What's On Your Needles?

What's on Your needles tonight?

I am currently working on a blanket!

This picture is the best one for the color I'm working with. It is gorgeous and I love it! It is a very crisp dark green

Here is a picture that better shows the pattern, a zig zag. It is actually a very simple pattern and I know it's pretty popular. I see it quite a bit, whether the same technique is used or not I'm not sure.

I bought the yarn from Knit Picks! It's brava sport, which has become one of my favorite yarns actually. This particular color is called Dublin.

 Do you think I have enough yarn? ;) Haha! Hopefully...

So anyways, let me know what projects you are working on! :)

Taylor Kay

Happy 100th Post GIVEAWAY!!! :D

Hooray Everyone!

This is my 100th Post!

That's just crazy! I looked at my homepage and it said 99 posts, and it took a minute to register that it meant the next one was 100! Haha! 

But I am super excited! I asked my mom, who was a blogger long before me, what I should do and she said I should have a GIVEAWAY! 

So that is just what I shall do! :)

***Sorry, but due to shipping costs this drawing is open to U.S. residents Only ***

Here are the simple rules:

 1. Write me a comment in this post and you will get 1 entry

2. Follow my blog and post another separate comment saying you follow and you will get a 2nd entry (even if you were already following me before this, still write a comment saying so)

3. Make a post on your blog about my giveaway then leave me another separate comment saying you did a post, maybe even put a link to it in the comment, and you will get a 3rd entry

Again, all of your comments have to be made on THIS POST otherwise they will not be counted.

That's all pretty easy right! And you could have your name in the drawing up to 3 times! 

Now what, you may ask, will the drawing be for? 

Well, I shall tell you! 

The drawing for my 100th Post Giveaway is going to be this cable knit slouchy hat!

*Picture compliments of Celebrity Slouchy Beanies for the family

And it is going to be knit with this green Caron Simply Soft yarn!

I have not started it yet. I was originally going to do a different hat, but I ended up not liking how it was turning out so I figured that would be a bad one to have for a giveaway. Haha!

Anyways, I am going to start knitting tonight and will probably have it done by tomorrow or Tuesday and I will do a post with a picture of it.

*Picture compliments of Celebrity Slouchy Beanies for the family

So all that being said, you can start leaving comments obviously as soon as you see the post.

The deadline is FRIDAY FEB. 22nd at MIDNIGHT!!!

I will hold the drawing on SATURDAY FEB. 23rd and announce the winner that afternoon/night!

Best of luck to you all!

I had better start knitting! :)

Taylor Kay

 2/19/2013

The Hat Is DONE!

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A Few Of My Favorite Things

Hello Everybody!

So today, seeing as it is Saturday, we went SHOPPING! Ha! It's like there is nothing else to do on a Saturday... just like everyone else... who is also shopping... so you are just part of the madness. Yeah, I am not a big shopper and definitely not the person who goes on Saturdays. 

BUT! Today was a special day because I had a purchase coupon for Joann Fabrics! So OF COURSE I had to go and make good use of this! So I bought a bunch of YARN! There is no better thing than coming home with a bag full of new yarn! :)

So while I was shopping around, I found another FREE pattern. (I'm not gonna say what it is because I'm going to knit it and surprise everyone!) But here is the yarn I got for said project

Sugar 'n Cream is one of my favorite brands. They knit up amazing wash cloths and... other... things... ;) NOPE I'M NOT TELLING!!!

But I also found THIS yarn! 

It is Caron Simply Soft

I have never heard of or used this yarn, but it was on sale and I just grabbed a skein and felt it and oh my goodness is it SOFT!!! I have a couple hat patterns that I think it would be PERFECT for! And the colors are so pretty too :) I had a hard time choosing which colors I wanted, there were so many gorgeous ones!

Needless to say I am really excited to start some more projects with my NEW YARN! But now the question is... should I finish the ones I have going, or just start these and have about 5 going at once? Haha! We shall see :)

  Taylor Kay

What's On YOUR Needles?

What's on YOUR knitting needles today?

I have a couple projects going. 

Here is a brown square with left and right twists in it.

It is for a blanket that I am making. It is made with about 20 knit squares sewn together. 

I only have 1 other square done so it might take me a while to be finished. But I am pretty excited about it! Some of the patterns look really fun and interesting. I was going to try and finish this square tonight, only need a couple more rounds of the pattern to go, but I think I will wait till tomorrow.

My other project is one I started because all my knitting stuff was packed away, including all my pattern books. So I shopped around JoAnns and found a free cable scarf pattern, got the materials to make it, and brought it to knit night!

 It is rather tedious... which by the way is not my favorite kind of pattern... It has to measure about 60" and then you make pockets to go on each side. The pockets are what convinced me to make it, thought it was a neat idea! But it will definitely be a while before I finish it mostly because I don't like how tedious it is. HA!

Anyways, hope you had a good Valentine's Day! Mom and Dad got me candy and a neat pen with my name on it. :) 

Have a great rest of your night!

 Taylor Kay

Organization! - Day 22

Ahh, I just love yarn so much. :) It just makes me happy to come home from shopping with like 2 bags full of YARN! Haha! But just where to put it all? Well, I think it was about 6 months ago, I put up these cubes in my room to ORGANIZE my collection! Oh my word, it is amazing! I can actually find what I need now. Ha! Someday I might have an entire room just designated for my knitting or craft items. Lord knows I would probably fill it. ;)

Here's a picture of what it looked like before. Just everything in a bucket or on the floor spilling out everywhere. Very disorganized. :P

And NOW it is still a little messy, but at least it looks a little nicer. I can't imagine what it would look like if I didn't have the cubes. Ha! Quite a disaster if you ask me. ;)

 Anyways, hope you have a wonderful rest of your Saturday night. I get to go to work. Ah well, life happens

 Taylor Kay