Buttery Snuggle Blanket This is a blanket I started out just because I had a pretty yarn! It was soft, and I loved the yellow with little tufts of other colors. I only got 2 skeins, though, because it was in the clearance bin and that’s all there were. I probably could have started
Category: Material: Yarn
Our Tiger Cub’s Blanket
Dear Friends, In my previous post about Dolly Parton, I mentioned that I had made a blanket, and that working on it helped me in my grief journey. This post is sharing that blanket!! It is a cotton blanket, crocheted with just single crochet. The interest is in the variegated yarns and which colors I
Pure, Unadulterated Nerdy Cuteness
Ok, so I’m completely geeky, but I got super excited when a friend gave me a hat that may or may not look similar to a character in a well known film… Garment Data:– Type: Baby hat, mittens, booties– Date made: Unknown, plus January and February 2017– Pattern: Made up– Fabric/Materials: Acrylic yarn– Trim: the
Rose Baby Hat
Dear friends, So, it seems I know many babies. A friend asked me to design and make a hat that looked like a rose, for an infant friend of hers. It came out looking more like a species rose (which has flat petals around a middle) more than a double rose (the kind you’re used
Rose Baby Blanket
Hi Friends! Did I warn you I’d be knitting like a fiend, or did I warn you?? 🙂This blanket has been most of what I’ve been working on for the last 10 days or so… and I loved it! Garment Data:– Type: Baby blanket for a crib– Date made: December 2016– Pattern: My own, invented
Tiger Christmas Stocking
Dear Friends… Yes, another knitted project! This is a Christmas stocking in the favorite colors for a special little boy I know. Garment Project Data:– Type: Christmas stocking, meant to be hung– Date made: December 14th and 15th 2016– Pattern: Made it up as I went– Fabric/Materials: Cotton yarn in orange and brown– Trim: black
Baby Set
Dearest Readers, I made this earlier this year. After I finished it, I put down knitting, and even other crafts and sewing, for a long time. I didn’t realize that I hadn’t posted pictures! I am now experiencing a knitting renaissance, and will likely be posting many more knitted items 🙂 Garment Data:– Type: Sweater
Leafy Baby Hat
Dear Friends, I recently had the opportunity to give to a family in need, and one of the things they needed were clothes for a newborn, who they are currently expecting. I can’t give baby clothes without at least something handmade! So I pulled out my go-to pattern book for super-cute baby knits, and here
Winter Hats, part II — Jayne’s Hat
Ladies and Gents,As promised, part II of the Wooly-Hats Spectacular Spectacular!I’m trying the pictures in a larger size, let’s see how this looks!In this case, I made a Jayne-inspired hat, copying a hat that the character Jayne Cobb got from his mom on the TV sci-fi/western Firefly.The cool thing about his hat is that it
THE DREADED SOCK
Yep, Ladies and Gents, I once tried to make a sock.…. the yarn is now incorporated into an afghan… Garment Data:– Type: SOCK– Date made: Well, it was never finished… (I don’t actually know when I started. I unraveled it in 2008 or so)– Pattern: None, I made it up as I went along!– Fabric/Materials: