Crazy4Yarn&Needles

Progress....

2011-10-24T20:29:00.001-04:00

The sweater is turning out beautiful so far....

Updated....Finally!!

2011-10-11T17:16:00.001-04:00

Wow~It takes all day to update a blog that hasn't been maintained in a while!! I have a blanket done and will post pics after my friend receives it. Now I am headed off to work on this sweater
http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/simple-sweet-baby-sweater
I love it and I hope it turns out good. I will post photos of my progress as I go along....I hope all y'all are doing well out there!!

Hey y'all!!

2011-07-21T20:10:00.001-04:00

This is what I am working on right now. This will be a queen size blanket once finished. So fun to work on but can't wait to see the finished product!!

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Another Power Outage

2011-06-28T22:18:00.001-04:00

Hey All~
As I sit here powering up my little battery operated lamp I am trying to figure out the perfect place to put it so I can continue to knit the blanket I am working on for a friend. There is so much stuff I want to do in the next few months for charity (with my groups) it makes me want to start lots of projects all at once. Here's my little bird Maxine helping me with the blanket

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Hi

2010-10-08T18:32:00.003-04:00

Hello to all my friends and followers here. Sure has been a while!! I said that the last time too eh?!!? It has been a real busy and rough time for me the last year but it is getting better. I am hoping to get back into all my favorite activities. So far I am, but slowly. I am working on a hat for Save the Children's Warm-Up America campaign to help babies live. I am also catching up on my craft group emails. I am reading a bunch lately also. Spent several weeks in va bch this summer as well. I will post a pic of my hat when it is done. Keep up the crafting....

WOW-it sure has been a long time

2009-05-29T13:34:00.002-04:00

Hello to all my blog readers!
I have been so busy through the holidays and I went back to school so my crafting has suffered a bit. I have made 2 pair of baby booties, 6 washcloths, 1 pot holder and 1 knit hat. I am working on a crochet reggae hat and another knit hat for a friend of my husband. School is going well just seem to be never ending homework. I will have pictures of my hats as soon as I am done with them. I am going to also make some dish scrubbies with my mom or at least attempt them. It should be easy enough for me and then I can show her. I joined bev's charity challenge and have made a goal of 100 items for this year. So far I have 10, I better get moving. I had to leave my AC4C craft group due to not enough time to keep up with emails, projects and postage to mail those projects. I did find a charity close to home that I can donate to through that group so I will still be doing crafts for charity purposes. Do you ever wonder why crafting seems to take a back seat when you want it in the front? Until next time....

What I have been up to lately....

2008-10-20T21:53:00.007-04:00

Well, I have been so busy lately I almost forgot I had a blog....I started going back to school and also a part time job which of course I am not used to doing so I am exhausted much of the time. But enough about that....Here are some pics of what I have done lately....

The tube socks turned out great. They are knitted and I loved them. The grafting part was a little tough for me but I will learn it. I tried a new pattern for a 7" square for AC4C and it turned out pretty good also-it is crochet. I made this miniature wreath for Ships Projects for the Ornament "drive" they are doing to send overseas. I am going to try to make a neck gaiter to go along with this ornament. The final picture is of my first adult slipper ever. My daughter decided she wanted a pair of slippers since I was making all these baby booties so I tried my hand at making one. I don't have the match done yet but am working on it. I made a mistake on this one so unless I make the same mistake on the second one they won't match so I will be making a third haha. I will post when that is taken care of. I am in the process of making a baby blanket for my cousin's baby and finishing up these slippers for my daughter as well as of course homework and my job. I will post again soon....Sorry it has been so long....Hope all is well in y'alls corner of the world.

Not Exactly My Craft but a Great Gift Given to Me....

2008-08-10T15:01:00.005-04:00

This was made for my by my aunt Judy and aunt Julie on the Bevins side of the family-long story-Isn't it gorgeous!?!

FInally adding pics of lap rug and hat for OZ

2008-08-10T14:47:00.009-04:00

Here is the lap rug I finished for the elderly in Australia-the AC4C July project for Oz. Here I show the front and back in two of the pictures. One side has lines which you can see in the close up shot and the other two pictures are kinda folded in ways where you can see both sides together.

