Snap! a new camera makes me shutter bug crazy...

Well I couldn't stand it any longer I maxed out my credit card that I have been trying to pay off :( and broke down and bought a digital camera. I actually did buy one a couple of weeks ago but it was defective and was taken back.

So I went shutter bug crazy last night taking pictures. I was even playing with it as I went through the parking lot.

Books on my books shelf:
Knitting on the Edge - I love this books ... it gives you so many options ... great for adding these to any project
Stitch'n Bitch and Stitch'n Bitch Nation - both great books, informative, and some interesting patterns too.
Special Knits by Debbie Bliss - so cute and precious ... I love everything in here, and since I am going to be an auntie again expect to see most of them on here over the next 7 months or so :D

I have some concerns about the French market bag at the moment.... it seems a little thin to me and maybe a bit on the small side, but I continue on with it. I have decided to put a wide band of my favorite green in the body of the bag and then continue on with the blue to finish it off. I may change the way the handles are made too. I am not sure about that part yet, but I have lots of time to think about that still.

 

My Lilac sweater is definitely going to be too small ... sooo what to do what to do.... hummm I don't know... should I make it into a beautiful bag? I had thought about frogging the whole thing and using the lilac wool for my Rogue that I am hoping to start soon... but I don't have enough of it to make that happen. A gorgeous bag with beading, maybe some tassels or eyelash worked into it could be just the thing... check back soon to see what happens to it.

 

 

New Bag #1 - simple fulled purse (picture is taken prefulling), Dark grey and grey, with a twisted handle. Birthday present for my sister-in-law. Hope she likes it ... the only problem I have with it is that I think it is going to be smaller then she would like once the fulling is done. Oh well I am going to Nova Scotia tomorrow (her birthday is tomorrow too) and will have the weekend to make her something bigger if she wants :)

New Bag #2 & New Bag #3 - still a pipe dream at the moment until I get some other items cleared away... I have too many things I am working on right now and either need more hands or control the urge to start something new.

I bought a dark chocolate brown sweater over a year ago for $10 that I never wear because at the time I never realized how revealing the lace down the center of it was until I put it on. Well I thought I could use another cardi and decided to snip it up the center of the lace and see if I couldn't make something out of it that I would wear ... the problem is that the yarn in it is so gorgeous and soft that I couldn't do. So I decided to reclaim the yarn and make something else out of it... maybe the shrug I saw the pattern for the other day.... hummm .... guess we will see :D

I had a helper while taking pictures last night ... my little cat Blackberry ... have a look.