Blanket for a new little cousin

We had a new little boy born to our family late last year and I made this for him.

 We saw him in December and he is sooo cute.  He lives in Canada so we haven't seen him since, but I have seen pictures and he is growing like a weed!

 I just love this fabric-so perfect for a little boy!

 Usually I do the embroidery by hand, but my machine can do it also.  I programmed the name and date in and went to town.

 I also added all our names :o)  This embroidery is just ok.  The next one I do will be done by hand.  I like that MUCH better.

After sewing the front to the back and turning it.  I added this specialty stitch all the way around.  I love variegated threads - they are so fun!

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Fish Blanket

I've been working steadily on putting the Fish Blanket together.

 All the vertical stripes are done and now it's just a matter of crocheting the horizontal stripes.

 Still a few rows to go, but mostly done.  A border will need to be added as the ends do not line up as neatly as I had hoped.   I'm not quite sure what type of border this needs or even what color.

 My favorite fish.  I love the fun and happy color of this one!

 The back of this blanket along with the book I am currently reading.  I am almost done with it and have enjoyed it immensely so far.

A close up of how this method of attaching pieces together looks on the back.   Kind of reminds me of Frankenstein!

Look over at Tamis's and Ginny's for more yarny type fun.

WIPs

A measly three hexis for the week.

I still really enjoy knitting these, but life has taken over for right now.  It is winding down to the end of the school year for my kids, with all the performances, recitals, extra volunteering, and tournaments that go along with that.  Such a busy time of the year!!!  At night, I seem to be motivated to sew my fish blanket together so that is what I have been working on.  All the vertical stripes have been sewn - meaning that all the fish are attached and now I am sewing the horizontal lines.  I can't wait until this is DONE!!

Finished Objects :o)

Finished Objects:

 From my Garden

 Off my needles

 Linen Stitch Scarf

 Front - Love this stitch!!

Back - looks equally nice.

Linen Stitch Scarf

Started and Finished in April

Needles:  US6

Yarn:  Koigu

Color:  P865  Lot: 23  Dark Purple

Color:  P469  Lot: 8  Orange Multi Colored

Color:  1113  Lot:  53  Orange

I knit this mostly while standing at Disneyland and Lego Land over spring break.  I had cast on the 450 stitches at home before we left, and by the time we got home it was almost finished.  The next couple of days were spent finishing and then blocking it.  I am totally going to have to protect this with my life since 4 of my 5 kids wants it!!!  I am being completely selfish and KEEPING it for myself :o)

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In Progress

These are all my hexis.  I started "puffing" away at the first of this year and told myself I would not count them until this bowl was so full I couldn't add anymore without them falling out.  Boy has it been hard not counting them.  In the beginning, for the first couple of weeks, I did keep a running tally in my head.  But as the weeks went by and I kept losing track it got harder and harder to figure it out.

 The time came as I tried to add this weeks hexipuffs to the top.  They wouldn't stay!

 I dumped them out - don't they look fun, all piled up, their colors so random?  I am reading that book right now - I love murder mysteries and this one sure fits the bill.

The kids helped me to line them up and count them - 97 hexi puffs so far!!  Pretty darn cool!

See more Wips at Tami's and Ginni's.

Tuesday Tallies

These 5 hexis are from 3 weeks ago - before our spring break.  With everything that had to get done, I only had time for a few.

These are the hexis from this week.  No other one a day projects were completed, but I do have a FO to show off on Friday.  WOOHoo!

 I just thought this was fun to add in.  This is the bottom of a bunch of celery.  I read on pinterest that you can grow your own celery by planting this part and thought I would give it a go -  I'll let you know how it works out :o)

Off to do some weaving - I am starting a class next week and am so excited about it!!

New Little Purse

Over spring break, I decided to take the younger 4 kids to Southern California to visit the amusement parks while the dh and oldest daughter went to tour colleges.

When we have gone to amusement parks in the past, my husband usually stays with the youngest kids and I go on the rides with the olders. He HATES rides. Since he doesn't ride the rides, I can leave my purse and "stuff" with him to watch. Well... since this time, he wasn't going to be around, I felt I needed a small purse to hold our money, cards, etc - just the bare necessities - a purse that I could wear at all times, even on rides needed to be pretty small.

I found a crochet stitch that I loved from Petunia Pill blog. I had been wanting to try this stitch for awhile, and on a whim made the decision to use it for this purse.

I started out with a chain of 41 stitches and continued to crochet a rectangle until I felt is was the right size.
I never did get it to block out totally straight on every side. It didn't really matter :o)

A close up of the stitch detail. I totally love the texture of this stitch.

After it was complete, I traced around the piece and made a pattern for a lining. I also traced around my credit cards and made a pattern for pockets to hold these things. I hate all my stuff getting all jumbled up in my purse and having to look for them.
I chose bright pink for the lining and orange and yellow for the pockets and just sewed everything together.

Then I sewed the lining in by hand and added a zipper.

The finished purse with a 5 stitch I-cord strap.

Here is the inside. It was the perfect size!! The little pockets held money and cards and the center held my phone. Not shown - that was added later - is a clip on the left side for my keys.

This is so perfect that I am still using it. The one thing it does not fit is my checkbook, but I almost never need that while I am out anyway.

Check out some more finished projects at Tami's :o)