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Absentee Blogger?

Lisa — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:05:45 +0000

So, we put an offer in on a house. We got a counter-offer. We submitted a counter-counter-offer and it was accepted! HUZZAH! We had an inspection, yesterday evening, and I’m about 90% sure we’ll be buying our first home within the next 30 days. How awesome is that?!

Now…I need to pack. We’ve been living in this apartment for the past 4 years, so we’ve accumulated quite a bit. I think we need a big giant purge. My “job” during the day is to sort, pack, and clean. It’s been….hard, to say the least. To balance crocheting (I got my second custom slipper order! yay!), spending time with the kiddos (oh, they NEED to eat??), and sorting through our life, stuff gets overwhelming. I can usually function on the 5-6 hours of sleep I get at night, but lately I have been feeling drained.

If I can be frank for a moment: I have so much crafty crap, it’s pathetic. I seriously need to get rid of a lot of old yarn, fabric, and notions that have just been amassing into plastic bins, over the years. It’s SUCH a daunting task, though! I have an irrational attachment to some things. I think I need to just dedicate a box to donate and fill it. One box at a time and eventually I’ll be free! oh so free!

And look at me, now! I’m blogging about not blogging, when I shouldn’t be…blogging. I don’t think I’m even making any sense.

Just know this:
-I’ll be around to answer questions about orders, patterns, and whatever you need
-I am super excited about this move, no matter how hard I know it will be
-I love & appreciate all who follow the blog and actually DO read about my life and crafty-side!

Don’t forget to enter the giveaway! You can enter up to SIX times! So, if just 2 people do all six, then I’ll have 50 entries and I’ll choose a runner-up winner! Thanks to all who have spread the word!

I Heart Faces Week 16: Collages!

Lisa — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:31:56 +0000

The challenge this week at I ♥ Faces is collages. Who better a collage subject than a four-year old boy? Ohhh the faces he makes! I could fill an album to the brim with photos of his face. He has so many. They range from the handsome to the strange. And I love them all. He makes my folders interesting.

Did I tell you how my hard drive died and I hadn’t backed up in MONTHS? No? Well, it did. And I no longer have the originals or even the high-definition versions of these photos. And that makes me sad. Thank goodness for Flickr! I don’t have the original, but I do have a decent size. Decent enough for prints and for me to mush up into collages. Maybe my [future] photo album for the last half of 2009 and first quarter of 2010 will just be a bunch of collage pages. Yeah, I hadn’t backed up in NINE months. It was the epitome of photographer irresponsibility.

Why don’t you go and back up your photos, right now? It would be the best thing for all of us to do. Mass backups!

Also, go check out the other A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. collages at I ♥ Faces, this week!

365.286: granny square slippers

Lisa — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:33:19 +0000

Pattern: Granny Square Slippers, from the purl bee blog
Yarn: Red Heart Soft
Hook: H-8 (5.00mm)

365.278: celestine pickup

Lisa — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:18:50 +0000

this project (‘celestine’ by Berroco) had been sleeping in a bag for over a year. I only got through 4.5 points (of 12) before I put it down. I’m finishing up the 5th and plan to do at least 1 a day until I finish. Hopefully, by next Wednesday I’ll have a finished toy. We’ll see.

by the way, 3mm needles + worsted weight yarn = hand cramps. maybe that’s why i put it away?! I need my needles for socks, so I MUST finish. It’s too pretty to frog.

newborn head model!

Lisa — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:02:55 +0000

So, the Fisher Price Happy Apple is pretty much the size of a newborn head. Andy had a 14″ head (9lbs, 4 oz) and that is the exact circumference of the toy at its largest.

This was a test knit for my adjustments to the bonnet with ears. I had to adjust the pattern and needles for this. I think I got it right, but I’ll probably increase the stitch count very slightly next time.

brown bear built

Lisa — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:32:44 +0000

Pattern: Bedfellows by Camilla Engman, in The Happy hooker
Yarns: Ella Rae Classoc, Ístex Álafoss Lopi (brown variegated)
Hooks: 5.0mm (H) and 6.5mm (K)
Mods: head- my stitch number went like this:
3, 6, 12, 24, 30, 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, 60, 66, then i switched yarns and did one even row, then i switched hooks and started the decrease part of the pattern (for the bunny head). I wanted it to have a flatter face and for the contrasting yarn (brown) to show up more from the front. limbs- I switched yarns right after increasing to 21 and crocheted 2 even rows, then i switched hooks and started the decreases.

Hello world!

Lisa — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:18:54 +0000

I got tired of joomla, so welcome to my new wordpress blog! you can still access all of my old entries by going to http://www.goodknits.com/joomla

I’ll be adding some entries later that are backdated (for example, the pattern for crocheted mary janes), so that the info is still easily available.