Christmas tree decorating!

Hello Everyone!

Tonight I decorated the Christmas tree with my family. It was so fun to hang up all the ornaments that have become a tradition to hang in our family. My mom absolutely adores christmas ornaments, she has a huge collection. The tree is literally packed with ornaments, I don't think there is space for anymore. I bought her the new Starbucks ornament this year.

how it looks :)

I knitted more of the scarf for my friend, I'll post it after I give it to her so it's a surprise! can't wait!

I also started the mittens again because the first one turned out.... well not as I had envisioned :P

Have a great night!

Lisa :)

***28 Days until christmas!** what are you asking Santa for this year?

huge mitten thumb and other events

Hey all,

How is everyone doing? It was a really cold day today here in the Toronto area. I was outside freezing with the kids and really needed mittens that close at the top! (I'm wearing open finger mittens at work- silly me)

I knitted my first mitten and the thumb turned out to be HUGE! It is my very first attempt. A word of advise for all you beginner knitters out there(like me), make sure when watching a video on how to knit something you count how many stitches the person did. My thumb was about 20 stitches longer than the woman in the videos. (lol)

In other news, my photo finally appeared on the Blacksheep and Ewe website!! I kept checking back and I had gone in October. I'm glad they posted it. This was from a craft fair I went to and they loved that I had used one of their scarf kits from the year before so they took my photo for their website :)

Me and my "Amelia" scarf :)

I'll post again soon!

Lisa

Mitten!

This is the start of the first mitten! I am so happy I finally got it started :)

Lisa xo

Great video for knitting mittens with the circular needle!

I've started knitting mittens with this video and wanted to share with you all. I will post photos when they are further along :) (It's not me knitting by the way :P)



enjoy!

Lisa xoxo

Knitwear everywhere!

Today when I was shopping, I was admiring all the beautiful knitted items for the winter. I was dreaming of one day knitting these pieces. Here are some goodies to look at that are hot this winter at some of your local stores:

H&M

The Bay

Roots

Have a good night
Lisa xo

Problems in the Workplace...

Hello!
How is everyone :)
yay 2 more followers, thank you so much for thinking that this was a worthwhile blog for you to follow, welcome!


So I have something to talk about that bothered me today. At work there is a women who just bad mouths another one of my coworkers once she leaves to go home or she isn't in the room. "She doesn't do this right, she does this and that, blah blah blah". I really don't want to get involved in this kind of thing because wouldn't you hate to be the woman they are complaining about? and it's funny that people do it, because aren't we all a little self conscious and worried that people are talking about us when we are not around?
Also I really like the woman that she is complaining about, so I just kind of stare at this person who is complaining and I haven't worked closely with her before so I don't know how it is for her, well apparently it isn't fun.
My thought is, just don't get in the habit of discussing negatively a coworker with another one of your coworkers, it is a snowball effect because once you start that kind of complaining, it's hard to stop. Maybe she should discuss this with her boss but keep in away from other coworkers...
What are your thoughts?

Take care, and don't gossip! :)
Lisa <3

photo credit: http://www.jmorganmarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/arguing.jpg

2010 crafting goals:

Hey all,

It is the New Year and I have some crafty goals I would like to achieve this year, have you all made goals yet?
mine are:

Knit clothing: I really want to knit something to wear this year, I have been procrastinating but I can do this! just need to pick up the needles and wool.

Oil Paint: I just love the look of oil paintings, so beautiful it would be great if I could paint my own someday. Practice, practice, practice!

Learn to crochet: my friend just learned, I think it would be fun :)
sketch more in the sketch book
decorate boxes
get photos developed and create albums more often

are just some so far :)

Write to you later!
Lisa <3

hey !





sorry I was away for some time, I will be writing again now. I got inspired again by watching the movie 'Julie and Julia'! has anyone else seen it? very amazing movie and it got me thinking about my own blog :)

Amy adams in Julie and Julia

So lately I've been working, I got a fulltime job in a childcare center, I am really loving it :)

I started a project, it's a gray tank top, I had to frog it unfortunately because I didn't follow the pattern correctly.. but I will start over very soon, probably tomorrow since I don't want it to go on too long without any projects.
I am also knitting my sister a phone cozy, she asked me to, i think it'll be cute.


what are your latest projects?



bye,

write to you later <3

Today...

Hey Bloggers! <3

I worked more on my baby blanket, it's 7 inches wide now. I am now stqrting on the second ball of yarn because I am done the first, it was 105 yard ball of wool.
I went to a fall craft fair yesterday with the family. It was sooo cute. I picked up a few things for my room for the Autumn season. It really inspires you to create after visiting one of these fairs. Gets you in the spirit to knit, sew, glue etc. Hope everyone is having a great Sunday afternoon, getting refreshed for the week ahead.
I am currently looking for a part time job in retail, not sure where quite yet, I had graduated from college and decided I would like to pursue further education so at the moment its just deciding time and come January I will apply.
so I am going out for some chinese food soon with my sister, she's finishing work at 5 so we were going to go out afterwards. I get to practice using chopsticks once again! (I'm useless with chopsticks haha.)
bye for now!!
much love,
Lisa ♥

What I am up to today

Hey!

I finished the little knitted flower yesterday :) I'm going to put a pin on the back of it. It's just a little fun thing to knit.

I was reading one day and my cat, Fluffy came and she jumped up on my lap, I couldn't resist taking a picture of her as she moved her mouth on my book. She loves doing that.

I was working more on the baby blanket that I have to get finished soon as a gift! It's really soft and getting longer.


I've also decorated my room for Autumn, I went to Michael's and bought some really nice Autumn decorations to put on my dresser. Here's what it looks like now :) I know it's a little premature seeing its only september 18th and there are still GREEN leaves on the trees, but it will all come quicker than we think. :P

I went shopping with my friend at the salvation army and found this peice on a shelf.Its kinda cute, it has a stem on the top like a fruit or something. Funny what you find in these shops . I can put things inside like keys, change etc. Its a cute decoration on my dresser as well.


That's it for now! enjoy your friday night <3
Lisa ♥

New to blogging :)

Hey everyone!

As my name on here states, my name is Lisa and yes I do knit. I have been knitting for a few years now and absolutely love it. I will be posting some of my knitted works soon and one cute three peas in a pod that I actually bought at a knitting table at my College. It was too cute to refuse. So basically I'd love to meet people who love knitting and to see other blogs that have knitted works. Also look at blogs that are interesting and teach me things as well because I love to learn about new things. :)