Remember the sweater I finished but started again?   Well I finished it!!!!   And this time it fits!!!

Photos by Camille!!!

My first knitting project I made for myself! 

I was knitting?

Well I finished it!

Woo hoooo I finished it!!!!!!

But wait... oh no... I think it is too big!

I can't believe it!!!!!!

so what did I do????  I know I am crazy....

I frogged it... yup took it completely apart and started all over again...  If I am going to take the time to make it, I want it to be just right.  I don't know why I made and xlarge instead of a large in the first place.

I know I will be glad I did this when it is all over!

This is what the sweater will look like when it is finished.. 

And when it is finished I will look as good in it as this person does...  :) HA!

I love how the sleeves were not knitted separately.

It looks small because I can't bring it all the way around my body, because of the needles.  But it fits just right so far!!!  So exciting!!

What is this you may ask?  Well it is called a silk handkerchief.   

What do you do with this you may ask? 

You make silk yarn.  How you ask?   Well I am going to tell you!!

The square is made up of a bunch of really thin layers.  You peel a layer....

Pull a hole in the middle of the square...

Then with two hands, (I had to take the picture with one hand) you pull the silk until it looks something like this...

Then you take your drop spindle.    I know everyone has a drop spindle right?? 

and you spin the silk into yarn.   Cool huh??

Wa  La!  A ball of silk yarn Isn't it beautiful?  But wait!  It is not done yet......

Remember I went to the bead store last weekend...  Why not add a few beads?? 

So I did...  and I love the results!!!  Don't ask me what I am going to make with this because I don't know.   I may just put it some where and stare at it for a while.   

Hard to believe that this:

Can turn into this....

My friend Anna came to visit me this weekend and we went to the local bead store.  I got inspired to make a necklace....

It was fun to pick out something that I really liked

These are the coolest stones/ beads.  I put them on a silk ribbon.

And I even put a clasp on the ends!  Cool huh?   So now I have done that and don't need to make more..  I have a nice one of a kind necklace!

This hat is for a hat swap I did on Ravelry.  I am working on the design myself.  I still want to make changes to the design of the leaf and then I will write a pattern for this hat. 

I have shipped this hat to Denmark.  I hope my swap partner likes it!

Now I am working on a sweater.  I haven't knitted a sweater in 15 years so I am excited about this

I took this picture of the pattern and yarn for the KAL on Ravelry.

So I have been making and creating.. All is good for the soul!!!!  Go out and make something today.  You will feel better for it!