Knitting Projects

With fall now here and winter so close this is the time that i love to knit. Nothing beats sitting by the fireplace while watching my favorite TV shows and creating some beautiful knitting wear. Mind you this is after my daughter has gone to bed, i rarely have the time to do any of it while she's awake.

Currently i'm in the middle of making fingerless gloves for my sister, then i need to make a couple more of the earflap hats for some of my guy friends and of course my husband. Then i need to create a pillow pattern for friends coming into town next year! I hope it turns out as i'm pretty excited about this project!

I also need to figure out what to make myself next, since my last project i made for myself was a big flop. I read the pattern wrong and the dress was way bigger than expected. I will eventually post a picture when i get brave enough to show my big mistake!

Subscription

So i am a huge magazine reader especially knitting magazines. I get excited when i see a new one in my mail box. Of course today was that day, i get home and there is a new magazine awaiting for me to read.

Have you checked out the Knit Simple Magazine? If you haven't i highly recommend it. It has a ton of awesome patterns, some hard and some easy.

This is the new one that came in today! I am so very excited. :) I'll let you know if i find any new patterns in there that i like!

Recent work!

So this is one blog i haven't posted much on, but i want to make more of an effort to do so, especially now that i've been knitting more and have had the chance to really finish some cool projects lately.

My two recent projects were winter hats for my husband and daughter. It's sad knowing that winter is just around the corner but i am glad that their hats will keep their heads warm.

Here is a picture of the two of them together! Aren't they cute! :)



I found the ski hat pattern on Knitty It was definietly a challenging hat as this is something that was more of a harder pattern than i am used too. This was my first time using double pointed needles and small ones at that. The yarn was a worested weight #4 which worked well.







Callie's hat was definietly more of an easier pattern. It was seed stitch on the ear flaps and stockin' knit stitch on the top. Every year i get Callie to pick her yarn that way i know she will wear it!




I even had to make her puppy a cute little hat!

Another knitted piece done!

I'm a huge knitting buff and i tend to buy lots of magazines and books. Do i need half of them? Probably not. For the most part you can find anything online. I found this pattern online and i thought it would have been the perfect piece for a baby gift. It was a simple pattern and didn't take long to make.

Colds are evil

Currently our family is battling colds, which means lots of Kleenex. It's kind of a good thing that i buy the good stuff otherwise our noses would be red like Rudolph the red nose reindeer.

I am however learning to Crochet since i know how to Knit. It is such a different feeling using one needles as opposed to 2. I have a co-worker who has been helping me and the nice thing it's a very easy simple pattern.



Here is the picture of the baby blanket. I have a number of friends who are expecting and this baby blanket is for ones who don't know what they are having. They are the rocker type of parents so i'm doing the baby blanket, ivory and black! I think it'll look pretty cool when it's done!

Winter Blues....

Now i don't know how many people get the Winter Blues, but i do. I'm not a winter sports fan and i'm not into being outside and freezing my buns off. I would prefer being at home with my nice warm fire place on and watching a movie.

So i'm hoping that Spring/Summer will be here soon so i can enjoy the nice warm weather outside!

New Year and more posts....

I am going to make my goal this year to add more posts. What kind of posts you ask, well that i haven't figured out as of yet. Being a full time worker/mom and a side baker can be tiring. But i love blogging on my cake site and i need to find time to do it on my personal site.

In the meantime you can check out some of my knitting projects from 2010 http://www.flickr.com/photos/egyptianqueen/sets/72157623065655791/

I am hoping that within 2011 i can create more wonderful knitted things.

A little artist on our hands....

So my 3 year old daughter loves to color and draw. Recently my husband got an Ipad and added a program for Callie to color on while in the car on the way to daycare. She's quite artistic for someone so young.

Here are a couple of samples of her drawings....


Check out her rendition of Sponge Bob, done on the Ipad.

Boooo to Winter!

So even though i was born and raised in Ontario, Canada i still to this day hate Winter. It's cold and i hate being cold, i'm sure a lot of people hate being cold. I am wearing more layers which is not very flattering, because big sweaters tend to make you look bigger than you really are.

The one nice thing i like about winter is the knitting projects i get to do. I made my daughter Callie a hat and am currently working on her scarf. Also the hubby wants a Chullo hat. One thing i'm finding is that it's very difficult to find a pattern for a Chullo hat. Normal mens hats, cable hats, yes i can find, but a Chullo. I can find a childs Chullo hat pattern and i'm sure i'd get told to just change it to make for an adult, but i'm sort of a new knitter and am not that experienced quite as of yet to do that on my own.

So if anyone knows of a Chullo Pattern hat for men, please pass it along!?

My darling angel!

So recently Callie has become such a little mommy's girl. Mommy you wash my hair, you go night night with me and it goes on. Even though i want to say no it's daddy's turn how can i resist that face and say no.

Another baby knitted set.

This was done for another co-worker/friend who is expecting her first baby. I am so excited to find out what she has in the end! Before i decided to make the baby gifts i asked Jen what her color preference was. She picked a really nice green/white combo.

Some new knitting stuff!

So i know this blog hasn't been updated in like forever. I've been slacking on all of the blogs.

But alas i have some new posts! :D Lots of baby knitted stuff! Hats, blankets, sweaters. Lots of friends who are expecting!

This sweater set was for my co-worker friend Deanna who just welcome baby #2 last week. She was expecting a girl and of course i had to make some cute baby stuff for her. I started with a baby sweater which was absolutely adorable! 2nd i made her a baby blanket. Every baby should have a home made baby blanket. The last thing i made was a baby hat. This was the most simple hat i have ever made.

