A Couch Afghan

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

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!

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


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

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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Christmas Presents

Sorry I have not posted about the Christmas presents I made yet.

I made several Christmas presents this year. This is the first year I have made a lot at once. I have given doilies and a few dish cloths over a few years, but that is it. I enjoyed keeping the secrets. :) I made my sister’s slippers right in front of her. She thought I was making them to set aside. :D

I made my sister crocheted slippers. They are red, white, and blue.

My brother received a black, knitted scarf.

I also made one of my aunts and grandmas two crocheted Christmas ornaments each. I gave my piano teacher an ornament too.

I tried to make my other grandma dish cloths, but did not get to it. I will make sure to give her some next time I see her. :)

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Block Party

A friend of mine is going to have a block party on February 5. At her block party she and others will sew together 6 inch crocheted or knitted blocks. She will send the blankets made to an orphanage in Eastern Europe. This is the second year Sarah has done this, and I hope she will do it again. :)

Last year I was unable to send any blocks, but this year I got quite a few done.  I made 11 blue, 7 red, and 6 brown. They need 36 blocks per blanket, and I made 24 blocks. If Sarah does it again, I will try to make more next year.

Doing this project accomplished one of my 2011 goals. Hurray! Now if I can just finish the others. :)

Here are some pictures of the blocks I made:

If you want to know more about the block party, look here.

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2011 Goals

Happy New Year! 2010 is over already! I can hardly believe it. :) 2010 went by sooo quickly.

Last year was the first year I posted my goals for the year. A friend did it, so I borrowed her idea.

Last year I did not have many goals, and I have not accomplished them very well. I started the table runner and I got a good way into the doily my teacher is known for making.

I am going to try to complete my goals this year, or at least more of them. I also have more goals.

Crocheting 

  1. Finish the doily my teacher is known for making.
  2. Try to make something with plarn.
  3. Continue to work on grandma’s table runner.
  4. Do some work for charity projects. 
  5. Work on some projects for my Etsy account, maybe even put some items on it.

Sewing

  1. Sleep over at grandma’s to work on sewing.
  2. Make a Kleenex box holder.

Knitting

I am not doing much knitting, so I just want to make a scarf or two. 

What are your goals for 2011?

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Christmas is Here!

Merry Christmas! It is the week of Christmas! Can you believe it is the end of the year already? I can not. The year went by so quickly!

I posted about Christmas last year, and I am going to post about it again.

Christmas is a season to celebrate Christ birth. Many people forget the meaning of the holiday. God gave his only Son for us, so we could be saved. Jesus did so much to save us from our sins.

When you are celebrating Christmas, please remember what the celebration is really about. Remember the present God gave you.

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Christmas Ornaments

I started making Christmas ornaments this year. They are really easy to make. The ones I made where only three rows. They took me about a half-hour or an hour to make. I added the handle to the ornaments. I do not know why they did not have a handle, because the magazine said it was for Christmas.

Ornaments are quick and easy Christmas presents. They are also nice to use to decorate the house. You could hang them on door knobs, on a Christmas tree, and if you left the handle off, you could make a coaster. 

Here is a picure of the ornaments:

These are not starched yet. I am not sure if I want to starch them or not. And if I am going to starch them, if I should starch it how to keep the handle from being starched. Or if I want to starch the handle.

Do you have any suggestions about the starching?

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