Working 9 to 5…

I was so afraid of getting the second sock syndrome, that I just finished this sock in record time!
I cast on the 20Th in the afternoon, and ended yesterday.

I just love them. And my MIL is already thinking of going to the shop to buy yarn for me to do some socks for her. My SIL also came yesterday, and told me that they were very pretty, I was thinking of making the socks for my SIL for Christmas, but here it is summer time. But maybe I’m going to do it anyway.

Notes from these socks: I cast on 48 sts. Just because the yarn is Baby DK, 100% Courtelle.
Thank you Nicole for making this pattern. They are just lovely.
The link for the pattern is here in PDF.

Hooked

I’ve been trying to think, how I’m going to convert the Elisa’s Nest Bag in knitting to crochet.
I’ve pick up the only book that I brought from Portugal to see new stitches.

And so far this is what I’ve done.

The holes are going to be a little more open. But I think it is going to be also very cute at the end.

On other news. I finally got the yarn and the color that I liked to make the 9 to 5 socks.
Here’s what I’ve done so far.

I’ve already started the second one. I think I’m not going to have the syndrome of the second sock. So let me go and try to finish today before my 'mojo' goes.

See you now, now.

Everything goes

The Elisa’s nest Bag is done.
And you can put almost everything inside!

Yarn

Apples

Books

And especially Toys

Nicole already took the bag for her, just to walk around the house like a model!

Notes about this bag: I think nest time I will not close the side bag until the top, I think it is better to leave maybe ½ inch, so that the opening will be more larger. And just finish with the same I-cord from the handles.

Only after the weekend I’ve got more news from The Fat Bottom Bag. I must go to the store to buy some fabric. The decoration is on, and I’m really enjoying what I see.

I'm so vain...

Yes this award is about me, I’m so vain…..

Thank you for giving me this award Jesse. I really like everything that you put in your blog, especially the cartons, are wonderful. And every single day I’m knocking on your blog for more adventures!

Now the deal is to give five more awards to other girl bloggers.
So here it goes:

Lynn- http://knotsinarow.blogspot.com/

Cindy- http://wwwlubbockarmadillo.blogspot.com/

Maria- http://creativepotpourri.blogspot.com/

Rebecca- http://heartknits.wordpress.com/

Lise- http://www.knittingrose.blogspot.com/

All these blogs inspire me. They all talk about the knitting, the crochet, and the way sometimes our lives don’t go according to plan….
I really enjoy reading these ones and more….

Thank you all:)

On the way...

Only a quick post about the bags that are on my needles at the moment!

This one is the Elisa's Nest Tote. It is a little bit smaller than the original pattern. I just made 20 inches, instead of the 24 inches that was asked. The stitches, I've got a problem sometimes with the patterns, i just do it my way, but at the end, everything turn out good. It called for a knitting stitch, that i didn't do, instead i made purl ones.



As you can see it as a lot of yo's, and it is very difficult for you to see where you are once you put your work down, and came back again, because you begin the pattern with a, in my case, purl one stitch and yo, and then purl one row, and on the next row you start with purl2tog.
so that is way is a little bit complicated to just leave and return again, at least for me.

So today I'm making the I-cord all around the bag, and the handles also.

I think that next I'm going to try to this but in crochet (yes, I'm returning to the crochet after all this years). For me is better to do crochet, just because i can grab the work and go after the kids when they start to cry. With knitting is a little complicated because I'm a Portuguese knitter, and that means always caring the yarn around my neck. I'm really thinking of getting some pictures from that. Later girls:)

And this the Fat Bottom Bag.

This is as far as i went. I'm starting also with the handles now. This yarn is my favourite. From Pure Gold, DK, In the color: Caviar!!

Yes, it is not black. Girls this is the most expensive bag that i ever made. In Caviar, really.

It looks like black, but it changes the color a little, like velvet, I see a little of blue there, But my MIL sees brown, And the Big boss says it is purple. It really depends how the light is.

Now this bag i can only work during the day, because it is very dark. So I've got a crochet work for the day, and a knitting work for the night :)

see you soon...

Can you believe it!

This is just a chop chop post to say that the bag that i was doing is going to the frog pond, Why?
Just because while i was doing dinner, my little girl decided to take the needles out of the yarn.
Why, oh why!
So now I'm starting again. I couldn't just put the needle, because the are too many yo's in the pattern.
Just a reminder for the parents with kids to came. PUT YOUR WORK ON THE TOPPER SHELF THAT YOU CAN NOT SEE!
Like that they can't go there, because you can't see either.