I was inspired by a woman on a woolies group I'm on and created my first pattern (yes, this was the 3rd thing I ever knitted). I love sock monkeys, have made a few, but this is just too cute! The one on the left is my first attempt, the one on the right is the second one and is done very differently, it has short rows in the back. I'm working on a third that will have ears on the sides ;-)

I just started knitting in December, when my mom came to visit and I BEGGED her to teach me. She spent about 5 minutes, then left me to knit a scarf. That was a joke, it was terrible! It had holes and twisted stitches but thanks to knittinghelp.com, I've figured it out. The first thing I made was a diaper cover for my toddler. I ran out of blue yarn so I had to improvise! This is it-

I can't draw to save my life but I am great at mixing colors and creating textures on canvas. My son is also learning how to do this with his WASHABLE paints. Wish they made those for big people ;-)

Life Distractions

I finally feel ready to join the thousands of women out there who inspire, teach, and create! At the moment my passion is knitting; however, I will post other arts and crafts projects as well including lots of toddler friendly crafts (I have a 3 year old son).