Here is the hat I finished to go with the booties for the AC4C July project for Oz. My lovely new baby doll is modeling the hat for me.

Hope everything is going great in Y'alls corner of the world. Now off to the AC4C August project....

Wow it's been a while!

2008-07-28T15:00:00.008-04:00

So I hope all is well in y'alls corner of the world. These booties are for the July AC4C project and going to Oz (Australia LOL) I am making a lap rug (lapghan) and a baby hat to go also. I am almost finished with the lap rug (lapghan) so I will add that picture as soon as I finish it. I have been pretty busy lately with all kinds of regular life stuff but it should slow down here soon. I have a class starting in September that will last til end of October/beginning November. That will be great. I am also going to Virginia Beach for two and half or three weeks at the end of August until the beginning of September. So busy there but will slow down after that hopefully. Well, more pics as I get more items done. Take care....

Here is another lampshade cover for my mother. She had another lamp she needed to have a matching cover for in case she moved the lamp to the living room where the other two are. That makes 3 for her-guess she likes them LOL.

Finished Raglan Sweater YEAH!

2008-06-04T21:26:00.006-04:00

Finally finished the Raglan Sweater today. I believe it is going to fit a toddler maybe 12 months to 2 years depending on child size. It did turn out good for my first involved sweater and not just a garter stitch one like in an earlier post. Can't stay on puter long BIG storm coming through. Hope all is well in y'alls corner of the world.

Mom's Crochet Topper

2008-05-19T19:05:00.004-04:00

I finally finished the crochet topper my mother wanted to take on her cruise. I made it in homespun even though it called for another type of yarn because my mother liked these colors. I got the free pattern sheet from a Michaels. It worked up fairly easy for my first actual adult wearable item. I wished the pictures turned out better but these are the best ones that I got. I probably should have had a model for this one eh? LOL....

Half Square Kerchiefs

2008-05-19T18:50:00.009-04:00

Well, these are the kerchiefs I made for my nieces with different views on my lovely model. They made up pretty easy and I think they are going to love them. I got the pattern free at:

http://www.angelfire.com/tx5/angelcrafts/patterns/halfsqkerchief.html

My first ever baby booties

2008-05-02T17:08:00.004-04:00

AWWWW! Aren't these just the cutest? These are my first ever pair of booties or anything that resembles socks, booties, slippers-anything. This pattern is free on Bev's Country Cottage website (link at bottom of my blog) called Bev's stay on knit booties for newborns. They are knitted and were so easy to make. I wish I had tried them before. I had looked at many patterns for knitting/crocheting baby booties but this was the one that caught my eye. Love them....
Here is a front view of the same booties. I sure think they are cute....Not a bad job for my first pair. I sure hope that this turns into more of a sock/slipper/booties making effort on my part. So cute....

Loomed hat to go with Cardigan

2008-05-02T17:05:00.002-04:00

This is the loomed hat I made to go with the cardigan/sweater for AC4C's Cooper project. I added a little purple to it for added coloration.

This is the view without the lovely model....I wonder sometimes if I should use smaller photos? HMMMM....something to think about....

First Cardigan/Sweater

2008-05-02T16:58:00.003-04:00

This is my first cardigan/sweater and you can get the free pattern at the lionbrand yarn website. I made this for Cooper at AC4C to go along with all the other stuff I made below. I forgot to put it in the bag so I am going to mail it tomorrow or Monday so it is mailed off by the 5th.

This is another view of the same cardigan/sweater even though it doesn't look the same color. The picture above is what color it really is. I hope some newborn baby can use it to keep very warm.....AWWWW.

Second Hat for Nancy in WY

2008-04-23T22:08:00.004-04:00

Here is the second hat for Nancy in WY-my pledge is done. Now on to the sweater and hat set for Cooper.

