Infinity Scarves

I went on a scarf making binge.

I love skinny scarves and I had never made an infinity scarf before, so I put the two together! 
Mel called them 'skinfinity scarves', which I think has a nice ring to it, and I will be the last person on earth to argue a pun!  

I went a little crazy! But I just love my knitting machine so much! 
(It is seriously as fast a they advertise on their site!)

I made 2 black and blue scarves for friends who got me a pair of stress boobs for Christmas. 

(They made a good point though, who doesn't like boobs?)
And I made the watermelon infinity scarf for Brigitte. She appeared to like it and it suits her, so I count that as a win!

I also made one for Valentine's Day for Abby's teacher. Jay thinks that it will make Abby the teacher's pet.. I think it's worth the risk! It will be a good learning experience about jealousy!

Of course, after seeing it, Abby wanted one too! So, 10 minutes later, I had made another one for her.

BUT WAIT! There's more!

I decided to make one for Tracy, for her birthday.
(Side note - why the heck is it so expensive to send a tiny parcel through Canada Post?? Is mail as expensive in the states? Seriously - $10 - and I squished it as much as I could before wrapping it! Very odd!)

I hand sewed her initials onto it, for a little more color, and personalized touch.

Another friend of mine, Anne-Marie, also has a birthday in February so I made her a camouflage skinny scarf. 

I didn't mail this one though - I brought it to her in Kingston, and I think that that was cheaper!

Last month, Draco decided that he was mad at us for putting him in his crate, so he attacked Jay's clothes that were sitting on the crate - an awesome plaid shirt (that I am working on turning into a dress) and his Ché sweater (which is twice as old as our relationship). I was really sad about both, and sat on some ideas for a while before deciding to turn the remains of the sweater into - you guessed it - an infinity scarf! 

(I will have a separate post later on how I made this.)

And the cherry on top of my sundae... Kris requested a black scarf! She left the details up to me, so of course, I went with an infinity scarf!

Phew! Now that spring is in the air, I am moving on to sewing stuff! 
Watch for my next few posts about turning a ripped shirt into a dress, and a sweater skirt! 

{Daily Odd Compliment: Every time I think about you, I'm like "Welp, I guess I'm not sleeping tonight!}

The Season of Giving

I hate posting this after Christmas, but I really had to since I wanted everything to be a surprise! 

So here are a few DIY gifts that I made this year...

I started with a scarf for my daycare provider, because it was the most simple. I made almost 20 of these suckers for my baby shower (but none since) and I was still pretty confident that I would be able to replicate an awesome scarf. 

Success! I had a couple bumps in the beginning, but all in all, I remembered how to fix my mistakes, so it worked out well! I also taught myself how to sew a 'P' onto a knitted piece. It didn't turn out as awesome as I would have liked, but it's still a pretty neat effect! 

Next, it was my cousin's girlfriend's gift. 
I don't know her very well, but I do know that she just had a baby and appears to love pink as much as I do, so that seemed easy enough! 

I found an awesome mug and drew my inspiration from there. I bought 3 different sized bowls, and 2 plates from Dollarama and beautified them with some Sharpies. 

There are now a bunch of different people who have posted about this and I can't find my original inspiration, but this is so easy to do! 

(Just a side note, you should use real Sharpies because I didn't, and the colors changed! Boo! One of the bowls didn't turn out at all, so I kept it!) 

But once you draw (or have your kids draw) on the dishes, stick them in the oven at 350 for about 30 minutes. Done! 

I used masking tape to section off the black lines and it worked pretty well! 

This gift fits all my favorite parts about giving a gift - personalized, easy, fast, and inexpensive! 

She thought this was the greatest thing ever! 

Phew!

My next gift, was for my cousin Emma, and I found it on Christy's blog. 

It's a marshmallow shooter! 

Jay got and cut all the PVC pieces and we printed the instructions 

and put it in a box. 

We had to substitute the marshmallows for wheat puffs, since the marshmallows got stuck (maybe our fancy Canadian marshmallows are bigger?).

And, I couldn't resist making this braided ball for my cousin's newborn. 

It was actually pretty easy to make. I used my knitting machine to knit the 6 strands, then braided it all together. I tried to follow the Ravelry pattern, but I found it too complicated to convert the paper strands to knit strands, so I eyeballed it. I added a baby rattle in the middle to make it a little more fun. 

I can't wait to hear updates as she grows!

All in all, it was a successful DIY Christmas! 

{Daily Odd Compliment: I like you more than I like receiving gifts. And I absolutely love getting presents. It's probably my favorite thing to do}