An Evening of Tea & Knitting

Tonight our knitting group met at The Tea Chest on Market Street. It was very nice to see 2 new faces and to chit chat with my regulars! I love meetups like this. We all got along so well and it was almost as if we've been friends for years. Everyone is so easy going and it's really nice having a group like this. I am really happy with the direction that we are going!

The Tea Chest is a great place. I've really expanded my knowledge of loose tea, and begun to drink tea a lot more. I never knew that there were so many varieties, and I think that it's great to try and ounce here and there of something new!

I've quickly become friends with the owner and she is really nice. I enjoy conversing with her and look forward to having future meetups there. The group really seemed to like it, too.

A small view of the tea set-up. See those little labeled containers? Those are sniffing samples! How cool is that?

I loved the peach green tea we ordered. All it needed was a spoonful of sugar!

As you can see, it was a pretty fun evening. I did take more photos, but those are posted on the meetup site. I am really glad I am making new friends and exploring different venues. But one thing's for sure- you can't go wrong with tea and knitting.

Hemp

I bought some neat-o hemp from an etsy shop and I am looking forward to spinning it! I wanted to share it's hempy goodness with you all.

And the fiber fairy left some goodies on my door.

Something new to explore

Okay, so I know that this blog is mostly about knitting, but since I am a very artsy person, I love to try different things. Lately I have been Ms. Crafty and have been exploring different things. Last Friday I took a beading class at the Crafting Cottage on Market St. It was such a fun class. We made wire crochet bracelets and I took to it like a fish to water. I loved it so much that I am going to keep making more and more. And I may just open up an etsy shop soon to sell my assorted handmade goods!





Okay, so here are pics of my creation:







As you can probably tell, I was inspired by nature. I named this "Earth 2 Earth." I can't wait to get started on more!

Dreaming of Dog Sweaters, Part Deux

Okay, so I found a pattern that I could follow.

It's the basic pup sweater from the book "Posh Pooches" - it was a Barnes and Noble set that came with adorable wooden needles with dogs at the top. Since I didn't have size 9 needles, I had to use the ones that came with the set. You know what? They suck. But I have started the knitting and it looks really good!

I know that I am increasing my knitting skills when I actually have to use stitch markers. Woo hoo! I feel oh so official now.

The yarn is Misson Falls 1824 Wool. It's a gorgeous deep red. It will look smashing on my fawn colored pup! And because I promised pics, feast your eyes on my adorable Chi!

Dog in da hood

From one craft to another

Don't fear, my dear knitting...I have not left you...

I wandered into the local beading/scrapbooking shop with a friend today and stumbled upon their creative classes. Of course they have a sample of what you can make, and a stunning bracelet caught my eye. It was gorgeous, and then I saw the name: wire crochet. Yes, you crochet beautiful beads onto wire and it looks so fun. So Friday night I will be taking this fun beading class. I will post pics of my creations! Oh, and I had to buy a size 2 crochet needle. I almost needed a microscope to see the tip!

Did I mention that they have scrapbooking classes, too? *grin* So many classes, so little time!

Dreaming of Dog Sweaters

I found a pattern for what looks like an easy dog sweater. So I started to make it and realized that it looks horrible. Not only was I using mystery garage sale wool, but the size 13 needles and odd pattern details were a bit hard to follow... So I frogged what I had and need to find myself a new dog sweater pattern.

I do have a few books that I could look in, but lately I have been a bit of a lazy knitter.

However, since I have wanted to make a dog sweater for Tito for the longest time, the search continues. I will update you with *hopefully* some progress.

I've also found that tea and knitting go together quite well.

And it's February! My Valentines Day meetup and my sock class is coming up! Yay!