Some Easter Fun

Well I almost let April get away! Denton has gone back to work in Nashville Tennessee, so have been getting some Spring cleaning done. I wanted to post some things I did for Easter. First is my new center- piece Easter basket. This was originally a treasure basket and was a design by Lisa Gentry who is one of my favorite designers. You can check out her designs at her website by following this link. The Treasure Basket was also a contest in the Hook & Needle Group on Ravelry and I won it so I posted a photo of my winnings. It is a really fun and chatty group on Ravelry and I have made some wonderful friends there.Lisa is a wonderful designer and quite generous with her designs and winning prize packages. She has just ventured into dyeing her own line of yarn called Hummywinger (named after the Moderator of the Group). So you will find lots of my projects are Lisa Gentry designs! Here's my Easter basket.

Crocheted Hotpads

I finally got around to crocheting a really fun Hot pad I have been wanting to do. It is really fun to do with just motifs joined in a circle and the results are wonderful. It's the Starburst Hotpad and there is a video that helps explain the positioning of the motifs. I really love this and plan on doing some in spring colors.



Well this just a few of the things I have been doing an I will post some more this weekend. I have been doing some sweaters that are crocheted and finished some socks. I did some wonderful baby things and will post them soon.

Dishcloths

Wanted to post one of my favorite dishcloth patterns other than the ballband. It is the garterlac dishcloth by Dave at Criminy Jickets. I really love this with P&C variegated yarns and the results are always wonderful! Here are some of mine from my Christmas knitting. I used this great Entrelac cast on for mine and I really love that it is stretchy and wonderful for this pattern and other Entrelac patterns.

Glad It's Almost Over!

Sorry it has been a really long time since my last post. Life just seems to be rolling at a fast pace.Wow, what a winter we have been having! It has been snowy, cold and dreary. To bad it doesn't go by so fast. Well her is my only Winter photo I'm posting, because I'm just sick of the white stuff. This is behind my house and our poor pine tree.

Ok 2 pictures...This is front yard.

New Patio for Summer Fun

We decided to do a patio for the new Gazebo and make a great place for family gatherings. Of course since Denton does concrete work for a living he wanted to do it himself..(with the help of his sons)

The patio turned out great and we have had lots of fun cookouts. I love the family photo..Just me and my daughter are missing...Oh and the 6 grandkids.

Blanket from Ballband Dishcloths you say?

Last year I was in a contest in the Ravelry Peaches & Creme group to see who could do the most ballband dishcloths. Well there were many who got over a hundred done and a lot more than I did. I think I did 45 and decided to make a blanket with mine. Here is the stack of ballband cloths I did and them laid out before I decided how to join them.


I decided to join them with Ballband stitch design... then decided on the black and white so all the other colors would pop. I think I counted 17 solid colors and 20 variegated colors in the blanket.. That is counting the black and white.


This is the final blanket..It is on a queen bed yo show it spread out, but was made for a twin bed. I then entered it in the Highland County OH fair and won 2nd place in the Large Knitted Afghan category.

WOW! What a Summer

I have had such a busy summer and will be posting till Christmas to get all caught up! First I have been painting and fixing up our house... So sick of beige walls we've had for almost 5 yrs. We also had concrete patio poured and a gazebo to put over it. (Patio done by my hubby). The Highland Co. Fair first of Sept. and I entered my knitting and crocheting for the first time. The same week my son and his wife Marie were here for her first visit to OH. First time we met her & we stayed busy that week and then My Step-daughter and I just got back from Myrtle Beach!

Soooo I better start posting some pics. First here is the spare bedroom that I redecorated. This is the room that used to be my dad's for the short few months he was living with us. I haven't had the heart to change it since he passed in Feb. 2007. So this was a healing process for me also and I love my new beach themed spare room. In fact I sleep there when my husband is out of town...which has been most of the summer.