The Future is Beautiful

I have a lot of future projects that I would like to do and would like to post some of the pictures and the like here but can't narrow it down at the moment so I will try tomorrow to get some of the pic's downloaded and edit this post.
Love and Light
Tracey

This Weeks Knits

I have some lovely projects that I'm working on. My passion is knitting right now but being the creative person that I am that may change in the future. As you can see from past posts knitting hasn't always been my obsession. I usually rotate through different crafts and do different things. Right now though I'm knitting and I love it.

I moved to Australia in the beginning of December to be with my fiance after 2 years of online dating. I've left everything behind, all my craft stuff. Some of it I boxed up to be sent over later and some I have to my mother and my sister to use and keep. My mother knits and quilts and my sister cross stitches. I hope they can make use of my huge stash. I have been collecting craft stuff for so many years that they should have plenty to keep them busy for a while now.

I'm making 2 projects right now, and though I've had to frog them a couple of times, they are coming along nicely. Slowly but nicely. My first project is a blanket for this lovely lady. She is my fiance Peter's baby and is very special to him. She is a lovely kitty with a calico body and a cute tiger striped face. Though she does have a touchy temper and a very unique personality. I think she is rather beautiful though. Her blanket is a mesh of two washcloth designs from www.knittingknonsense.com. Kate the Cat Cloth and Cat's Paw are the two I used to make Tamika's blanket. I did it in two parts and if I get permission from the author i will post my pattern here. I knitted it into 8 squares the cat then paw, cat then paw on the bottom, and paw then cat, paw then cat on the top with some knits around the edges and between the squares for boarders and as I said I did it in two sections cause I only had straight needles. When I post the pattern I will try to put in up so it can be knitted on circular needles.

I chose a lovely pink 4 tone yarn that is close to what Peter says is Tamika's color. He wanted straight hot pink but I'm having trouble finding craft supplies here in town. I'm having to order most everything that I want online at the moment. I hope that will change in the future though as I would love to just pick a project, go to the store and find what I want for that project and take it home that very day.

I got the idea for a pet blanket for Tamika while I was hunting through the lovely patterns on Raverly. They have so many fun things, not to mention groups you can join with like minded people in then who share you addiction...I mean passion and creativity. Just google Raverly to find the site, join up and start knitting and talking the very same day. The cat blanket I originally wanted to do was one that was a solid color of garter stitch with knits around the edge and a cat face with whiskers and pretty glass eyes in one corner, but the pattern was in Chinese and I couldn't understand it so I started fishing through things trying to come up with something for the Meek a girl as that was what I was keen on at the time. I found first the kitty washcloth pattern and then the one for the paw and al presto chango a Tamika blanket was born. When I post my modified pattern on here I will also throw up original photo's by the designer so you can really see what the pattern is suppose to look like, as doing this in a variegated yarn has made the pattern very hard to see with the naked eye let alone in a picture. Though I think its just lovely just the same and it reminds me of her fur.

The second project I'm working on is a scarf for me. The Irish Hiking Scarf by Adrian Bizillia. Her website is www.hellowyarn.com and she has some very lovely patterns. This patter and others are also available free on the Raverly site. How I found the pattern is kinda fun and though it is almost 2 years late for the Kal/Cal it was originally knitted for I thought I would do it anyway as I love love love cables. They are so much fun to do. I'm doing this one in a deep purple so the stitches are a bit hard to see at times with the lighting I'm forced to use at this time and I've had to frog twice so far but I'm not giving up. it is a lovely pattern and I'm determined to get it right. I am really enjoying knitting it though, or trying to knit it I should say. Its been so long since I've done cables but oh boy am I having fun with them.

I am teaching my fiance how to knit, well trying to, because its relaxing and he needs that right now. He also finds the process rather fascinating and I love sharing things I love with people. He catches on so fast and one of these days a week I will show his progress and talk about how well he is doing if he is still sticking it out and the like. I hope he does, he picked it up rather fast and it would be fun to maybe make a blanket or something with him. Each of us making a squares and then we form them into an Afghan in the end. I've suggested this but after my showing him how interested I am in cables I think he got a little intimidated. I will have to let him cool a little and then try to pull him back in, if I can.

I started a knitting journal and I'm rather proud of it, I thought it was a great idea as I don't have access to a printer right now so I can't print my patterns off and it gets rather annoying to have to check the computer screen every couple of rows to make sure that I'm doing them write. I can also add notes on my little tweeks so that I can post them at a later date on the Raverly site and here on my blog. Anything to make a pattern easier to work is a big fat plus in my book.

Ah well that is a week in the life of my lovely projects. Next week will see more goodies and probably some of the same but farther along or finished. We will just have to see. Until tomorrow have a great night and happy knitting.

