Thursday, January 28, 2010

Chicken Stitches contest

SECOND PRIZE -To my new friends:
The second prize package is called "Flower Power". It includes 2 sets of stitch markers, one made with ceramic beads, and the second one made with mother of pearl beads. It also includes a zipper pull and the same yarn as the package one in a different color.



To be eligible to win this package you have to: become a follower of this blog, post the contest info on your blog and let me know you did it by emailing me at chickenstitches@gmail.com.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Review of French Girl Knits

My second Craftnicity post


I almost didnt remember writing it! :)

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Finished my first sweater!


ok...it took me long enough. And I still have 5 others OTN, but I did it. I finished and it is wearable (I have finished other sweaters that were just NOT wearable and I had to frog).

Not a great pic - but I am wearing it to work today...and I have to say I feel Fabulous!


Thursday, September 10, 2009

Pictures at Last




Here are pictures of a few of my squares:

Basketweave 2





Large Basketweave





Wavy Rib


Friday, September 4, 2009

TGISeptember

Well Thank God it's September (at least for my squares project).....it means no cables for awhile, lots of knitting while watching both college and pro football *Go Penn State! Go Steelers!!* and quicker finishing....

I finished all the squares this week (CO'ed todays)....and they were great. I even knit a whole one at a meeting the other day and was very disappointed when I ran out of yarn 1/2 way through the meeting with no way to get more....:)

Will try to organize the squares thus far and take pictures and post them. I now have ideas for blankets/afghans for friends and family using the squares as I head into Holiday knitting season.

And Happy Birthday to my Peel Sis, Cran!!

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Slowly but Surely

I found my cable needle. I don't *love* cables yet but I can slog through them. I did love the woven cables in relief.

No pics yet - will remedy that over the Labor day weekend. I heart the square I'm doing today- it is the blanket rib - very sturdy and textury. September's squares look much less daunting....

I really need to be patient and mark the squares and be sure that I know which ones I have completed.


Monday, August 24, 2009

A week Later

Well I have temporarily given up on doing the cables until I can find my cable needle or get a new one (I "organized" and I can't find the freaking thing!)...

So I went forward and backwards in the calendar (only in the month of August* which seems to be 90% cables!)...and did a few more squares.

Gate and Ladder Pattern (August 23)
Squares (June 18)* (I forgot that I did kinda skip around :))
Checkerboard (June 19)

Ok ....now my disorganization and/or procrastination is catching up with me. I *thought* I had marked each square with the pattern name. Ok...so I didn't or if I did, they didn't hold.

I will now do that...but I still have one or two squares that I can't figure out *which* pattern I used....sigh....will I ever learn?

Photos *will* come this week. I promise. My friend, Beth, has a blog "Confessions of a Disorganized Perfectionist". I think mine should be "Confessions of a Disorganized Procrastinator".