Here is it on my lovely model. Her head is too small for the hat but it sure is cute....You can see pictures of my hats and a couple of other online friends from myknittingcircle's hats at Nancy's blog at http://wyomingbreezes.blogspot.com/2008/04/special-delivery.html Such a wonderful cause. I hope I can keep doing some hats on a regular basis to help out....

Cooper Gowns-One more time....

2008-04-22T19:48:00.004-04:00

Okay, here goes the Cooper gowns one more time for AC4C with shorter sleeves so they can be used in the hospital. My sleeves were to skinny so got "permission" to give cutting them shorter a try and here they are. Still loving my model....AWWWW-she looks so peaceful when she sleeps....

Here they are without a model. There are 5 of them total to go to Cooper for AC4C.
You could probably take a look at the earlier post and this post and see the difference in the sleeves. I think even though the sleeves are shorter they still are so very cute and that they should work out fine now. What do you think?

What I have finished so far....

2008-04-22T13:24:00.008-04:00

One of my friends from myknittingcircle, Nancy in WY, needed help making a couple of hats for one of her charities so we pledged to make some and this is my first one on dpn's. I am working on the second hat and it is going to be same size and slightly different style and a different color.

Here is a modeled version-Awwww-how cute!Here are the burpee cloths that Ginden designed from AC4C for this month's charity project for Cooper. She sent me the fabric and the pattern. I made all 12 and will be sending them at the end of the month.

Here are the 7 knit hats I made for AC4C's April project for Cooper.

Here it is being modeled by my other lovely model-Awwww-Isn't she cute?Here are the diaper gowns I made for AC4C's April project for Cooper. The pattern is Sew Young Sew Fun Serger gown. I made them as per pattern but the sleeves are too small. It was requested they be 3" and right now they are not. I am attempting to fix that by making the sleeves shorter and hope they can still use them at Cooper. If not, I will hold them for another project-maybe for a preemie project for AC4C.

Here is my lovely model again modeling one of the hats, which I didn't do right the first time which is why there is only 7 going to Cooper instead of 8. She is modeling the gown as well which is also a goof because my serger decided to give me issues and that is why Cooper is only getting 5 instead of 6. But, Awwww isn't she cute all dressed up?

I still have a pastel pink sweater (the pattern is a free pattern from the lionbrand website called Baby's First Cardigan or pattern #60132A) with a matching hat (will probably make it the same as the one in the beginning of this post-those are great!) I am working on for Cooper as well. It is not the one that is listed in my previous post of my sweater progress with the raglan sweater. I am also going to make the same pastel pink sweater from lionbrand for my preemie niece by the end of the month. I will post pictures when I get them all done. I hope everything is okay in y'alls corner of the world....

The Big Scoop

2008-04-09T12:58:00.006-04:00

Hello to all again,
I have finally uploaded the picture of the other hat called The Big Scoop that I made for my mother to go with the others in a previous post. I didn't like it on me but it sure looks good on my mother. She is sure going to enjoy them on her and dad's trip to Europe.

Here is two views of it. It almost looks reggae style but looks different on....
See what I mean-totally different on. Have a great day....

LampShade Covers

2008-04-08T20:33:00.006-04:00

I have found that so many people would love to see the lampshade covers I have made for my mother so I thought I would post them here. The pattern came from a book called Thread for the Home by Leisure Arts Little Books. I have them on ravelry but not all people can get to that so here they are....hope you enjoy them....

I hope you can get a good view of them with the light on and off. I made two of them and she has requested a third for another lamp. I did make others for my sister in red and a neighbor in red also. The ones in these pictures are the same size but the red ones are smaller. I adjust size depending on the size of the shade.

Here is a picture of one of the red one however it is for a different lampshade than the one in this picture but at least you can see what it looks like in red and smaller. Hope you enjoy....

Sweater Progress

2008-04-08T20:21:00.002-04:00

Hello there,
I thought I would show off my sweater progress....
You can actually tell it is a shirt/sweater now. I am almost to the fourth buttonhole-there are five total and then on to the sleeves....YEAH! I am so excited about my first sweater. The pattern came from http://www.knittingonthenet.com just go to baby and then raglan cardigan/sweater worked from the top down. Still been real busy but did finish a book and got this far on my sweater. Now it is off to catch up on emails since I was out of town. Hope all is well in y'alls corner of the world....

