Random Ravelry Review ~ Addicted To Cupcakes.

I found this great pattern the other day called, "Cupcake", and now I'm completey hooked! My goal is a dozen, or maybe a baker's dozen, or maybe a baker's dozen plus 1. I really don't know if I can stop!

Grab a muffin tin, knit your little fingers off, fill the pan, and open your pretend bakery! I promise, your house may not get cleaned and you may have to order out for pizza, but your kids will be in toy food heaven!

Random Ravelry Review ~ No-Sew Beanie Baby Sleeping Bag

The "No-Sew Beanie Baby Sleeping Bag" is such a cool pattern and I've used the unique knitting technique in a few different ways!

First off, I knit up a few cute sleeping bags for my kids Webkinz animals, several years ago. Here is a photo of 2 of them...

Goodnight, little Webkinz Froggy (his name is Fred, btw)

Then I used the technique and made up a little purse pattern for my friend's daughter...

When I got to the "pillow" section, I knit it like a flap but added some furry yarn to the natural yarn to make it all fuzzy and pretty! Threw in a button hole and added an i-cord handle!

My latest use for this technique is for my Free Advent Calendar Knitting Pattern! I just changed it up and knit the top part in K1P1 ribbing and added an i-cord loop for hanging!

The possibilities are endless. I wonder what I'll think of next? Thanks for a GREAT pattern, Dawn Adcock!

Random Ravelry Review ~ Owls Two Ways

Is this cute, or what? My 17 month old daughter saw it and said, "Tee Tat!!" ~ She calls anything a Kitty Cat that looks even similar to a Kitty Cat.

So... I've named my owlie, "Kitty"... (I say mine, but it won't be mine for long!)

He was created from the Owls Two Ways pattern on Ravelry! He's really little and was so fast to knit up! I can't wait to knit more! I might even try to do the crochet version, although I'm not very good at it (or I'd probably be called The CROCHET Maniac!!!) Thank the good Lord for online tutorials, because the only thing I can remember is a single and double crochet!!

I decided against the felt eyes and looked online for instructions for a crochet circle. Then I just sewed on buttons and duplicate stitched the beak! I did put poly pellets inside, but not in a bag. I just stuffed it a little, threw in some pellets, and stuffed it some more! I figure it will be best as a little decoration, not a toy! If I was to make one of these for my kids, I'd probably leave out the pellets and just have him a stuffed animal!

This will be part of a giveaway, but since I'm not quite sure what else I'm giving away with it, I'll post about that later!

Stay tuned!

Random Ravelry Review ~ Iced Java Jacket

I posted yesterday about "Random Ravelry Review"s I'm going to be doing. Well, today I knit up my first project.

Here's a cute little Iced Java Jacket for my favorite mason jar!

A jar this special needs lots of colors and what an easy way to use up some wool scraps! Now I need to make more iced coffee because I ran out this morning!!!!

Random Ravelry Review

As a homeschooling Mama, I know how important the three "R"s are. I also know how important these three "R"s are...

Well, I decided to do a little three "R"s section of my knitting blog for fun!

SO... I will be posting my "Random Ravelry Reviews" as often as I can get a new pattern whipped up!

One of my main purposes of this blog is to encourage knitting; a forgotten art. I figure that doing reviews of different patterns are a great way to inspire others to get their needles clicking!

I'll pop on over to one of my absolute favorite places on the world wide web...

(make sure to become a FREE MEMBER and add me as a friend... I'm "purityseekers"!)

I will search a random word (whatever happens to pop into my head) in the extensive patterns area. I'll see what pattern catches my eye (and that I actually think I have time to knit!) and I will do a review on it!

Here and there I will be offering the random fiber creation as a giveaway! If I do, I will post a notice on my facebook page too! Make sure to "like" The Knitting Maniac to see future posts!

OK...now onto my 1st RANDOM RAVELRY REVIEW!

In honor of my new addiction, iced coffee. (thanks to the Pioneer Woman's Perfect Iced Coffee recipe!!!)



I will be knitting up this Iced Java Jacket from the blog "Stumbling Over Chaos"!

The only difference I am going to make is I'll be using worsted weight wool and I'll be sizing it up to my favorite mason jar! (yes... I think every glass of iced tea NEEDS to be sipped out of a good old canning jar!!)

Stay tuned!!