That's right, it's Palm Sunday. One week before Easter and we are having a winter storm. I think the groundhog lied. I woke up to sleet, and warning of 1-6 inches of snow by morning. I didn't go to church, for fear of the weather.
I haven't done any crocheting or knitting lately. Plan to do some today, after I make my puppies homemade treats. I'm excited about making homemade treats and knowing what my dogs are eating.
Not much going on here. Will post later what I knit today. I have to get me a scarf made, since this winter is never going to end. I had my hair cut this week.
Showing posts with label knitting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label knitting. Show all posts
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
Comfort Cloth 2
I finished the comfort cloth yesterday. Last week I ask the mom recieving this for an old t-shirt from her and dad. I cut the sleeves off the t shirts and use them to stuff the head of the teddy. Then after washing the cloth, I wrapped it in the t shirts.
We had the baby shower today after work. It went great. They got several things they didn't even think about needing. Below is pictures of the cake, and the comfort cloth.
We had the baby shower today after work. It went great. They got several things they didn't even think about needing. Below is pictures of the cake, and the comfort cloth.
This is a close up of the finished piece. I loc=ved the colors for a little girl.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Comfort Blankie
One of the PA's at work is expecting her first baby. She already knows the baby is a girl. Which is helpful for us planning to provide gifts, but for me it takes the fun out of labor. We are having a baby shower this month at work.
As you know I am currently working on another outfit. I found this pattern and thought this is a great idea. It is knitted all in one piece. I am going to get an old t shirt from mom and dad, to stuff the head. I'm going to start making these for all my baby shower gifts. I will provide a picture of the finished product.
If you are interested in the pattern, I found it on ravelry.com. Publish by Frankies knitted stuff. The link is http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cuddle-cloth.
As you know I am currently working on another outfit. I found this pattern and thought this is a great idea. It is knitted all in one piece. I am going to get an old t shirt from mom and dad, to stuff the head. I'm going to start making these for all my baby shower gifts. I will provide a picture of the finished product.
If you are interested in the pattern, I found it on ravelry.com. Publish by Frankies knitted stuff. The link is http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cuddle-cloth.
Saturday, February 2, 2013
The Love Month
As I continue to work on my crafts, which I wish I had more time to work on. I will be working on my knitting project more this weekend. I am trying to put my priorities in the proper place. Right now, knitting is the least on that list.
This post is to introduct a new blog I'm going to start. With Valentines Day coming soon, I want to start a blog on Love, Marriage, and real life couples. I am still in the beginning phase and haven't even come up with a name yet. That will all be completed today. I will be discussing my marriage and the changes it has gone through.
I'm one of those people that doesn't believe 24 hours is enough. As a wife that works outside and inside the home, I have feel most of the time I have little time for me. This will be some of the things I will discuss in my next blog. I hope that I will find time in each day to work on my craft.
This post is to introduct a new blog I'm going to start. With Valentines Day coming soon, I want to start a blog on Love, Marriage, and real life couples. I am still in the beginning phase and haven't even come up with a name yet. That will all be completed today. I will be discussing my marriage and the changes it has gone through.
I'm one of those people that doesn't believe 24 hours is enough. As a wife that works outside and inside the home, I have feel most of the time I have little time for me. This will be some of the things I will discuss in my next blog. I hope that I will find time in each day to work on my craft.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
baby Jumper
I was working on an outfit for a girl at work. I was to the finishing, and adding the sleeves, to discover the outfit will be too little. So today I started a new outfit. This one isa free knitted outfit I found on rivelry.com. I have it started,but need to stop for the night.
I also completed my puppy's sweater. He has wore it all day. Next pet project is for out 100 lbs Pitt. I will post pictures later.
Hope everyones new year is off to a great start.
I also completed my puppy's sweater. He has wore it all day. Next pet project is for out 100 lbs Pitt. I will post pictures later.
Hope everyones new year is off to a great start.
Sunday, December 30, 2012
pom pom yarn scarf
A daughter of a friend recently started crocheting, self taught. While in the craft store several months ago, she came across yarn with little pompoms attached. She bought it, hoping to make something out of it. After a few attempts she couldn't figure out how to crochet with it. She sent it to work with her mom, and said see if Kim can use this.
Well I have had this yarn sitting around for a few months, trying to find a pattern. One day a couple weeks ago, a patient came in, knitting with this yarn. She explained how to use it. Being a new knitter, but having an understanding of patterns from years of crocheting, I picked it up right away.
At the time Christmas was fast approaching, and I had several projects to finish for presents. So, I waited to get started, thinking this will take awhile. Guess what, it didn't.
Yesterday, being bored of crocheting, I sat down with this yarn. Now I admit, I had to rip it out a few times, change needles, ect. My biggest problem was that I wanted and needed to use #10 needles, however my #10 needles are very long. I was only working with 10 stitches. 2 years ago, when I started knitting, my son bought me a nice set of needles, the kind that comes in a case, and can be used as straight or circular. I dig them out thinking I could just use the needle part, well that didn't work. I had to attach the plastic ends, one on each needle. These are very stiff,but it worked. Now I'm off.
My next challenge casting on. I got that figured out. This is a really simple pattern, as most basic scarves are. You can't do any fancy stitches with this yarn, and really don't need to. I believe a beginner could do this, with a little instructions. I casted on 10 stitches, but you can cast on whatever you want depending on how wide you want your scarf. Remember if you cast on an odd number, one end you will end with one stitch and the next row the first stitch will be the second stitch between the poms. I personally like even numbers in whatever I'm knitting.
Ok, so you have your cast on. Now you knit,you can perl whichever you prefer. With this yarn your edges won't curl. You knit 2 stitches between each pom. I continued this til I was almost out of yarn. Using an even number of stitches, I counted back to know when I needed to cast off.