Lots of STUFF going on here....

2008-03-24T17:43:00.008-04:00

Hello to all,

I have been so busy lately that I haven't been able to post in a good long while. I did just post my second square pattern today even though I had it done around the same time as the other one. YIKES-LOL I have been looking for a job and found one at Lowe's. So far that has been crazy trying to get everything right but I think I might have finally gotten it taken care of today. I almost left them and I was only there 4 days. Oh well, it was a bumpy road at first so maybe it will be better now. I had to put my school stuff on hold for a while so that was a bit crazy also. Been in and out of town to see my family in Virginia Beach and I have a car that seems to need constant care these days and it can't be something easy or cheap to fix either-UGH! So, to say the least it has been crazy! So, now I am going to show you what I have been working on over these crazy times.......These hats I made for my mother. She is going out on a cruise later in the year with my dad and wanted several hats that could go with anything. Remember the first crocheted hat I made in an earlier post? Well, that on is going with her too. Here is a picture of it on....

Isn't it cute? And how about that model? Another thing I have been working on is my mason dixon moderne log cabin afghan....

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Don't have much done on it so far but it is coming along. The next color is the deep purple that is in the background of this picture. I hope my color choices turn out good in the end....I have made a little progress on my La Dentelle Belle scarf....

I know it looks the same but I did get 5 more rows onto it. This is the project I am going to keep at work for my lunch break now that I have a job. It is very portable and MAYBE it will get done sometime soon....I am working on a Crochet Topper for my mother also for her cruise and that looks like this....

Don't have much done on this either but it is a fast crochet for the body part at least. Pretty cool color to make it in eh? It is brown with blue, green, red and purple flecks in it. Last but not least, my top down seamless raglan sweater progress. I have really made some progress with this sweater since I posted on it previous. I think it is turning out soooooo cute. Not sure what I am going to do with it once I am done with it. I sure like learning how to do it though....Here it is....

Isn't it so cute? Can you see the two buttonholes on the left of the picture? Awwww!

So that is all for pictures and progress of projects (say that 10 times fast LOL). I am also going to finish up some burpee cloths and some hospital baby shirts for an AC4C project for April's charity. I will post pictures of those when I get them done. Thanks for taking the time to look at what I have been up to lately. I still have a list of other projects that need to get done sometime soon also but I think I will work on these and as I finish one I will work in another. Great idea, right??!!?? Until next time....

The Patchwork Exchange 7" Square

2008-03-24T17:20:00.004-04:00

I designed another square for the AC4C squares challenge we were doing to get our new joiners as many squares as we could. Here is the picture and pattern below....

This is a very easy pattern in multiples of 2. I used worsted weight yarn on this one but there is no gauge or yarn preference for this square just adjust accordingly if you plan to change anything....

Materials

Hook size L

Yarn of your choice

Chain 22

Row 1 sc in second chain from hook and in ea chain across

Row2 ch 1 and turn, sc in first sc, *skip next sc and sc in next sc and working around the sc just made, sc in skipped sc, repeat from * across row

Repeat row 2 for pattern-16 rows

Row 3 ch 1 and turn sc in each stitch across

Bind off and weave in ends

My First Crocheted Hat

2008-03-11T19:53:00.003-04:00

Okay so I have been gone awhile but sure have been busy. Lots of new stuff going on here....Thought I would post my latest project. I finished this for my mother last week.

Isn't it great?! She looks good in it too! I still have my other projects to finish and i am slowly working on those. I will be posting another square pattern this week also. Until then....

Alternate Wave 7" Square

2008-02-25T17:12:00.007-05:00

One of the projects I got side tracked with is making squares for our new AC4C joiners by this months end. I am on the angora team-we took a real cute quiz to figure out which one you would be. I designed my own square in crochet for the project. This pattern is a multiple of 2 plus 1 chain so yarn and hook size can be adjusted for other purposes. Here is my square pattern....

