Nitting Ninja hasn’t really been knitting a whole lot since moving to Florida. It’s hard to get motivated enough to invest so much time into knitting something the weather won’t allow me to wear. Just looking at my yarn stash makes me want to turn up the A/C, so I looked to my other stash…fabric!
I’ve really kicked up my sewing skills a notch or two. I went from pathetic attempt to novice! woohoo! In the past month, I’ve made a cute top for myself, baby stuff, and get this… a quilt! Who new?

Here is what my sewing frenzy whipped up:

The old trusty boy-beater tank in super awesome $1/yard fabric:

some baby gear for a swap (bib, booties, hat and hooded blankie):

and this tink quilt!

in progress:

close up:

matching pillow (front and back pics)

Now if only I could sew as fast as I accumulate fabric.

Warning: Long Boring Intro

I crocheted a clutch by accident last weekend, and don’t know what to do with it. It all started when I picked up a hook and started crocheting. I didn’t know what I was making, I just needed to keep my hands busy. Then I noticed what I was hooking started to resemble a flower, so that’s what I called it. It looked kind of bad, so I made a smaller layer to go on top of it. It still looked bad, so I sewed one of those Japanese flower thingies as a 3rd layer. Well, there was still a hole in the middle, and that’s where the button came in. Now what to do with the flower? I didn’t make a hat since winter is almost over, so I decided to put it aside.
On to my next random project: I started with a chain and just kept crocheting row after row. I wanted practice, so I half double crocheted the cream rows and ribbed the pink rows. That’s when I decided to make it into a clutch. I didn’t really like how it was turning out. The colors I used (trying to de-stash) made my clutch look like uncooked bacon. So I figured I’d put the flower on there so It wouldn’t look like brakfast. After that was done, I went to store, bought some fabric and wallah:

I am currently organizing the Secret Santa Big Wish Swap on craftster.org. It’s pretty hectic, but super fun. I was a secret santa to 3 people.
To my fist recipient, I knitted the Official Kittyville Hat. I made 2 of these before using both knit and crochet. This pattern is better because everything is connected instead of having to sew a bunch of little pieces together. I also sent her the Quant I knitted and featured in my last blog. Hopefully she’ll take some action shots for me.
The second package I sent was a huge flat rate priority shipping box full of handmade soaps and lip balm. I made the lip balms (strawberry and caramel flavored) and the soaps wrapped in brown paper. Everything else was made by my amazing aunt in San Francisco. She makes the most amazing soaps and sends me huge boxes of them.
I chose to Santa for the 3rd person because I think she is one of the most adorable little girls (that’s not mine) I have ever seen. I had so much fun making these. I purchased the pattern on etsy.com from Amy Gaines. I made her a box of kawaii amigurumi food. I also included a little egg, a cup of cocoa (I made up the pattern as I went along so I couldn’t tell you how I made it) with a marshmallow friend, some gummi candies that looked like hot dogs, burgers and fries, and a bunch of little pampering goodies from Bath & Body Works and Clinique for Mom.

Group shot:

And here is the adorable Lana enjoying her lunch: