Crocheting

On Saturday evening, Mom taught me how to crochet. I found this pattern for a hat that could either be knit or crochet, but the knit version used double pointed needles and looked really confusing, so I opted to learn to crochet instead. Mom made a hat and I made a hat, using [...]

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I Knit a Hat for F7

Okay, I’m ready to go now. Tomorrow I will be officially forty weeks pregnant. The bag is packed. The bassinet is ready. The baby’s clothes are washed. I even knit her a hat to wear home, and I’m going to crochet her another one. Here’s a picture of the [...]

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Pictures of Quilt Blocks and Fruit on Bikes

And now, onto the Fruits on bikes. Both F2 and F4 learned how to ride a two wheeler without training wheels last week. Now they are cruising around the yard with no problems. F4 was first, and F2 decided to give it a try when he saw that she had mastered it.

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Wonderful Day of Sewing

My mom and I had a great time sewing today. We are doing a quilt block swap at the t2chk forum and we finished all twelve blocks today. I’ll post some pictures tomorrow of our blocks. They are 12 inch nine-patches; mine are in a mustard yellow with small berry and purple [...]

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Some crafty happenin’s

I knitted myself a winter accessory ensemble. Doesn’t that just sound too cool?!? Anyway, last year I managed to finish a hat - my first knitted project ever. It is a little too big, because contrary to the standard (what, me?) I knit too loosely. But it serves the purpose of [...]

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F4’s apron

Here’s the apron I made for F4. She loves it! I am working on another one for F3, that almost matches.

Notice the two different colored socks on that model? Lol!

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