A brief hiatus...

The last couple of months have been a bit hectic around here.  I have been creating, but mostly just repeats of things needed for inventory at Brick + Mortar.  The baby has been keeping us quite busy and so everything else has fallen by the wayside.

And then I got shingles.  What.  The.  Hell.  Who get's shingles?!?!  I do.  And it s u c k s.  In addition to a dreadful rash around my torso (and sideboob for added fun), my lymph nodes went all haywire and I couldn't put my arms down due to golfball sized swelling in my underarms.  It's incredibly hard to knit when you have to hold your arms up.  So mostly I just laid around being miserable and complaining a lot and eating tons of ice cream.  Because when you're sick the calories don't count.  Everyone knows that.

But I'm mostly all healed now and I have some (not overly exciting) things to show you.

First up we have mason jar cozies!  Good to protect your hands from hot or cold beverages, or to just pretty up your mason jar for whatever you keep in there.  And they're removable and washable for spill cleaning.  I'm not saying you're messy or anything... ya know... just in case...

Next up are some bookmarks.  I love making these.  There's a never-ending supply of quotes to choose from and they never get boring.

And of course we have some naughty cross-stitch.  Much like the bookmarks, these never get old.  

And last, but not least... We have the Butterfly Beanie.  I started this hat about 1,000 years ago and it sat in a ziploc baggie just waiting for it's turn.  

Knit with KnitPicks Chroma Fingering in Smoothie and Bare.  There are some ladders at the pattern repeats, but overall I really like it.  

Too bad I really don't like wearing hats.