2-3

Finished

no pattern

yarn -Loops & Threads Impeccable Solids

needle size -7,10

 

I cast on 80 stitches did 2x2 rib, then went into the crossed rib 2 from my 400 knitting stitches . i did three repeats of the pattern.pm ever 20 stitches double decrease every other row

 

no pattern

yarn- Lion Brand Vanna's Choice Solids & Twists ,

Red Heart Super Saver Solids, and others

                                                                needles- 8,10

no pattern

yarn- Red Heart Super Saver Solids

needle- 8, hook J

c/o 8 get up to 80 knit five inches 2x2 rib one inch

i think the cowl is 150 stitiches. and i sadly twisted the stitches when i joined

 

the recipe I didnt like this bread at all. it had the texture of bread pudding. and the taste of bran flakes.maybe if i followed the directions and made them flat it would taste better.

 

made a pizza this bread tasted better. maybe i'll use this recipe for a loaf

this pizza was really good. i will make it again soon.

 

im trying to learn to cook low carb for toby. for me im about to go to subway after i finish this post.

 

WIP's

baby socks

a shawl

a hat

fingerless gloves

maybe a scrap scarf

 

 

 

 

craft fair

my friend Jessica told me that the church down the street from her is having a craft fair. I'm not to comfortable in churches.But the space is only 10$. and it will be a chance to sell some stuff and get my business cards out there.

i ordered cards from vista printing 250 card, a pen and a stamper all free, shipping 7.00$ and it will take up to 21 days to get it. I'm in no rush.

I've been working on making bangles from this tutorial . i used pop bottles and a hot glue gun.
more pictures here

I've ran out of most of my metal crafting supplies. so i can't make earrings or jewelry right now.

I'm working on making a few food items today. tomorrow maybe some items from creepy crochet.

quickly get to know me

I'm Dominique


I grow up in Toledo,Ohio. An moved to Ypsilanti ,Michigan when i was around 19. my mother had me when she was 14 so i was mostly raised by my grandma. I have one sister by my mother (Kayla), and my father is somewhat of rolling stone so i have 4 brothers and sisters that he claims. I'm only close to my Kayla.

I have been into art/crafts since i was very young. I even went to college for a little while to be an art teacher. but i realized i wasn't great at anything but art. i wasn't a great leader, and was bad at every other subject. so i dropped out. i was going to go back to be a social worker, but i never had the money to live and go to school.

I'm queer/ pansexual. I've known since i was 5. my boyfriend is FtM he came out to me three months into our relationship. we have been dating since 2004, after a friends birthday party got canceled . and we spent the night talking, i asked him out. we now live in Ypsilanti with our cat . we had a dog named Rosco, but he died. we had him for four years and he was always sick a few times a year

I was really into painting and drawing a few years ago. Then i was really into scrap booking. Then i was really into knitting. Now I'm really into crocheting. i also make jewelry, and things out of polymer clay. I've been trying to learn to sew but that's not clicking like everything before it. and I'm going to try to learn to embroidery.

When we moved to our trailer it had three bedrooms. It was one of the cheapest places we could get with the dog. an i got to keep one of the rooms to craft in. will crochet is a portable craft so i don't stay in that room unless I'm sewing. and yet it always get messed up. I get a lot of yarn donated to me, people find it and give it to me. so i have three large totes full of yarn. I make alot of charity items with it. but i just can't use it fast enough.

I like to make non use full items, cute things that just you just set up on a shelf. not like doilies,no. like clay foods, barbie dresses, game pieces glued to a pillow case. I like to change subject, my mind, and crafts often. i get bored with things if it doesn't happen fast enough. I don't really like kids, and I'm non-religious, but i like Christmas the fun parts.

I'm a very shy person, i don't talk much i mostly use my blog to talk for me. so when people meet me in real life they are very shock about this. I have two jobs, but still somehow craft more then other people. I think about my hair more then other people, i used to be obsessed with it

5/50 projects

my list so far.i'm posting as i go the first few are things that i wanted to that month.

1. sew blanket for my mom march

This was the first thing that i've sewn (on the machine) in a really long time. mostly because i don't know how to use my sewing machine. But it went surprisingly good this time. i only had one jam. and that was because i forgot to put the presser foot down, silly me. I didn't sew the edges down. because i was scared to and i like the way it looks anyways. Its just a throw not some heirloom piece. its 57x80 and made of fleece. the center is a better material.

