Weekend is almost over

Here's a St. Patrick's Day card I made. There is a great paucity of St. Patty's Day cards out there. So, I thought I'd come up with an original instead of casing someone else's. As you'll notice, I'm not Irish, so all you Irish lasses should step up to the challenge and make some awesome inspirations!

This is the afghan I am making for my mom. She's going to be 80 this year. It's made from Baby Alpaca yarn and takes 13 skeins! (At $13 per skein, you do the math!) I've already knit 2 skeins and should start the 3rd tonight. Started it Friday night. I hope it will only take a few weeks, but the thing is starting to get heavy and I won't be able to haul it around too much longer!

Here's the bag before felting (above) and after felting (below) with a close-up of the flowers.

Felted Fair Isle Bag Finished!

I finished the Felted Fair Isle Bag today having attached the handles and whipstitching the top hem. I really like this bag and I probably have enough yarn left over to do another one with the same colors, but different patterning as I used some colors more than others. Here's the final project:

I'll put up more pics tomorrow. I'm going to bed!

It's Been a Month Already?

I can't believe it's been a month since I last posted on here. I guess I've been a little busy. Here's what I started on January 19th:

(Not me)--------------------------> This is what it looked like that 1st day:

Here is what it looked like today before I felted it:

Here is the 2nd sock I had started last month. I don't remember when I finished it, but I've already worn them:

Here is the hat I made for Emily in her school colors:

I've also not touched my Simple Knitted Bodice sweater, with the excuse of it's a fall sweater, so what would I do with it now? Here is a preview of the lace portion:

What else am I working on? I've started a pair of socks for Emily. I still have the 2 sweaters to finish. I have also started a pair of socks for me that will be very, VERY hard and may never finish them. We'll see.

Here's a picture of John and me from his military ball last weekend:

Here's a picture of Olivia from a couple of weeks ago: