wrap around sweater

got 2 fronts done now. i will work on sleeves next, they are 3/4 sleeves but i'll be making mine longer.

got plans to make my grandson a pullover sweater -hes bout a size 3 now - waiting on the measurements. also got measurements to make my husband an irish fisherman pullover.

didnt win either the knit nor crochet a pattern a day calendar for next year so i guess the designs are still my own. wouldnt have been so bad if they had commented on the pocket irish fisherman scarf that they adored. i entered 2 lion brand contests: had to make a slideshow tutorial for one of the contests.

progress on unfinished projects

was looking through a bunch of old patterns i had saved and ran into a bunch of old catalogs that i was getting ready to toss out.

wow this is the model i had made for plymouth yarn, i found it in the patternworks catalog, its made out of encore worsted weight yarn. very easy and fun to make with the self striping yarn.

also worked more on the counted cross stitch lighthouse picture, think c. gave me like 3 of them-they were probably free samples she had received from a crafters club. had greg blow up the directions so i could see the differences between the reds.

wrap around sweater, irish lace squares

the wrap around sweater, it shows the seed border. now realize the 2 fronts are just about as wide as back as they cross over in the front so it's gonna be a long process to just finish that up.

have 8 irish lace squares done, am thinking i probably have enough for an afghan or 2 shawls, not decided what i'll do as i've done one of each of those allready.

snow has finally come for this year, woohoo

the norfolk pine is covered, pinecones are on tthe ground allready.

and my scarf is being modeled by newly made mr. snowman.

finished up hospital booties and now to work on the counted cross stitch before more irish lace crochet squaares.

Ongoing, finished projects

Here's the fan and feather knit afghan for the order i got that goes along with the baby layette.

baby layette finished






worked on more booties for the hospital and more squares for irish lace shawl.

Charity, layettes, infant afghan, Barbie items

Here is a picture of what I've been working on lately. Light blue booties for the hospital, they resemble a long mitten, but they fold em up about 3 times over so they won't slip off the infants hands (so they dont' screatch theirselves) and/or on their feet.

Also notice a picture of a yellow and white coaster. Its' one from annies daily site that i saved and thought i'd best get to making some of them. Also the gray barbie doll clam basket and rake and clams. It's for an ongoing book I'm making with my designs of just Barbie doll things, NOT only clothes but a lot of accessories.


Above picture shows fan and feather pattern for theis infant afghan. I also have made a layette from it, for an order I received from Ziegler Magazine for the Blind. It's called TLC from Coats and Clark (red heart) baby /sport weight 5 oz sizes. Bought at least 7 not thinking/realizing they are that big, was assuming all ombres are only 3- 3 1/2 oz. So I might have a bunch left over. If so i'll make another outfit and put that in my moms shop to sell on the island or the craft show. Its called baby pritn and is mainly white but have some spots of the baby colors.

instruction video, scarf crochetted

read through one of my crochet digests today and found a link to do an instructional video and enter into 2 contests by doing so. so i crochetted up a scarf with the yarn i had just bought at michaels yesterday.

finished scarf, the yarn color is called seascape ombre by bernat berella 4

also worked on some light blue booties for the hospital today.

check ou the instrucitonal video and maybe you can enter the contests:
I just finished documenting my Instructable and thought you would like to be the first to comment on it. Link: http://www.instructables.com/id/crochet-scarf/

http://www.instructables.com/id/crochet-scarf_1/ is slideshow contest

Hospital knit booties

worked mostly on hospital booties. got 8 done for now.

coat hangers, trivet, knit

This probably doesn't resemble anything to you LOL The items to the right are coat hanger covers.

Item to the left is a trivet. There are 2 sections that I will sew together. They work well for putting a hot pan on before it's placed on the table.

here are the finished items: trivet and coat hangers. When the knitted/crocheted material is around a hanger the clothes won't slipp and fall off the ends.

Also finished these shawls and a stole:

afghan and shawl done using irish lace, crochet

finished irish lace afghan

finished irish lace shawl

gonna do another one, have just enough yarn left to do a stole type shawl

half way done with this black knit shawl

prayer shawl, crochet

Thought as i have so much yarn left over i can make a prayer shawl using the cirochet irish lace pattern. figure about 4 across the top then taper it down. so i gotta figure out how to make 1/.2 of a square. wasn't as difficult as i thought. folded a full one in half and used that as a template and only made 4 popcorns to start with. should have pictures tomorrow.

went for a ride around ocean drive and took my black paryer shawl with me, its k every row so not much thought goes into it.

Thread shawl

Thread on a cone we got at local senior center. Think I'll attempt a shawl. I've done one for plymouth yarn or knitpicks co. last year using their design.

progress on irish lace squares, prayer shawls, old magazines

Irish lace crochet squares, got enough, i think to make an afghan now, 24 of them. think a quick slip st with a crochet hook to join them will do it.

Old mccalls needwork magazines to go through to get ideas, patterns etc before i pass them along to others. there are over 75 magazines in total.

3 more brown colored prayer shawls done

more prayer shawls

have 2 more shawls done, in browns this time for the men who need some comfort after a loss. have at least 25 irish lace squares done now.

Merry Christmas all

went to moms last night and noticed my neices' afghan so i picked that up and knitted a whole skein of the homespun while there for the night. it was a green/white tweed but the dye lots ARE different and you could knida notice the difference. got about 25 squares of my irish lace done so far. will work more on those today and rest of the week. Greg has to return to work tomorrow and 2 more days for work this week.