In lieu of sewing an ark....

I sewed a boatload of clothes. But that's later in the post. A rather long post and I'm sorry. First, woo hoo, excitment, we've had a sighting of...the SUN!!! And just in time of WWKIP. For the third year in a row our small community had a WWKIP event thanks to Tami on ravelry. She organizes and makes calls and gets the LYS behind her and the group of knitters. There were gift bags again this year and I made 10 of them and never even took a picture! There was enabling yarn (in other words-a small sample that makes you want to buy more) and some hand made stitch markers, as well as the bag. There was a destash table and Miss S made a haul from that for her hospice shawls! I think she's done close to 50 of them and she's used what I'm willing to give her from my stash and my daughter's stash. My Mom has checked out Goodwill as well but she was getting down there. I think she's good for a bit. Especially since she's decided to lay down the crochet hook for a bit and pick up the knitting needles again. She only knows the knit stitch but I was looking to tax her brain a bit and was going to bring out dish cloths with different stitch patterns for her to try and learn but I think we'll delve into the purl. I made gift bags for the girls in my knitting world, Miss S and Miss R, since there weren't gift bags for them at the WWKIP event and if we want to create knitters then they have to feel a part of it. Plus, they were fun to sew up!

Miss R helping Mommy open and explore her gift bag. Her sweater was knit by Mommy and is one of our favorites. Look for another one or two of them in future posts!

And a crocheter/knitter is made...or at least started!

Remember the ark and boatload? Well, until yesterday the rain has been coming down. We've had the average total rainfall for June in just the first 4 days and I won't even talk about May! When it rains, a lot, I'm glad I have hobbies. I also joined a group on ravelry called 30 days of sewing in an effort to spur on the sewing and have a place to share it. The goal of the group is to sew for 30 minutes a day. Many of the group have small children so 30 minutes a day to sew is sometimes a stretch. I've pretty much gone over the quota but birthday season is here so I was in a much sew position. Here we go:

Bags for Miss S and Miss R for WWKIP, made from leftover skirt fabric and a good use of a mistake. I originally didn't like the skirt on the dress so ripped it off and destined it for the garbage when this need and the skirt met up and smacked me in the forehead.

Birthday dress for our 9 year old granddaughter, Daisy Kingdom pattern and fabric my Mother in law was destashing

Another Daisy Kingdom dress and pattern from my Mother in law's destash for the 4 year old granddaughter.

The same as the dress in the picture above, Daisy Kingdom pattern and fabric and destash

4th of July shirts for the two year old boys. Fabric is a Debbie Mumm that I got on sale for a great price! Our family loves the Fourth and I like to make shirts or tops for the kiddos to wear to the parade and BBQ or whatever after.

This shirt for the 7 year old. Again, Debbie Mumm fabric on sale!

Birthday shirts for the 3 year olds. I got this fabric months ago at a quilt shop sale that was really too good to pass up and I love the shirts!

And lastly, I'm working on quilts for the three 2 year olds that will be 3. They have "big" beds now and need quilts. Miss R found this quilt pattern in a "quick" quilt magazine I had left out and pointed it out and said I like that one. It's very pretty. So there you go. A birthday present was born. However, their idea of quick and mine are worlds apart. A gazillion applique pieces is not my idea of quick. However, I do love how it's coming out and the appliques are adorable. Now if I can find something as "quick" for the boys!

WWKIP DAY!!!!

Three generations at WWKIP in our area! The littlest looks a little grumpy but it was time for her to head home for lunch. She was one happy little girl until this was taken! There were goody bags! Filled with really good stuff..yarn, patterns, stitch markers!

There were lessons for the newbies. Ok, so she didn't quite get it but you gotta start somewhere and there Was a smile on her face while she had yarn and hook!

And she already thinks bags with yarny goodies are fun to open!

There was also a destash table. Miss R picked out this yarn and hugged it and carried it back to our spot. Mommy doesn't have time to make something from it but Nonny will find the time. Amazing that she picked out a color that she looks so good in.

A very fun morning and I think we've "hooked" another to the dark side! Just wait till next year!

If you say "knit", they will come

A lady I know, when I told her I was going to listen to the Yarn Harlot talk about knitting and that I was going on a shop hop, a yarn shop hop, told me that sounded "incredibly boring". Now in this lady's defense, she is not a knitter, seamstress, crocheter. Her hobbies are shopping and painting. She does not understand the power of yarn, needles, thread. Yes, I still took it personally because it isn't about what I do, it is who I am. It's my release, my creative outlets, my hobbies. Today, World Wide Knit in Public Day, I met a lot of "incredibly boring" people. Over 30 such "boring" people. They didn't look, sound, or appear, bored. They actually seemed to rather enjoy the day. I certainly did!

PNWbookgirl in ravelry organized the event. She did a fantastic job. She had it in the local newspaper (which my mother in law read about and asked if I was there), she had sponsorship by the Knitting Bee, which also provided door prizes. I won a cable needle! I can't give her credit for the weather but it was perfect! Seventies and sunny and a breeze. My arms are a little red.

I took S with me and I was a little concerned she would be "bored" even though she knits, crochets, and loom knits. I was wrong. She had hot chocolate, she loom knit, she watched people, she had pizza for lunch, she watched spinners, she got her picture taken by the lady from the Argus. Bobbi of Tiggywinkle knits (I gotta learn how to put in links) took time out to show her how to begin to spin when she noticed S totally enthralled with her spinning and spinning wheel. I've always said I had no desire to learn to spin but Bobbi was so full of great information and such a great teacher and S seemed so taken with it that I may have to just to get S spinning. Now that could be really good for me. S spins and I knit up what she spins! It was a wonderful way to spend 4 hours and I am especially glad S had such a good time. Maybe next year we'll get her sister to go.....another "boring" person in the ranks!