Love and Light

Tracey

Interesting Beginnings

I'm starting a new blog series this week and hope to continue it throughout the weeks to come. Creating things is something that I have a passion for and its nice to be able to post one's work somewhere for others to see and take inspiration from. I also have two other blogs that I'm working on a writing blog and a spiritual blog. I hope to post on all 3 of these blogs at least 6 days a week with new information and new creations of mine as well as things that I find inspirational. This is a big commitment for me as I rarely write anything lately. I've also committed to writing in my journal everyday. I hope that I can keep these commitments.

My schedule is:
Monday - This Week's Knits
Tuesday - The Future is Beautiful
Wednesday - Newbies Please
Thursday - My Hand at Teaching
Friday - Forum's Fun
Saturday - Pattern Tweaks

My other blogs are:
http://midnightwolf75.blogspot.com
http://aspiritualjourny.blogspot.com

Well see you all tomorrow.
Love and Light
Tracey

Back on the planet...maybe.

Wow, its been a couple years since I've been here. I have a hard time believing that my last post was the breakup of my husband and I over two years ago. I will give a cliff notes version of what has happened to me in the past two years and see how that goes.

After my husband and I split up we didn't talk for almost a year until I bit the bullet and told him that I accept him no matter what and if he can get over the hurt feelings and anger I would love to be friends with him. It took him a while and I'm not sure he is completely over it but we are on pretty good terms right now. We do sit and talk and both of us are doing well and are much better off being friends then spouses.

I lived with my folks for the past two years and tried to get on my feet and out on my own. I had a job at Wal-mart for a while and I loved it dearly. I was a cashier and the people were so fun. It felt so good to get out of the house everyday and taking care of myself, being able to buy the things I need and standing on my own two feet.

In November of 09' I had to quit my job because I was having a lot of abdominal pain and I collapsed at work. I spent from Nov to Feb in a lot of pain and so nauseous I could never keep my food down. Finally the hospital admitted me and I had surgery the end of February on my stomach. I spent two weeks in the hospital trying to recover and ended up losing a lot of blood. It took a while for them to stabilize me and send me home finally the beginning of March. (I can't believe that was a year ago now). It took a long time and a lot of pain before I was stable again and able to do things for myself at home.

(recap) This is the 3rd major surgery I've had on my stomach since '04. I was in a really bad car accident. A couple young kids weren't paying attention to what they were doing and they ran a red light doing 85 and totaled my car in Texas. I was there for a dentist apt the next day and my family sent me early and rented me a motel I got in a bit late that night as the apt was suppose to be 9:30am the next day. That car accident changed my life. You never know what may happen to you or how short life can be until something like this happens to you. My first surgery was in El Peso. The second one was in Lubbock and the third surgery was in Carlsbad NM. I pray that I will never have another but you never know.

I met a man in all this time and have been seeing him pretty steady for the past couple years now. I did meet him pretty fast after my husband and I broke up, but after the 3 and 1/2 years of neglect and abuse it was very nice to find someone who loves me for me. We have our problems but everyone does because no two people are alike but we are good together.

Now I'm in Australia and about to be married again. I think I might be crazy to be honest but its a good kinda crazy right now. We waited for 2 years to be sure that this was what we really wanted. I have been here in Perth Australia for 4 months now, and we will be getting married sooner then planned so I can stay in the country with him but it is so worth it. Its not easy finding someone who loves you for you, is interested in what your interested in and wants to be with you, take care of you and love you till your old and gray. He also knows more about me then anyone else ever has and I can be myself around him, fully and completely and I've never had that. Its a great feeling.

Being the really creative person that I am has been hard lately though as I'm just getting settled in over here and have had to give up a lot of my things and buy them anew over here, or wait for a time that I can send some of my things over here, mother is keeping a lot of it. I kinda spin my creative wheels and not get anywhere.

I have been doing some drawing and some writing but haven't gotten anything posted and I don't have a scanner so I can't put up the newer art work. Right now I'm also knitting and having a blast with it. I have 4 sets of needles right now and about 5 balls of yarn but its a start. I did get to get on eBay yesterday and order some new needles and a bit of yarn so that will add to my joy when it gets here. I can't believe how much I took my crafts and hobbies for granted when I had all I needed. The move has been worth it but it does make one think.

Religiously I'm settling in too, working on making friends and getting used to the new wheel of the year in the southern hemisphere. Its all very very interesting and feels strange to but it also feels like I've been living here for the whole of my life or atleast the last half of it. Its a very bazaar feeling to tell the truth, but its also nice.

Anyway more later on all of this action, I have 3 blogs and I hope I can keep up with all 3 of them, but then again I have nothing to do but spend time with my fiance as I'm not allowed to work right now. More on everything later.

Hugs Love and Light

Tracey