Fall, Mail, Yarn, Projects

There is a lot of crafting going on at Chez Melissa.  The leaves are falling, a chill is in the air and a severe weather alert is in the forecast.  70 mile per hour Northern winds are scheduled for Tuesday evening.  These seasonal changes have caused my insides to scream for cozy yarns.  I forecast lots of knitting in my blog's future.  Today I was thrilled when I received this.

My Christmas Knitpicks order.  I have a lot of knitting to do this Christmas season!  Here is my favorite.

This beautiful hand painted sock yarn will become a pair of socks for me.  I can't wait to get started on them, but I wont let myself begin until I finish the green pair of socks.   Speaking of unfinished projects, I have a pile of them I am trying to complete.  Today I worked on hemming pants, sewing potholders, and I finished a quilt top that I haven't worked on in years.

These are some Christmas gifts that are almost complete.  Below is another that I am really happy with so far.  It an owl cable hat.  I need another ball of yarn to finish it.  I thought I ordered another ball in this shipment from Knitpicks but it looks like I forgot to order it.  I guess I will have to make another Knitpicks order now.  Oh darn!

There was also a little crafty instruction going on.  She embroidered for a good half hour.

What did you do this weekend?

Comments

[trish]

I have to smile everytime I see somebody learning to embroider (something I don't personally do yet, but it's on my list), and your yarn pics make me want to buy more for my stash--but I guess I'll have to resist. Maybe I could follow your lead and knit up some Christmas gifts to use up what I've got already? I'll have to order some more audiobooks from the library so I can get my reading done + knit at the same time.
By the way, I am enjoying your blog--I never did thank you for your post (http://elementalstitches.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/09/fall-sewing-and-embroidery-tutorials-around-the-web.html) linking to my felted sweater projects--and I wanted to invite you to enter my latest giveaway (http://downwithclutter.blogspot.com/2009/10/for-your-kitchen-you-choose-it-giveaway.html) for some pretty new bakeware. So thanks, and happy crafting!