Daphne

I was raised in a houseful of girls but, out of the 8 children my sisters and I have, only two of them are girls. I have lovely nieces. Here is a picture of the oldest one and the one that hasn't appeared on this blog before (doesn't she have a beautiful smile?). She's wearing a smaller version of the vest my family likes.

Mom's Shawl

It has taken this long for me to receive pictures of Mom's gift. And she isn't even the model. Mary is such a great sister for doing this.

Festival Booth

I plan on having a booth at the local festival in October. A sorta combination booth of a side business and a hobby. Avon and crochet. I've been making some things up for the booth and I'll try to get them all laid out at once soon to post a picture on here.

I came across pictures I had made of some wine bottle covers for my etsy store and I have made some along these lines for the festival. I thought I'd share these while I was thinking about them.

Gwendolyn's Market Bag

I've had this bag made for her for months and just have not gotten it into the mail. Not something to be remotely proud of. I sent it back with her mom from our weekend together. My niece is not afraid to do some modeling for me. She'd beautiful. Oh yes, she also wore the headband I sent.

I made her a different kind of bad than I made her mom and a smaller version of the ones I've already posted here.

Long Vest

I had this hankering for a long vest and I searched for what I was looking for. I eventually bought a pattern and modified it some to come up with this one.

Over my sister weekend I did give away both the long and short version I had made but I'll just make me another one. Mary got the long one but Jennifer may get one too since she said she liked it. I'll be contacting her today to see what color she would like and try to have it ready for her when she visits later in the month.

Here is my lovely sister modeling the vest.

I have such a special sister. She's giving this to our mother and is willing to wait on me to make her another one. So, that's three more I need to make. One for Mary, one for Jennifer and one for me. Here's a picture of my lovely mother modeling the vest.

Mary's Afghan

I've had Mary's afghan done for a couple of weeks. I just didn't want to post a pic her since she is one of the few people who actually looks at what I post here. I wanted her to see it live and in person first. I took it to her for our sister weekend and now I have a picture with her covered in it and one close up of the pattern.

I ordered this yarn and, while I really like the yarn (Bernat Satin), my monitor did NOT show the color well at all. It was far from what I was expecting. She liked it though.

You can find this pattern here.

Baby Gift

I like that the colors new mother's are picking out for their newborns are not just the traditional pastel ones. I was asked to make a baby gift for a friend to give at a shower she was attending this past weekend. She gave me the invitation so that I could get the colors from it.

The parents have chosen not to find out the sex of their child before it is born. Something that I don't come across often these days. They chose brown, a sun yellow (not pastel so much) and a green that could be called olive or sage.

My friend liked the idea of washcloths and bibs for the baby. The washcloths had to be made in cotton and I used the same for the bibs. The color of the photo once again isn't the best but I do liked how they turned out.

Summer Sweater

I found this pattern that I loved. I didn't have the brand of yarn it called for but I chose to substitute another of the same size/weight. The yarn it called for was a satin and the one I used wasn't so I knew it would drap a bit differently. I'm going through an experimenting phase with yarn I believe.

I don't normally do pastels for myself but this is a lovely shade of peach (the picture doesn't do it justice) and I used a dark brown for the contrasting color and that is in a thread.

Teal Shrug

I got this cute sundress while visiting our son in Panama City. With the addition of a sweater or something I felt it would be appropriate for work as well. I set out in search of what I that something to accessorize it with would be. I didn't want anything too big or too heavy or too hot.

I found the pattern for this shrug and I made it in teal. The dress is mostly purple with some white and gold and teal (that being the least prevalent in the dress). I wanted a color that would pop with the vivid dress color and I chose the teal.

Here's a picture of the shrug on a hanger. It just now occurred to me that it would be nice to see it with the dress as well. I'll try to get that pic soon and add it.

Supplies

I believe that I've found the yarn I want to use for Mary's afghan. Online of course. I have very limited access to yarn in the town I live in. Walmart is it. Now, they do sell two of my favorite yarns in limited colors.

Traveling an hour to the nearest city gets me a Joann's and a Michaels. While I am thankful for them, they do not stock as much yarn as sister stores in other cities. And there are so many more yarns online than can be found any where I've purchased yarn. I think I'm going to have to order what I want for this afghan. I have a small issue with that. I like to touch a yarn I haven't used before. I like to see it and feel it. I have don't mind at all ordering a yarn I can't get locally that I have used before.

I believe that I've decided on a satin acrylic for this afghan. It will be a good texture, should show stitches well, and will be easily maintained.

Of course, I suppose one could also consider me lucky not to have a good variety near me to choose from. Otherwise, I may would bankrupt us purchasing what I found that appealed to my sight and touch.

It's a catch 22 isn't it?