Tuesday, June 3, 2008

YARNTAINERS & BRAS

My hubby was nice enough to help with making my yarntainers. I couldn't hammer the rivets in hard enough and I'm not very good with a drill. I didn't want to damage my knitting hands. LOL I decided to do these because I knit outside a lot in the summer and take my knitting camping of course. There was no way I was going to pay $10 for one (Heck that's a cone & 2 skeins of Peaches & Creme) and I only have $8 in all 3 of these. The rivets cost almost $5, and I have plenty more to make some more yarntainers.
As for my yarn bras they cost a whole $1 for 2 bath puffs. I saw these on someone else's blog, but can't remember it. When you cut the string in the middle you get a long tube of netting. I measured mine and it was 7 feet long. That's quite a few yarn bras. Just thought everyone would like ideas for saving money for more yarn!!

Monday, June 2, 2008

My Yellow Rose



This is my only rose bush at the moment. I have never tried growing roses, but I transplanted my mom's after she passed away. This is the only one that survived and was my mom's favorite. She had some beautiful roses and I had hoped the other 2 I transplanted would survive.

What's In My Garden


Well here are a few of the fun things in my front garden. There are 4 baby bunnies in the back of my tiger lilies. And the eggs are a mama finch's' in an evergreen bush. Wish I had a better picture of the hummingbird. I'm sure I will have more at a later time. I love my flowers too, but the little animals are fun to watch.


Thursday, May 22, 2008

Sock Knitting Bags



Found the pattern for these great Sock Knitting Bags on Ravelry. I love making them and they make great gift bags for my dishcloths. They are made from five 6inch squares, but I have made them with 8 inch squares.
There is a tutorial on Lanea's blog and if you don't sew you can buy them at her etsy shop which is linked from her blog also.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Dishcloths




Well here are all the dishcloths I've been doing for gifts. Everyone loves them and always wants more. So I thought I would stock up on them while I had the time. I just love all the spring colors!!




Jess's Baby Shower


Here's all the baby things I've been making for my niece Jess's baby shower. She is having a boy as you can see from all the blue. I had fun trying to get it all in the gift bags I got. Guess I should have gottin bigger bags.

Here's all the good food we had at the shower. It turned out real nice and we played lots of fun games.She got a lot of really nice things and pretty much everything she needed. Now if baby Conner would just get here. He was due on April 7 and still not here.

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

ST. Patricks Day Projects


These are the St. Paddys Day cloths I gave as gifts. I forgot to add the the rest of the tribbles though. Oh Well! I'm sure I'll be doing more, because evertime I give a cloth away they ask where their scrubbie is. LOL