skin peeling off. lol i love it.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

and you just sit and wonder, what to do with these signs...

every once in a while you wonder if someone out there is trying to show you something, to inspire you.
i just finished watching raise your voice, when i looked down at my knitting, and realized that the yarn had formed two loops.

and i just feel better...

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

hmmm so break

i love going on break.
why?
no schoolwork
soo
lots of knitting!
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ok the story between these two hats. my friend hunts, and i hate the thought of killing animals... so i knit him a camo hat. why? so hed want to go hunting.
now why would i do that? well i knit the bright orange one so that when he is hunting hell think of me and not hunt. see? it all works out....
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crocheted for a friends sister, still havent given it yet.
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experimenting with stiches. basketweave here
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and my new favorite thing to do, after years of not wanting to learn thinking it was too hard
Cables!
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and more cables
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and this hat is purple, not black, but its a bad picture..
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ok i think im done for now.. night!