8-31

Finished

Émilienby Ariane Caron-Lacoste

Knit Picks Comfy Worsted -celestial,hawk

needles 4,5,6

i think the zipper might be to small, but it is done. I took me about five weeks. I  really like the way it looks cute. Toby likes it (i think)

 

I over blocked the gloves the first time. i let it them dry  over cups. i guess they were to big. so i re washed them and re blocked

Veyla by Ysolda Teague

Knit Picks Palette- dyed yarn

needles size 3 and 4

the lace was the most time consuming part of the gloves

 

Wips

 

blanket squares. i got tired or measuring out the spaces after the first two. so i just blanket stitched eyeballing it. so not all the spaces are even. but as long as i crochet the same number of stitches around each it will be ok. so I do 2dc,ch2, 2 dc into the corner, then 10 dc along the side, do that all the way around sl st .ch3  2dc, ch 2, 2dc in the corner, then just dc into the dcs of the last round

 

I'm also working on Simple Fingerless Mittsby Jessica Powers with the rest of yarn from my veyla mitts

 

 

 

8-25

Finished

I went to visit my mom and sister. While my sister was a school, my mom and I walked to Micheal's craft store. First we went to the Pier one, and my mom saw some jewelry but they cost a bit much. so while at Micheal's I picked out a kit, because i didn't have any of my stuff with me. I also picked up some extra beads, chains, findings. most of the stuff was on sale and i had a 40% off coupon for the kit.

Mom is trying to redo a scrapbook that i made years ago. so she is starting he scrap booking stash. sadly i gave away most of my stuff so i don't have much of anything to pass on. and the store was also having a sale on some of that stuff so she got a bit. i just wish i was closer so i could help her.

 

WIP's 

Fusion blanket

 

I have about 96 squares.I picked up the yarn at Micheal's for like 2.99 I wasn't sure how much I'm going to need. I got worsted weight yarn, i hope it works well. If not i will just have to get something online. I'm using size 5 cotton thread. not sure how I'm going to crochet this.

 

 

Veyla by Ysolda Teague

Needle 3 , 4 

Yarn Knit Picks Palette 

I worked on these while at my moms  I worked on the cuffs two at a time. I like the simple buttons for the multi colored gloves. I will have to get pearl button for the solid blue ones.

 

 

also still working on Toby's sweater right now

 

Thinkin bout it

I'm going to work on items for the upcoming craft show . its at the start beginning of October.

 

2-5

pattern Crochet Heart Garlandby Sarah Anderson Designs

yarn- carron simply soft and others

hook size - I

I made these to donate to the library's book sale. I found out a few days before the sale that all i had to do was drop them off with the desk with a little note. i went to the book sale saturday and picked up some books for an up coming swap and for toby. and sadly no one was even looking at my stuff.

pattern- Cairnby Ysolda Teague

yarn- Stitch Nation by Debbie Stoller Alpaca Love, Ella Rae Amity Solids & Heathers

needle size 6

first hat for knit america

 patterns from - a rainbow of stitches

I really like this book im going to buy it next time i get paid

2-1

hi

detangled on dry hair

here are some hair pictures. i wasn't able to wear a hat for a few days i had my hair out and about. i was half tempted to make a ear band with a button . because even normal headband type ones don't fit over my hair with ease.

its not good for my hair to be out to long. so i re braided it and trimmed about two inches off each braid. i think i need to trim a little more. i only do it twice a year.

some random drawings. I lost my drawing pad so its on graph paper

front.  "love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind"

back. "I am my beloved, and my beloved is mine"

Flat love card. I liked making my hair on this the most. the card is a little wavy.

                                                      Hap Blanket by Ysolda Teague

                                                           needle size 11

                             

i made this blanket with 84 stitches to start with. did 10 rows of white, then 4 of the black/gray. just keep on with that for 104 rows. then i started the edging and that was more boring then the garter stitch section so i only did half. the blanket came out 36x 32.

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I'm going to try to make at least two hats a month for knit Michigan . i still ha vent heard back from the friends of the library about selling items at the book sale. so i think that i might have to set up my own thing. which I've never done before. because I'm not a leader, so I'm going to try to get some help from a few people at the group.

plan on joining a knit along for people learning two at a time socks.

just joining a make me a hat swap you can sign up until the 11th.

i want to make another dress

work on the quilts that i have abandoned

my boyfriend i trying to quit smoking so i will have alot of alone time. so not to be caught in the anger storm

oh and i have completed 17 projects so far this year. I finished one on the books on my cover to cover quest whimsical little knits 1

k bye

1-24

pattern Scroll Lace Scarf by Ysolda Teague

yarn Knit Picks Telemark in  aubergine

so i worked the lace while on breaks and lunches at work. and i worked on the body at home. it took about two weeks doing it that way. so i would say that you can finish this in three days . I'm not really sure what i did but i made this uneven.  I did mess up on the lace bit a lot forgot to do yarn overs and k2togs here and there. and oh how i hate picking up stitches.

Oh did that yarn bleed. i washed a item for the first time and I'm glad i did. or all my clothes would be discolored. and i read that some on washed it with out it getting felted which means i can toss it in the wash, yay.  and i blocked it out, I'm trying to block out my lacy stuff. i used dress makers pins and the floor. and poor love stepped on a pin. which means that he was walking on my scarf, but i felt bad for him first.

pattern Headband with Flower by creativeyarn

yarn- random color and sizes

hook F

I love a good flower hair thing. and the fact that these tie means that they will fit even the most fluffy hair. I made all the flowers first so the headbands i tried to match up as much as best i could.

the flowers can be moved up and down the strands of the headband. each took about a half and hour or so

(true colors)

pattern Hearts by Anna Hrachovec

yarn - random colors and thin sizes

needles- size 2

each heart took about a half an hour. i was planning on making more but i got bored with them and only made a handful. there cute and all but there is a faster way to make them and i will find it later.

18 ct fabric and black thread. i need to buy a picture frame

I tried to sew the backing to one of these and it looked so bad. i just used some tacky glue (not sure that's the name of it) and black fabric. trimmed it up and there good to go

starting the Hap blanket. using lion brand pound of love doubled and Loops & Threads Charisma  that i got in a swap. keeping track of rows in garter stitch is pretty hard and cats love to steal row counters. also that's my new foxy shazam CD just came in the mail yesterday.

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i got patches to help the knitting group from waggonswest. thank you so much for them

12-16

finished two dolls this week.

i used knit picks cotlin in bison, sea foam
knit picks comfy fingering
red heart super saver
size 3 needles for the doll in blue "18
size 2 for the doll in pink "16
 even after going down a needle size the doll still isn't the right size. so i just think that I'm not going to get to twelve inches.

braided hair

twisted hair

I'm going to try for a curly Afro for the next one. i also need to pump out something for my mother. who has a gift exchange at work and wants me to make something for her partner and ship it out and get it before 12-24

I set up my holiday tree and everything. it only stayed up for about two day. my cats kept taking things off the tree. and eating it so i didn't want to deal with that for weeks. here's what it looked like

I also cut up some squares to make quilts. i got these fleece throws on sale for like 3.99 at Kmart's. and some of the fabric came from wal-mart, some from Joann's.

i don't know when I'll sew these i guess after i finish up with all these holiday gifts that people will be getting after the holidays

on top the middle has "12x "12 and "6x"6 around

the bottom is all "6x"6

and my shawl is coming along I'm in section D i just have to finish up that and section E which is only one row and i will be done.

OK time to read this new graphic novel i got "ultra" and go to sleep. if i can i had five cups of coffee last night and its still kinda working.

k bye