Christmas Crunch: Trying to Finish My Ribbed Vest

I've been busy all week with everyone else's life and trying to finish this ribbed vest by Patons before my Mom arrives for Christmas next weekend.

Not much to look at yet. This is the front. I'm just about finished the back. Then I'll have to sew in the ends and block both pieces. The finished vest should look like this.

I'm hoping to be knitting the collar, knitting the armhole bands and seaming (not all  at once!) this weekend.

My hands are getting sore from knitting. I promise I'll never wait this late again to knit a present even if  the pattern is in chunky yarn and has no sleeves.

There has got to be more Christmas knitting this FAF over at Andrea's at Wonder Why Alpaca Farm. Or, how about at Creative Friday?

Happy Finished Objects!

Robin's Egg Blue Hat This Fiber Arts Friday

My Robin's Egg Blue Hat is finito! While it's not Robin's Egg Blue, it is the hat.

Easy to make in Patons Shetland Chunky for a quick Christmas knit. The free pattern is here on Ravelry.

I'm off to see what other fiber adventures are being blogged about this FAF at Wonder Why Gal's or at Creative Friday.

Fiber Arts and Creative Friday: Share Your Tutorials

Discover Creative Friday over at Natural Suburbia where you can share a crafty tutorial old or new. I decided to link up on Creative Friday with my tutorial for my knitted and felted mini bag.

With my tutorial you can knit this...

And change it into this...

I had fun creating this tutorial, even though it was more work than I expected. Craft Gossip.com featured it. And, I have it up on Ravelry as my one and only design. Three Ravelers have actually chosen it as a project which I think is a hoot! I'm soon going to have a page on my blog for the pattern alone.

Any tutorials to share? Anyone know of other places on the web to share your creativity?

I'm sure there is a ton of fiber creativity over at Wonder Why Gals. See you there!

Happy Tutoring!