Amigurumi Family

Here is my little amigurumi family I have been working on since Christmas. Learning to make these little dolls has been such a fun experiment......and a totally new hobby for me, for sure....

From left to right we have Mousy, Junior, Egg Cozy, Penguin and Chloe the Chihuahua. Mousy, Chloe, Egg Cozy and Penguin all live at my friend Stef's house with their family. Junior, the large bear amigurumi lives here with my 3rd oldest son, Shiny.

You can find all sorts of patterns for amigurumi by google'ing or looking on ravelry.com. You do need to know how to crochet. It was hard to find amigurumi with knitted instructions.

BTW: Amigurumi are japanese crochet dolls.

I hope you're having a great sunny, spring day like we're having here in Washington State.

shan

Busy Bee...

Balls are fun to knit and felt. I put a jingle bell inside to make it extra special.One of my offerings waiting to be listed on etsy.com. My etsy and ravelry id is knitshanknit if you wanna check-me-out! I am also available for custom orders. This scarf is knit in the Dream Swatch pattern from Manos de Uruguay wool. Rustic and cheerful!
The humble beginning to my knitted wool/soybean soaker. It is a newborn size, I think and will most likely be for sale on my etsy store.
And last but not least, here is a ballband washcloth from the delicious Mason Dixon Knitters. I am using a mysterious multicolored yarn from friend's stash donation. I think it has a bit of cotton in it. The white is Peaches and Cream. This pattern is actually from the company that manufactures Peaches and Cream.
That's all for now friends. Please stay tuned. I took some pictures of our last Sit and Knit nite and the process of blocking my Manos de Uruguay scarf.

I am thankful for the new knitting friends that God has brought my way. You know who you are M, S, R, K and J. Thanks for bringing the party to the last Sit and Knit...... 5 people that have come before couldn't this time, get it on your calendar so we can hang out and not get pre-empted by other activities.

Cabled Baby Hat Finished and Sunshine...

The cabled hat torture is over. I worked VERY hard to get this hat just right. Ann from Mason Dixon Knitting dot com compared a sweater that she is working on to backyard wrestling. You should check it out it's hilarious. They are hilarious.

I completed, CONQUERED this cabled hat. Completing it once (ie: hershey kiss baby hat in earlier post here) Started again, ripped it out 6 or more times halfway. I FINALLY completed it with help from a cable hat tutorial here....bless you Bohemian Knitter Chic.

Please enjoy a couple photos of Baby Yaya in his handsome hat.


A picture of a happy Momma with her baby boy, who gets to knit something else for a change! Thank you God!

Sit and Knit:February and other fun...mostly pictures...

Why not start with Baby Ya Ya, he's amazing and brightens up any ol March day!!! My gift to you is his magnificent smile!!!
My birthday gifts were delightful.....I am complete now with both Mason Dixon books! I can't wait to try the mitered square/quilt.
A couple of my new best friends bought me this ball winder. What a neat surprise and so handy. I feel like a professional now that I have this piece of gear!
Gretchen's heart valentine to me. I love her and her knitting.
My birthday card to Gretchen. A crochet hand dyed heart........
A fun red cross cable, easier than I thought, still challenging though......I made a index card cozy out of the swatch for my dear friend Gretchen.
Christmas yarn and my new book...
A french press cozy I knit. I had started a log cabin blanket and lost interest, so, i felted the little bugger and added some velcro straps to the back to help it stay on the french press.
Voila, hot coffee a little longer.
Sit and Knit:February. A find gathering and another proper knitting circle.
Project roll call:
K: impossible but possible because you are doing them booties
G:Royal purple shawl, I honestly cannot remember what you were working on that night....lemme think!?!? wow!!!
L: Pink, brown bag, very cool crochet stuff
L: Grocery bag double strand cotton
M: Felted purse/bag
Me: my alpaca cardigan
M: shawl/scarf thingy, our new knitter!
C: Hat/scarf, used the new ball winder for the first time!
Gretch brought banana cake and Ms. L brought yummy chicken enchilada dip. It was heaven!
Here's our ladies, we were missing some fine folks this time, but we'll catch up with you in March.

Superbowl Live Blog:Knit Along...

6:59 See you all later, this live blog is concluded for now.......................big hugs..........

6:37 Baby Ya Ya is still on my lap and I am trying to knit. He's zonked. I am on Facebook
right now too. Add me: Shannon Stainer mention the blog and I'll add you to my
knitting group on there.

6:29 Superbowl preempted by boys wanting to play Halo. Hub and Saugelei going to youth
youth group. Thanks to all who stopped by on the live blog. Hat unfinished, but I'll
continue going this evening. Email or Facebook me if you finished anything.
God bless.

6:27 Getting tired. Brain softening, hulu.com
Missing my usual Superbowl nap.
hahaaa, hulu commercial is icky and hilarious.


