Finally

I finished my scarf. It took me a few months and a couple of balls of yarns its not long but it is thick. I LOVE the colour

But Wait There's More!

We've had this blog for a little over a year, and never in that time have I felt that the name is more apt than it is now. I literally CANNOT stop making these.

Also, swung by the thrift store the other day and began to fulfill a craft that I dreamed about. More on that later.

Happy New Year and Every Single Day.

Hello lovelies,

I hope you all (and yes, I know, "you all" is a broad term usually reserved for numbers greater than two, but I'm usin' it and that's that) had the loveliest of Christmases. I certainly did, and just got home from ... home. It was an incredibly busy holiday season and now I need to spend some time recovering from my vacation. A vacation form my vacation, if you will.

Although I didn't have tons of time while I was on my break, I have been making more coffee cup sleeves!

I got one really big ball of yarn for $1.99, so I've been working through that same ball for the last couple of sleeves--I figure it's the most cost efficient way of doing it!

I still have lots of yarn to get through, so these aren't even near the end and I found tons of gorgeous colours of felt in the craft aisle at the dollar store. Just feast your eyes on this goodness!

It's a good thing the beginning of semester is always slow, right? Time to knit!

Lately.

Lately, I've been spending hours in the library. It's finals season.

Lately, I've been watching lots of vampire movies for my Vampires in Culture and Film class and,

Lately, I've been crafting while watching Dracula, Shadow of a Vampire, and Lost Boys.

One thing I'm really excited about is that I recently had my bottlecap magnets up at a craft fair, and I did really well! I didn't turn a huge profit in the grand scheme, but compared to what I spent on supplies, I done good! I wasn't expecting to break even, so this is very exciting. I wasn't able to make it to Vancouver for the craft fair, but I have some pictures of the product:

It's crazy to think that I could walk into someone's house who isn't a close friend and see something I made on their fridge! And the more I make and the more craft fairs I put my stuff in, the higher these chances are! Something I MADE is in a stranger's house. It's weird.

Until them, I've been knitting knitting, vampires, knitting, vampires, knitting, linguistics. I made some coffee cup sleeves too, they didn't make the craft fair, but pictures soon to follow.

Happy Festivus!

xo, Julz.

Speed Knitter

Scarves completed out of 4: 2

It seems that I do my best knitting in the middle of the night.

This is scarf numero dos, although it's not so much of a scarf as a neck tube. The ends are stitched together and wrapped around my head twice because it's HUGE.

I am doing my gift exchange TOMORROW, talk about leaving it to the last minute.

Halfway there!

Progress!

Scarves Completed Out of 4: 1!!!!!!!!!

So stoked on life. This scarf took me far too long to complete, but I'm finally done! Only three more to go.

Today, I bought the tools and a book to crochet.

Because I need another craft to start.

Biggest lie of my life.

Three scarves, six knitted coffee cup sleeves, one toque, about 15 more magnets, and a felt doll to go....

Knitting up a storm.

While, like Jen, I do have mini books on the go (a December Daily and a goal book for this year), those projects are sitting on the sidelines right now as I am currently in the oh-my-god-there's-only-fifteen-days-till-Christmas-I-have-to-get-four-scarves-done-crap-crap-crap! Stage.

I always get to this stage around Christmas, after promising knitwear to too many people. I tried to be organized this year, I started these scarves in November. Tried being the operative word.

I have these three on the go, and another waiting to be started... in short, I'm screwed.

Earning her knitting callouses one stitch at a time,

Julz