(I used my daughter as the model for the sweater)

Oh Monday!

For some reason i wish i could just sleep a couple of hrs extra on a Monday before heading to work. But at least i only have a 3 day work week which is awesome! The hubby and i with 4 other couples are heading to Boston, MA this Thursday for a weekend getaway. Everyone's children are away visiting family or friends and the parents get to enjoy some adult company. We have a full on itinerary for this coming weekend unsure how much of it i'll actually do. In the meantime i'm just looking forward to my 3 day work week and then vacation for 5 days. :D

Knitting Projects

So lately i've been knitting a lot. I find it's a total de-stresser and i try to do it every night. During my vacation last week i started a baby blanket for a friend who is expecting their first baby. Currently i have a number of friends who are expecting and nothing is better than a home made baby blanket or outfit.

This is a baby blanket for a friend who doesn't know what they are having.


This is a baby sweater i am making in Purple yarn but a co-worker who is expecting her first baby girl.

Oh Bon Jovi! How i love thee.

First off let me say that I've been seeing Bon Jovi since the Keep the Faith tour back in '93. I was 15 and had already had a deep appreciation for Bon Jovi (Thanks to my mother for that one :))
I believe i even still have that ticket stub which i need to find and post. That concert they were also taping for the In These Arms video and i remember hoping to get taped for the video! (at Maple Leaf Gardens)

This has been a tradition of mine and my mother's to see Bon Jovi together everytime they come to Toronto. I have seriously lost count on how many times i've seen them live. I've even seen them twice in a row, back to back in Toronto at the ACC!

Here are a couple of the shows i've seen.

Bon Jovi - St. Denis Theatre - Montreal - Dec 6-94 (We did a Road Trip for that one)

Bon Jovi - Molson Amphitheatre - September 3-95

Bon Jovi - Air Canada Center - November 11-2000

Bon Jovi - Molson Amp - July 17-2001

Bon Jovi - Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON - Tuesday, January 24, 2006 -That year we did the Auction and paid some good coin for some awesome seats!

Bon Jovi - Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON - Thu, Dec 6, 2007

Bon Jovi - Rogers Centre, Toronto, ON - Tue, Jul 20, 2010

I know there are more dates in there I just need to find them. :)

My husband says it's a problem or an obsession. I say the opposite, i say it's love for the band and there music. Which it is, I've always been into Rock Music, OK who am i kidding i have the biggest crush on Richie Sambora. I was 13 and i was determined i was going to marry him. Never married him and have never met him. But when you hear him play or even sing how can you not love that man!

So on Tuesday July 20-10 Bon Jovi came back into Toronto but this time in a bigger venue, The Rogers Centre. At first i didn't really know what to think as I've never seen a concert there before and didn't really know what to expect. For the most part big venues tend to echo with noise but surprisingly it didn't. It was an awesome show and i think by far there best show. I've seen a number of Bon Jovi shows and i found they were always predictable, i knew just by the beginning cord what song was next. This time around they changed it up and in a good way!

They started with Blood on Blood, even played Runaway (They've played that in the past so it's nice to see that they still play it live) So many of the classics were played throughout the night. Now i will admit one song really touched my heart as it is my favorite song and has always been my favorite. For the past number of years Bon Jovi has always played this song as an Accoustic version. This year they played Bed of Roses as the original version which i was so happy about. My favorite part of that song is Richie's solo. That is an amazing solo and sends goose bumps up and down my arms when i hear it. When they played it live i couldn't help but shed a tear (those who know me know i'm not much of a crier)

I thought i'd share some of my photos here as well as i got some great shots!

How can you not love this man!












I have a ton more on my Flickr it was hard showing them all! Enjoy.

Daddy is in so much trouble!!!

Last night i decided to do some Retail Therapy. I find when i have a bad week at work i tend to do some retail therapy. It helps, except this time, i couldn't really find anything so of course that just made me more depressed. Now i know why i have so many shoes, purses and accessories. Clothes are somewhat depressing to shop for. Callie came with me last night and she was so cute when looking at shoes for me. She'd pick up a pair, lift up her foot and put it against her shoe and would say, 'mommy it fits.' So darn cute. :D Here is Callie trying on a sparkly pink high heel shoe. It's the Barbie collection none the less. Daddy is in so much trouble.

Family

This weekend i had a surprise 5th Year Anniversary party for my sister and her husband. It was a complete surprise and i'm glad as i've been planning this party for months. A photo op came up with just the girls. My two sisters and my mom.

From left to right. My sister Jessica, myself, my younger sister Taylor and my mom.

mmmm cookies

There is nothing more than home made chocolate chip cookies. Of course i tend to bake for people at work especially when i have my sales guys visiting me from out of town. My one co-worker DJ is a huge and i mean huge chocolate fan. So i kept it simple with chocolate chip cookies w/ chunks of dark chocolate. He loves his dark chocolate. :D

Don't these look so good!

2nd Attempt at the golf club cover

So this was my 2nd attempt as i modified the pattern a bit to make it smaller. I still need to make a couple of modifications on the pattern and do two different colors on it as well. The yarn i used was a Worested weighted yarn.

First attempt at a golf club cover

So a buddy of mine wanted to buy golf club covers. When he found out i knew how to knit he asked if i'd be willing to make them. I said sure, something new to try. I did some research online in regards to a pattern. I figured a lot of them were too difficult so i decided to make myself one. This was the first product of the golf club cover. It was a bit big for the driver but it was a good indication of what i needed to change. I want to perfect the pattern a bit more before actually posting it.