Knitting Dragonflies

Both of the photos used here are from the gluebook group on Flickr from petalthrow Exercises to unleash creativity and get your mind flowing are plentiful. I try to keep a list of them to use when I feel like I’m in a rut, and need a new perspective on things. -Read some new blogs, some that are not in your area of interest, I never fail to come up with something to add to my list of things I want to try when reading blogs. Bloggers are tremendously creative people. Likewise with podcasters. 1-Start a journal! Sit down and write nonstop for 15-20 minutes per day, about anything, as fast as you can, don’t think and see what happens. You will be surprised. 2-Start a gluebook, Yahoo gluebook group , gluebooks ideas , more on gluebooks , Flickr gluebook group 3-Turn OFF the TV, seriously, it is a big time and brain suck. Turn it off and you will be surprised what happens, with your children also. - The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp , I highly recommend this book! - Pikaland

I got a delayed start on my Tour De Fleece spinning! I’m going to try and make up for lost time! I returned to work after recovering from an injury, and I am behind on everything and exhausted. (and forgot how much work drama sucks the energy out of me!) So no spinning on the beginning date of the Tour. I did decide I would spin up: 4.6 oz of BFL from Parrot Fish and a pound of BLF/BL from Breezy Manor from “Orion” it is nearly black, and so pretty! Well it is the middle of July now, and me with very little spinning, I’ll have to make up for it next year!  Progress so far….   4 oz spun and plied, I have just started on the dark brown BFL. Hope your spinning is going better than mine!!

I knitted this pattern once, and loved it so much I decided to do it again! I use my first bag constantly, and love the size, which is 16 long x 14 wide. This time I want to knit it in some vibrant colors, and make the stripes really stand out! I’m in the mood for some happy colors! I know another bag, I like to have a variety of sized bags to carry my flotsam and jetsam to work and around. Pattern: Baby’s Got a Brand New Big Bag from Maia Discoe  (pdf link), (love this pattern, I’m thinking of making a purse sized one soon, maybe decreasing the stitches by about 60 to 70%?) Yarn: Black, leftover from some projects, yellow, hand dyed by me, multi color orange, red and yellow, hand dyed by me, and some orange Malabrigo Needle size: 10.5 circulars OK, so a little further.. Before felting and after Felting was done in my top loader, measurements before were 17 inches wide x 19 inches long, after felting measurements are 15 x 15, which is an estimated of felting shrinkage o