2. crochet cookie change purse

3. crochet a granny square skirt

4. make a pair of fingerless glove just for me

5. crochet a blanket using different squares

6.pizza earrings and stitch markers march

i learned how to make these little pizzas using a tute from gentelman bunny. they will be going up for sell soon.
 

7.heart buttons march

the little hearts are painted(or something like that) with a toothpick

8. cupcake purse pink march

i like the way that this purse turned out. i'm going to sell it on my etsy page

9. cupcake purse blue march

i don't like the way this purse turned out at all. bla

food is not your entertainment

So my boyfriend and i went shopping yesterday. we spent 115$ for food. it has to last a month so that means no fresh fruits or vegetables. I tried to make better choices. we didn't go down the snack isle,baking, or pop. he even picked out great things while i was in the restroom.

I'm on this egg kick right now and i'm very surprised that its not hurting me. the last time i tried to eat eggs they made me sick. so there quick, easy and taste good. I'm trying to cut down on my use of salt, and other tasty toppings/dips. i'm also trying not to drink as many sugary drinks.

I really had to fight the urge to pig out when i was feeling upset yesterday. it was hard but i got thought it. because i shouldn't be eating to stuff down my feelings .

as for exercise i haven't been doing much of that at all. i've taken my dog for longer walks. and did yoga with toby one day. I really need to get into this or toby will win. i would love it if i had someone to work out with, but toby doesnt want anyone around when he is exercising.

9/23/2009

hi a

So it all started as me just wanting to get some caution tape from someone who seemed nice. then it turned into a blood bath. ok not really. but the first items that i made for her she flat out said that she didn't like them. i was crushed i spent all say making them



she didn't like the fact that i didn't sew them. she found them to be poorly made. i mean i could have put a little more time into it. but i didn't feel as thought what i was getting in return was that expensive so yea. but i got some tips from craftster on how to make them better next time. but they wont be giving to anyone out side of my family.

so i made her a toy that was also on her list



which made toy ask for a yoshi. i still have yet to find a free pattern i found one for 7.00$ maybe if i plan on making a ton of them or giving the pattern to other people.

i'm making gifts for jessica's birthday shes turning 21. i'm giving her my knit mini, because she wears things like that. so im making her matching gloves. she asked for gloves. and toby doesnt want me to work on anything else. but thats not how i work. i don't stay on one project at a time. i made the gift box yesterday



the gift box is made from strips of newspaper. i weave them together and tape the edges all together. i really like the flip top. i hope the box can hold all the stuff. maybe i should tape the whole thing. i don't know it only needs to last one day.

i also finished some crochet food. i started them months ago i had all the piece. sometimes i just don't like to finish thing. i added pins because its a pin cushion. and toby stabbed him self with it, so i took the pins out,i'll find some beads for sprinkles later.



oh yea toby is knitting again last time he only did it for two days. he has been at it for a week. he is making a gift for jessica, he just might finish it

art fair

"you can't smoke in the middle of this crowd"
"why not"
"because you might make these people upset"
"while their kids, little dogs, nasty smells and ugly hair is upsetting to me"

lol, yea

ok so we ate a whole pizza before leaving the house. maybe not the best idea. then we went up to the mall to get on the air fair bus. there was no parking space on one whole side of the mall. so we had to walk thought the place with our bookbag on. i never notice or care if people are staring at me/ following me. they most think im pretty kick butt if they want to spend so much time looking at me right.

well we get out our bus fair 2.50, then the lady at the desk looked all confused and gave me back change "it's only 1.20"her "ok"me me all confused. i wasn't going to fight it. then the same thing happened to toby. "what happened there" me "she thinks where 16 or something" toby . sweet looking young has it benifits sometimes. but not when creppy old guys hit on you. the bus was so crowded that people had to stand.

the whole time all toby wanted was to see this magic act George Tait . so we walked around and found a place to get some sunblock yay and i got a snack. don't you ever just feel like eatting because other people are eatting. so we walked around and looked at things, looking is free touching will cost you. i really wanted alot of things, but just couldn't buy any.

