If you are interested in making this Ducks Quilt here is the layout I used. I sewed my blocks together with the over hand stitch. I added the row of yellow blocks using the blue to crochet these onto the top and bottom to make the square quilt a bit more rectangular. After sewing the [...]
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I finally have the baby blanket finished. Nearly have the mixer cover finished but ran short of yarn with only a few to go. I’ll get to town this week and hopefully Jan with still have another skein in her shop. We’re getting ready for our trip to the Big Sky Festival. This is our [...]
I found a “new” doll named Hitty. I have ordered her book called, “The First Hundred Years” so you know she’s not really new, only new to me. But I find that she is about the same size as Mini Molly and so this Virginia Larkin pattern (5G) fits her just fine. I used fingering [...]
Game Time!
Posted in Dolls, Knitting, Looms, Uncategorized, Weaving on Mar 28th, 2013
We’re ready. Go Giants!
Class Loom
Posted in Looms, spinning, Uncategorized, Weaving on Mar 10th, 2013
This is the class loom. there are 18 of them but more can be made if you might need them. They have a 3 1/2″ weaving area and the nails are spaced at 3/8 th inch. They come with instruction for weaving diagonally. You can get them with or without the weaving hooks. These small [...]
End of WAL
Posted in Dolls, Looms, Uncategorized, Weaving on Mar 1st, 2013
The Weave Along is finished and was a great success. I think everyone enjoyed it and they turned out some wonderful projects. I think it even converted a few new weavers to the craft! Here’s a little overview of some of the projects. If you didn’t finish your project, it’s not too late! You missed [...]
Look what I found…
Posted in Looms, Uncategorized, Weaving on Feb 21st, 2013
I was looking for a certain yarn, which I did not find, but look what I did find. Must have been stashing these ‘practice’ pieces in this drawer for a long time, but had forgotten about them. Don’t know how long they’ve been gathering. But it looks like a project. A creative one. lol Hummm [...]
Posted in Looms, Uncategorized, Weaving on Feb 16th, 2013
The Weave ALong at Ravelry is going along great. There are some very nice doll dresses being completed. If you have not joined yet, there is still time and we’d love to see your version! Meantime, here’s a little hint on assembling small squares faster and easier, in case you haven’t run across this method [...]
I am issuing an invitation to anyone interested to join us on American Girl Knitters for a WeaveALong to make a dress for an 18 inch girl doll. She doesn’t have to be an AG. I will be using the 4” Square Multi Loom but you can also use your weave-it or the Tiny Weaver [...]
Had our first snow and the second one is on the way. Maybe. Yesterday it was three feet by Friday, today it’s 10″ and it might actually be rain. By tomorrow it’ll probably be Indian summer! lol Well, the weather folk keep telling us that forecasting is better than it used to be but still [...]