What's Been Happenin' Lately

I know I haven't been posting like I should, and to be honest, I don't get time to post till the evening these days and I figure that people don't read them if I post so late. Like its not worth it to post if you aren't going to post before noon. Is this true? Do you still read my posts even when they come later? Please tell me :)

But in the mean time, I really should tell you what I've been up to! I have SO many custom orders for the holidays, I've been doing loads of knitting and some dyeing too!

Here are some of the yarns I dyed this past weekend for custom orders:

This yellow one is my favorite (granted, I'm partial to yellow...) It is so gorgeous, so soft, subtle but happy :) It is being knit into a pair of custom elbow-length knucks as we speak. (Knucks are my word for fingerless mittens with a mitten flap)

This purpley-blueish-greenish yarn goes with a bright light green that I have yet to photograph, but they will be made into a pair of little girl's fingerless mitts and matching flower hat.

What have you been up to lately? Feel free to post links to blogs and photos :)

Oh! and don't forget our giveaway, it ends on Sunday night! The button is up there in the left hand corner, be on the look out for more, I would like to do them every Monday (and if you are interested, feel free to give me a note :))

Green and Black Knucks

These are the coolest knucks I think I've made, maybe I'm just partial to the colors :) These are a custom order for a friend as a Christmas gift.

They took me a little longer to make than they should have because I was swamped with school work (the semester is winding down and finals are this week) and I also became fairly ill, but here they are, all completed and warm and wonderful!

Pink and Black Knucks

I recently completed this pair of knucks for a custom order. A friend's sister wanted a pair in a soft pink and black mixture and this is what I made.

Knucks are basically gloves whose fingers stop at the first KNUCKle. A mitten flap is attached to the back of the hand so that it can be closed over top the finger tips to keep warm, or pulled back to allow the wearer to use their fingers to type, or find change, or flip someone off more effectively, its all up to the user ;)

I am currently finishing up a pair of these in a much larger size that are lined on the insides to provide even more warmth for a male friend with hands twice the size of mine, I'll post pictures when they are complete. Can you tell these are being knit in a green color? Hehe