Butterfly no. 4

This Fan/Butterfly takes a little more Imagination, to see it as a butterfly. But it is my favorite.

200 posts.

Happy Easter!
Each of the kids received a little snail in an egg, for Easter.
I found the pattern here.

I also finished the 3rd of 4 Butterflies. Now I need to remember where I put the printout I made for the last butterfly.

This post is My 200th. Hooray!

Myra's Thursday quilt.

Myra had this Idea for her next block. We drafted the block in Quilt-pro and made some templates for her to use.
Myra also picked out the other blocks she wants in her quilt.

B-13 redone

I remade block b-13, using original green and adding a light green in place of the white.
From now on I will be making all the blocks Different shades of the same color. I think I will be using black for the sashing. But have not decided whether it will be a tone on tone black or solid black sashing.

Surprise mail delivery of three Easter Fabrics. I am sending out a a great big "THANK YOU!"
to the sender of this package. You know who you are. (I also mailed a note of thanks.)

Myra's 2nd Block

Myra did Thursday Night sewing. She is making pink and green quilt blocks.

The Bunnies are part of a Noah's Ark BOM at http://lynetteandersondesigns.typepad.com.
I measured wrong and the block did not come out the 31/2 inches it should have. (but it is close.) I will have to make tiny adjustments to the whole project to get this first block to fit into place.

Quilting is Universal

I finished, with plenty of time.

I am all set for Starting Dear Jane. I can't seem to make up my mind about the color. I probably won't have my mind set about the background color until I go get the fabric.

Quilting!

Above is this years Alien quilt. I finished the appliqué yesterday. I am working on hand quilting it today.

Hooray! I got my Dear Jane book in the mail today! But I must finish the above quilt before I start on Dear Jane.

Butterfly 2

I finished block 2 of a 4 block wall hanging.

Block 1 of 4 here:
http://flibbertigibbetbunny.blogspot.com/2007/06/applique-and-fun.html

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Two Firsts!

Myra's First knit square. She used a crochet hook to bind off.

Also this is my first Knit Doily Style Dishcloth.

Pink and Green Doily

I spent the last two weeks, off and on between other projects, working on this doily.
I found the pattern in, The Complete Book of Crochet, by Elizabeth L. Mathieson.
Published in 1946.
There is no Pattern name just a A Number, 7690.
Finished doily measures 12 inches.

Chain of Hearts x3

feb 8th Kal
Originally uploaded by flibbertigibbetbunny

I joined the monthly Bookmark group on yahoo groups, to practice lace knitting. I changed the pattern a little. ( I seem to be doing that a lot lately) I had to have a tassel. I Don't know why I just did.

The left one is sock yarn, leftover from my fist socks.
the middle on is scraps of wool.
And the right one is crochet thread.

I also joined a couple of dish cloth groups.

Winter

The Kids finally had enough snow to play in. It was mixed with a little sleet.
They had fun for about 40 minutes before dinner.

This Morning, all the pretty snow was covered with Ice.

Rose Medallion

Rose Medallion
Originally uploaded by flibbertigibbetbunny

I made this doily about 12-13 years ago. It was my first big crochet project. It is 16 inches in diameter.

I have found myself looking through all my doily books, wanting to do a knit doily. Are knit doilies difficult? I tried to knit what looked to be a simple knit bookmark and made so many mistakes I finally just put it aside. (threw it away!) Any suggestions for an easy knit lace project before I try a round doily?

daisy chain hat

daisy chain hat
Originally uploaded by flibbertigibbetbunny

I started to make the hat as written, but I think the cold weather inspired me to pick up 80 stitches and Knit the crown instead of crochet.

To make the stitches even I picked up three across the bottom of the petals that point strait up to crown . I picked the stitches up so the loops were on the inside. (I think a solid hat is the easiest way to keep the picked up stitches from showing up in an obvious way on the outside of the flowers.)

When I gets warmer weather I will have to make an all crochet one(with brighter colors). The pattern for the daisy chain was free here http://crochetroo.blogspot.com/2007/11/daisy-chain-beanie-scrapbuster-in.html

Mardi Gras Mask 2

Mardi Gras Mask 2
Originally uploaded by flibbertigibbetbunny

I have finished the last Mardi Gras masks. It is a combination of two patterns. One for the mask and one for the Leaves. And at the end I decided it need the spirals off each side.

Mardi gras mask 1

Mardi gras mask 1
Originally uploaded by flibbertigibbetbunny

We have been invited to a party! I found a free pattern online for the pirate pig hat and modified it to fit an adult and just kept improvising more details as I went along. I really like the earrings I added.

pattern Here:

http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=63281

What I did this week..

Coasters! Two above are from earlier this month.
The four below are from the last 8 days.

A Dishcloth made with orange cotton yarn.
Pattern found free online.

The Start of a pair of Geek Mittens.

And just for fun we put Cthulhu in a pickle jar!

I also spent a little time knitting on my garter stitch shawl, Trying to use up the acrylic yarn.
I should probably not call it garter stitch, since it is turning into a make it up as I go along project.

Geek Mittens

MY FIRST MITTEN!

This mitten was inspired by several patterns. Mainly the Binary scarf and the Linux illusion scarf.
The size is probably a Ladies small. I want the thumb and mitten to be about 1/2 inch longer to fit my husbands hand.

I used US1 dpns and worsted weight Lion Brand wool. It is nice and thick and warm. Later I will have to knit it a mate for myself. But first I want to finish Shawn a pair in time for his birthday. He would like yarn in two shades of brown. I will have to see what I can find.

Edit: It says Null, begin text, space, S, h, a, w, n, space.

A little of this...

And a little of that.
A Garter square made for practice. Came out of the box and turned into a bunny. ( forget where but there was a tutorial online for this.)


A drink can cozy, I Knit a little large. OOPs! I will try the pattern again with out adding the eyelets.


A crochet drink can cozy that turned out just right (improvised). A wire crochet bunny ( found in a thrifted magazine), waiting to be finished into a pin. and a wine glass coaster, flip flop (found at the http://thecrochetdude.blogspot.com/ )
I started some secret mittens.

One Day Beret

One Day Beret
Originally uploaded by flibbertigibbetbunny

I am not going to have enough yarn to finish this hat. I need to unravel it and make something else. I had my mind set on this hat. The yarn is, Yarn Bee Mosaic Twist in Rum Raisin. The local Hobby Lobby is sold out. The store near my mother is sold out. *sigh* Maybe I will put the stitches on a scrap of yarn and hibernate this is hopes of finding the yarn. I matches my felted scarf so well, I am not really wanting to give up on it.