Sunday, June 26, 2011

Twisted Limone Yarn

Twisted Limone Yarn by whirledpeas00
Twisted Limone Yarn, a photo by whirledpeas00 on Flickr.

Acacia Park - Colorado Springs

This is the tree that my pieces are on. Mine is the green and pink stripe in a rib pattern and the blue square below it.There is also a very large light blue square on the base of the tree that I knit.

Acacia Park - Colorado Springs

Here is one of the yarn bombed trees. I love the kitty square.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Acacia Park Project - Colorado Springs

Last night I went and met a few ladies and we stitched knit and crocheted squares together for a yarn bombing project in the park. The tree cozies are going up on Saturday morning.
I will post pictures when I go check it out.
Here is the link to the project. http://www.ravelry.com/groups/yarn-bomb-colorado-springs/pages/Acacia-Park-Tree-Cozies-update-6-1-11
There were 300 individual pieces contributed by 32 people. "Cozies" for 6 trees were stitched together by 9 people in about 9 hours.

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Onions, Radishes, Basil and Bell Peppers

This box has various small plants in it. I was planning on planting another row of radishes in a few weeks so I would have a second harvest.

Cukes, Yellow Squash and Zuchinni

This box is summer squash and cukes. I have not good luck with squash here in Colorado.

Tomato Bed

Tomato Bed by whirledpeas00
Tomato Bed, a photo by whirledpeas00 on Flickr.

Here is the garden that was just planted last weekend. This bed has various tomato plants and one bell pepper plant in the middle.

Monday, May 9, 2011

3rd Place Hat Contest


3rd Place Hat Contest
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

This lady looked great for having been at the party all day. She posed for me on her way out.

Picture Time - Bear (one of the guards)


Picture Time - Bear (one of the guards)
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

Photos were taken when everyone arrived to the venue. I got this shot of one of the other guards taking this photo for the guests.

Pretty Hat


Pretty Hat
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

Look at that hat!

Double Decker Party Bus


Double Decker Party Bus
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

I thought it was interesting that this was one of the party buses.

Man in a womans hat


Man in a womans hat
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

Derby Party


Derby Party
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

I worked a Kentucky Derby party at Infinity Park in Denver on Saturday. Five thousand people attended most arrived in limo and party bus.
I worked a 12 hour shift for this event.

Alpaca


Alpaca
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

Last weekend I worked an Alpaca show. I do security work on the weekends and at night for different shows around Denver and Colorado Springs. I was working the Alpaca show at night in Denver at National Western Complex. In the middle of my shift the fire alarms went off and the poor Alpaca's started jumping up and down. Good thing it was just a false alarm.

Alpaca


Alpaca
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

I just love his hair. It looks like a rug.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Time For Bed


Time For Bed
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Fingerless Mitts Pattern


Fingerless Mitts
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

I was making another pair of fingerless mitts and decided to think about what Cookie A taught us in her sock class about designing your own patterns. I like to have a pair of fingerless mitts to put in my bag as a small knitting project that is mindless to work on.
I made up the pattern stitch on these as I went along. The yarn is from my Mothers LYS in Santa Rosa. It is Cascade 220, a superwash painted yarn.

Here is the pattern
I used size 7 dpn needles
Cast on 44 stitches
I worked a knit 3, purl 1 rib for 2 inches
I decreased 4 evenly spaced around the mitt
**pattern portion starts here**
I worked knit 2, purl 2 for 4 rows
Then purl 2, knit 2 for 4 rows
I alternated the pattern portion for 6 1/2 inches and added a 6 stitch button hole for the thumb.
I continued on with the pattern portion for1 1/2 more inches.
Then I decreased 4 more stitches evenly spaced around the mitt.
I picked up with the knit 3, purl 1 rib for 1 more inch and then bound off.

Piddleloop Large Wedge Bag


I keep hearing people talking about these project bags and I had to order one. I love my little black sheep project bag. It is large enough to hold a large knitting project. If you would like to purchase one of her bags just go to her Etsy site here.

