It's been ages since I've posted anything here... It's so good to be back And since I'm trying to redeem so bad feedback from my swaps I was checking for stuff to send to people on the FOC 2nd Chance Wishlist Swap... someone wanted a Sock Monkey Cup Cozy and after seeing the crocheted one she had on her wishlist, I figured I could come up with one of my own I did! And it's so pretty! So, I thought it would be a good thing to post here as a new beginning in Craftster

Here, have a look Let me know what you think...









ETA. Pattern is now available in my blog! Yay! http://www.thepurpleblug.com/2009/04/my-very-first-pattern-george.html

Ok, I have a tiny problem... My bf bought me this huge lot of needles from ebay... so now i have 15 sets of straight, 15 of circular and 15 of double pointed needles... but the dpns are just pairs, not the whole set...
I'm dying to try to make a pair of Knitty's fetching, but I don't know what to do... Could I use another pair to complete the set and work with mmmm, size 6 & 7 needles all around... or would it ruin the whole thing???

Hey guys, i'm making the Hungry baby doll from craftbits http://craftbits.com/viewProject.do?projectID=1283 but I've reached to a point where I really  don't understand what to do...

I've done everything fine, but when I get here

Change to flesh colour
(K1 inc in next 2 sts) to send 50 sts St-st 23 Rows

I can't move forward...

Up to here I have 30 sts on my needles, if I increase just two sts, how am I gonna get to 50?
Please help me....

Hey guys, this is really a long shot, but I thought I should give it a try...
I'm the coordinator of the "Store" team at the next ENE weekend here in Honduras.
Ene is a catholic group for kids and we will have our annual Weekend in August 25th and 26th.  During that weekend the kids will be receiving several lectures about their relationships with their family, friends, and God.
My team is in charge of the things the kids would buy for their "Secret Angel" (that´s the same as Secret Santa).  And this year, my team is quite small...Just two boys, the other coordinator and me.  So, I thought it would be quite cool to sell stuff made by craftsters...
We just need small things like bookmarks, small bracelets, stuffies, silly decorated pencils, stuff like that.  The prices we set for the things are pretty symbolic.  Ranging from 1 to ten lempiras (That would be from US$ 0.05 to 0.50). And the money is used for the group, not to benefit anyone else.  
So, what I´m asking you, are a few crafted things.  They would be quite small, so I don´t think you´d have to spend much in shipping ( I hope... ) In reward, I can´t offer much, though I could send you a Thank you card from my kids or kids on the other teams... (at my expense...) and pics from the weekend :p
Here are some pics from the last two weekends....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amaquima/sets/72157600457297736/show/

Thank you very much for reading this and please contact me if you´d like to help

P.S. The weekend is August 25th and 26th...

I've been wanting to make a hat for quite a while, but didn't find THE pattern...
You know, that pattern that really calls you and almost screams "MAKE ME!". 
But I saw this one,
http://www.knitonthenet.com/issue1/patterns/clochestashhat/ and just loved it... and having an alarmingly growing stash I decided to finally give it a try...
It turned out extremely cute... had a bit of a problem cos I ran a bit out of yarn at the end... It called for 4 inches of St st in rounds at the end, but I did like 7 rows but I kinda had to unravel(like always) the last row, cos I didn't have enough yarn to bind off...
But judge for yourself...









The pics are bad! The first one is barely decent...
Please comment! Feedback is always good!

I was quite busy a couple of days ago... had some orders...I've never posted any of my jewelry here... so, I decided it was time to do it ....




It's sterling silver with freshwater pearls and swarovski bicones...
This is a bit older...

This one is The Story of Jesus... (also Sterling silver, freshwater pearls and Swarovski crystals.
I'm gonna make some with "poem" for mother's day... but later...
I planned to post more pics... but they are gigantic... I'll fix them and post them later...

[probably]

Ok, I need help...
I need a small project that uses just one skein...
I have a skein of yarn that I love...and I'm looking for something pretty and light... Though everytime I see Clapotis, I imagine it in this yarn...
I can't tell you anything interesting about it...cos there's no website or anything...and it's in spanish...
It's Cisne's Motitas yarn.... weight 100g.... 97% acrylic 3% poliamida (?) 240 yards...
26 rows x 22 sts on a 10x10 inches swatch using needle us3





Any advice will be thanked... I'm dying to do something pretty with it... anything light and pretty... I just have one skein, but could probably get more...

I need some help... I found the Vestee on the newest Knitty and looks like the perfect present for my friend that will be giving birth to her first son at the end of the month...but the thing is that I want to make a smaller version of the Vestee...
but I dunno how...
I have some lovely baby blue yarn, and I'd be using US 6 needles...the gauge is 28 sts 32 sts...
Well, the thing is that i already started... I figure that since it seems to look smaller it would kinda work...but i dunno how long I have to make it... the pattern calls to knit in garter stitch for six inches... but I think that would be extremely big for a newborn...