Posted in Create, For the Home, knitting on May 4th, 2008
This is for Brooke, Nate and little Adele. In rememberence of the beautiful hour they spent with their son, Phyneas. Many tears and prayers for them went into the knitting of this blanket and I hope it brings them some comfort when sadness comes in it’s sudden waves. While knitting it, I also thought …
Posted in Create, For the Home, knitting on Apr 26th, 2008
A sunshiney weekend is happy. So are buttons- lots and lots of buttons. I bought these from an etsy seller and got them in the mail yesterday. Who knew buttons would make me so happy? Why does the simple act of sorting little buttons make me so happy? I loved sorting them …
Posted in Create, For the Home, knitting, Places, travel on Aug 13th, 2006
Everything is ready to be taken to the fair tomorrow! I’m so excited. I hope I win a ribbon! The only thing missing from my pile of entries is the ogee tunic because all I have finished are the sleeves and this: It’s coming out really well and I changed it …
Posted in Create, For the Home, knitting, Mittens on Jul 13th, 2006
This!!I finally finished sewing the pillow I made for Cindy and Camilo. I made the knitted part a slipcover so it can be taken off and washed as needed. It’s not a “standard” size so I couldn’t use a pillow form. I had to sew a pillow and then stuff it so …
Posted in Create, For the Home, knitting, Knitting Patterns, Patterns & Tutorials on Jun 1st, 2006
Okay y’all. The Knitorama pattern sucked so much that I totally changed it when I knit my apple cozies. There’s been some interest so I’ll share it with you. Materials: I used size 8 dpns and Lion brand woolease. Guage doesn’t really matter, you just want it to fit an apple. If you get to [...]
Posted in Create, For the Home, Gardening, knitting, Upcycling on Apr 29th, 2006
For my birthday Abby gave me this funny book and have been wanting to make something from it since.It has patterns for silly things like a knitted hand grenade, a glass of beer, picture frames, ear muffs shaped like fried eggs and lots of knitted cakes and sandwiches. Abby and another friend who is …
Posted in Celebrate, Christmas, Create, For the Home, Holidays, knitting on Dec 9th, 2005
Really, I am. All I need now are little slippers with the toes curled up. I have been a busy Christmas knitter and it’s been fun. I started knitting tiny sweaters and stockings for Christmas ornaments and I think I’m addicted. After all my bigger projects, it’s really great to knit something that I can [...]
Posted in Create, For the Home, knitting on Sep 27th, 2005
Here’s another project picture. Unfortunately, it began as a result of a big problem. Earlier this month, my mom-in-law called to inform my husband that he forgot her birthday! He, and I, felt horrible. After4 years of marriage I really should keep track of such things. So I immediately started these lovely flower washcloths from [...]
