Craft-tastic!

So every winter I get back into my knitting hobby, and this year has been no exception!  Just this past weekend I had a wonderful outing with my friend Kelly (who is an expert knitter if I may say)!  We went to the local yarn shop and then went to JoAnn Fabrics to peruse their knitting goods.  I left with some great stuff and great ideas for projects:

Sock Yarn in a beautiful red and black stripe to make a pair of socks:

Pretty purple/black combo yarn to make a capelet:

Some pretty cream yarn to make mittens/gloves (haven't decided yet):

And I would say my best find was "Baby Blanket" yarn to make Emily a new bunny - it totally feels and looks like blanket material, love it!

Here's the story of "Bunny Buddy"......

So Emily got this great little bunny blanket from Pottery Barn Kids from the baby shower.  Cutest thing ever.  We started giving it to her to sleep with at like 4 months and she loved chewing on it and snuggling with it.  Well, this thing is getting DISGUSTING!

Exhibit A:

So for the past month or so, Jim has been ready to throw this thing out or burn it, haha!  I have protested because it's her night time snuggle bunny and we can't just get rid of it!!!  I stumbled across this pattern:

Perfect!!  So after my shopping venture last weekend I knitted one up on Sunday - only took the day to do!  It's a little big bigger than I expected so if (when) I make it again, I will just cast it on to smaller needles.

Exhibit B:

But it doesn't matter, because.....

She loves it!!

This is why it gets so gross, haha!

Currently I am working on a messenger type bag:

This is what we have done so far - it's about 1/3 done - that pattern needs to repeat two more times:

I'm looking forward to finishing this up so I can work on the capelet:

and a pair of socks - which I have never done before, so will be an interesting experience I am sure!

And here are a few other projects I've done over the past year:

 Wore this at my baby shower!

 Knit hat for the hubby (also made a red one for myself)

 Knit hat for the baby!

Kindle cover

If anyone is interested in any of the patterns I have used, just let me know and I will definitely share!