swap potholders

I did another small swap on ravelry. This one was a Thanksgiving Swap in the Vanna's Choice group, we were supposed to send 3 hotpads to our partner.


I made one of my favorite kinds of potholders using the granny mandala pattern. This one is my favorite out of the set, it was really hard to give up!


I made a hexagon potholder also, this is always a fun one to make. I think I need to start using a bigger hook though, this one turned out a little small. I've had emails a few times about how to put this kind of potholder together, so I took some pictures while I was making this one, I'll be posting it next week sometime!


My partner said she had a blue kitchen, so I made her a blue potholder, hopefully it works with her kitchen! I used the scalloped potholder pattern for this one but changed the edging, I made picots at the top of each fpdc. I really like how it worked out.


I also sent along a dishcloth to match the blue potholder, I sent the blue one that was supposed to go out for the Annual Dishcloth Swap. I managed to forget to actually mail the package, so I missed out on that fun.

ps: the 500 follower giveaway is coming up this weekend!

a mustache...

I shared this pin with you on Friday and I did make it for my newest nephew! I used this free printable and brown felt. I stuck the mustache to the pacifier using sticky dots, it turned out pretty darn cute!

But, it's even cuter when he's using it!


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groovyghan

I am finally making progress on the groovyghan again! I wanted to have the dots joined to the ripple strip last week but I never even picked the pieces up. The other night I sat down and sewed them together. I used the invisible join method again, well somewhat, it's a little difficult to do on stiches that don't line up exactly. It worked though, you don't see any of the joining, I really love that!

I'm hoping by next week, I will have some granny squares to show off. They probably won't be joined since I've been procrastinating so much with this blanket, good thing I started early, if I'd waited longer, there'd be no way it would be finished before my daughter's birthday.

ps: look over to the left! I've got to get my butt in gear and get some photos ready for a giveaway!

friday favorites

Today, I thought I'd share some things I am hopefully going to be doing this weekend. They're all ideas found from pinterest.

I bought a couple boxes of crayons on sale especially for this project! I'm going to hang it in the area where the kids color (or where they are supposed to have their coloring stuff anyway).

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My sister is having her baby this weekend! I'm going to attempt to get a picture of him wearing a mustashe

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And I found some tips on how to clean your washing machine, so I'm going to get that done this weekend. It probably needs it, I've only cleaned it once, when we moved in here over a year ago.

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I've had this one pinned for awhile, I'm finally going to attempt it! I love pretty nails.

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Have a great weekend! Do you have anything crafty planned for the weekend?

nana squares done!

I managed to get my nana squares finished! And I really did the 10 a day like I said I would, even though I said it, I wasn't sure I'd manage it! I think that I have enough for the baby baby blanket, after I lay all the squares out, I may need to make more. So for now, I've got 70 nana squares with all their ends weaved in.


My baby yarn stash still seems huge and I'm really tired of it, so I may just donate the rest of it to a woman here in town who makes blankets for the NICU after I finish with this blanket. This weekend, I will hopefully get the squares joined together using this zig zag joining method.

Today, I'm linking to Tuesday Tallies for One a Day and Our Creative Spaces.

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a little bit of sunshine...

A few days ago Lisa posted a pattern for this simple statement crochet wreath and I knew right away that I was going to make one! I used a 12" wreath form and Loops & Threads Charisma yarn in yellow for the wreath.

I just love how it turned out! I'm definitely going to make a similar wreath now that I know how easy it is to crochet around a wreath form, I'm thinking of a flower for the next one.

It hangs in my entryway now bringing a little bit of sunshine inside now that the sun doesn't come out so much anymore.

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nana squares...

I've started yet another baby yarn stash buster blanket, this time I'm making nana squares, a pattern from The Royal Sisters. These squares are super cute and fast to make! This Kaleidoscope blanket is what inspired me to start this one. Mine won't be as bright, I don't have many bright colors in my bag of baby yarn.

Since I've pretty much stuffed my hexi-puffs in the back of my closet, I've decided I'm going to use this as my new One a Day project. I'll be making ten of these nana squares a day, they really are that fast to make. This blanket shouldn't take me too long to finish!

The first baby yarn stash buster blanket I started is so close to being finished, it's all assembled but there's a lot of ends to weave in still, that's why I haven't shared it yet. I pick it up every couple weeks and sew a bit, it will get finished eventually! It will. I really love how it turned out, so I really can't wait to finally share it!

groovyghan progress

I am still working on the groovyghan but it's still pretty slow going. I've finished the ripple strip and I've been working on sewing all those ends in for the past week. I'm hoping to get it finished and sewn to the dot squares by Monday. I used the neat ripple pattern, it's an easy pattern. I didn't use any particular color sequence, I grabbed colors as I went.