Alternate Wave 7" Square

Materials

Any worsted weight yarn (this project didn't take up much yarn)
Size L crochet hook

Chain 21
Row 1 sc in second chain from hook and in each ch across (20sc)
Row 2 ch 1 and turn skip first sc (sc, dc) in next sc *skip next sc, (sc, dc) in next
sc and repeat from * across row finishing with a (sc, dc) in turning ch
Row 3 ch 1 and turn (sc, dc) in each dc across row finishing with a (sc, dc) in turning ch
Row 4 to 15 repeat row 3 for pattern
Row 16 ch 1 turn and skip first sc and sc in each sc and dc across to end
Bind off and weave in ends.

Please use this pattern for personal and/or charity purposes. If you are going to use this pattern please link to my blog. Thank you and Enjoy! Designed by Lily Hutton Feb. 24, 2008 Copyright 2008

Update on Fleece Dilemma

2008-02-25T16:49:00.003-05:00

Hey there-I have been real busy with so much stuff this month, especially since I got back from Virginia Beach. I wish I had made more progress on my projects but no such luck so far. I will continue to plug away on them this week. I have to say a big Thanks to VJ for helping me with this fleece blanket issue. Here is a pic of her first one done. It looks great and I am so glad she took over for me. Thanks again VJ.

I received some fabric in the mail from Ginden for burpee cloths and from AD for hats for the April project for AC4C and will get to those next week. Thanks for sending those along. I had a couple of things/projects come up to stall my progress but plan to have those done by this weekend as well. Hello to all my friends and I hope all is well in your corner of the world....

Preemie Crunch Blankie

2008-02-14T18:14:00.006-05:00

This will be my first attempt at pattern writing for others besides myself to read. I came up with this blanket because although there are many patterns out there for preemies and/or baby blankets the ones for boys don't seem to be very masculine. I wanted something different so started studying the different stitches in several books and websites to see what I could come up with. I found this stitch pattern to be very easy, quick, and adaptable. What I mean is you can make it any size you want by using any size needle you want and by using mostly any combination of yarn/yarns you want. This stitch pattern is a multiple of 2+1. Up close picture below of stitch pattern. Well, here goes....

20x20 Preemie Crunch Blankie

Materials: 2 skeins of baby yarn different colors, size M crochet hook, yarn/tapestry needle

Working with both strands of yarn as one Ch 55

Row 1: slip stitch loosely in third chain from hook, *hdc in next ch, slip st loosely in next ch* continue from * to * ending with a slip st in last ch, ch2 and turn.

Row 2 (Pattern Row): skip first slip st and *slip st loosely in top of hdc and hdc in next slip st* continue from * to * ending with a slip stitch in top of turning ch, ch2 and turn.

Repeat Row 2 for pattern until blanket reaches 20 inches then ch 1, turn, and slip st in each stitch across to end. Fasten off and weave in ends.

I would love to see this pattern be used for charity purposes or personal use. If you are going to use this pattern please link to my blog. Thank you and Enjoy! Designed by Lily Hutton Feb. 14, 2008 Copyright 2008

Still Plugging Away....

2008-02-14T15:57:00.005-05:00

I am finally able to post my pictures of some of the projects of I have been working on over the last few weeks. These are the neck gaiters I made for the AC4C special project for The Ships Projects for our troops....

They are navy blue 100% wool made with a pattern from Beth K. one of my friends from AC4C. Thanks Beth! Now I am finishing up a preemie baby blanket that I came up with on my own. I have 3 done so far and the fourth one will be done today. They look like this....

The pattern for the pink ones is called JAMIE'S BABY BLANKET and it is from a skein of Jamie baby yarn. I just adapted the size. I made two of the pink ones sizes 15x15 and 20x20. The blue ones I have one size 16x16 and the one I am finishing today is 20x20. I designed this blanket myself from the "crunch" stitch. I love that stitch and I think it looks great for any baby but especially for a boy. It isn't frilly or lacy. Anyway, I just love it tons. I will post my pattern for the blue blanket in a seperate post next. After I finish the blanket today I am going to work on my La Dantelle Belle and my baby raglan sweater. Those are the only two projects that made it through the tea spill last week or so. My mother and I went shopping and I am going to make her a few things also. I will start those some time in the next couple of weeks. I kept toying with the idea of finishing the Cathedral Window but tried it again and hated it immensely so frogged that and the idea totally. Love doilies but not this one apparently. Oh well! I have dropped several of my groups because I am going to go to school soon but I think I have it where I can keep up with everything now. Well, I am off to crochet and knit away....I hope all is okay in your corner of the world....

