No Yarn Money!

I've been a busy knitter lately, trying to finish up all of our LARGE Oddball Blankets for charity. I've finished the two lapghans, and am still working on the five full-size blankets. Good thing I have air-conditioning! :D

I'll post photos of the two finished lapghans very soon.

I'm also busy making Oddball Shawls, and seaming together Many Colors squares to make more blankets. And our Oddball Orphan Blanket is almost ready to come to me to finish up as well.

And can you believe I had to nerve to start a NEW project for the leaders of the Oddball Blankets? Silly me.... But, the fun thing is that we are making blankets for ourselves. We are taking turns working on each other's personal oddball blanket. I just wanted us to each have a personal memento of our project. :)

On top of that, I should be finishing up some personal projects that have been going for a few years. Maybe one day, I'll actually be finished with all of them! HA!!!!!

I haven't been buying any yarn, because...well....I don't have any money. I quit my church job (organist), and my piano students are slim during the summer. So, that means I'm broke.

But, I'm still checking out the yarn bargains wherever I can find them. I can't afford the nice yarn shops, so I'm going to Michaels, AC Moore, and Hobby Lobby. I'm also going to Big Lots and Dollar Tree stores.

This week, I found some great deals on yarn at Dollar Tree.

I got 12 skeins of Red Heart Light & Lofty in a pretty color for $1 a skein!


And last night at a different Dollar Tree, my hubby got me 10 skeins of TLC Essentials in Red Plum. He's such a sweet hubby! :D


I'm still a yarn hoarder, even when I'm broke.

World Wide Knit in Public Day (WWKIP) in Charlotte

Yesterday, I actually had enough energy to go to the World Wide Knit in Public Day celebration at Books a Million in Cotswold Mall in Charlotte. It was fun! A lot of people came, and there were prizes given every half hour. Cool. :)

When I first got there, I took some photos of the group. In the first photo, you can see the table where I was getting set up in the lower right hand corner.


You can also see the representatives from the Charlotte Knitting Guild sitting outside on the patio in that photo.

Here's another shot of them:


Here are some more knitters inside the store:


When each person arrived, they would drop off skeins of yarn, and choose yarn for a trade.


After I got settled, one of the guild members gave me a slip of paper to sign up for the drawings, and I won in the very first drawing! :) I chose a large skein of sock yarn with a darning egg. I've been wanting a darning egg for a long time! This was my lucky day.


I had brought some of the Oddball Charity projects we've been working on, so that others could knit a row if they wanted. I worked on Oddball Shawls while I was there. Very relaxing.

One lady was kind enough to work a row on one of our large Oddball Blankets (#5). Her name was Amy...such a nice person.


Another sweet lady named Denise asked to work on one of our Oddball Baby Blankets. So nice! She knit over two inches!


There were a few other people that helped also, but I wasn't able to get their photo. Thank you all for your help on our charity projects!

While I was there, I received several skeins of yarn for our charity knitting. How wonderful!


I gave three skeins of yarn at the swap table, and got these three nice skeins of Lion Woolease in exchange. Yay! They will be perfect for a lapghan I'm making for myself right now!


I'm so glad I was able to go to the WWKIP Day. :D

Piano Recital and Beach Trip

I haven't done a lot of knitting lately, because I've been busy with a few other things. I did manage to knit a few rows each day, but nothing photo-worthy yet.

Here are my piano students that were able to attend our Spring recital this past weekend. They all did a wonderful job! (And yes....the adults are my students too!)


When the recital was over, my hubby and I packed up and spent a day at the beach! :)

Funkadelic Acrylic DPNs at Hobby Lobby

Cool!

I just found the coolest looking acrylic dpns at Hobby Lobby this week. Had to buy them!

Another Cushy Baby Blanket

This past week, I decided to make a quick gift for a friend that's having a baby soon. I grabbed a skein of Lion Brand Homespun, and two skeins of Bernat Baby Coordinates and made another Cushy Baby Blanket.

I had to change colors of Homespun yarn, to make sure I had enough, which gave it an interesting look.

So quick and fun. And CUSHY!! :D

Woo Hoo! Free Yarn!! :D

Sara from Cottage Yarn recently gave me a few bags of yarn for my charity knitting. So nice!



I'm so blessed to have such a generous friend. :D

Mother's Day Knitting

I was able to finish knitting a few things for my Mom for Mother's Day.

A felted clutch handbag, made with Lion Landscapes yarn.


And a dishcloth & scrubbie set.


She liked them both! :)