Award Winnning...

This beautiful afghan has a first place ribbon pinned to it from the Butler County Fair. My sister, Kari has this one at the nursing home now. 

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More Stuff Mom Made

Here are some more pics of things mom made - various pillows, a huge afghan, and a cross stitch quilted blanket.

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Stripey Socks

Made these shades of grey stripey socks for daughter Anna. The pattern is from Getting Started Knitting Socks. I used a self-striping fingering weight sock yarn.  

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Rocket Ship Bubble Gum

My grandson, Aiden, loves to say the words "rocket ship bubble gum." We think he saw a rocket ship-shaped bubble gum machine at the store. Who knows. Anyway I made him a rocket ship with 2 aliens and 2 space men that go inside it. He loved it!

I found the pattern at Crochetville, a crochet forum.

Now I have to crochet some bubblegum. :)

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Candy Canes

This pattern was free at PlanetJune. I made 10 of them for the Christmas tree.

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Q-Bert

I crocheted Q-bert for my son-in-law, Gary. The pattern was free online at Craftster.

  

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Nativity

I made this Nativity while I was in Ohio staying with mom. I gave it to my daughter Mary. I bought the pattern from www.gourmetcrochet.com.

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Josiah's Birthday Bear

I made this for Jojo's birthday which was in September, but I'm just now getting caught up on my blog. I got the pattern from a book called Mr. Funky's Super Crochet Wonderful by Narumi Ogawa. 

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Brian's Scarf

I made this scarf for my son-in-law, Brian. I just made the pattern up from a picture. I think he really liked it - yay!

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Christmas Stockings

These are my crazy Christmas stockings. I made them all within the 4 days before Christmas.  The last one I made is the one on the left. It looks like a hockey stick cozy. :)

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Jojo Goes Round in Circles at Christmas

 

And then does his little Jojo dance...  :)

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Storm at Sea Quilt

This is the quilt Mom gave me while I was in Ohio. It's called the Storm at Sea. You can see the Heart in red at the bottom right. I love this quilt and have been sleeping with it every night, remembering Mom as I drift off. 

Thanks Mom!

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Stuff Mom Made

We put all the stuff together that we found in the house that Mom made. She made much more than this of course, but she gave most of it away. That was Mom. 

This is the quilt that was on the bed that I slept in while I was there.

Crocheted afghan, rose colored yarn, with a rose in the center.

Patchwork quilt. I think this is made from old clothes. 

Mom

These are the last videos of my mom, that my daughter Mary took when she came up to visit her a few weeks ago. Mom passed away on November 25 and I will always miss her.

A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others. -The Tin Woodsman, in The Wizard of Oz