A few months back, I made a bunch of dollhouse purses to give to my younger nieces as Christmas gifts. But I wanted to make something special for the oldest, who is currently going through her "horse crazy" stage. So instead of making a little cottage, I made a little stable and filled it with toy horses and accessories

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A few months back, I was Facebook and found out that two friends from high school had not only found out that they were pregnant but had found out that they were SIX and a HALF MONTHS along already. This sent me scrambling for my yarn and needles. Six and a half months along meant less than 3 months to knit something for them. And of course, as ( Read more... )

Another Christmas gift done. I made my mom a necklace. Since my mom is a science teacher I make her a lot of Earth Science themed gifts, I have worked with fossils, and various gemstones - all sorts of geological kind of things. This time I made a pendant out of a slice of a geode and strung it with some agate beads and silver accents.

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I finished another Christmas gift, which brings my total up to 14 done. I made a dropped stitch scarf for my MIL out of Yoga yarn.

(Ravelry Pattern Link - hereIt was a quick knit. I was done with it in just a few hours. I love the way the yoga yarn looks (even if it is a tiny bit scratchy due to the metalic edging) and I am heartbroken that the ( Read more... )

Looking back over my journal, it seems I haven't had a REAL update in months. I mean, I have posted pics of finished craft projects and an occassional book review but nothing really about what's going on in my life. So I figured that I could fix that while I wait for Rob to finish playing Portal ( Read more... )

I think I found the most adorable teddy bear pattern on all of ravelry. This sleepy little bear will make a great Christmas gift for my 1 year old niece, Julianna.

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I just finished another Christmas gift (bringing us to a total of 9 finished gifts). This one is a teddy bear for my 3 year old niece. The pattern was adorable but a little labor intensive. Usually when I make a doll or stuffie, you knit their clothes as part of their body but this pattern had you knit the bear and then knit its sweater, overalls, ( Read more... )

Mother's Day is coming up and I was looking for something quick to make for my mom's gift. She teaches earth science and really likes it when I make her something that relates to Earth Science. In the past I made her a knitted stegosaurus but recently she mentioned that she would love another dinosaur so when I found this project, I knew she would ( Read more... )

I have really been missing jewelry making so when I realized that my cousin, Christa's b-day was coming up I took the opportunity to make this:


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My newfound obsession with knitting socks continues. I have been feeling the need for Spring after a long, hard winter so I decided a nice leafy green pair of socks with lace leaves on it would be just the thing ( Read more... )