What I Have Been Working On This Week

This cute little sea creature pillow was designed and made by my 7 yr old daughter Eliana. She did all the sewing on the sewing machine and the stuffing. I am so proud of her!!! She did such a good job. (I only did the snaps and some of the hand stitching)

Eliana was not 100% happy with the pillow, but was very happy to sell it to her sister for $1 :) LOL


these were made by Natasha. She did such a good job!! So proud of her


fun kitchen items...new designs I am testing. Another kitty, pawprint dishcloths. Kitchen scrubbies are made from recycled mesh bags that you get potatoes, apples, and popsicles in :)


frog change purse, made to match frog purse I made recently. My design, unbutton eyes to open









































fun curvy scarf


pretty lacy scarf...my design




Sweet Dreams baby afghan








































what do you think of these? I was at Fred's Dollar Store and saw these autumn kitchen towels and got them for myself, and then crocheted the tops for them....one is supposed to be a pumpkin and the other one is an apple.

What I Have Been Working on This Week

Well, reality has set in, and I can see that after 2 weeks reaching my wednesday goal of posting what I was working on and 2 weeks of totally missing wednesday, that I will just start calling these posts What I Have Been Working on This Week (and hopefully I will be able to keep up with that) :)

I am having lots of fun trying to get ready for upcoming craft fairs. This is a first for me, so I am hoping I will have enough time to make enough things to sell for 3 days of craft fairs.

One thing I was doing this week was trying to design my own kitty cat dish cloth. Above are 2 versions of the same pattern. It is a work in progress, and I am not sure if I will try to sell these because they are not exactly what I was imagining, but they are not so terrible that I will rip them out. First pic is with the flash, but ecru kitty didn't show up, and second pic is without flash and you can see ecru textured kitty better.

What I Have Been Working on (not) Wednesday

revised.... added whiskers to the kitty after my family all said kitty looked like a pig :)


Kitty Bath Mitt finally has a face!!


more cotton dishcloths


Pretty purple scarf


here are a couple of fun and colorful curvy scarves







Got 2nd toddler sized strawberry hat finished


Made this pretty purse/market bag out of double worsted cotton. I got lots of this yarn on sale, and I am having fun thinking of things to make with it. No pattern, made it up as I went. A friend gave me the wood beads from a purse she had that fell apart.



Talon asked for a puppy dog hat this week. How could I resist? No pattern for this one, as I kind of made it up as I went along.

Birthday Celebrations

Happy Birthday to my beautiful daughter and to my awesome Dad! I love you both!!



Natasha requested the "curling of the hair" time for her birthday :)



Great birthday times with family

What I Have Been Working on Wednesday

Kitty Bath Mitt, a work in progress, as she has no eyes or whiskers yet (my own design)






More cotton dishcloths


Custom Baby Strawberry Hat for a friend


Natasha's big baby models the strawberry hat

What I'm Working On Wednesday

Love this square called More V's Please by MoCrochet. I decided to try it with a soft green yarn I had in my stash. I think I am going to try to make 12, and hopefully I have enough of the same color. If not, I will mix in some coordinating pastels.



My friend has offered to put some of my crocheted dishcloths at her booth at the farmer's market this summer. This is the beginning of the 3rd batch I have made this summer. Hoping to make at least a couple more sets by Saturday.



this is a special order for a friend's daughter



this is a baby afghan I am working on, another custom order :) (don't tell if you know who it is for)

Purr Babies

Out for a Morning Stroll

Here are Eliana and Talon out for a morning stroll with their "baby," while Natasha stops to see the pretty baby.

Today is Wednesday

Today is our first day of school this year, and Talon is showing us his new Days of the Week Bears. Here's to new crayons, pencils, paper, and glue!!!

Mystery Kitty

So Natasha and I come out of the doctor's office today and we hear a little "Meow" in the bushes. We look around and I finally see a little shaking bush. So now we have a little extra Mystery in our home.



















I consider her to be a little gift from God. In some ways, she reminds me of Leah, the first purry yarnbaby we had after we got married. It is funny, but Natasha has been asking for a kitten for her birthday. It was the first time ever in all her big 10 years that she ever asked for a kitten. When we found her I said to her that God gave her the desires of her heart. Happy Birthday, Natasha!! Love you, Sweetie

Kids Will be Kids

You know, it just dawned on me. Children have childish behavior because, well, they are children. And what do children do?

they play
they laugh
they don't take things very seriously
they do things impulsively
they ask for your help
they don't worry about bills or clean laundry
they dance when they want to dance
they wear what they want
they give spontaneous hugs
on and on and on and on

so....why do adults seem to expect adult things out of small children? I have to catch myself, because I see myself falling into that sometimes. And you know, without gentle reminders and practice, of course children will go on being children.

and then again, lots of us adults have childish behavior, too, don't we?

Turtle

I decided to make a stuffed animal for a friend's little boy, and that is how this little turtle was born. The pattern I used was from JonBoy Crochets!. The pattern is called Fred the Turtle.



I used double worsted Peaches' n Cream cotton yarn with a K hook (it is very thick yarn, 8 strands thick).