sheep in the city

Beads, Birthdays, & boring knitting...

First come the beads: These are the promised pictures of some of the stitchmarkers that I have made. I made the celtic/aran knitting looking one and the little pink VW bug on Saturday with the girls and the others a few months ago. Here are the two pairs of earrings that I made. They are so quick and easy, and the best part is that they are under $5.00 to make!! I'm working on putting together a tutorial about making stitch markers, so be looking for that in the next week! Thanks for the positive response everybody!!

I was asked to post a list of supplies that you need to make the stitchmarkers so that people can be getting ready, so here it is! Feel free to email me with any questions about the supplies!

•Beads
•Head pins and/or Eye Pins- I use the the eye pins when I have a charm to hang off the bottom.
•Needle nose pliers (preferably small ones)
•Cutting tool, like small wire cutters
•Pliers
*the above three items can usually be found in a set at any craft store like Michael's or Joann's for about $10-15*
•Split rings of varying sizes (according to what size needle you want to put them on) I tend to like the bigger ones, I think they are about a 13mm ring. If I'm doing the math right. They are just the right size to me, they fit big needles and they aren't SO big that they totally flop around on a smaller needle.

Now for birthday's:

We celebrated my Grandma's birthday on Sunday afternoon. She turned 79 years young! The woman is amazing, she just retired two years ago from running a preschool full time! She and my grandpa moved out here in October, and it's so great having them close by so that we can celebrate all the special days together...not just the major holidays. We had lunch at a historic restaurant here in town called the White Fence Farm. We had corn fritters and fried chicken. Yum! I can't remember the last time I had fried chicken?! My parents and grandparents talked about the way my great-grandma used to make fried chicken in a cast iron skillet...and how it tasted so much better "back in the day". I love sitting around listening to stories about how my grandparents grew up. Family history is so important...I suggest that if you have a living grandparent, go visit them, or if you aren't close by, call them. Ask them questions about their childhood and the town they grew up in. It's fascinating stuff and it will make them feel loved that you care enough to ask!

And last, but not least, the boring knitting:
Clapotis...or should I say "Bonopotis" as Cleo suggested:

I've dropped 8 stitches so far and it seems like I might be finally getting somewhere. I am in the home stretch on the straight portion of this monster scarf, then I can start the decreases! Yippee!