As much as I enjoyed doing this ripple, I'll be happy to move on to some granny and flower squares! The ripple felt like it took forever, it's going to feel like I'm speeding with the next part.

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baby props

I made some baby props for my sister to use when she takes some pictures of her baby, who we're still waiting on! I got all these patterns from RAKJpatterns on etsy, lots of fun patterns there! She does lots of giveaways on her facebook page also, she's actually doing a bunch today!


I made a couple football cocoons, I used the same yarn as I'm using for the time out cowl for these. They're really cute, I seriously cannot wait to see a baby in these! I made a green one also since everyone around these parts is a Saskatchewan Roughriders fan, it looks a lot better than I thought it would.


I also made the turtle prop, I also have a diaper cover to go with this, it's still sitting half finished.


And finally I made a regular cocoon. I used Vanna's Choice in oatmeal for this, I really like that color!


There's still a few more things I would like to make but I'm not sure I will ever get to them, hopefully I will. I really can't wait to see my nephew using these! I'll be sure to post photos when we do use them.

friday favorites

Friday favorites are via pinterest again this week. I've been doing a lot of pinning to my "makes me laugh" board recently, I've needed the laughs. I posted a few funny videos on my board but apparently, they don't like to show up in blog posts, so check out my board to see some of them. This one from Supernatural is really funny and of course Pacey-Con is pretty funny too.

Enjoy!

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Have a great weekend!

time out cowl

There's a crochet along about to start over at Maybe Matilda, the pattern being made is the Time Out Cowl. It's going to be a fun CAL with prizes to keep you motivated to finish! This project is an easy one for even a beginner crocheter and there will be lots of help, so don't be intimidated about joining in.

Since I wanted a cowl before the cold hits here, I decided to join in! I'm using Loops & Threads Charisma yarn in charcoal and off white. This yarn is super, super soft! I recently used this stuff for a baby prop and it is so great to work with. (pictures of said baby prop & some other baby props will come soon!)

Are you going to be joining in the CAL?

happy birthday!

I started blogging when I was pregnant with my youngest, today he is THREE years old! He loves Mickey Mouse, so that's what he's getting for his birthday. I spotted these on pinterest a couple weeks ago and knew that I had to make them! Mine aren't nearly as good looking but I think they're still cute.

Happy Birthday my big boy!

hexipuffing along

I went out and picked up a couple new skeins of the Bernat Mosaic in some different colorways to add some more color to my hexipuffs. I got medusa and spectrum, I love these colors!

I have to admit that I'm not entirely in love with these little hexipuffs anymore, I'm really trying to give them more of a chance though because I was so in love with the idea of this quilt. It may be because a couple of them are different sizes, I'm just not sure. I'm bummed out that I'm not so into them now.

I'm linking this post up with Tuesday Tallies for the One a Day project!

friday favorites

How about a few crafty ideas to fill your weekend? I hope you all have a great weekend!

Add a touch of embroidery to a print! I really love this idea!

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Make a cool potholder rug! I really want to do this project, I don't know how well received it would be around here but I like the look.

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Make this cute slice of rainbow cake!

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Print out and play this fun popsicle memory game.

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Use granny squares to make a birdhouse.

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my creative space

I went and joined two new CAL's on ravelry yesterday. The first one is the One a Day CAL group, you pick a project and then do one element of it a day, like a granny square a day. I have been drooling over the beekeeper's quilt since it was first posted and I'm not the only one, there are many, many people making this blanket! It's a gorgeous blanket but I'm not exactly a great knitter so I wanted to figure out a crochet version. Luckily, I don't have to try and figure it out because I found a pattern to use, it's called the apiary puff (it's a ravelry download, so you may have to be a member to get it!).

Last night I printed it out, pulled out a skein of Bernat Mosaic yarn (ambrosia) and got to work using my 3.75 hook. I bought a couple skeins of this yarn when I spotted it on clearance, I bought it thinking I would make a big granny square blanket (inspired by this one) but have decided it will be good for hexi-puffs! I cheated and made two last night but they aren't stuffed yet, so it's not a big cheat!


I also joined a CAL to make an amigurumi unicorn, I can't wait to get started on this cutie! I may end up making two so both my girls have their own and there won't be any fighting (hopefully).

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