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(Topic: Knitting, NICU donations) Hi Friends! This is a project I made at some point in the last three years, while I was in a knitting group that made blankets and hats for babies in the local NICU. I knitted quite a few, and I don’t think I’ve posted this one before! This is one
(Topic: Knitting) Hi Friends! This is a project I finished a while ago, but am finally getting around to sharing. This is the partner to the Blue and White Handtowel I told you about last May. It’s the exact same pattern, with my exact same yarns and color choices: just reversed! This is so I
(Topic: knitting, Christmas gifts) Hi Friends! For Christmas this year, I decided to knit one present – a daring act, since I often procrastinate or take on too much, and end up with nothing done! But I picked a smallish project that ended up going faster than anticipated, so my Dad got a finished gift
(Topic: Crochet, sewing, cooking) Hi Friends! Recently we noticed that our cast iron pans with bare handles (as opposed to wooden handles) are easier to pick up when we have a dedicated potholder shaped like the handle rather than just wrapping one around it. I figured, that would be something easy to make! So I
(Topic: Knitting) Hi Friends! Gosh, this one took forever. I’ll check the dates on my first photos in a minute to get a ballpark of how long this took, but I’m thinking it was close to a year from start to finish. … yep, I started it in late October 2018… The reason this took
Continue Reading “Completed Folia Cowl (the “leafy cowl”) post number 4″
(Topic: Knitting) Hi Friends! This project was a quick one between others, with a pattern that I could easily memorize and let my fingers work on while I watched tv or listened to music. At one point I listened to one of my sisters play in a concert via a livestream, and knit on this
Continue Reading “Pink Lacy Cowl – from Cast On to Bind Off!”
(Topic: Crocheting) Hi Friends! Here’s a little thing I threw together recently. One of my sisters bought a pot-scrubbie at a store for a dollar or two, but I realized that it would probably be easy to make and wanted to try my hand at it. I took a plastic net from a bag of
(Topic: Knitting) Hi Friends! I have been knitting a bunch this week. This particular pattern was nice and easy – I actually specifically picked it out to be one where I mostly don’t have to look at the pattern (unlike the green lacy cowl I am still plugging away at…), so it’s easier to do
(Topic: Knitting) I know, I know, I haven’t finished the green leafy one. But wait till you see this yarn! I got to pet a finished cowl made with this pattern and this yarn, and it feels like a CLOUD. It was amazing! The “Kid Seta Cowl” looks pretty awesome. The Adriafil lace yarn feels
(Topic: Knitting) Hi Friends, Remember that knitted baby/toddler dress I was working on? I finished it!!!!! It came out really well. I’m really happy with it. I seamed using a whip stitch. I would have liked the blue stripe to line up a bit better. I think a mattress stitch would have helped, but I’m