6:20 Score the same, baby ya-ya asleep on my lap.
I'm thinking about a recap post for last night's Sit and Knit.
My sweet Mommy is making dinner while I blog and hold the sleeping ya ya....

6:11 Heinken is yucky.

6:05 Pittsburg is up by 13............

6:03 reboot and we're back
careerbuilder.com commercial haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

5:53pm even live blogs must pause when the live blogger is a mom of 4. Hubby and Sau-ge-lei have to go youth group. Itty bitty baby wants to wack my keyboard
with his teething tablet bottle.
He is not goiNG To put up with live blogg\ing]] much longer. He's adding to this post with his \wee little handS.........]p
Babies and keyboard.s
The score is unchanged.

5:44 pm Here's my Superbowl project. I am trying to finish it. We'll see.
Omgoodness, the Office commercial. hahaa......
Here's some of my men watching the game. Li-Jo is feeling better about watching the game. Shiny is playing legos in the background.
The Budweiser Scottish commercial was dumb. Sheesh. Someone got paid for that? Hmm....

Bridgestone commecial was wicked awesome. Cyprus Hill: Get up, Get up, Get Down!!!!!!
Denny's commercial, haaaaaaaa Free Breakfast this Tuesday.
Monster.com Moose butt. hahaaaa..........

Knit Shan Knit Live Blog Knit Along...Superbowl Knittttting......

5:26 also, buffalo chicken strips (by Tyson, yucky) the honey bbq ones are to die for.
Li-Jo and Shiny had regular chicken nuggets. I am fighting disappointment over not
refrigerating the chili ARRRRRRRRRGH. I hope I can recover and make dinner tonight.
Oh, I'm gonna knit now. Li Jo cannot handle how long it's taking for us to watch the
Superbowl....he's really disappointed.

5:24 Menu today: Forgot to refrigerate chili last night after Sit and Knit, so no chili today HOORAY!!!!!!! Renee's trail mix, green grapes, and a Mighty Arrow New Belgium. Good combo.

5:19 The cool thing is the musicians in the Boss' band have been doing their thing for most of their lives, they are good at what they do.....they couldn't look happier. I love Rock and Roll.
More fun commercials.
Priceline commercial: hahaaaaa..................."The language of the deal"
Overstock, AWESOME!!!!! Great message.


5:14 Li-Jo and I are eating the "trail mix" Jule's Renee made for the Sit and Knit. It's fantastic. The only way to improve it is make it peanut butter and powder sugar covered chex mix. That would taste good on the gummy fish. It has Lucky Charms, Ju Ju fish, cransins, mixed nuts, Grandma's Iced Cookies, and M & M's. Bruce is still at it. Oh, they are singing in the mic just like when they did it back in the day. Oh man that guy Steve was rockin'.

5:11: Bruce told us to put down our guacamole and chicken fingers. Is he prejudice against avocados and poultry. We need to do our part for the economy.
Kevin said Bruce slid into the camera. He's giving that telecaster guitar a work out.
Go old guy!!!

5:04 Half time
Nextel Commercial cute, Sobe commercial cute, too...

5:00 Meet Chihuahua. Another Amigurumi I finished this week. This fine orange fur ball will go to my niece Lizbeth. Much coveted at the Sit and Knit, in hindsight was Chihuahua (pronounced Chee-huah-huah all annunciated) in danger of being stolen??? Probably.......
I need to watch those knitters more closely next time.........I let my guard down. LOL


4:55 almost half time, and TOUCH DOWN....Kevin is sleeping, so I guess he won't mind that Pittsburg is winning.

4:49 Welcome Peru, 43 countries now on my ticker. Thanks for stopping by.
I can't wait for Greenland to stop by.

4:48 I just had a chicken nugget. Mmmm, sort of.
The Cheetos commercial was a little creepy.

4:45 I have really bad hiccups and Ezra is clingy. No sitiches made.
I bet Julie is getting some crochet done.
4:42, Cars.com and E*Trade best commercials so far. Love those babies
Teleflora, inappropriate.

4:37 Kevin just said "Oh no" to something. I am not sure why he is disheveled. I asked him and he said, "The guy dropped the ball."
4:34 Did you know you can knit two things at the same time? I am knitting two spitty bibs, you can learn to knit two socks at a time on the one set of double points. Here's the link if you would like to learn this method. Click Here

4:32 Are you knitting with me, you can leave a comment or send an email:
knitshanknit@comcast.net

4:31 would like to get my knitting under way. now that blog is going..........

4:30 AZ got some points now. Totally fun.
Sage is rooting for AZ

What I'm working on. Ezra's cabled hat. Oooo Pit 10 Az 0.... I don't know who I'm cheering for.....Kevin is voting for the Cardinals. Go Az I guess! I watch football to knit. This is no mystery I have made this public knowledge before.