Wow!

2008-02-04T14:11:00.000-05:00

Okay, so I haven't posted in a while-Again! I have been out of town and had a minute so I thought I would attempt a small post. I will be home in about a week and will post again sometime after I unpack. I was sure hoping to get lots of stuff done on this trip but have only gotten my two books read and the neck gaiters done for the soldiers so far. I did mail my charity contribution for this month's project for AC4C already though. I plan to attempt some blankets for this months project. I cut my group memberships down a few so I can keep up since I am going to be going back to school soon and possibly getting a part time job. Wasn't sure I was going to be able to keep up with them all. So my big WOW moment was that I was sitting here reading my last book I wanted to get read while I was away and hit my cup of tea and knocked it over right into my basket of yarn. My basket is a laundry basket and it was carrying all my ongoing projects right now which are my baby raglan sweater, my log cabin afghan, my neck gaiter (the last one), my crochet afghan I have on my hook that I posted a pic of when I first started this blog, my La dentelle belle scarf, and the yarn to the baby blocks knitted afghan (which was also posted when I started this blog but I took it out to start it over with bigger needles), along with some other yarn for various other little projects for when my hands get sore. Needless to say there was green tea all over everything. YUCK! Ruined the crocheted afghan, stained all the light colored yarn, wet ALL the yarn and my notebook with the patterns-it was a huge mess and it all pooled in the bottom of the basket so the yarn just sat there soaking up the tea YIKES! I have to start over on everything except the sweater and the neck gaiter. They say things happen for a reason so I guess we will see why this had to happen, maybe for more yarn therapy-I mean shopping-I mean....well you all know what I mean. LOL. I am hoping to still be able to use the white yarn when it dries but not sure if it is possible or not. I hope everything is going well in y'alls little corner of the world....

Just chatting about progress

2008-01-21T16:42:00.000-05:00

So hello to all my yahoo group friends! Okay so I haven't made much progress since my last post except to say I have given up on the Cathedral Window. I did another couple of rows and just don't like the way it is turning out. I have officially put it away for future attempts (maybe) but I didn't frog it this time. YIKES! I am soooo irritated with this thing. I am still working on the sweater, the log cabin afghan, the crocheted afghan from when I first started this blog, my monthly washcloths of course, and my La Dentelle Belle scarf. I frogged the baby blanket from the first week of my blog to restart it in bigger needles. I think it will look better that way. I have been asked to work on a special project for the troops and am putting all projects on hold a bit for that. I need to knit some neck gaiters for them and mail them by the 7th of Feb. so I will make what I can by then and mail them. After that I will be back on track. I still can't believe me and the Cathedral Window. haha I don't know if it is me, the pattern, both or if I just plain don't like the thing. Oh well, on to other things for now and maybe SOMEDAY(lol) I will get back to it. I hope everything is okay in your corner of the world and have a great day. I am off to knit for the troops....

Cathedral Window Progress

2008-01-17T15:14:00.000-05:00

Here is the CAL Cathedral Window. I have frogged it already and still it is turning out the same. It doesn't lay flat and it seems way too big. I am only on row 6 and it seems way too ruffly-if that is even a word. haha. I believe it might be because I am using bigger crochet thread than it called for and also a bigger crochet hook than it called for. I am going to have to frog it again I think and try it again with smaller thread and a smaller needle. YIKES....

