Nauti Knitter: Swartz's A Christmas Story Cap

Well in the past month, probably longer, I have been doing a TON of knitting for Christmas presents. Sadly, that means my blog posts have been nonexistent. I do however have a great project to show you right now!

I had seen this hat a very long time ago and always thought how adorable it was. However, I would never waste my time making it because I would never wear it nor know someone that would wear it. I was proven wrong on the latter because a mom at my church asked me if I could possibly knit this hat for her son. I excitedly agreed and was very pleased with the outcome.

My luck got even better when I finished the hat. My brother and one of his friends were home for me to take pictures of them modeling my hat. My only regret is I did not take one in front of our Christmas tree.

As for the actual pattern, I thought it was a very easy pattern and actually knit up fairly quick, considering how long the hat tail is.

Now onto more of the pictures!

This last one might be my favorite picture! It reminded me of Horton Hears a Who!

Well this will be my final post before the New Year! Hope everyone had a safe and Merry Christmas!

Flicker Account

As a blogger, you always want to think as to how you can do things better! Or in some cases, how to do them more easily. So, I decided to get a Flickr Account. I have uploaded a ton of my old knitting projects and plan on adding pictures not only on my posts to to my account. You can also use your Flickr photos on Ravelry! I am hoping this will make things easier all the way around!

Feel free to upload your photos of my projects as well!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kraftykatie/

Anthropology Inspirations!

Recently, I have been loving the store Anthropology. Unfortunately, I have not been loving their prices!! So I have decided that I could make some of the stuff I have seen and loved there myself.

My sister showed me a really great headband/earwarmer from there that really was just some basic braided cables! I also had just bought the perfect yarn for the project. The pattern for that will be up soon!

I also saw another great headband that I whipped up in no time! Pattern for that coming as well. (picture can be found here)

Finally, there is a gorgeous bedspread that Kojo Designs made. I definitely am planning on making that as soon as I need a new spread!

Once the holiday season comes to a close I will be posting a whole lot more often! Also I will have multiple new patterns for you to try out!

Update

Due to an insane volleyball schedule, I have not had the time to put into my knitting and crafting. Also, I have been working on some Christmas gifts which means I can't really put them up because my family will see what they are getting and that's no fun! I already have two new patterns I have created for presents but those can't go up till after Christmas!

I have however, been able to get some stuff up on my etsy store! Go check that out!

Puff Quilt Photos

Here are some more better quality pictures of my puffy quilt! I am also posting some of these on my Etsy Store. So if you are interested in these quilts you can check it out there!

Finished Quilt

Here is the finished quilt for Samantha Marie, who we like to call Sammie.

I started this quilt awhile ago, and since it was my first quilt I had a little bit of trouble with making everything as precise as I would have liked it. Still it was a learning experience and I would encourage everyone to try it!!! I did the Honeybear Lane Puff Quilt. The directions were at most points easy to follow and the pictures helped out a lot.

The one point where I struggled was in making my own continuous bias binding and even sewing the binding on. I spent hours cutting and trying to figure out Honeybear Lanes directions on making my own binding. I don't know if it was just the way I was interpreting but it was just not making sense. I scoured google for a long time until I finally found this gem of a tutorial. This tutorial presented everything in a more concise way that made sense with how my brain works. Could be just me, but if you are having trouble with making your own continuous bias binding check this tutorial out!

New Patterns Page

I decided to make it easier to find all of my patterns and add in a free patterns page that you can access from the Home page. Now you can simply click on the tab and quickly see all my patterns with pictures attached!!