Teaser Tuesday...

My readers spoke...I listened. Here is a sample of what I am up to:



Thanks for your imput!
~cre8tivkj

Why all the questions?

You may have noticed I have two polls over in the right hand column going on right now. So, why all the questions, you ask? Well, here goes... Over the past year I've been loom knitting I have sometimes struggled to learn by reading and even sometimes by looking at pictures. Everyone is well aware of the wonderful video's Isela has all over the internet. I've watched them many times myself. They are a wonderful resource. I have the Loom Knitting Primer book and have gleened much from this book, but videos are where it is at for me. I have been able to follow patterns but sometimes it is a great struggle even with lots of pictures, especially if I am at an emerging stage of learning a new skill or technique. I knit a pair of half finger gloves on DPNS just like the ones you see on your right with lots of help and demonstrations from a friend of mine. I also was able to successfully knit a pair of socks using DPNS with the help of a great video I purchased from knittinghelp.com. I know I am not alone. I am not looking to make a killing off of this video (or the pattern for that matter), it's yarn stash money at best, I just want to be able to create something for the looming community interested in making these gloves because I know I am not the only one in this entire world that learns lightning fast with a video you can pause and rewind and play over and over again until it sinks in. Thanks for all of your input!

View from my kitchen window...

I took this picture about a week ago at the crack of dawn. I had forgotten about it until I took the cd out of my camera (I have a digital camera that burns pics direct to cd) and placed it into my computer. Voila, up popped this picture and it took my breath away again...



Have a wonderful day!

Freebie Friday

Here is a freebie for my loom knitting friends:



Legend
x = purl
blank squares = knit
b= bobble (visit here for directions on doing a bobble)

Instructions:
Cast on 36 (clockwise on a round loom or left to right on a single sided rake) with the crochet cast on method.
Pattern Notes: To speed knit this cloth e-wrap and knit the knit stitches in the garter stitch on all sides and flat knit within the picture portion of the pattern. Beginning tail weaving tip: On round one, just before you reach the last three to four pegs, take the tail piece and e-wrap pegs clockwise. Continue to knit (counterclockwise) with working yarn to end of round knitting over top loop with the bottom and middle loop (cast on loop and loop from tail). Your tail piece is now automatically woven in!
1. K36
2. P36
3. K36
4. P36
5. K36
6. P36
7. K36
All even rows beginning with row 8: P4, follow graph, P4
All odd rows: K36
61: K36
62: P36
63: K36
64: P36
65: K36
66: P36

Finishing:
Crochet bind off with a single crochet in between each loop join. Weave in end tail piece.

Thanks for stopping by!
~cre8tivkj~

Fun, but not 100% accurate...

I am a Camel – Consistent and inflexible
“Camel has very little elasticity, and it doesn’t felt easily. The fiber also doesn’t bleach easily, so you’ll normally find it used in yarns whose color either masks or enhances the natural tan shade of the camel fiber.” –The Knitter’s Book of Yarn

Camels are frank and straightforward in their manner. You know what you want and, while you are extremely polite and tactful, you have no difficulty being firm and definite. You are not very flexible or adaptable; you like things to be a certain way.

Funny, I raise camelids (alpacas) so I suppose it is fitting that I came out resembling a camel. I don't agree with the fiber not felting well, total hogwash! I tried washing my first batch and barely agitated it and it came out as a big unsightly mass. It felted too well! LOL. I would say I am straightforward and such, but would not agree with the inflexible part, I also adapt really well to change.

What Fiber are you? Take the quize and find out: Click here.

I finally got around to making myself a blog banner. I had fun drawing it up. It is suppose to be me. Here is a picture of me:



What do you think?


Have a great day!

A homemade Christmas, baby cakes and our family portait day...

Our youngest daughter turned two this past December on the 15th. She is just crazy about babies so I decided to make her a baby cake. The feet were a little large, but overall I think it turned out pretty cute!


Amanda May's 2nd Birthday Cake


The birthday girl blowing out her candles.


Birthday girl with gifts.

This year was more of a homemade Christmas. With the worry for toys not being safe with all of the lead scares in the news, it seemed like the best thing to do. Both my sister and I gave gifts we made. She is more of a needle knitter than I (I prefer my looms). Even her husband knit up some darling headbands for the kids.


Lexi models the hat and mittens my sister made for her.


Paige models her headband from uncle Gary.


My mom shows off her new pair of loom knit gloves.


My brother-in-law Gary, admiring his beer cozy I loom knit for him.


My stepdaughter Lexi is always wanting to borrow my looms, so I got her a set of her own.

We had our family portrait taken this year by a friend of ours. He is a professional wedding photographer (www.bellaphotographyusa.com), but agreed he'd do our family portrait (no easy task, believe me, we had 15 people to get in the photo). We are all waiting on pins and needles to see the proofs. I took this photo while my sister and her husband were getting some individual shots taken:


My hubby getting his tie ironed quick before we got our portraits taken. I guess he should have thought of that before he put it on, huh?


Half of our crew modeling for my camera before the photographer showed up.

Thanks for stopping by!

Are you looming without obligation?

I read a post on one of my yahoo groups the other day about a lady that felt so inadequate because, although she had been looming for awhile, she still plotted along fairly slowly and felt as though she wasn't keeping up with the rest of her looming community. She would get one project done in a week and she kept hearing how so and so got 5 hats, 10 scarves, and 5 pairs of mittens done in one week... Then I read the most hilarious post from another gal saying she felt the same way..so and so made 1,000 sweaters, 50,000 hats, blah, blah, blah. I had to laugh. It was an exaggeration of course, but it was funny none the less! I felt that way too once upon a time. I still do occasionally. Especially since I am working on being a loom knitting pattern designer. I read all these ladies (and some gentlemen's) blogs that are designing and they have accomplished so much and in so little time. I need to give myself a break. I do have six kids after all! It isn't like I don't have anything else to do afterall. But still, if you feel the same way, feel free to snag my Looming without Obligation graphic (or make your own) and then just do what you can. Looming is suppose to be a hobby after all! If it takes you a year to complete your first project (I am exaggerating again, hee, hee, hee), so be it! If you loom like a mad person and get 1,000 sweaters done, 50,000 hats and scarves, so be it! Whatever you are able to do. Don't feel ashamed you loom too much. Don't be ashamed you aren't able to loom as much as the next person. Just loom without obligation because:

- Your loom is not a treadmill
- Your not a machine (hee, hee)
- You are a machine (Isela, anyone???)
- Sometimes less is more
- If you loom when you are inspired, it benifits the whole looming community (Yeah!)
- Your yarn stash is getting too low
- You feel the need to lower your yarnstash quick before someone finds out how truly addicted to yarn you REALLY are!
- You have a busy life besides your hobbies
- Your life IS your hobby (LOL)
- You only loom for a cause
- You only loom for your loved ones
- You only loom for yourself
- Well, just because!

Thanks for stopping by!