Raglan Sweater Progress

2008-01-17T12:45:00.000-05:00

Here is my raglan sweater progress. I started it yesterday, with this yarn(I tried it with a blue worsted weight the day before and didn't like it so I started over), and will work on it more today. It seems to be turning out okay so far. I was really scared of the pattern because it looked so difficult and this is my first sweater attempt. It is going smoothly though. I also started my log cabin knitted afghan using the moderne log cabin pattern from mason dixon knitting. I am also working on a crocheted doily called the cathedral window. I had to frog it yesterday because it wasn't turning out right. I tried something with the pattern and it didn't work out once I moved on to the next few rounds. It wouldn't lay flat. I will post a pic of that progress later today. It is snowing here today so it is a great day for knitting and crocheting. I will also try to do another repeat on my La Dentelle Belle today. I plan to stay busy crafting all day-YEAH. I also want to thank VJ from my AC4C group for taking my fleece blankets off my hands and attempting to fix it/them. I would also like to thank Patt from myknittingcircle for making me some name plates I can attach to my emails and such. Hello to all my yahoo groups friends, you are all great people and I hope everything is okay in your corner of the world....

Finally the Fleece dilemma comes to an end!!!!

2008-01-14T18:17:00.000-05:00

Well, I finally finished with the fleece squares. I made some triangles and did the basic sew together process and this is what I ended up with. Looks okay but boy have I just realized I am not as much of a sewer as I used to be. I did try to do the rest and it didn't match up and ended up p***ing me off so I only ended up with this front and back. Can you believe that when I went to put them together they don't match up either? ARRRRGGGGGG! So anyway, at least these made it through and I am off to work on my La Dentelle Belle (thanks to Cat-my subconscious!) and the other KAL's and CAL's I am involved with. I sure hope everybody else is having a better time of it....til next time....

Still Working Away on Knitting....

2008-01-09T20:11:00.000-05:00

I can't believe it has been so long since I posted. I guess with the holidays and all it has been pretty busy. Well, I have kept busy with my yahoo group monthly dishcloths and made these two cloths so far. The Partridge in a pear tree is from Dec 2007 and the Football is the first Jan KAL of 2008. I am now waiting for the next one to start soon. I am also working on fleece blankets (with the leftover fleece squares from before) for the AC4C group I belong too for the Zulu babies in South Africa. Needless to say I haven't touched my La Dentelle Belle since I last posted the pic. I can't wait to get it going though. My knitting circle yahoo group is doing a year long log cabin knitted afghan and I can't wait to start that either. I still need to get my yarn together from my stash. Also, a knitting circle friend and I are going to make a baby raglan sweater starting in the middle of this month and of course I will keep y'all posted. I have joined the challenge of doing all 24 dishcloth KAL's of 2008 with my monthly dishcloths group so I think I will be pretty busy this year with all that is going on. I do hope to learn to do socks this year also. Wow, what a busy year and it has barely just begun....

My First KAL

2007-12-22T03:21:00.001-05:00

Well, that scarf I mentioned in my last post that totally intimidated me has been started. It is called La Dentelle Belle and I have never done anything so involved before. I have only done garter stitch, knit, purl, or a combination of the two. I don't know how long it will take me to finish this scarf but look at me now....

My First CAL

2007-12-21T01:38:00.000-05:00

I just finished my first CAL-Yeah!!!! My yahoo group ILoveKandCAlongs had this snowflake dishcloth as a small CAL before the end of the month. (The date on my camera is wrong so the date on the pic is wrong.) I have to admit the scarf that was started on Dec 7th is very intimidating and I haven't even started it yet. I did buy the yarn for it though and do plan to start it this week. I am still working on the dishcloth for another yahoo group MonthlyDishcloths-the mid month dishcloth was a little out of my league but I am saving the pattern for a later trial when I learn more about knitting. It has cables and I want to practice those with the Fetching fingerless mittens pattern first. Happy Holidays to everybody and I hope all is well with you in your corner of the world....

What I have been up to....

