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I have been crafting my little heart out, preparing presents for our family for the holidays. Knitting, crocheting, candle making, papercrafting, no craft left behind!
I have been on a dishcloth kick lately. Who doesn’t love dishcloths? (That was a rhetorical question, if you don’t, please don’t tell me. And if you don’t love them, yet find yourself receiving some of mine, please let me know. I won’t hold it against you, pinky swear.)
I can crochet a few of these in an evening. Great stashbusting project for my huge cotton yarn stash. Plus, they are super functional!
This is less than half of what I have done in the past week or so. Anyone want a dishcloth?
Peace.
I received this blanket when Conn was born and don’t know who gave it to me. I think that it came from Mom, but I don’t think that she made it. I am pretty sure she didn’t make it.
Anyway, I love the stitch pattern and want to make one just like it in a different color but I can’t figure out the stitch pattern for the life of me. I can’t even figure out which is the right side/wrong side or up/down.
Help!!
Peace.
Uh, rather, on the hook.
I have been working on a couple of crochet projects recently…
I got word that my FIL was in need of some new dishrags, and I am only too happy to come to his rescue. Dishrags are probably my favorite thing to crochet or knit. Usually crochet because I can do one from start to finish in about an hour while sitting in front of the tv at night with DH when the kids are in bed. Instant gratification at its best. Just your basic sc, sc tbl, dc variations.
I also started a Granny square blanket. And as luck would have it, my Granny fell in love with the color (the green) while she was here, so guess who’s getting this one. Shh, family people that read this blog…don’t spill the beans, mmkay?
Peace.
My house is clean, the BTH is napping and I am just about to pick up my knitting and get some work done.
I have previously professed my love for knitted dishcloths multiple times. In fact, I always have a dishcloth in progress on the needles. The fabulous ball band pattern is easy to adjust and memorize. And I think it is purdy. But, lately my ballbands haven’t been getting much action. I know you are wondering why. Well, I have fallen in love with tawashi. What’s a tawashi? It is a little scrubby thing that is used ta-washi-your-dishes. I am not making this up. Evidently it is all the rage in Japan (although I totally missed it when we were there last month), there is even a Ravelry group for it, “Tawashi Town”. Go join, it is fun.
You just basically use up your scraps of acrylic yarn (we all have them, admit it!) and create these little fun things. Then you go scrub your pots with them.
Wishy Washy Fishy Tawashi (with some Yen from our trip)
Pattern found here: Knitting Knonesense
Then, there is the little fun scrubbies that knit up lickety split:
Pattern found here: Kinitability
Speaking of Japan and knitting, I did do a little stash enhancing while there. Not much. Noro was easily as much if not more than what it is online including shipping, so I only came home with one skien of Kureyon for myself.
And this cute little crocheted froggy kit. The kick in the pants is that the pattern is in Japanese. And I don’t read/speak Japanese. Not sure what I expected…huge “duh” moment when I realized that one.
I always make things harder than they need to be.
Peace.
We are supposed to be in China right now. Unfortunately we had to cancel our trip while we were back home with Mom in September. I didn’t feel comfortable being at home without our passports while they were processing our visas. So, we made the executive decision to hold off on our trip. Guess that is one more trip to add back on to the list of places to go.
Did I mention that we are spending a week in Hawaii (Big Island) next year? Oh, I did. Sorry! ; )
Thanks for the comments about my recycled bag-bag. I don’t feel like such a loser now, lol.
KaLu has given me the “You Make Me Smile Award”, and I was an honorable mention on Kim’s blog. Thanks, chicks!! You both would be on my list also! It will be hard to pick 10 bloggers that haven’t already been chosen…I have well over 100 on my Google Reader, but here goes….
1. Deece – Because I love the fact that you put your family first. And you crochet!! I got lots of info on Saipan just by reading your blog.
2. Chiloe – Your progress on your projects is inspiring! And I love the posts with your kids.
3. Heather – You are a single Mom and you manage to keep it all together. I admire you! I couldn’t do half of what you do on a daily basis.
4. Little Cat - I love watching your projects grow and your pictures of Riley are adorable!
5. Aunt Tamie – Love the fact that you blog. And you now stitch! Yay! I enjoy reading your posts, makes me feel more like an insider to your life.
6. Bev Q – What can I say? I admire your craftyness, your humanitarian work and I absolutely adore your free pattern database. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
7. Kendra – I love looking at your blog, it is just so cheery. I can relate to many of your posts since “The Baby” and Connor are close in age.
8. Carolyn – Your blog graphics are awesome, I love the fact that you change it frequently. I admire your drive and commitment to cycling and exercise. I wish I had 1/10th of it!
9. Jennifer – Your stitching and finishing is exquisite! I know firsthand. I love wondering how you are going to finish something, and then seeing your pictures.
10. Melanie – I feel connected to you when reading your posts. You are one talented lady! And who wouldn’t smile when seeing your kids? They are so cute!
Seriously, I had a hard time going through my reader and picking out blogs that hadn’t been nominated. I didn’t even get all the way through my reader actually *blush*.
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Did I tell you that Connor will be delaying his first year at college because his Grandpa spent the tuition money on a vintage tractor for the kid? (Kidding about the college thing, not the tractor)
Seems that my Dad has a picture of himself on a 1954 Mc Cormick Farmall kid’s tractor when he was about 6 months old. He has been on a mission to find the same tractor for Connor. He was successful. He went to an auction and got into a bidding war with another guy for this restored vintage tractor (*hello*). The guy later asked him how high he would have gone, my Dad’s response was, “As high as it would have taken.” Oy!
Without further ado, here is our son, sitting on his Freshman tuition:
He is climbing around on everything, and working on standing alone. He has two tiny little teeth on the bottom now, just barely in. And he loves the dog. Her feelings for him? Notsomuch love, more like tolerance. We are still nursing, I can’t believe it either. I never would have thought that we would make it to 6 months, let alone beyond 9 months.
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I have been knitting more dishcloths, I should take a picture of the ones I have done so far. I also crocheted a scarf using a variation of a pattern that another blogger gave to me. I have a question though…the pattern is based loosely on a published dishcloth pattern, so if I were to give the scarf pattern on my blog, is that a violation of copyright? Inquiring minds want to know.
I had this off label acrylic yarn from Mom’s stash. I know, I know, it’s acrylic. But you would not believe how soft this stuff is. It is beyond-science-scary. I used just about a skien and a half (approx 225 yards I think) and an “I” sized hook.
I have another skien and a half, I think that I am going to work on a simple knitted shawl… knit two, yarn over, knit to the end, repeat kind of thing. But on big bamboo circulars…maybe 10′s…?
Speaking of knitting, I made out my wishlist for the parentals for Christmas ideas. Am I a total snot for wishing for a set of KnitPicks Options Harmony Interchangeable Needles? AND an 80gb iPod? LOL. Okay, maybe asking for those plus the 8 books that are on the list are a bit much… So many choices.
I am going to participate in the NaBloPoMo in November. Should be a challenge for me, but I am looking forward to it. Anyone else going to join?
Next post I will talk about festivals (fiber & craft related), quilting & thrifting…and whatever else I can ramble out.
If anyone else is on Ravelry, I am mhighfill (real original, I know). Just incase you want to friend me or anything. : )
Peace.
