Winter Mug Rug

My "Coping with life in the midwest" mug rug :-)

Inspiration

Inspiration comes from many sources.  For example, I have been looking at this art piece my 6th grade son created earlier this school year which was hanging on my fridge.

Such bright happy colors!  Just looking at it makes me want to run to Dunkin Donuts.  I thought that this would make a great mug rug.  So I made one.

He is very happy with my interpretation and I still crave donuts whenever I look at it!

New Year 2015

Thinking about the new year and reflecting on all the festivities as we wind down to a quieter home. Specifically, I'm thinking about mug rugs:

I made these rugs last year for Christmas

I finished a tree skirt for my oldest daughter and had some scraps that I used.  They turned out pretty cute and these have other uses than just for a hot mug.  They are great to place under a hot plate that just came out of the microwave or to place a snack on if you don't want to dirty a plate for.  Now I need to contemplate what I will use AFTER Christmas :-)

Brrrrrr...

Gotta love the cold weather here in Minnesota, because you really don't have a choice! Trying to find ways to keep from getting cabin fever and keep my sanity :-) 

I LOVE browsing Ravelry!! This is the coolest site for knitters.  I keep uploading free patterns for stuff like and imagine that I have tons of time to create them all (sigh). I did, however, complete this awesome cowl I found:

It's called the GAP-Tastic Cowl by Jen Geigley.  It's a super easy seed stitch and used 2 skeins of wool yarn.  Hey, the cool thing about cold weather states is that you can build up a really nice scarf collection!