October 2013-Doll Clothes

I'm making my grand daughters doll clothes for Christmas. I bought them each an 18 inch doll and refused to buy the clothes for them! So now I am making them. This is the first attempt:

This is very BRIGHT! And I used a bit bigger yarn than the pattern called for. Hopefully it will fit the doll. I haven't taken the dolls out to try on the dress. I'm hoping to make each doll 3 outfits. We will see how much time I have.

Here's the next one I made:

Here's the pattern book I'm using:

I didn't make the hat, shoes or purse. I think they would just get lost and be a waste of time.

October 2013

I made these slippers for a special someone for Christmas. I thought they turned out cute. The first one(on the right of the picture) kind of turned out a bit wonky, but when I tried it on it fits comfortably so I decided to go with it. The color is called Antique Teal. I used a light gray for the contrast color in the tie. The pattern came from this book:

I'm teaching a friend how to crochet and she wants to make headbands for her friends for Christmas. I'm not a headband wearer but I'm sure my young friend will rock these! I had my husband take a picture of it on my head and he had to make sure he got the flower! I'm definitely not rockin the band! ha!






I got the pattern from this book:

Unfortunately when I bought this book I didn't realize that the young girl on the cover is actually YOUNG! As in she has a smaller head than most adults! So I had to take the pattern home in the midst of our lesson and rewrite it all so that the headband would fit an adult sized head. This is just one headband, I'm assuming I will have to rework all of the patterns. Blah!

October 2013-Christmas gifts

I thought this color combination of red, gold and brown turned out very pretty for some friends for Christmas. This pattern was called "Wheat" because in the pattern book it was done in shades of brown and tans. It is from a pattern in this book:

Cozy Mile-A-Minute: October 2013

11 strips

Finished afghan!

This is a Christmas gift for a friend's family. I got the pattern out of this book:

Monkey Snuggle Blanket-September 2013

 I made this cute little blanket for a sweet little 3 year old. She's probably too big for a snuggle blankie, but I thought she could use it for her dolls or even as a companion at bedtime. Besides the fact I have wanted to make one of these for forever!! The blanket part was fairly quick going. The monkey part was a bit more tedious. I thought it turned out pretty stinkin cute if I do say so myself!

I bought the pattern book from Annie's Crafts.

Christmas Tree Skirt-August 2013

I made this Christmas Tree skirt for my daughter. They recently moved from Texas and are Dallas Cowboy fans. They decorate their house for Christmas in the Cowboys colors. One project done for Christmas...several more to go. August has almost come to an end. Time is getting away from me!

This pattern is from a Leisure Arts leaflet that I bought several years ago at a library sale. Copyrighted in 1994.

Cowboys afghan August 2013

I bought the pattern for this blanket off of Etsy. I just went to find the link to post here and it is no longer available. It didn't really have a pattern to follow for the background. I used an afghan stitch and then followed the graph that was sent with the pattern for the star and letters. I cross-stitched those into the finished blanket:

 This is for my Son-In-Law Scott. For no particular reason except that I found this pattern and wanted to try it and he is a fan. Oh, and he wanted a blanket that his toes didn't poke through. The afghan stitch is perfect for that problem. Very thick.