Skye's Window

This is not the greatest picture, but I made this curtain for my granddaughter, Skye. It is crocheted on a large hook with some really fuzzy yarn and has little bead charms hanging off the ends. I got the pattern from a book called Crochet With Bits and Pieces.

Skye's Afghan & Pillow

I also crocheted these for my granddaughter, Skye, who's room is pink and purple. I got the afghan pattern from one of those tear off sheets in the yarn section of the craft store. I really like the pattern and the color combination, although I wish I hadn't done the beige around the edges and just stayed with pink and purple.

Mary's Christmas Afghan

I crocheted this one for Mary for Christmas '06. I got the pattern at www.freepatterns.com. It's called Holiday Delight Afghan. 

Aiden's Tunnel

This is the fabric tunnel I made for my 4 year old grandson Aiden. He loves the feel of the different textures. 

The tunnel.

Where's Aiden?

Ta-da!

Socks

I'm trying to learn how to knit socks. I'm starting on these basic socks, which are made using 4 bamboo needles, size 7 and a soy blend worsted yarn that has a silky, cottony feel.  I am learning from the book Get Started Knitting Socks, which I bought used on Amazon.

Ok, so this is the "finished" sock. I'm considering this a practice sock, since I made a few mistakes on it. I really did enjoy making it though, and look forward to making and actual pair of socks. :)

Currently Working On: #2

Rail Fence Quilt. I took a class in February at a quilt shop. It was a day-long class and I made the entire double bed size quilt top. I am currently on the basting stage. The three layers are pinned together, then thread-basted. The next step is the actual quilting.  The book that was used in the class is called Power Cutting, which seems to be out of print, but there are some used copies on Amazon, plus I think you can find it in quilt shops. 

Robot

I crocheted this robot for Anna. I got the pattern out of Craft Magazine, a cool magazine with projects that are mostly beyond me, but I can dream. :)

Skull & Crossbones

This is the afghan I made for Anna. I pretty much made up the design. The black background is crocheted straight across, in double-crochet rows. Then I made the skull and crossbones and sewed it on top. And on top of that is the eyes, nose and the cracks in the skull. It wasn't too hard, but took a long time, since I was working full time and just worked on it on weekends. 

Starry Night

I made this one for Leslee. I liked the name of it. It was crocheted with different shades of blue and white worsted yarn, to resemble stars.

The Caterpillar Afghan

and the little angel asleep under it...

crocheted with medium worsted acrylic yarn. I found the pattern by asking on a crochet board and someone emailed it to me. Gotta love that! 

This is another pattern I got from www.freepatterns.com. It's called Friendly Critter Afghan. I think I changed the colors a little bit to go along with the Very Hungry Caterpillar theme in Josiah's room. 

Little Pink Knitted Bag

I really like this little bag. I made one for Mary and one for Nicole for Mother's Day. They are knitted with cotton worsted, which has a really soft silky feel. I got the pattern from a book, Last Minute Knitted Gifts. The projects are categorized by how long they take to make. 

Nicole's Make Up Bag

This was fun and fast to make. I might try to sell them. A friend of mine had a book of patterns for quilted bags, called Travel Totes and Bags, by Jerry Shaw. You use pre-quilted fabric. 

Some Jewelry

I'm still pretty much a novice at this, but it's fun! I just bought the beads and the wires, etc and kind of taught myself as I went along.