Mommy’s Helper Learns a New Skill

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This afternoon I sat down to relax and sew some squares together on the mitered baby blanket. Will came in and asked if I would show him how to do it. I figured it wouldn’t hurt to show him, but figured he wouldn’t spend much time on it. I was wrong. He picked it right up and went to work. So, I started sewing two more together. We took a break to make dinner and then after eating he picked it up again. We sat and sewed squares together. Now we have it in 3 sections and Will is working on putting two of those together already.

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Fetching Fingerless Glove

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I’d love to blame my lack of blogging on the huge amount of knitting I’ve been doing lately, but I can’t. I do have this one glove to show off. Last Tuesday I drove in to Nashville to meet my friend Beth for a knitting class where we learned how to make this fetching fingerless glove. I left that night with the beginning of a glove. I finished it up just in time to give it to Tobi for her birthday Friday night. Maybe I can finish the next one this week so that she will actually have a pair. If you like this glove you might want to check out the pattern on knitty.com . It really is very easy and fairly quick. The cables make it look harder than it is.

I have a cute purse!

BEFORE FELTINGAFTER FELTINGI started it at soccer practice on a Friday and finished it after parent teacher conferences the next Monday. It isn’t as big as I would like for it to be, but I think I can modify the pattern and make exactly what I want. I love the way the stripe turned out. The pattern was just a basic two tone purse. One color up to the just below the handle holes and then another color to the top. I wasn’t sure I wanted the yellow around the handles because I figured it would show dirt too easily. So, I put a little stripe instead.

Felted Phone Holder

I made a felted purse as a graduation gift for a former student and daughter of a dear friend. She had seen my felted purse and liked it, so I decided if I made one and stuffed it with a few goodies it would be a perfect graduation gift. I thought I would make a few accessories to go with the purse too. Time ran out and I barely finished the purse itself before graduation night. So, when her mom e-mailed me the other day and asked if I would like to add anything to the care package she was getting together, I knew exactly what to do. I pulled out my needles and got to work. I started with the Cell Phone Holder pattern on page 60 of the book Pursenality Plus by Eva Wiechmann but I skipped the trimming and left off the handle. It only took a few hours to get this little cell phone case done and ready to felt. I tucked a little cash inside and the next day it was ready to be sent on its way to college. Of course this was just enough to get my hands itching for the needles so I dug through my stash and found this Peaches and Cream yarn just begging to be made into a dishcloth. I love the way the ballband cloth actually looks like T’s when done in UT orange and white. The color doesn’t show very well in this picture, but it looks great. I know a Vol fan who is going to love it.