Baby Sweater Set

The photos.

Here they are. (Hear the trumpets?)

I am slow but determined.

I don't have my camera with me so in order to post photos I first had to learn how to take pictures with my cell phone.

First you have to appreciate that up until about 6 months ago I only turned my cell phone on if I wanted to make a call and generally used between 2 and 8 minutes per month!

But when my phone finally bit the dust, (they last a long time when you rarely use them) I decided to get one with a qwerty keyboard so I could learn how to text.

Wooo Hooo! It took some time for the kids to get used to the idea that grandma can text!

With my daughter out of the state for a few months it came in very handy and I got LOTS of practice, (read that as I had to keep upping my plan).

Anyway, I had asked my grandson to show me how to take pictures but he just did it for me.

(I sure hope he did not learn that from me!)

So I stopped by a Verizon store and the nice (bored) young men there graciously showed me how to not only take a photo but also how to send it as a text.

That's great and all but hello - I still couldn't post the photos!

My daughter offered to email them to me but she has been laid up with her back so that hasn't happened either.

I figured I would just stop by the Verizon store again for more instructions but I have been quite busy caring for my now laid up daughter as well as my mother so no free time for running the roads.

Therefore since I wanted to stay up to change my clocks... (Yeah right, I just can't sleep!) I decided to try something my son had suggested trying and lo and behold I was able to email the photo to myself first try! Either electronics are gettinga whole lot simpler or I am getting smarter. Yeah, I know - it's not me!

Now for the photos of the baby sweater set that I mailed to her on Thursday. It actually arrived today but her mommy has been having trouble trying to send me photos lately [wait maybe it is me ;-) ] so I don't have any yet on the model. These that I took while I was blocking it will have to do.

I don't know how well you will be able to see the hearts pattern along the bottom edge of the sweater and the hat. It is kind of a slouch type hat. But at any rate we have photos.

Afghan finished

Here it is. The afghan I started before Christmas. Done in plenty of time for his birthday! These are colors he likes so I think my grandson will enjoy it.

Hmmmm I just realized I neglected to make a notation on the pattern before I filed it that I had to order more of the 'Zebra' yarn. I better go do that!

As I was picking up

As I was picking up in the sewing room I came across the purse hardware I bought and decided to whip up this little clutch to go with the last sundress I made here.

I don't ever use this small of a purse but who knows? I just might start with this outfit.

They Matched

I finally had a few minutes to go out and find the tea cozies I made last August and I think they match this set of place mats and coasters well enough. They are a nice change from Christmas.

Working ahead

I was still waiting for the yarn I ordered to arrive so I went ahead and made these two tea cozies that will be for Valentine's Day.

And guess what? The zebra yarn arrived while I was working on these so now I am ready to go back and finish that afghan. What great timing.

I still need to go out and look for the pansy tea cozies. I am just trying not to do too much bending until I get this tooth taken care of. Soon though I will be back to myself and will go looking for those. I sure hope they match!

While I wait

I have been slowly working on an afghan for weeks now. Even though I bought the amount of yarn called for I ran out of the zebra half way through! Of course that was the color I had to order because no one around here carries it.

So while I am waiting for that to arrive I went back to the teapot patterns. I made three more coasters and this time used the washing machine to felt them. It came out much closer to the size and texture I had envisioned. I also made three more of the place mats from the pattern I wrote based on the coasters. Since I did not want to felt the place mats but do want them to be washable I had to use different yarn and the colors did not match up as well as I had hoped but actually better in person than they look in this photo.

Now I need to dig out the tea cosy and see if those pansies will match...

Back to sewing fun

Remember the fun sun dresses I was making last summer? Well I confess I did go back for the black and white print fabric because it was haunting me, even though I did not have time to even finish the flamingo one.

So I finally had some time after hemming some new pants and pulled it back out and started to play around. I actually had pictured it with red/orange or red accents since the flowers are poppies but after several tries I ended up with this combo since it is more my color.

Of course this is only pinned together in the back and not hemmed... needs straps - you know - I still have to actually MAKE the dress. But now that I have a vision I am ready to sew!

Oh yeah, the flamingos? Well, I started sewing that one but decided I really did not like that rainbow rick rack for straps after all so have to get back to the fabric store to see what I can find.

Doily for Thanksgiving

I finally finished the doily I began months ago. Here it is using the Omega 5 thread which I really enjoyed working with.

I actually added three border rows around the circles on the ends so they would be large enough for the candle holders I wanted to use and then added one more border row to the center to even it out.

I managed to get these photos without the dogs in the way but the old dog I am watching for my daughter leaves toys EVERYWHERE. This dog's nanny needs a break!

Pumpkin Toilet Paper Cover

I would like to say that I whipped up a pair of these but the first one was slowed because the pattern was for double roll size so I had to 'adjust' it.

The second one was delayed because I just plain had trouble finding time to crochet, because this really was a quick decoration.

Ghost Napkin Ring

I really like the spider napkin rings but when I saw this little ghost I just had to give it a try. I love the eyelash wiggle eyes!