The cast off is like any other project, again 2 stitches between each pom.
I started this scarf around 6pm last night, and was almost finished when I went to bed at 10pm. I finished the scarf in about 20 mins this morning. I will post a picture as soon as I find my camera and take it.
I loved working with this yarn, and plan to get some for myself, to make presents out of.
Well I have had this yarn sitting around for a few months, trying to find a pattern. One day a couple weeks ago, a patient came in, knitting with this yarn. She explained how to use it. Being a new knitter, but having an understanding of patterns from years of crocheting, I picked it up right away.
At the time Christmas was fast approaching, and I had several projects to finish for presents. So, I waited to get started, thinking this will take awhile. Guess what, it didn't.
Yesterday, being bored of crocheting, I sat down with this yarn. Now I admit, I had to rip it out a few times, change needles, ect. My biggest problem was that I wanted and needed to use #10 needles, however my #10 needles are very long. I was only working with 10 stitches. 2 years ago, when I started knitting, my son bought me a nice set of needles, the kind that comes in a case, and can be used as straight or circular. I dig them out thinking I could just use the needle part, well that didn't work. I had to attach the plastic ends, one on each needle. These are very stiff,but it worked. Now I'm off.
My next challenge casting on. I got that figured out. This is a really simple pattern, as most basic scarves are. You can't do any fancy stitches with this yarn, and really don't need to. I believe a beginner could do this, with a little instructions. I casted on 10 stitches, but you can cast on whatever you want depending on how wide you want your scarf. Remember if you cast on an odd number, one end you will end with one stitch and the next row the first stitch will be the second stitch between the poms. I personally like even numbers in whatever I'm knitting.
Ok, so you have your cast on. Now you knit,you can perl whichever you prefer. With this yarn your edges won't curl. You knit 2 stitches between each pom. I continued this til I was almost out of yarn. Using an even number of stitches, I counted back to know when I needed to cast off.
The cast off is like any other project, again 2 stitches between each pom.
I started this scarf around 6pm last night, and was almost finished when I went to bed at 10pm. I finished the scarf in about 20 mins this morning. I will post a picture as soon as I find my camera and take it.
I loved working with this yarn, and plan to get some for myself, to make presents out of.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Christmas time
It has been awhile since I have blogged anything. A lot has been going on here. Our oldest son has moved here from Ohio so right now he is staying with us. He has found a job and trying to get through the holidays. Then about a month after he moved here, our youngest daughter moved back home. Don't get me wrong I love having my kids here, but there is more work to do. 3 of our 4 have moved home.
During all of this, our youngest daughter became a God-Mother. So we now have 5 grandchildren, or 4 grandchildren and 1 God grandchild. Madison is so beautiful, and sweet. I finally got to meet her last night. My daughter has a professional camera, but has misplaced the charger. As soon as it's found we are going to have a photo session. I am going to put a photo from last night below.
Madison and Grandma Kim.
On to the next thing. Christmas has become so commercialized that we have decided to do something different this year. Each of the Kids and grandkids will get 3 gifts just like Jesus. They will get a gift they need, a gift they want, and a gift I make. As you can see I have been busy crocheting. We have 4 children, 2 in-law children, 4 grandchildren. I also have 4 children that call me Grandma. This doesn't count for the neices and nephews. I still have a lot of crocheting to do. I have 6 completed, and working on the 7th one. Oh and I still have a fulltime job to go to everyday, and a house to take care of. So as you can see, there has been time for blogging.
I'm going to end this now, I will post pictures of the crochet items later.
During all of this, our youngest daughter became a God-Mother. So we now have 5 grandchildren, or 4 grandchildren and 1 God grandchild. Madison is so beautiful, and sweet. I finally got to meet her last night. My daughter has a professional camera, but has misplaced the charger. As soon as it's found we are going to have a photo session. I am going to put a photo from last night below.
On to the next thing. Christmas has become so commercialized that we have decided to do something different this year. Each of the Kids and grandkids will get 3 gifts just like Jesus. They will get a gift they need, a gift they want, and a gift I make. As you can see I have been busy crocheting. We have 4 children, 2 in-law children, 4 grandchildren. I also have 4 children that call me Grandma. This doesn't count for the neices and nephews. I still have a lot of crocheting to do. I have 6 completed, and working on the 7th one. Oh and I still have a fulltime job to go to everyday, and a house to take care of. So as you can see, there has been time for blogging.
I'm going to end this now, I will post pictures of the crochet items later.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Catching up
It has been an amazing summer. I have made one baby outfit. Working on another. I have also started my winter sweater.
I changed positions at work. Now I actually work with all the Docs, and am loving it. I really like the nurse that took my position. Several things have changed at the office. We loss 2 nurses, one to a new job, and one to disability. We also had a referral person retire, manager retired early. The lead for the front desk is moving to a new job. As you can see we have several positions open, some have been filled. Still have a nurse poistion, and front staff. I have interviewed for a position closer to home, still waiting to hear.
In July, I took 3 weeks off. The first day the storm hit, and I had no electric for a week. We did go to Ohio for part of a week. Had a good time visiting family. Spent time with the grandkids. I just love them to death.
I changed positions at work. Now I actually work with all the Docs, and am loving it. I really like the nurse that took my position. Several things have changed at the office. We loss 2 nurses, one to a new job, and one to disability. We also had a referral person retire, manager retired early. The lead for the front desk is moving to a new job. As you can see we have several positions open, some have been filled. Still have a nurse poistion, and front staff. I have interviewed for a position closer to home, still waiting to hear.
In July, I took 3 weeks off. The first day the storm hit, and I had no electric for a week. We did go to Ohio for part of a week. Had a good time visiting family. Spent time with the grandkids. I just love them to death.
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