April Review

At the beginning of the month there seems to be a big break in my ravelry projects, from the 26th of march till the 9th of April. This must have been the main bit of my creative slump, but I honestly can't remember what I did durig that time. Probably sat around, complainging about being bored! I just couldn't get into making things at all. Anyway, then I started with a shrug, and decided to just make small things, and it seems to have worked, I'm back into full creative mode now :) Here's what I did do in April:

Black Ribbed Shrug (Two toned shrug from fitted knits by Stephanie Japel, but all in black)
Baktus Scarf (ah, this is one that was responsible for my slump. I kept having to rip it back, and back again), but it's one of my favourites now.
Drunken Bees socks
Express Lane socks
I started the Bit of Baroque scarf (ravelry project page link)
and I also started a Feather and Fan shawlette

I started some Josephine crocheted gauntlets as well, but they got ripped. One yarn I tried was too fluffy for the pattern, the next was too scratchy.

So lots of starting, and lots of socks. Socks are great for getting out of a creative slump, and they're also addictive!

March Review

OK, I'm going to do reviews of March and April today (in different posts, to keep it seperate), so that they're DONE! And here, a month late!, is March:

OK, in knitting and crochet, I did:

Alpine Frost Scarflet
Tubey (I haven't blogged about this yet, but I love it!)
Sea Wool Scarf from Yarn Forward magazine (again, no blog post, I think)
Sparkly Gauntlets of No Regrets and
Black Gauntlets of No Regrets
Armwarmers You Can See From Space
Raspberry Beret

Ooh, there's quite a few projects there! Obviously before I went into my mini-slump :)

I also performed Isis Wings at a hafla on March 28th. I danced to Aziza by Hossam Ramzy, and it went great! It's my new favourite Isis Wings tune, lots of spinny bits, and muchos drama! I was quite surprised by how much I got into the dance, in the photos, my head is even leaning down into the spins. I have a tendency to keep my head straight up, so to see myself emoting, and relaxing into the dance is quite strange, and exciting. Here's some of my favourite photos of me from the night, taken by my friend.

February Review

February was another productive knitting month :)

I started the Shetland Shorty shrug at the end of January, and finished it at the beginning of February.
My only project for my Year of Colour was the Sheep and Wool hat, which I haven't got any pics of yet :( Actually, writing this has reminded me, so I'll try to do it soon.
Then I heard about the Vest-uary KAL on the Stash and Burn podcast, so I finally made the Back To School U Neck Vest, which I'd been meaning to for ages, so I'm pleased about that.
I made another Luna Lovegood scarf, which I actually haven't blogged about yet.
Then I made a mohair cabled scarf, which I haven't blogged about yet either. :/
And I finished my Icelandic Turtleneck sweater on the 28th, with both armwarmers. Another thing I need to get pics of.

I need to do more colour knitting, I think. I think with the weather getting warmer through February, I've been less inclined to knit hats and gloves and things like that, and I've been set on knitting garments.

And I need to get more pics of my knitting, and blog about it more regularly. I've been too obsessed with my camera, and Flickr, recently. Ha, that sounds odd. Too obsessed with my camera to take pics of my knitting! :D I'm getting better with my camera though, I understand some of the more technical aspects of photography now,, and I've been having lots of fun experimenting.

I also performed at a hafla with my Isis Wings - no vids unfortunately, but other people took some photos, so I may post some of them soon :)

Hmm, from reading over this post, although I did a lot, I still have a lot to do!

January Review

Ooh, that title sounds all official, doesn't it! :)

I just wanted to go over what I've made in January. There's quite a lot, I seem to have been very busy!

All the links are to blog posts, or you can check out my ravelry profile for more info on any of the projects.

I started my Year of Colour with Stripey
Then I crocheted the Cowl Neck Sweater from the Lion Brand Free Patterns Page (more on that soon!)
The Year of Colour continued with a more complicated charted hat pattern - The Norwegian Star Hat.
Then I made two pairs of fingerless mittens - my Pink and Brown crocheted handwarmers, and my CanCans.
Then I started on the Shetland Shorty shrug.

And in between all that, I made three other smallish things, which I can't really write about yet. Boooo! :D

Blimey, looking at it written out, did I do anything else except craft? :) Yet, I did. I started going back to dance classes, and I also started taking a photography and photoshop class. Hmm, I really should write more about that in a bit! And I've been working out to some of my exercise DVDs in a bid to lose a little bit of weight. :) Yet another thing to write about at some point! Maybe I can review the DVDs or something.

I honestly don't know how I've manged to do so much! Something must have been slipping somewhere else, which I'll probably realise next month! :D I hope this kind of productivity continues though, it's fun having lots of new knit and crochet items!