Friday, March 25, 2011

D*sney on Ice Mitts


I picked up this yarn from a yarn shop in Santa Rosa. I was at home with my mom after I went to Stitches West. She wanted to show me her LYS (Local Yarn Store). It was a wonderful store called Cast Away on 4th street. I picked out two skeins of yarn one pink and one blue. These were perfect pink princess mitts. I finished them up while working the D*sney on Ice show.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Plucky Knitter Yarn Fingerless Mitts


Plucky Knitter Yarn Fingerless Mitts
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

Happy St. Patrick's Day here are my green mitts I made to wear today.
I knit the first one and lost the yarn I used to stripe it with. It must have fallen out of my bag. So I had to go back to the yarn shop and get another skein of yarn to finish the other mitt.
I made stripes to begin with to add length to the mitts. I was afraid they would not be long enough without the stripes. They turned out very long, so I would have been fine without the stripes in the end.
I only had one skein of the Plucky Knitter Yarn in this colorway. I love the colors she dyes they are wonderful.

Cascade Mitts


Cascade Mitts
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

Here are a pair of fingerless mitts I made from yarn I purchased at the local yarn shop. (Knitters Cove)
I left it behind on my first visit to the shop. I stopped by to get some more of the blue yarn I used to stripe the Plucky Knitter mitts. I found this yarn was still there calling my name.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Stitches West 2011 Haul


Stitches West 2011 Haul
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

Here is what I brought home from Stitches West. Some of it was purchased, some of it was free, and my Mom gave me sock yarn and the Knit Sock Love book. We had Cookie A. sign it in the class we took with her.

Brandi's Mouse hat


Brandi's Mouse hat
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

This is a Minnie Mouse hat that my friend had made for her. I brought it home to take a closer look and write down how to make it.
It is crocheted and looks adorable when Brandi wears it.

Brandi's Headband


Brandi's Headband
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

Here is a headband my friend picked up somewhere I am currently working on reproducing. I worked at the Denver Boat and RV show this weekend and saw many of these for sale at a hat booth.
They all looked very similar to this one.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Home On The Ranch


Sheep
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

This one of 40 sheep from the front pasture of the Ranch.

Jerry in his afghan


Jerry in his afghan
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

My Uncle Jerry is proud of his afghan.

Stitches West 2011


Stitches West 2011
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

What can I say!!!

Bugga


Bugga
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

Here is the Bugga sock yarn.

Stitches Fashion Show Friday night


Stitches Fashion Show Friday night
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

This is the fashion show at Stitches West 2011. It was a packed house on Friday night.

Stitches Market 2011


Stitches Market 2011
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

Stitches West Market in Santa Clara. There were so many booths it was overwhelming.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Pink Slippers for the PJ party


Weeze's Pink Slippers
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

I finished my Mothers slippers for the Stitches West PJ party we are going to on Friday night. I hope she likes them and they fit her well.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Hand Knit Slippers


Hand knit slippers
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

I just finished this pair of hand knit slippers. I realized that I had never made myself a pair. My Mother and I are going to a PJ party at Stitches West and I was reading that everyone was going to wear hand knit slippers.

Monday, January 31, 2011

Cupcake fingerless gloves


Cupcake fingerless gloves
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

I just finished these fingerless mitts I have been working on. They kind of remind me of a cupcake with pink icing for some reason.

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Knitmore Preemie Hats for Stitches


I have never made preemie baby hats before. In February I am going to Stitches West in California with my Mom. I am making some preemie hats for donation for the Knitmore Girls. I believe they are making them for a local hospital.

Hand Knit Fingerless Mitts


Hand Knit Fingerless Mitts
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

I was in need of a black pair of mitts to go with a black shirt I wear at my part time job.

Cirque De Soleil Hand Knit Socks


Cirque De Soleil Hand Knit Socks
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

I made this plain jane pair of socks in this yellow yarn from knit picks.
They were inspired by the show I was working at the week I made them.

Homemade Curtains


Homemade Curtains
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

I made some curtains for the area over the bathtub. I am not quite sure why there are two large windows over the bathtub. I can't think of a time when I would want to sit nude in the tub and have the curtains open.

New Lunch Bag


New Lunch Bag
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

Here is the second lunch bag I made. It is nice to have an alternate one to use while the other one is in the wash.

Cotton Candy Knit Lunch Bag


Cotton Candy Knit Lunch Bag
Originally uploaded by whirledpeas00

I needed a new lunch bag. I love to make washable lunch bags. This bag stretches to hold lots of goodies.