Joy Luck Buttons

Last weekend I joined Knit the Classics.... What happens is each month we all read a "classic"/popular novel and knit a themed project... actually we can also crochet or sew... anything using fibers... you get the point...

This months book is the Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan... so Monday I managed to find a copy at our pathetic library and finished it yesterday... I wanted to consume it in one sitting, but it has been a fairly busy week. I few ideas jotted down for projects... nothing finalized as yet. Our read for next month is The Inferno by Dante... I should be getting that today from Amazon along with some of the past titles that they've read before... I've taken it upon myself to read and do projects for some of the titles I missed.

The weather has been absolutely gorgeous the past few days... I think we have another couple of days before we get our official April Showers... so I'm going to take advantage of it.

I'm putting the final touches on my submission on the ArtErratica Button Swap.... I've included one red and one pink Italian etched shell buttons and 2 vintage plastic buttons (they are stacked together on the card)

Socks

Well... I finally did it... I Knitted my first pair of socks! Yippee! I actually finished this pair last month and I'm currently working on my second pair, but still.

The original pattern is from Sensational Knitted Socks which I shortened the leg section ...
Yarn: Merino Cashmere Sock in Exotic from The Knittery. I still need to buckle down and photograph my past projects though.

I've been knitting on and off for the last 10ish years... While I was studying at the Ontario Collage of Art and Design (OCAD) I took a knitting class ... we were taught basic knitting, crochet and knitting with a knitting machine. The main focus of this course was knitting as a fine art than wearable art... so I spent my knitting experience knitting scarves... lots of scarves... and jewellery... never really having the time to get into serious socks and sweater knitting... That all changed last year (almost six months ago) when I had my hysterectomy due too fibroids... I needed something to do while I was recovering in the hospital and while I was at home.

good friday

We wanted to take it easy this week-end... we just have so much to do... yikes!
proper update soon... I promise