It's Thursday!

Okay, so no panda quite yet! I could have the panda done tomorrow though! I've spent yesterday mostly sleeping, but got a bit of sewing done as well, and of course the day before. I got the arms, legs sewed.. as well as the body and the head! I just need to put the features on it-and weave in the ends, then I'll be completely done! Photos may come tomorrow or later on today.. I've also been charging my camera so it should be ready!

Anyways,
happy knittings!

Themed Knitting

PANDA BEAR
So lately I've discovered that I've been "themed" knitting. Last week's knitting of course was the royal wedding. I'll start with the royal wedding knitting updates. I have quite the few. Yesterday, I had to do an extra half of the body which I had forgotten about. (Okay, so I didn't really read the directions carefully before I continued on the pattern. Good thing is: that the pattern was in individual pieces!) No, I don't have photos for this sorry! I'll have photos when the project becomes a finished object (FO). I'm not exactly sure when I'll be able to sew in the head, arms, etc (the rest of it) either later on today or tomorrow.

and now....

Harry Potter!
Okay so I haven't quite read ALL the books, but I just saw the seventh movie part one a few days ago. Somehow I tumbled upon a knitting group that's serious yet funny at the same time that's related to Harry Potter on Raverly. It's HP Knitting/Crochet House Cup. I'm absolutely wanting to knit along with this! I'm already coming up with designs for the OWLs. So as soon as I will cast on my first project.... I will start blogging and creating a page. I'm a NQFY [Not Quite First Year] since I missed the sorting unfortunally. (I was really bummed out... I missed it by a day!]

I'm considering in either History of Magic or Ancient Runes knitting classes for this term-as well an OWl. This post is introducing the knitting. When I start casting on-the real blogging will begin!

Last few posts on..

The Princess Catherine panda bear! It's almost done, and I've finished the parts yesterday! Today after lunch I'm hoping to sew and stuff the bear. There's a few more details to add, like the tiara and wand I'd like the bear to have... to show off more of the royalty! This is actually one of the first FO's (finished objects) that I've really pushed myself to complete. I'm hoping to do a little mini photo shoot once the pair is absolute done with all the details later on this week. The photo shoot post will be the last post of the panda bear series.

Happy knitting!

Head, shoulders, knees and toes!

Funny title for this blog entry!! But those are the things so far I've accomplished for the panda bear! Yes! I finished the head last night, and I already finished the two legs I think on Friday or early yesterday. I started the right arm while watching the seventh movie of Harry Potter last night, and got half way through. Sorry I haven't took photos of the head yet, I might later on today-we'll see. I'm about to start watching podcasts and then work on the arm to finish that up, then start on the second one. After the two arms-the main parts will be finally done! I just have small details like the eyes, ears, nose, etc to do. That'll be really quick, the latest I think I could get the panda stuffed and sewing would probably be on Tuesday or tomorrow (we'll see how much detail I'll get done today.)

Also-you should go look at the Royal Wedding page I've created a few days ago-there's a tab at the top of the page so I'm not going to give you a link. You should also go look at the "About Me" page... there's some questions there I answered. There's still more questions to come, so it's still "Under Construction"

Finished legs!

So I just finished a minor part of the panda bear! The legs! Here are the photos, and also-there's a little something special at the bottom of this blog post. (See if you can notice what it is..) Also, I labeled the legs to tell the difference between the left and right.)

Notice how I signed the blog post?
PS: After each piece I finish-there will be a blog post. I'm deciding to do it that way. Also-if it's in a pair, like the legs and arms, I will wait to finish the pair before I post the entry.

Good night! (Left Leg)

I only had small amounts of energy left, and only got to one of the photos done of the right leg of my panda bear. So I call this a "preview"


So this may be the last blog post about the Royal Wedding knitting for awhile, or until tomorrow (we will see). I'm trying now to blog less about it since the wedding was today. I'm not sure how I'm going to blog of what I get done, but I'll figure it all out tomorrow (remember I've been up since 3am?) I would normally try to finish up my part I'm working on if I weren't so tired-which is the Left leg of my panda bear. I have photos of the right leg, so I will probably post them tomorrow. I'm thinking about doing a post per day about the Royal Wedding knitting-but then again we'll see. As in for the notes-I have seven pages so far, there are a lot of parts to this project. I don't mind it at all-it's small parts into one big project. (Pretty neat huh? I feel like I'm getting a lot more accomplished when it's breaking down to smaller parts like these). Okay, I'm rambling... and I think the royal knitter should go to her chambers for beauty sleep (haha!)

Happy Knittings!
~Anna Elizabeth Designs

Noting on Notes Part 1

So I've been keeping extensive notes on this project for the panda bear. This is the blog entry of describing of the series that is coming together throughout this weekend. I love weddings, especially royal ones as you can see that I'm blogging a whole lot more today! (I'm just catching days worth of blogging too...) I'm not sure if I'm going to type my notes (I hardly type my notes when it comes to projects) but this is such a special memory to me, that I may type up the notes once the project is done.)

What to expect: (Hopefully I'll stick to this!!)
1.) Timeline of the events and when I knitted the panda bear during the wedding. (Example: The kiss stitch) notes,
2.) Rows completed (this pattern defiantly required good note taking on the rows finishing, since it is knitted in individual pieces).
3.) Photos of my notebook full of notes.
4.) Individual pages of notes per knitted piece. (Makes sense? I jotted down notes on separate pages whenever I began a new piece, to make things more clearer... and organized. I love organized notes.)

Happy Knittings!
~Anna Elizabeth Designs

Panda Progressing Photos #1

This is the exact stitch I knitted while they were kissing! : ) I marked it so I could put a jewel there after it's done.


Since I mentioned before about the photos, here they are!

Princess Catherine's Raverly Link

I just created a link on my Raverly's notebook page, but I'm thinking of putting the extensive notes in blog posts instead (we'll see). There's also photos up from this morning. As soon as I figure out one of the rows in the pattern-I'll be working on the head. (I would call this 70%) done... still have to work arms and legs, and possibly the earliest this project is completed is tomorrow.

Happy Knittings!
~Anna Elizabeth Designs

Royal Wedding Knitting...

Yes... I'm actually going to create a page for this, since I'm creating a very very special project for this.. and yes I'm just about to leave you on a cliff hanger-until possibly tonight. I've already posted a spoiled alert of what I'm knitting today during the wedding. I woke up at 3am, and was way too excited for this project. If you really want to know what I'm knitting-look at the tags or go to the link for photos. But of course there will be photos later on tonight. I'm super tired, and already posted some up of what I have on my facebook page.

Happy Knittings and Royal Wedding day!
~Anna elizabeth designs