I've generated an online portfolio to show off some of my graphic design work.. Hey, it doesn't hurt to advertise, I should know... Its what I do all day.
http://mad-smile-designer.carbonmade.com/
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Ode to "Victoria"
I've always wanted to do this cloth but could never get the pattern from Ms. Cote's site. Its hard to get on there even during "non-peak" hours. If only I could read french... Then, I didn't know why I check the files from the Monthly Dishcloth KAL Group. It was there the whole time! I believe she's a member of the group(?) and gave them permission to post it. Anyway, I had to tink a few rows a couple of times as I messed up on the repeats, but it was fun and fairly quick considering the complexity of the lace pattern.
Definitely will do again. It used a whole ball of cotton on 4.5mm needles, I might add with about 3 inches of waste...
Great Minds Think Alike
So, I'm going through the Monthly Dishcloth KAL's messages and saw I was missing out on the 1st KAL for Feb. After reading through the pattern a bit, I thought "that sounds familiar"
It most certainly was. Seems I did the Feb KAL before it started. I always feel so guilty when I miss them, but I'm enjoy a stitch pattern cloth more and they tend to do more "picture" pattern cloths so I have a hard time staying motivated to do them... But because its Valentine's, I couldn't resist this picture pattern.
It most certainly was. Seems I did the Feb KAL before it started. I always feel so guilty when I miss them, but I'm enjoy a stitch pattern cloth more and they tend to do more "picture" pattern cloths so I have a hard time staying motivated to do them... But because its Valentine's, I couldn't resist this picture pattern.
Sunday, February 04, 2007
The Three M's
Moster Jam Sunday.... They sold us the whole seat, but really! We did only need the edge!
The boy has always wanted to go so we figured, what the hey... Thank Gawd for earplugs!
Mother's Day, Already!!!
Naw.. He just wanted to do the dishes after he cleaned the kitchen. The boy has good genes, what can I say :)
Mate for the Fingerless Wristwarmer
Its not as good as the first one. I got excited and casted it off a few rows too early then seamed it backwards... The wrist edge is now in the palm, and the palm is on the wrist, but hey, my hand model liked 'em.
The boy has always wanted to go so we figured, what the hey... Thank Gawd for earplugs!
Mother's Day, Already!!!
Naw.. He just wanted to do the dishes after he cleaned the kitchen. The boy has good genes, what can I say :)
Mate for the Fingerless Wristwarmer
Its not as good as the first one. I got excited and casted it off a few rows too early then seamed it backwards... The wrist edge is now in the palm, and the palm is on the wrist, but hey, my hand model liked 'em.
Saturday, February 03, 2007
Sweets for the Sweets
Valentine's Day... What do you and your special someone do for it?
Me, I get presents. Its my birthday. Don't know if I deserve them but, I'd better get presents! LOL
I do love Valentine's day, though. All the pink, red. The hearts, so soft and foofy. Is "foofy" a word? I was never a "pink person" 'til lately. I don't understand why I love it now. Must be some sort of "pink-phase". But now I'm just rambling....
My point is, I am into knitting pink. Case in point, my ponchette and these cloths.
Hey, Isabelle... Notice my Love Day washcloth? I finally got on cast on... Its such a pretty pattern, thanks for posting it.
This one is my own design. I call it "Ice-Cream Sunday". Its based on the nine patch from the Mason Dixon blog. Instead of doing nine, I did three patches. Cast off, picked up 36 stitches along the edge, knit 12 garter ridge rows in Jute. Changed colour to pink, did 6 garter ridge rows and lastly changed to red for the remaining garter ridge rows. Bound it off knitwise and voila! The nice thing about this was, not as may little ends to weave in as on the nine patch.
Like the nine patch, it only took me about 4 hours on a Sunday to do it in, hence the name. Plus, I think its "lickable".
Time to go do my dishes!
Me, I get presents. Its my birthday. Don't know if I deserve them but, I'd better get presents! LOL
I do love Valentine's day, though. All the pink, red. The hearts, so soft and foofy. Is "foofy" a word? I was never a "pink person" 'til lately. I don't understand why I love it now. Must be some sort of "pink-phase". But now I'm just rambling....
My point is, I am into knitting pink. Case in point, my ponchette and these cloths.
Hey, Isabelle... Notice my Love Day washcloth? I finally got on cast on... Its such a pretty pattern, thanks for posting it.
This one is my own design. I call it "Ice-Cream Sunday". Its based on the nine patch from the Mason Dixon blog. Instead of doing nine, I did three patches. Cast off, picked up 36 stitches along the edge, knit 12 garter ridge rows in Jute. Changed colour to pink, did 6 garter ridge rows and lastly changed to red for the remaining garter ridge rows. Bound it off knitwise and voila! The nice thing about this was, not as may little ends to weave in as on the nine patch.
Like the nine patch, it only took me about 4 hours on a Sunday to do it in, hence the name. Plus, I think its "lickable".
Time to go do my dishes!
