Velentine's Gifts for Marie

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today I have for you the gifts I made for Marie.

Sara saw this head warmer and thought she should have

it for Marie, so of course I made it for her.

I gave this to her a bit early so she could wear it 

around Valentine's Day.

I guess it could be worn on any cold day though,

couldn't it?

She looks adorable in it, but as I'm writing this, I 

don't have a picture of her in it.

I also made her this sweater.

I had seen the pattern and loved it, so I adapted it

to the yarn I had.  The pattern called for a bulky

yarn, but what I wanted to use was a much lighter

weight yarn.  So I just went for it and flew by the seat

of my pants and it turned out great.

This yarn is so soft, I'd like to have a sweater of my own

made from it.  Who knows, maybe I'll make one for me.

This is a pretty simple sweater to make as it's knitted

all in one piece and there is very little sewing together to do.

You can find this

Toddler Kimono Sweater Pattern here

It's a kimono style and ties inside on the one side and 

the outside on the other.

I think it's a little big for her right now, 

but should fit her very soon.

Hopefully she will be able to wear it in the spring.

Thanks for stopping in to see what I've been up to.

I hope you found some inspiration here and 

will give something new a try.

Until next time,

craft on!

 

Knitted Scarves

Hello!

Today I'm showing you a couple scarfs I made for 

my granddaughter for Christmas.

I had made a set for her for her birthday and

thought since I had yarn left I should make her

another scarf to match.

I decided to make up a pattern as I went

Here is the first one I made.

Still having more yarn left, I made another one and

did a basket weave pattern. I ran out of this yarn

right at the end of the scarf.

I had just enough to finish off the pattern and weave

in the end.

Do you knit or crochet?

I've really gotten back to it recently and am

totally enjoying it.

Thanks for stopping,

I hope you're having a wonderful day.

Come again soon,

until then,

knit on!

Scarf set for Marie

Hi blog fans!

Today I have a little different project to show you.

My granddaughter celebrated her first birthday on

November 14th and I wanted to knit something for her.

I decided on a hat, scarf and mitten set.

This is what I started with.

I saw this big spool of coordinating yarn at the 

store, it happened to be on sale and I thought it

would be perfect for this project.

I'm sorry I can't link you to any patterns,

because I just flew by the seat of my pants

for these pieces.
I looked at a few patterns for hats and mittens

then made up my pattern as I went.  

They were all actually very easy to make,

my only problem was knowing what size to make

them.  I did get an estimate from a couple patterns

I found online and guesstimated as I went.

I did pretty well, the only thing is that the mittens

are a little long, but that's okay, they will stay in the sleeves

of her jacket better this way.

Here are a couple pictures of Marie in her scarf set.

I'm glad you stopped in today and I hope 

you enjoyed my post and will come again soon.

Until then,

try something different!

 

Valentine for Marie

Hello Everyone!

Happy Valentine's Day!

This year I have the pleasure of having a

very special Valentine.

It's our first Valentine's Day with our Granddaughter.

I decided that I wanted to knit her a sweater and I had

been eyeing this yarn for quite a while.

I finally found the pattern book I wanted and

bought the yarn and made the sweater.

This was my first cardigan and although it isn't 

perfect, I do love how it turned out.

If I were to make another one for her, I wouldn't put as many

buttons on it, I think the 8 they suggested was a little bit too much

and I'm not crazy for how they sit, but I think for a first

cardigan, I did a pretty good job.

I wanted to have different colored buttons, but couldn't 

find all the colors I wanted, so I went with the yellow buttons

and sewed them on with yarn that matched the stripe they 

were on.

Here is the card I made to go with the sweater.

I found a colorful piece in my handmade background stash,

then embossed the 

Filagree Heart

with purple Wow embossing powder

The sentiment is from a set I got on clearance

without a package, so I have no idea who made it.

I also heat embossed the edges of a piece of card

stock with the same powder to use as a mat for the

image.

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