VG Creations

  Life has been soooo busy.  Several years ago I moved home to help family.  This meant moving into my parents basement.  It's cool and dry and I can have bookshelves has far as the eye can see...though my mom keeps threatening me about the basement sinking because of all of the books but I think I need way more than 2500 that I currently have spaced out throughout the basement.  I was pretty ok with how it was but I definitely wanted a bathroom downstairs so I wouldn't have to run upstairs for a shower or toilet.  Long story short between starting a new job two months ago we also started on construction of the basement which is why posts have been few and far between.  Having a walk in closet and bathroom great but when doing a lot of the stuff yourself not so much.  That and I am highly allergic to dust and trees so yeah my body is trying to kill me with the construction. On to the fun things in life.  I've been playing with craft techniques again.  Some have been a huge

     When your sisters talk you into doing another summit but this time on Knitting that means pulling out all of your supplies and raiding other peoples yarn to get together everything you need for the videos.  After everything is together you end up with the chaotic mess you have to figure out.  Here are some things you will need to know before you start a project Yarn:  I buy for projects and not just pretties.  I know other people like to have a massive stash of yarn and no shade to those people but when it comes to limited space I need it for my books.  I gravitate to the bulky yarn as it works up faster and is easier on my hands.  Arthritis sucks and the smaller the yarn the harder on the hands it is.  You can pick up almost any yarn to work with any project.  There are some patterns that will work better with certain weights but you can usually modify the pattern to work with your yarn.   Yarn Weight Common Names Stitches per inch Recommended