Every year I make an ornament for my girlfriend and she sends me one (this year she did make one) but the one I make is out of an old lightbulb...I am making one and will post pix of it when done but then I found a cool one online that I had to tweak just a bit. You can find the original ornament at: http://www.crafts-for-all-seasons.com/knitting-basket-ornament.html And here is my version.
Friday, December 07, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
SIAMESE Kitty Quilt
Well I finally got around to making the Siamese Kitty quilt. I had been stock piling the colors of materials for a while and I like how it turned out. I made this for a special friend who likes and has Siamese kitties for real. I hope she likes it. Now that it is done I can get back to knitting and I need to as I have a "Midge" scarf to make for a scarf swap I joined.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
candy corn bag
A few days ago I started this candy corn bag but I finally got one panel done but now I have to make another one for the other side. I am going to line it with some candy corn material that I actually already had and turn it into a cute purse.
If you like this you can find the pattern here on Isela's site: http://isela.typepad.com/looming_crafts/2007/10/candy-corn-insp.html
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
I got sidelined :-(
I have not been doing many crafts with repainting my kitchen, laying laminate flooring. I did get me the neatest cat at of all places a yard sale. His is about two years old, pinkish in color(the research I found calls them beige tabby and I always called the color navy bean...since it is the light pink color of the beans) and he has 6 toes on each foot. They named him Lincoln but I did not like that. I told him he has feet the size of cougars and so that is how PUMA got his name. Here are a couple pix of him including his "Cat-scan"!
Arellis' bracelet
Can you believe that you can actually loom using beads? I really like these very much but it takes a while to sting the beads and then I have not perfected the tie off. I need to make some more to get the practice. You can find the directions to make these at: http://isela.typepad.com/looming_crafts/2007/06/arellis_bracele.html
The first one I made for my love of ladybugs and the secone is sort of a mother's bracelet...sapose to stand for Topaz and opal for the parents and the larger bead is the child, a pearl.
Baby sunflower bonnet
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Felted Rose
Well Brenda at
http://loomlady.blogspot.com/
did it again. I made her felted
rose. I have never worked with
wool which I always thought
was something scratchy and
I had never felted anything
(on purpose). This is really
easy to do and all I have left
to do is the leaves but have
to wait a few days to get to
town. What you will need to
do is make a row of triangles
and then turn to make the rose.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
QWACKA directions...FINALLY!
WOW It has been over a month since I have posted anything and finally figured that I had better finish up writting out the directions for this little fella before I don't remember what my directions I wrote as I made him meant. The directions are on the right hand side.
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
QWACKA
Thursday, March 15, 2007
WHICH CAME FIRST< THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG?
Well they always ask "which came first the chicken or the egg"? I guess I will have to go with the egg as I made the eggs first :-) This is again a pattern I got from Brenda Myers...isn't she talented? I have a couple more of her patterns I want to try but have not sat down long enough to do any knitting lately. You can find Brenda's site by clicking on the link :http://loomlady.blogspot.com/
I had to make another one and this time she sits on a nest.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
I'm EGG-cited!
WOW can you believe it...I am posting two projects in one day! I laid an egg like the ones from this site...http://loomlady.blogspot.com/ Check them out she is great at making grest little projects.
And I couldn't stand it I had to make a few more. This is just a start as I plan to make a whole bowl full. #1 has bells, #2 styrofoam, #3 has unpoped popcorn and is my fave sound.
PLAID SCARF
This is soooo cool that using the purple loom and Red Heart's Kids yarn "Dream Girl" #2955 and doing the stitch that came with the loom, it actually plaid all by its self. Isn't that cool?
I just love this and am going to give it to my mom for Mother's day.
As you can see this is a self portrait :-)
I was not the discoverer of this...for that the credit goes to Shell at http://seeshellsschemes.blogspot.com/ .
Monday, February 26, 2007
Yummy Cupcake
Another crafty knitter came up with the design and I had to try it for a friend's birthday. I did have a bit of trouble and had to contact the designer but I got it done finally. A day late but done! Here is her site: http://loomlady.blogspot.com/ . You should check it out and see the other flavors she made and get the pattern.
Sunday, February 04, 2007
My Reversible Hat
This is an attempt at an idea I have had for some time...to make a reversible hat. I used the long yellow loom and e-wrapped 45 rows of orange then tied on black and did another 45 rows. I pulled the end of the orange up through the gap of the loom to hook the last stitches onto the pegs (there does not leave much room). I then threaded the needle and removed the hat.
It was also a bit hard to pull the hole in the top closed and there is still about a 1" gap as having two thickness of knitting. If I were to do this again...I would use the yellow round loom as with the long loom the stitches are tighter and this would probably fit a child better. I can get it on but is super tight it feels like it is my skin :-)
I like the black with orange cuff the best.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Sewing crafts
Here is my Miss Frog.
I made her about
1 1/2 years ago.
This is a Kitty Rag quilt I made for my best friend. It was the first one I did but then I made another and gave to my sister. I think I finally have enough material gathered to make one more but this one is going to be made with beige and dark browns to resemble a Siamese.
I have made other things but I guess these are the things I am most proud of.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
start a magic scarf...finally AND IS FINISHED!
I have finally started a magic scarf. I decided to try it on the green long loom instead of the yellow round loom. The yellow is a nice golden that I got in a yarn exchange and then got the black at Michael's. I thought with this golden color it would look pretty done up as a Pittsburgh Steelers scarf even though they are not my fave team...but I do come from the area of Troy Polamalu so maybe I am doing it in his tribute :-) When I get done with the black I have another Yellow to go.
Here is part two of adding the black but looks like it is going to take 4 skeins instead of 3. I am really liking how it is turning out and is SOOOO soft. I was just going to make this up since I had the yellow but the further along I get, the more I love it. But not sure if I want to have a long black in the middle or stay with the yellow -black but then the ends would be different colors. I have to go to town to get more black so I have a few days to decide.
Here is the third instalment of my magic scarf. As you can see I went with a 2 row separation but wish I would have done a 4 row but with this being all the yellow I had I didn't think I could squeeze out any more without noticing. I do LOVE how it is coming along though.
OK, I got it done and here it is in the FAT version (before washing). I didn't get the colors exactly the same length which means I didn't count the rows :-) I just used all the yellow and then went to the black but then I made the small yellow patch and so that used some up.
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Christmas Ornaments
For about 8+ years my girlfriend and I have been exchanging Christmas ornaments. About the second year into the exchange I found about painting "dead" lightbulbs. This is the one I did for 2006. I have done others like: Santa, Reindeer, Angel, Grinch, Snowman, Cow, Rabbit, Elf. I think there might be one or two I am forgetting but will have to hunt down the pictures to post them all.
Doggy Sweater on Red Loom
Welcome as this is the first of my postings to this site. I was using another blog site (http://360.yahoo.com/keggy99) but I am going to start using this one to post my knitting and happenings.
I knitted up another sweater for a doggy but this one is a bit bigger. I made it for my Brother and Sister-In-Law little dog but now I have to wait for them to visit to see if it will fit...I hope so.
I wrote down the directions as I made it and will post it soon.
I knitted up another sweater for a doggy but this one is a bit bigger. I made it for my Brother and Sister-In-Law little dog but now I have to wait for them to visit to see if it will fit...I hope so.
I wrote down the directions as I made it and will post it soon.
Modeling this sweater is the neighbors little pup who is about 7 months old...she sure likes these sweaters.
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