3/8

Hair cut

straight hair

wet hair

dry hair

I haven't had it this short in a while. I'm still trying to get used to it. one thing im loving is it only takes like fifteen minutes to comb and style it 

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I joined a swap. the theme is spring. spring is one of my favorite seasons. its not to hot. there are flowers in the trees.

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Im thinking of doing a craft show. the price limit is 10$ i dont have much for 10$. i was thinking of making a bunch of bunnies but they take a really long time. so they are worth more then 10$ . maybe i'll find a less detailed bunnies, because i brought the supplies already.

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Finished

bib

for a woman from knitting group. everyone else is knitting bibs, i'm not sure there big enough .

bunnies

Crochet Spring Bunny by Stephanie Jessica Lau 

Caron Simply Soft Solids 

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wips

 

  The Wool Eater Blanket by Sarah London 

Rose Red by Ysolda Teague

 AfterThought Heel Socks by Laura Linneman

 cross- stitching

and i also have two other projects going for this swap.

ok now i don't know which project i want to do today

2-22

I finished four projects for my swap. but i can't post them yet. i have to wait until next payday at the beginning of next month.

I tried to work on Jessica's socks but that pattern is just not giving me what i want first try was to tight second try was to big so big i ripped back and made a baby hat with it

also Toby and i are trying to be heathyer. and my body is still not used to all the exercise, so i can only do four days a week. but some how Toby is up to almost everyday, going twice as long as me. anyway I'm down to 145. I've also been trying to watch what i eat and I'm looking up recipes too.

I'm working on making pillow covers for a fake swap I'm in . I'm trying to get two to four done by march fifteenth.

i also made one sock, and didn't have enough yarn to make the other. once i get a little more money i will buy the yarn to make a shawl and use the left overs to make the other sock

sock

2-13

here's what I've finished

two hoops for my fake hoop swap the theme of the swap is silhouttes or negative space.

i found these pictures of cats in that rainbow of stitches book. and i think that capture my cats pretty well. sadly the fabric wasn't long enough for the hoops so there is a little space open at the top and bottom of both the hoops . but I'm no perfectionist so it doesn't bother me.

a better picture of the yarn

a shirt i made and a couple different ways you can wear it with the help of ribbon and i got the pattern here . I'm getting better at hemming but not by much. I like this top its my first. man i over shot it when i brought that fabric. a full dress, a top and i still have more. maybe I'll make a pair of pj shorts.

pattern- sweet November scarf

hook size h

Caron sport

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I've been working on figuring out how to make these socks.

 i found a pattern, but it only came in one size, i tried to make those socks and the leg was to tight for the slouchy sock style. so i took the pattern and added more stitches and knit straight so far they feel comfortable and loose. here's what i have so far

I will have to put these on the back burner because i need to work on items for a swap.

make me a hat swap. I'm looking at patterns, and trying to work with stash yarn because we don't have to much money right now.

i also learned to joy of overdrive. its a free service from your library so you can download audio books or e-books. I'm listening to "married with zombies"

and toby and i just started exericesing again. and let me tell you i hate it. my body hurts very much. in time im sure the pain will go away.

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

6-29, WIP's wednsday

Look at me i remembered to post on the Wednesday.
so lets get this ball a rollin
I had to frog the cria i was working on it was looking to big on me I'm hoping going from 38 to 36 will make it a little better.

The tablecloth i haven't worked on it .

I'm working on items for gift baskets for the summer reading program themes Food, Music, Movies, and travel. I was making popcorn for the movie basket but they don't look that great so i will have to think of something else. Hilliary wanted slippers for the travel on so they are done. I picked up a book from the library. Tasty crochet i need to just go a head and buy this book i keep renting it for libraries. Now i just need to think of something for music and movies. ideas ?


I'm working on items for the hair accessories swap. My partner is TrickyMcVomit. These are some of the items I'm going to try to make things out of

I made one headband but ended up hating it. I don't even know what to do with it. But the was a part of the headband that i liked so I'm going to keep those elements. Now I'm working on a few items based on her wists.

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Pattern grown up booties

yarn- Caron Wintuk 4 yarn held double

needles size 10

yea these didn't turn out to cute and i didn't even realise that i put the button on the wrong side of one until i took this picture. they are for a prize basket for the adult summer reading program .

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Toby and I are planning on going to a panic at the disco concert in new york Sept 1. We just need to save up major money for the trip

300-400 train, 50-100$ a night hotel, 10-50$ food, 50-100$ shopping / going to see other shows

tickets are paid for 80$ I guess Toby wanted to pay for them now so that they wouldn't sell out and he would have more motivation.

Bad swapper Bad

I'm so upset that i sent all this to my swap partner. because she so flaked on me. she is trying to delete her craftster page. she deleted her blog and i didn't have her email address. but i was set up with a swap angel. i just wish i could send this package to the angel. i'll have to make something small for that person

this is my swap package to [b]yellowducke101[/b]

I like to craft and make and send tons of stuff to my swap partners
all this for under 20$

duck stickers
magent ruler
baking stickers
super star stickers
lots of embroidery floss
little book of scrapbook ideas

bear stamps
flowers
a notebook
atc
earrings

flower headban
feather headband
jo-anns shopping bag
postcard
fingerless gloves
necklace
ribbon bangle
bookmarks

notebook
cookbook
winter stickers

ok thats all

the hairless wonder

So my cat has fleas. So far we have tried to use flea powder all over the house. and put flea medicine on the cat. an none of that worked. there are fewer fleas. but they are still here. think we might have to fog our house.

Toby was dog sitting a friends dog, a little hairless mess (my cat is the same size as the dog). because they were going to leave the dog in a bathroom for two days. and that dog did not like me at all, and loved Toby. i was yelling at Toby to wake him up and the dog was barking and jumping at me. so i went to hit Toby and i had to jump out the way so the darn thing wouldn't bite me.

so we went to work left the dog in our bedroom , so the cat wouldn't kill him. we come back home and he is sitting on our steps. so we look all around trying to figure out how he got out. he broke the screen and the blinds. Toby was so angry, until he realized that we some how gave this dog fleas. he only has hair on one spot on his head, paws, and tail. so we couldn't ask the owners to fix it after we got there dog all bit up.

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finished project for this week

three squares

four headband

 

two hats

ribbon cuff

I got a blister from being burned by the hot glue gun during some of these projects. this was my first time trying to do a feather head band. i got the feathers at a thrift shop, they only had yellow and black. the flower I've had for a while . the headbands i got on clearance for .10 at Kmart . and 90% of my yarn is donated to me, or swapped during yarn swap at knitting group.

I'm hoping this granny square a day will help to get my scrape blanket finished faster. the cuff is made with a used pop bottle, covered in felt so its not all painful, then covered in ribbon. next time i will use larger ribbon, and maybe a pringles can to make it stiffer. but then i would be afraid of it falling apart if it got wet.

all most done with my swap package.I'm going to work on the last item today while watching movies.its the best way to crochet/ knit. every other craft you need to have good mood music.i was listening to emeinem while making those headband. while sewing/ cutting fabric i like a little slower music.
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things i hope to do in July
make 20 charity hats/ear bands/scarfs (5 so far)
make two more items for the swap  made 5 just need to finished up one more thing
finish all my WIP's
complete the granny square a day for July