Knitting on the Side

I’ve been sewing tote bags out of poly food packaging sacks. The sacks can’t be recycled, but they can be upcycled.

I’ve managed to finish a couple more projects since my last post. One of them is a blanket for one of my nephews. It’s just a basic garter stitch blanket with an applied i-cord edging. There wasn’t a pattern for it; I just made it up as I went along. It’s Red Heart Comfort yarn….

It doesn’t feel like it’s been almost two whole months since my last post. Time has really flown lately. We’ve been busy with the glass business so any free time in the evening has been spent vegetating rather than doing constructive things. I have managed to make some things, though, so I thought I would…

There are a couple new Maddy dolls in the world now. One of them went in the mail yesterday morning to go live with her new mommy. The other one won’t get sent until next year when her mommy gets old enough. I just wanted to get the doll made so it would be ready….

We had a couple of cold days in the first week of this year so I’ve been making slippers for us. It’s a little weird trying to take a picture of your own feet so forgive the terrible photo. The pattern is Better Dorm Booties for Men by Kris Basta. I made the size 11-12,…

This is the finished Maddy Doll and all the clothes that I made for her. It would be too easy to just keep making more clothes, but I have to call it quits at some point. She’s going in the mail Monday morning to go live with my niece. The pattern for Maddy is a…

I hope everyone had a great Christmas! It’s almost time to start making New Year’s Resolutions. What will you choose to make a priority in your life for the coming year? One thing that I want to do for 2022 is tame my pile of unfinished projects. I’ve been spending time working on a few…

I’m surrounded by UFOs. They’re laying around almost everywhere. There are blankets, dishcloths, sweaters, a vest, bags, slippers…basically anything you can make out of yarn, there’s probably one laying around my house partially completed. Quite a large number of things simply need the ends woven in or need buttons or zippers sewn on. This project…

This is a Hue Shift Afghan. I got the kit from Knit Picks a long time ago. I’d planned to knit one square per day to keep me on track for finishing it, but life gets in the way and other projects look like more fun sometimes so here we are years later. Look at…

It’s taken me years, but I finally finished my Granny Stripe blanket! I can’t even remember when I started making this thing; I’m sure it was more than five years ago before we moved into town. But it’s done now so who cares how long it took, especially when it’s so pretty! The colors work…