My Morpheus Möbius
I know, I was always a late bloomer.
The Rubicks cube on my dresser was no where near solved when the majority moved on to Tetris. People were rollerblading while I was still rollerskating. Don't even get me going on Pilates!
I did things when I was ready. Which explains why I just recently discovered Mobius. I love the twist. So, unexpected. Math is cool, when you have to knit it...
I did this with 3 balls of Sean Sheep Yarn in a thick & thin roving wool blend. Its such a rich, delicious, beautiful, red wine colour. I had to have it as soon as I touched it. Its not expensive (which is good) and it is a blend, but I enjoyed it, alot!
Even though my Morpheus Möbius was knit on US 17 needles, it didn't turn out very "lacy" like I thought it might. I cast on 36 stitches and did a simple K2P2 till all three ball were gone. My preferred pattern for scarves because of the rib-factor.
Why did I call it Morpheus? I couldn't believed all that I can do with this ever-looping scarf! After all was said and done, I think I "morphed" it into a shawl, scarf, neck cowl, wrapped hat, face warmer, side-ways sash... Well, you get the idea.
I debated (and sitll might) blocking it, to get it to hold its stretched out width of 17 inches more, but for now, I'm just going to enjoy its warmth.
The Rubicks cube on my dresser was no where near solved when the majority moved on to Tetris. People were rollerblading while I was still rollerskating. Don't even get me going on Pilates!
I did things when I was ready. Which explains why I just recently discovered Mobius. I love the twist. So, unexpected. Math is cool, when you have to knit it...
I did this with 3 balls of Sean Sheep Yarn in a thick & thin roving wool blend. Its such a rich, delicious, beautiful, red wine colour. I had to have it as soon as I touched it. Its not expensive (which is good) and it is a blend, but I enjoyed it, alot!
Even though my Morpheus Möbius was knit on US 17 needles, it didn't turn out very "lacy" like I thought it might. I cast on 36 stitches and did a simple K2P2 till all three ball were gone. My preferred pattern for scarves because of the rib-factor.
Why did I call it Morpheus? I couldn't believed all that I can do with this ever-looping scarf! After all was said and done, I think I "morphed" it into a shawl, scarf, neck cowl, wrapped hat, face warmer, side-ways sash... Well, you get the idea.
I debated (and sitll might) blocking it, to get it to hold its stretched out width of 17 inches more, but for now, I'm just going to enjoy its warmth.
OTC
So, here's my pixys Off The Camera, instead of the needles... LOL
The Christmas coasters I did. Just a simple mitered square in Bernat cotton.
Its a tradition for me to not put everything away like it should be as last year, I had one lone nutcracker out all year. The year before that, one of my Christmas Village houses... Ahhh, traditions...
This one was MIA at the time of "de-decorating" so it'll have to get put in a special place till next year.
The Feather and Fan dishcloth in Bernat cotton - Jute. Its such a traditional, old-world pattern to me. Makes me think of a hand knit afghan that made by Granny. I loved doing it. Inspired by Mary-Anne.
Cute little sweater there, Mary-Anne! Love the buttons... Someday, I might feel comfortable enough to do something like that.... For now, its
Then, my favorite slippers that I decided I'm going to make about 700 pairs of these things!!! LOL - Wow, I'm ambitious.
Again, they were supposed to be Technicolour slippers and have crazy colours throughout and mine are sans-pompoms, but I just don't have that much stash... I still love 'em. Thanks for the link Mary-Anne.
The Christmas coasters I did. Just a simple mitered square in Bernat cotton.
Its a tradition for me to not put everything away like it should be as last year, I had one lone nutcracker out all year. The year before that, one of my Christmas Village houses... Ahhh, traditions...
This one was MIA at the time of "de-decorating" so it'll have to get put in a special place till next year.
The Feather and Fan dishcloth in Bernat cotton - Jute. Its such a traditional, old-world pattern to me. Makes me think of a hand knit afghan that made by Granny. I loved doing it. Inspired by Mary-Anne.
Cute little sweater there, Mary-Anne! Love the buttons... Someday, I might feel comfortable enough to do something like that.... For now, its
Then, my favorite slippers that I decided I'm going to make about 700 pairs of these things!!! LOL - Wow, I'm ambitious.
Again, they were supposed to be Technicolour slippers and have crazy colours throughout and mine are sans-pompoms, but I just don't have that much stash... I still love 'em. Thanks for the link Mary-Anne.
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Black & White
After a trip to the frog pond, my arm warmer that I started last summer (yikes) is now a handwarmer...
The cream (white one) is for the boy as I cast on a couple too little and its snug. The black, a simple stockinette, that'll be for me.
Now I just need to do their mates!
The cream (white one) is for the boy as I cast on a couple too little and its snug. The black, a simple stockinette, that'll be for me.
Now I just need to do their mates!
Monday, January 29, 2007
Pretty in Pink
Don'tcha just love the corny titles!? LOL Heheh.
Anyway, here's the super-soft pink ponchette that I did for myself that I'm afraid to wear to work.... Goof, I know. Its so pretty and girly, but do you think that this 40 yr old mom might look like she wants to be "10" again wearing this, especially to the exec's in our ad agency? Ugly Betty, anyone...
I don't know. Maybe it'll remain weekend casual and never see the office.
Anyway, here's the super-soft pink ponchette that I did for myself that I'm afraid to wear to work.... Goof, I know. Its so pretty and girly, but do you think that this 40 yr old mom might look like she wants to be "10" again wearing this, especially to the exec's in our ad agency? Ugly Betty, anyone...
I don't know. Maybe it'll remain weekend casual and never see the office.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
One at a time...
I can't believe that the last time I posted to my blog was Dec 29. That's not a good thing. I'm wondering if my laziness will continue or if I'll snap out of this doldrum that I've gotten into...
Christmas was wonderful this year. No petty family bickering, lots of food, great weather, we all got spoiled rotten by Santa... Like usual, it went by like a blur. I was however extremely sick with a flu that I thought was going to take down my whole family but only seemed to latch onto me. I should be thankful, I suppose. I can take it, but it sure wouldn't have been fair if the boy had gotten sick during his second most favorite time of the year. While I was sick I'd hoped everyday that I'd be able to pick up the sticks and get some extreme knitting done, but, like I said, it totally sidelined me. I'd have to wait almost to New Year's to do any kind of fun.
Well, when I did eventually return to a semi-noncommatose-state, I did knit with a vengence. I did a couple of dishcloths. One for my bro (I blogged it in my last post), a feather and fan like the one that Mary Anne gifted me from our Canadian Dishloth Group fall exchange. Another pair of slippers... inspired from, again, Mary Anne. She posted a link to some Technicolour slippers (I will too when I update photos for this post) that appealed to me... I don't have lots of "slipper" worthy worsted in my stash (yet) so I just did my two colours... Pix to come. Another scarf, a Mobius very wide in my fav colour about 13" wide and eternally long ;) I love it! I also did up a ponchette in some very pretty in pink mohair mix (can't remember yarn but will look it up for update w/photo) that I'm scared to wear to work. I'm not a "small" girl. Quite well endowed and am "fluffy"... I'm scared it makes me look like a giant Q-tip.I might just get brave and post a pix here for you all to judge. I've worn it shopping, out for supper, around the house... Just not sure about work. I'd like a "GAP" pink long sleeved top to go with it. Maybe that's why I haven't worn it to work yet... Wierd, eh?!
Anyway... I'm right now knitting another cloth for my exchange buddy for Valentine's Day, Dorothy, and have about 4 others planned to do. I need to replenish after Christmas. My little drawer is just about empty except for the gifts I received (thanks again, exchange buddies, you know who you are).
Anyway this is supposed to be just a quick non-pixy post with an update very soon, so... Now I am done...
I've missed you all and am glad to be back blogging and knitting again... XO
Christmas was wonderful this year. No petty family bickering, lots of food, great weather, we all got spoiled rotten by Santa... Like usual, it went by like a blur. I was however extremely sick with a flu that I thought was going to take down my whole family but only seemed to latch onto me. I should be thankful, I suppose. I can take it, but it sure wouldn't have been fair if the boy had gotten sick during his second most favorite time of the year. While I was sick I'd hoped everyday that I'd be able to pick up the sticks and get some extreme knitting done, but, like I said, it totally sidelined me. I'd have to wait almost to New Year's to do any kind of fun.
Well, when I did eventually return to a semi-noncommatose-state, I did knit with a vengence. I did a couple of dishcloths. One for my bro (I blogged it in my last post), a feather and fan like the one that Mary Anne gifted me from our Canadian Dishloth Group fall exchange. Another pair of slippers... inspired from, again, Mary Anne. She posted a link to some Technicolour slippers (I will too when I update photos for this post) that appealed to me... I don't have lots of "slipper" worthy worsted in my stash (yet) so I just did my two colours... Pix to come. Another scarf, a Mobius very wide in my fav colour about 13" wide and eternally long ;) I love it! I also did up a ponchette in some very pretty in pink mohair mix (can't remember yarn but will look it up for update w/photo) that I'm scared to wear to work. I'm not a "small" girl. Quite well endowed and am "fluffy"... I'm scared it makes me look like a giant Q-tip.I might just get brave and post a pix here for you all to judge. I've worn it shopping, out for supper, around the house... Just not sure about work. I'd like a "GAP" pink long sleeved top to go with it. Maybe that's why I haven't worn it to work yet... Wierd, eh?!
Anyway... I'm right now knitting another cloth for my exchange buddy for Valentine's Day, Dorothy, and have about 4 others planned to do. I need to replenish after Christmas. My little drawer is just about empty except for the gifts I received (thanks again, exchange buddies, you know who you are).
Anyway this is supposed to be just a quick non-pixy post with an update very soon, so... Now I am done...
I've missed you all and am glad to be back blogging and knitting again... XO