2007-12-15T01:27:00.000-05:00

Well, it sure has been a busy week or so since I posted last. This is fairly new to me and I can't seem to get out of reading other blogs mainly for the patterns and how to of things and visiting ravelry-wow is that site neat. I am wanting to make stitch markers but not sure when I will get to that. I am still working on snuggles for the AC4C project this month. I have 6 made so far and have laid out all my fleece squares into 14x14 and 24x24 inch blankets for that same project and a few for cat toys. I just need to sew them together now. I have posted pictures on my flickr account of the ones that are done. I have joined many groups and have found it is hard to keep up with all of them so I toned that down a bit. Sure is hard not to go overboard with it. I want to be a part of them all but we all know how that goes-so much stuff so little time-sigh....I have a washcloth group project going right now that I am hoping to finish soon because we are starting another one in a day or two. I guess December is just a busy month for everybody.....Another group I belong to is making a scarf and I haven't even started that yet. Can't wait to get going on that one. I am going shopping in the morning to get the yarn for it. Can you believe I don't have the yarn for that project....Darn the luck....I need to go get MORE yarn ;-} Anyway, I hope all is well in your corner of the world. I am off to continue this wonderful madness otherwise I will just ramble on and on and on......

Neck Gaitors (or is it Gaiters)

2007-12-03T22:58:00.000-05:00

Well, I finished the neck gaitors (I ended up with 16) for my nephew. Now on to the snuggles project. I have one 14x14 garter stitch snuggle done and have started another one of the same this time using two strands of yarn and bigger needles. I have now started a monthly dishcloth club as well as a knitting novice club with yahoo and they are great. I am starting my first knitted washcloth with the monthly dishcloth club. Can't wait to see how it turns out. I also ended up with more fleece 6 inch squares in blue from the leftovers from the gaitors. Got two blankets 4x5 layed out to sew and enough squares to do the backs of the same pattern making them double sided fleece blankets. Plan to use some of the fleece squares for toys for the snuggles project making them various shapes and sizes and filling them with catnip (I think I said that in an earlier post;}). Guess we will see how much I can get done. Busy, Busy, Busy....

Fleece Square Dilemma

2007-12-01T01:27:00.000-05:00

Well, it looks like I can do many things with the fleece squares. This months AC4C http://www.allcrafts4charity.org/ project is snuggles for our beloved animal shelters and such. I think I can make catnip toys for my shelter in various shapes using some of these squares. That is what I am going to be working on starting next week. This week I am going to work on a project for my nephew and his class to help the troops. Such a small world because the patterns they are using for the projects they need are from another group I belong to called The Ship's Projects http://www.theshipsproject.com/ . I am hoping to help him with making as many neck gaiters that I can by the deadline. I will keep y'all informed on how it goes. I will also be working on some of the snuggle blankies for the pets at the shelter using some patterns from the snuggles website http://www.snugglesproject.org/ during this month. I already have one started because it ended up being a knitted square for another project with AC4C that was too big-they needed 12" squares and it ended up being 14 inches. Off to a good start....

2007-11-26T21:46:00.000-05:00

I am trying to make a fleece blanket also for PRR but not sure if it will get done by the end of this month. I think I will keep working on it....so far I have these 6 inch squares all cut out but not sure what order or how many blankets or even what sizes to make yet. Any ideas?

2007-11-26T21:43:00.001-05:00

This is what I have on the needles now....It is a baby blanket. This is only the third thing I have made knitting. Most things I do are crochet but I am trying hard to learn how to knit. The first thing I made was a scarf for the October 2007 project caps for kids (AC4C) and the second was a 12" square for the November project PRR (AC4C). You can see the pictures of the things I have made at http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilymaycarol

2007-11-26T21:40:00.001-05:00

It's me again-wow this sure has been fun but challenging to figure out. This is what I have on the hook now....It's an afghan I started and can't wait to finish. Knitting took over for me right now though....

2007-11-26T15:17:00.000-05:00

I did it! I did it! I figured it out. Now all I have to do is show you all what I am working on now. I will get back to y'all on that....

2007-11-26T13:31:00.000-05:00

Hello to All,
I am trying something new here and hope to be able to link my photos here of my charity crafting.
I have noticed several of my charity crafting friends have a blog here and it works well for them so I am giving it a try.
Here goes....