Framed Doilies

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Bri

My parents framed the doilies that I made for them. They look nice.

I did these doilies a couple years ago. They are actually labeled coasters in the book, but I use them as small doilies.

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Goals for 2011 and 2012

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Bri

Happy New Year’s Eve!

At the beginning of this year, I posted my 2011 crocheting, knitting, and sewing goals. I did not do very well at keeping them. However, I have a pile of stuff that I have worked on that I will eventually put on Etsy. Hopefully I will get some items on my Etsy account in 2012.

These were my goals:

Crocheting:

  1. Finish the doily my teacher is known for making- I do not think I did a stitch on it!
  2. Try to make make something with plarn- I started a bag, but I did not finish it.
  3. Work on my grandma’s table runner- I do not think I did a stitch on that either!
  4. Do some work for charity projects- I completed that. I made afghan blocks for a friend’s block party.
  5. Work on some projects for Etsy, possibly putting items on it- as I mentioned, I have a good size stack that will hopefully go on Etsy this year.

Sewing:

  1. Sleep over at my grandma’s to work on a sewing project- I cannot remember if I did or not. I think I may have once.
  2. Make a Kleenex box holder-no. (Sorry Sarah!)

Knitting:

  1. Make a scarf or two- I made one that still needs the threads hidden.

I did a terrible job of keeping goals this year. Here are my 2012 goals:

Crocheting:

  1. Work on my Etsy account.
  2. Work on my teacher’s doily.
  3. Finish a baby blanket that I am working on.

Sewing:

  1. Try to get that Kleenex box holder made and posted.

Knitting:

  1. Again, make a scarf or two.

Happy New Year!

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Happy Holidays!

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Bri

Merry Christmas late! Sorry I have not been posting. I will try to post more.

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and Christmas. I had a nice time with family and friends.

I hope that you have a great New Year!

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Herrschners Sale

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Bri

I posted about Herrschners before. For Labor Day, Herrschners is having a sale. It is occuring September 3rd-5th. They have 40% off any one item.

Herrschners sells a lot of craft items. They sell yarn, puzzles, paint-by-number, crocheting books, and more.

Have a nice Labor Day!

 

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Stick to Crocheting

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Bri

I tried to make a friendship bracelet. As you can tell from the picture, it did not work. Mom said, “Maybe you should just stick to crocheting.”

I do not know what I did wrong. I am going to try again, but I doubt that I will figure out what I did wrong.

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A Couch Afghan

Posted on August 20, 2011 by Bri

When I was visiting relatives this summer, my grandma asked my to finish an afghan. The afghan was made to go over a couch. My grandma’s friend’s mom had started it, but did
not finish the edging.

Using what was already on the afghan, I was able to do a row of edging on the side that needed it. The lady’s mom had completed one side of the edging and started the other end. It does not look bad even though one side has three rows of edging and the other side just has one row.

This is the afghan.

This is the edge I finished.

This is the edge that was already finished.

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Gifts on My Vacation

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Bri

In June my family went on vacation. We visited some family and friends that do not live near us. I enjoyed my vacation.

I brought crocheted stuff for my relatives. I gave my grandma several dish cloths. My grandma loves crocheted dish cloths. I also gave my baby cousin a baby blanket and stuffed bear. The bear pattern was from the Herrschners book. It was cute. If you get the book, be prepared for embroidery. I new it was there, but it was harder than I thought. But I do not do much embroidering.

Here are some pictures of the gifts:

These are grandma’s dish cloths.

This is a dish cloth that did not turn out very well. It was way too long.

This is the blanket.

This is the bear.

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Happy Independence Day!

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Bri

Happy Independence Day!

Independence Day means a lot. It is a day that reminds us of our freedom that we have that many do not have. Our founding fathers fought hard for our freedom!

Have a wonderful Independence Day!

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A Tornado

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Bri


We think we had a tornado, or maybe a gustnado, in our area last week. I cannot see how my siblings and I slept through the whole thing!

Mom and dad saw the porch furniture fly through the air. The windows sounded like they could explode and the wind was coming through the closed door.

Thankfully my house is still standing and my family is fine. We were fortunate that it was not worse. Many other people had their house destroyed.

Here are some pictures:

Trees were down.

A chunk of our fence was missing.

One of our dog houses was in several pieces with the body buried in the neighbor’s garden! The dog house next to it is in the exact same spot and is in fine condition!

Our trampoline was bent, flew several yards away from were it originally was, and the springs holding the canvas on to the body were all over the yard. Our neighbor’s was in a tree!

Our swing set had the tarp and a board missing.

Even though it did some damage, thankfully it was not more.

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Herrschners

Posted on March 13, 2011 by Bri

Last week I ordered crocheting books and a kit from the Herrschners Company. This week I got the books and kit. The projects are cool! I have not tried the projects yet, but I will post about it when I do.

I ordered a sock monkey kit that contains the supplies to make two sock monkeys. I also got several crocheting books. I got eleven crochet animals, and 2008, 2009, and 2010 National Afghan Contest Winners.

I was going to get two afghan kits, but they were on backorder until MAY! People must have liked them. :) I ended up getting just the books instead of the kits. The books have four patterns each. Some patterns are crocheted and others are knitted. There is a goldfish one that is crochet and cross stitched. I have never heard of doing that before, but it makes sense.

The picture above is off all the products. ( The sock monkeys are not Christmas ones. They are pink and blue. The instructions are the same as the Christmas ones.) The picture below is off the back picture of the book.

If you want to visit the site, it is here.

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