In my creative space today I am grateful that I love the process as well as the finished product.
Now that I have mornings back to myself (thank you summer camps!) I’ve been doing more sewing. You’d think that a peaceful house would mean überproductivity, but I find myself spending too much time with my friend
Maybe it is too quiet?
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In my creative space today I’m finishing up the details on a few gifts.
First up is this little teddy bear for my friend Lisa, who is expecting a baby any day now. Lisa is all about cute crochet stuffies, so I figured an amigurumi bear would be perfect.
Want to know the coolest thing about this teddy? She’s made completely out of recycled sweater yarn! Don’t you just love her even more now?
The pattern is from the amigurumi volume of Kyuuto! Japanese Crafts! If you are interested in Japanese craft books, but are nervous about following the diagrams, this is a good place to start. It’s translated into English!
I’m off to finish up some more gifts. You should head on over to Kirsty’s blog for more creative spaces!
I’m still spring cleaning my creative space. Last night I went through all of my knitting and crochet magazines. I was surprised how much paper I was holding on to for just a handful of patterns. I cut out the ones I liked and bundled up the rest to pass on to my friends at knitting group on Wednesday.
Tonight I’m tackling my inspiration magazines. I rarely tear out pages, but after seeing all of the advertising that is just cluttering things up, I started ripping. How inspirational can all of these beautiful photos really be when they are mixed in with ads for all kinds of uncreative things? I’m cutting out what I love and recycling the rest.
Both of these steps are in addition to thinning out my craft books, which I did a few weeks ago. I put a lot of stuff on swaptree.com and have given some away to friends. My spring cleaning goal is to only have things around my creative space that are inspiring to me.
I know some of you are out there spring cleaning, too. What are you tossing?
In my creative space today is another custom bag for my friend Cathy with more cat fabric! She wanted this one really big to hold her ball winder, swift and tons of yarn.
I made it really big.
Then I was worried that it was too big.
I took it to knitting group tonight and she said it’s perfect!
I just need to finish it up and get it back to her. She’s got a bunch of yarn waiting for it.
Now I’m headed over to Kirsty’s blog for more Creative Space inspiration. You should, too!
I think this picture of my creative space might be a little misleading. I’m not really in the Christmas spirit yet. November is my favorite month and Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. It’s just that I have finished up a lot of the projects on my needles and found myself with nothing to take to knitting group last night.
I’ve decided to crochet some stars for the holidays with this fancy yarn I got at my knitting guild’s trick or treat swap. I have no idea what it is, but it sure is festive! I’m going to work on these stars in between projects until I have enough to string a garland for the holidays. I should be able to have them done before December, when I actually will be in the holiday spirit.
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pattern: I just working the first five rounds of the Chromium Star blanket.
My creative space is filled with knitting today. Actually, re-knitting.
You know how everyone always says gauge is so important? Well, getting your daughter’s head measurement right in the first place is even more important.
Yep, that’s her first hat in the background of the picture. I measured a moving target and came up with 19 inches. Never measure a moving head. After we determined that it wouldn’t fit and my gauge was spot on, I measured her head while standing still. 20 inches.
So, I’m re-knitting and since there is snow in the forecast, I’m bumped this project up to the top of my to-do list.
What’s in your creative space today?
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Non-knitters: the simplest definition of gauge is how many stitches you knit per inch. Multiply stitches per inch by number of inches to figure out how many stitches you need for something to fit. I multiplied my gauge by too few inches and wound up with a hat that is too small.
My daughter and I have been coloring paper ghosts this week. Today I’m going to cut them out and we’re going to string them into a garland. Want to make one, too? Grab the template from Ellen over at The Long Thread.
What’s in your creative space today?
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I would have loved to post this earlier, but I misplaced my camera cord. Yes, it’s been one of those days. I’ve been hustling and bustling to get gifts in the mail. I don’t know why June seems to be a last minute month. I start planning early, I really do. I think part of it is because I really want these gifts to be special, and it takes a lot of searching for that perfect thing to make.
Now that everything is packaged up and at the post office, I am going to work on something just for me: my monkey socks that have been in the UFO pile for almost a year. Yikes!
You can find more creative spaces over at Kootoyoo’s blog.
I’ve been checking out Kootoyoo’s Creative Space for a few weeks and today I’m finally playing along. My creative space is my sewing room, pressing and stitching linen and cotton gifts that need to be finished soon!