so about two hours into this, i was like oh that doesn't feel good. then we got to the gay book store. and it was not good. thats when the sickness started. but i didn't want toby to miss the act so we stayed. Got on the link and we had to stand. i hate standing, i get motion sickness just by being in a moving car for to long. So we see the show. he wasn't that great but it was still fun.

then we went to ben and jerry's i had a cookie cookie sunday with chunky monkey. sooooo good, but should i have had the ice cream no. im lactose intolerane. so after that i got stomace pains, a headache, i was all around messed up. so we had to go home. i really wanted to stick around but it wasn't going to happen.

when i got home i went right to sleep

day 1

So far i've drank 3 servings of lemon aid. I think thats about all i can take right now. if i want more i'll just have to steal the rest of toby's.

I'm supposed to be doing salt water flushes. I say no, no,no to that. I do not need to loose control of my bowels.

Oh my goodness Maria went food shopping. fresh fruit and vegetables, things that i can cook. So many tasty things. i want it soooo bad. Toby is sleeping so hes no help.

I have been going to the restaroom every 30 minutes to a hour. I feel like my dog, i want to wine to everyone.

other then the cravings/hunger its going ok.

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I knit a wristband,slept, knit , played the sims, and now im watching tv. I cant go for a walk because i need to be close to a bathroom at all times. I've had no one to talk to . Its been a boring day

cleaning it up

Toby and I are going to try the master cleanse. I just want to have less acne, and make my knees stop hurting.

I'm not even sure how long we will go. but its worth a try right?

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food i'm going to try to use my rice cooker for the first time today. heres to hoping it good.

Breakfast:

strawberry smoothie

lunch:

rice and broccoli

dinner:
tacos

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life: I got a new computer and my sims addiction back, i love it.

I've been knitting when i can find time . im making a monkey right now .

the jewelry making is still in it beginning stages.

i'm not going to write you a love song

exercise:taobo cardio 10 minutes
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yesterday was a bad diet day.
I ate cake,pie,milk shake, fries.
I didn't exercise.
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update pics

less zits, a little less oily. I don't know if it was cutting out the dairy or the dieting.

I've maintained weight and measurements. I guess this is where i want to be. but i dont feel fit. just better about my appearance.

I mean i might be buying shorts this year, i dont know if i'll still want to wear them when the time comes. I dont like to show my body out in public. part fear, part childhood scars, part not looking as good as others.

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my little sister has been held in the hospital and is going to get induced on Friday but i have to work the whole weekend. shes a little disappointed that i wont be there.

on the ball

exercise:
15 minutes on treadmill
Crunches with Ball
Modified Plank
Modified Side Plank
Pendulum with Ball
Jackknife with Ball
Kneeling with Ball all around
Pushups on Ball at Hips
Hamstring Flexion with Ball
Wall Squats with Ball

Food:
b~ special k
lunch~ veggie sub, sun chips garden salsa
snack~ chocolate, jelly beans
D~ shredded wheat

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Life: I'm going to try to learn how to sew. i just got the machine out of layaway for 40$ down from 100$. I got cute fabric. it cost me 20 for two different ones. An Toby helped me with picking patterns and not taking home the whole roll. He had been dragged to way to many craft store by his mom.

I'm draining my tofu finally so I'm going to have to find a good recipe

it's just a little bit of history repeting

Exercise: 10 minutes treadmill .50 miles
modified plank 10 seconds
modified side planks 10 seconds
ab roll 6 each side
ball crunches 5

Food: I'm hope and going to try not to eat candy or chips

life: I have to build my self back up slowly. It was only a week and i cant even do more then ten minutes on the treadmill with out felling sore. I'm not happy about this.

I managed to not gain any weight which is great.

Knitting: I knitted a head band for a bear it took me about three hours.

baby your the one

I didnt exercise this weekend. And I ate frozen non-fat yogurt.

but the baby shower was cute. I started an hour and a half late. I got to meet my niece for the first time
roy and hailey
you can see more picutes in my fotki<---

but my little sister kayla is getting worse. My mother had the have her taken away.she is a very angry girl, she went into the bathroom with a knife and screamed in pain. my mother call the cop/hospital. they put her into a rescue center,for troubled teens for two days. Now she has monthly anger management meetings. i think she needs a bit more.

