Category: craft

  • irish moss…

    here is my “irish moss” scarf, the one that my sister thought was too short. okay, so when you double it, like I did here, it really isn’t all that long. still…I love the color and it’s so warm and cozy up against my neck when I wear it.I’m going to bring it along on […]

  • w.i.p…rippling rows

    work in progress…my very first afghan. I used aRandom Stripe Generator program. I put in the colors I wanted to use and this is the pattern I ended up going with. I still have about 139 rows to go.the red stripes were actually an afterthought, when I found a skein of red in a bag […]

  • gift accomplished…

    finished, finally. I made four of these, each one has asian patchwork on one side with the geisha print on the reverse side. I decided to just do a 1/4 inch seam around the placemat to finish it. I’m really happy with the way it turned out.decided to make a couple bar towels to go […]

  • for me?…

    I finally got around to crocheting something for myself. I keep seeing pics of gauntlets and think to myself, “those would be great with all my quarter length sleeve coats.”I wanted them in black, but found some charcoal tweed that just cried out to me, “buy me, buy me, oh please , take me home.” […]

  • if the slipper fits…

    a friend of mine is adopting her 5 month old niece and I made these booties for her baby shower. my first pair of crochet slippers. the pattern I based them on suggested you buy a small strip of elastic and sew it to the inside of the slipper. (ew!) that hideous image in my […]

  • "super-absorbant" baby shower cake…

    my friend Shelley had a boy in November and her nursery was “Classic Pooh”. I made this diaper cake for the baby shower based on the Classic Pooh color scheme.I had a blast making it, and I can’t wait to do another one. I keep waiting for someone I know to get pregnant. 3-tier diaper […]