Sea Critters...

These guys are crocheted. The seahorse was a new pattern posted this week on crochetpatterncentral.com and I got the little jellyfish pattern off there too. Had fun making these :)

Pardon My Pixie Dust!

Dave and I got Delilah a Tinkerbell board game for her birthday. Being one who has a small obsession with all things dice, I was really put off by the one little cruddy looking die that came with the game. To rectify the situation, I ordered some prettier dice...one to match each fairy...and knitted up this little pouch for her to keep them in. I think she'll really like it!

Excessive? Probably...

So, I am a fan of Lionbrand yarn on Facebook, and today they said- Post a picture of your stash! So I went to take a pic...fortunately, I just recently sorted through and put the yarn in all these little baskets, so it kinda made a cool picture. Anyway, this is actually just over half of my stash...I couldn't fit ALL the baskets in the pic. And all my dishcloth yarn is organized in another whole place...and there's some yarn here and there around the house, some in my knitting bag...and various other places. Wow, when I think about it, maybe this is just UNDER half of my stash. I better get to knittin!

Little Spring Sweater!

This new pattern was posted on my fave knitting pattern site on Saturday. It was so cute I had to make one. It knitted up very quick. I used Sugar N' Cream, and it called for size 10 needles, so the sweater feels really soft. Might have to make some more of these...

Interchangeable

Here is a little princess I made. Created my own pattern for her! I decided to give her interchangeable hair, that way she can be many princesses in one. I'm still working on it all, but this is what I have so far...generic red hair and Rapunzel hair!

Five

Here is a set of five baby washcloths I knitted. These were fun!

Little Cupcake

More Food!

Here is a taco I made! I really like how it turned out! I modified the pattern some to fit my own purposes...haha. I made the meat different than what they had- I wanted it to be flat on the bottom and curved on top to match the shape of the taco, plus I added some bobbles to make it look more "meaty". Then I did the lettuce all in one piece instead of 6 separate ones. The taco again, with the chips and salsa I made...

Donut and Strawberry Pop Tart. I had the perfect yarn for the icing on the Pop Tart, all the same colors as the sprinkles on the real deal!
And here is an egg and some toast!

It Ain't Knitted, Folks!

Yes, it's true...I have learned to crochet. Knitting is still my first love, but I kept seeing all these cute amigurumi things in crochet so I had to learn. Here is a slice of pizza I just finished- I'm very pleased with how it turned out! I'll try to post some pics of some of the other things I've made over the last year too...

Scarf

Finished this scarf on Sunday. I think it turned out nice. I like the pattern. It seems short at about 45 inches long, but that is actually 3 inches longer than the pattern called for, so I guess it is meant to be that way. This one is getting gifted today!

Sheep

I can't believe I haven't posted anything here since January! Well, I HAVE been knitting...here are some pics of some little sheep I made:

More Warm Hands

 

I made another pair of these...whatever they are called. These were for Sarah and I designed the pattern myself! So I guess I will call this pattern "Sarah". She liked them. I got the yarn on clearance when we were in Missouri and I really like it. It's Punto by Schachenmayr Nomotta. I got lots of colors...just haven't had time yet to make anything else with it.

Hand Warmers I Made

I made these with Sugar N' Cream using a pattern from the Designers One Skein Wonders book. I think they turned out great!

Fifty Nifty United States

I've been working on knitting the 50 states! So far I have:

1- Hawaii
2- Tennessee
3- Alaska
4- Florida
5- North Carolina
6- Texas
7- West Virginia
8- Montana

La Petite Surprise

I saw this pattern the other day and thought it would be cute to make up a little black one to go trick or treating with Delilah, since she decided to be a black cat this year. It turned out pretty cute! It was very easy...I knit most of it in the car...in the dark!

Kelly's Blanket

Here are a couple pics of the blanket I made for my neice, Kelly. She just turned 13, and she's got her room done in these colors. She also loves polka-dots, which is why I chose to make it round. I'm really pleased with how well it turned out! I hope she likes it too.

Latest

Here is the blanket that I just finished. This will be going to Michigan for my Grandma Flo's 80th birthday!! It's nice and warm, knit with a double strand of Lionbrand Homespun. The colors are: Waterfall, Baroque, Plum, Coral Gables and Golden. I kinda had a sunset in mind when I chose the colors. I think it came out just fantastic and I hope she likes it as well as I do!

Baby Hat

This is my new nephew, Wyatt, wearing the hat I made for him. He is 2 days old in the pics.

Try, Try Again...

I've been wanting to try a pullover sweater for some time...so I picked a pattern and some orange-ey yarn and started. I even talked 2 of my aunts into knitting one too, all at the same time...a "Knit-A-Long" type thing. But unfortunate things happened with our first attempts, AND we decided we didn't like that pattern after all. SO, here is the start of attempt #2. I started with the orange-ey color again, then switched to a creamy kind of color....I'll switch back to the orange later. I'm just using good ol' Red Heart worsted weight acrylic yarn. This being my first attempt at said sweater (along with the fact that I already pulled it all out once) made me shy away from more expensive yarns. Once I get a few of these under my belt, then perhaps I will venture to something a little more ritzy.

Not Another Blanket

After the whole frogging incident, I decided to take a couple days off from blanket-making. Here is what I made! It's a shrug. Just enough to warm your shoulders on those cooler spring days. I made it hot pink to go with a dress I'm having made. The dress is black with hot pink polka-dots. I really like the yarn I used- it's very soft and drapey. (Is that a word?) I don't know what it is though, it was one of those 5.99 mill ends packs at AC Moore.