Ocean Themed Dotee Doll Swap Package

Here it is.  The Ocean themed Dotee Doll package ready to seal and get mailed.
I'm nervous.  It's my first Dotee Doll.  Frannie designed it and I made it.  I'm adding a couple of knit fish to keep her company.  Since knitting is my main craft right now.
The partner I'm sending to has a lot of comments on her board.  It looks like she is very creative, has done a lot of Dotee Dolls and goes above and beyond the call of duty with her packages.  I hope I measure up.
It's been a lot of fun.  I can't wait to get our Dotee in the mail!  I think Frannie will love it!
Oh!  I had to make 2 of these Dotees.  One for Frannie to keep and one to share.  Frannie loves hers.  I hope that is a good sign!

Knitting In Public 5-30-11

While waiting for everyone to show up for a meeting at Panera's I was knitting.  One of my people was there.  She also happens to be a knitter.
This nice lady comes up to us and asks us when the knitting group was starting.  We knew nothing of the meeting and recommended that she ask one of the people that worked there.  She had and they knew nothing.
A minute later and she came back with her knitting needing some help.  She's a new knitter and had only cast on.  She had a hand written pattern and needed some help.  I showed her how to slip the first stitch and then do a YO, K2tog.  That was her pattern.  We did a few rows together and then she said thanks and left. 
She came back a couple of minutes later with a muffin for me. 
I love knitting in public.  Knitters are just the nicest people.

Kitchen towel exchange received #2

I forgot to post a picture of the second dishtowel I received in the dishtowel swap!  Real cute.  And she also sent the rest of the skein too.  She also sent a bar of yummy smelling rosemary and lemon soap!  So I made a soap sack to put the soap in.  Lovely!

Dead Fish Hat

I finished it!  The Dead Fish Hat for the St Andrew's Church Margaritaville themed dinner and auction.  I hope they like it and it raises some good money for the church!

Here's a picture of Frannie modeling the hat.

What a hoot!  I think I love this hat.  I want to make an orange and white Nemo hat sometime.  :)

Mermaid Dotee Doll

Our next Swapbot exchange is a Dotee Doll exchange.  I was attracted to the title thinking that Frannie likes dolls.  I looked it up and...now, I think I'll join all of these exchanges!!
This first one is an ocean themed one.  So, I asked Frannie to draw a picture of a mermaid and I have turned it into a Dotee Doll.  :)  I love it!  I'm going to have to make 2 because I want to keep it!  I still need to add the sequin scales to the tail though.  I'll post another picture when I have both (1 to keep and 1 to share) all done.

Short break from knitting

Took a short break from knitting this weekend. 
Thursday and Friday's break was due to being sick...dang soar throat!
Saturday and Sunday....  we give you...
a full dumpster!!

We cleaned out the garage!!
What a big job!  But we got through it!
We have this full dumpster, a vanload FULL to Goodwill, about 4 boxes of stuff for a friend of ours that's involved with a home for unwed mothers, and some stuff that actually got put away.
What's left?  I'm glad you asked.
A jogging stroller, toddler carseat, tricycle, tons of costume stuff all ready to go to good homes.
We also have books, books, and more books.  And videos, craft supplies (anyone into making soap?  I have molds, if you want them.)  Lots of stuff for garage selling, craigslisting, and just giving away.  If you're interested....

Kitchen Towel Set for Bonnie

Bonnie's kitchen towel set consisted of:
A Waffle Stitch kitchen towel with a hanging top in varigated tan, cream and teal
A Grandmother's Favorite dishcloth in the same yarn
A Double Bump dishcloth in cream
And a soap sack in teal...complete with lavendar soap!

I hope she likes it!!

Teacher Appreciation Week

This past week was teacher appreciation week.  Frannie and I made some pens with faux flowers taped to the ends and put them in nice mugs for her 2 teachers. 
(I will insert a photo of some that we have as a substitute)

But Frannie also insisted that they have some jewelry.  Soooo, I made some jewelry for her teachers.  A flower necklace and a rose on a bobby pin.

 They both seemed to really love the gifts!  I think the pens were the real hit!
*Oh!  Side note...My Mom loved her knitted kitchen towels.  She said that she's real impressed with my knitting skills!

Mom's Kitchen towel set

Finally finished a kitchen towel set for my Mom.  Perfect timing for Mother's Day.
An "All Washed Up" dish towel in a varigated cotton with cream, peach and light teal (her kitchen colors), "Waffle knit" dishcloth in the teal, "Double Bump" dishcloth in cream, "Grandmother's Heart" Dishcloth in cream, and a knitted dish scrubbie in the varigated yarn with a light pink tuelle also knitted in.  I think it turned out well and I really hope she likes it!!

Now to start on a set for my sister, Bonnie. 
:)

Kitchen towel swap - received today!

I received my first of the kitchen towel swaps.  And looks like I get one more too.  Weeeee!  This is so much fun!

I love the stitch on the dishcloth!  And Frannie and I both love the fish.  Frannie has decided that it's hers though.  I'll have to find a pattern for that!!
Did I mention that I love this swap stuff!  I can't wait to get the next one!  I can't wait to do another too!!  I'm watching a few and trying to decide which one to join in next.  :)

Kitchen Towel Swap

I recently joined an internet swap group called Swapbot.  My first swap is a kitchen towel swap.  I make and mail off a kitchen towel to 2 people.  Everyone in the group does so.  I'm not sure how many everyone will end up getting.  We'll see.

Person #1 likes blue...especially denim and dark blues.  I found a nice cotton yarn in a denim blue.  What luck!  I knitted the skein up in a "double bump" stitch.  The skein made a short towel so I added a stockinette stitch hanging top in cream.  I hope she likes it!

Person #2 has a kitchen in sage green and baby pink.  I thought I'd try the "Chinese Waves" stitch.  Took forever!  Each row turns out to be more like a half row due to all the slip stitches.  I'm really unsure of the color.  It seemed like sage green to me when I bought it but now that the towel is done it seems a bit dark.  I hope it's ok!  If I find a lighter sage I may knit up another one and send it too.  I'd hate to be wrong on the color!!  But the stitch looks pretty cool!

Awwww, Baby stuff

A friend of mine at work has a new baby.  So, of course, I had to knit something for them!

A hat, booties, hand mitts and an adorable bunny blanket...all in blue...(their baby is a boy!).

Now Frannie wants a set in pink for her baby doll. 
:)

Star Wars

I posted and wrote about the Princess Leia hat...but there's more. 
I found myself not only in a hat making mood at the end of winter, but there also seemed to be a theme for a while.  In addition to the Princess Leia hat I also made a Yoda and a R2D2. 

The Yoda hat turned out pretty well.  The ears need to be a little longer though.  And Frannie says that I should add some white hair in the back like Yoda has. 

The R2D2 hat turned out well too.  I'm not sure if I'd make another one though.  All that changing colors had me a bit nuts and makes for a messy inside.  But it is cute!