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Exercise:
treadmill 10 minutes
lunges (all kinds)
weight and ball exercises

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I got a new lip piercing



its new, and i dont know if i want to keep it or not. I sometimes gets stuck on my teeth, but that might change once its healed

your a sweet potato way better then that idaho

Exercise: none
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Food:
B~vegan toast, yogurt and strawberries
S~ nutri grain bar, and pepsi
L~ speghetti, broccoli and carrots, 3/4 sweet potato
S~ none i hope
D~ 1/4 sweet potato,rice and black beans

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online life: I joined a creative month challenge on
Nappturality
So today i knitted and did a line drawing

take time to realize

Exercise:
bike 10 minutes
Flirty girl fitness 10 minutes

Back Extension 2 set of 10 reps
Modified Plank 2 sets of 20 seconds
Modified Side Plank 4 sets each side of 30 seconds
Modified Pushups 2 sets of 10 reps
Squats 2 sets of 10 rep
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Food:
S~ banana
B~yogurt, strawbrery, granola
S~ apple,chocolate,crackers
L~ tots, veggie burger
D~ rice and tomato salsa

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Life: I've been wanting to quit my second job for a while. I dont feel in place there. I'm the only black person there, but im ok with that most of the time. But every one there speaks spanish, Even the non-latin. So im dont have anyone to speak to most of the time other then customers.
I'm dating the store managers son, so the other workers dont like me for that.
I just dont like working nights, im not a night person.

But i cant quit because i need the money :(
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I want to buy that Flirty girl fitness for only 39.99

Exercise: N/a

Food:
B~yogurt,banana granola
S~peach
L~ carrots and ranch, (light life) Turkey sandwich
S~chips
D~ burrito bowl
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Edit: I pigged out today so i had,lot of candy and a pizza hut personal pan pizza along with that up there

i feel bad about it. I havent been feeling the bubbly dominique today.

Exercise: treadmill 15 minutes 3.5-4.5
weights lots of things cant remember right now

Food:
B~yogurt, banana,granola
S~peach
L~ multi-grain club crackers, extra chunky peanut butter, jelly
S~ chips
D~ burrito bowl

Thanks for the comments on the last entry :D

exercise: 20 minute walk with the dog

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Food:
B~ banana, granola (apple cinnamon)
S~ thin mints, caramel delites
L~ chik'n sandwhich (w/ tomato,mushroom, onion), green giant carrot and brocoli garlic and herb
S~peach
D~ vegan griller W/ mushrooms, tatter tots
S~yogurt W/ fresh strawberries,and granola, apple juice

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30 inch waist
37 1/2 inch hips
22 inche thighs
128 pounds

In the begining




Today

Face

1/7

3/2

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Life:

Today was girl scout cookie day. I ordered them before my diet. So i put them into little bags so that i dont eat them all at once.

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Knitting :I want to knit a new purse next. as a part of craftster forum. im doing the purse with out a patern challenge. I have a month to get it done.

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Hair: My scalp is really tender right now so im not going to do anything but a puf right now.

Exercise:
40 minute walk with the dog. It wasn't as cold or windy, so i just went walking around the apartments.
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Food:
B~ peanut butter and banana sandwich
S~ powdered doughnut,half pack crackers and jelly, chocolate
L~ sloppy joe and avocado, french fries
S~ chips,orange, banana,cookies
D~ chipotle salad, root beer, banana smoothie

9 weeks

exercise:
Elliptical 15 minutes
Bench Press with Barbell
Dumbbell Flys
Dumbbell Hammer Curls
Forward Lunges with Dumbbells
Lateral Lunges

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food:
breakfast~ 2 packs of oatmeal
snack~ nutri-grain bar, reese
Lunch~ 1 whole can Minestrone, and one whole sleeve of kebbler club crackers
snack~more crackers,kisses,sixlets
dinner~ veggie dog, carrots, corn on the cob

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life/rants:

I love to help out people that have less then us but there comes a point when you need to stop. Toby has spent at least 200 on Tricia and her children. Some of the money we get back but dang. Ok the baby grow out of his clothes, and she is house bound (she has the same fear of drive that i have and but nobody to drive her around). It was ok to buy him a few clearance items, but buying the jealous sister a new outfit that cost more then ten outfits for the baby. But yet I get bitched out if i buy yarn, or a new tee shirt.

Club crackers are addictive. I just couldn't stop i had to give away the rest of the box.