I love to knit, crochet, sew, cook, paint, build things, grow things (plants and children alike), craft, stamp, write, photograph, and make music. (Along with a hundred other things...) This blog is inteded to chronicle my endeavors in living a handmade lifestyle.

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Showing posts with label crochet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crochet. Show all posts

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Early Girl Dress

I FINALLY finished Michaela's Early Girl Dress. The pattern is from the Summer 2011 issue of Interweave Crochet. It's a great pattern, written by Lisa Naskrent (the link is to her Ravelry designer page). It took me forever to complete, only because I kept getting distracted by life and just left it sitting for weeks at a time. At least it's finally done. Here are a couple of pics:



I was very happy with how it turned out and Michaela LOVES it! Of course, it's purple so I expected nothing less. I used Berroco Comfort DK and I loved the yarn. For locals, I got it at Village Stitches in Bloomington. It is fairly accesible yarn at most yarn shops and online however. The link is for Village Stitches ravelry shop page however, you can also find them on Facebook here.

I have now moved onto an Autumn table runner, knitted. It is progressing nicely, and MUCH more quickly than the dress did. What about you? What have you been working on? If you're on Ravelry, drop me a line and let me know. I'd love to "friend" you and see projects you have or are working on! Happy stitching folks enjoy the holiday season!

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

A Project of Legacy

My grandmother passed away a little over 3 years ago. She was a multi-talented fiber artist. She knitted, crocheted, sewed, etc... She is the person who taught me to crochet when I was young. Over the years, I have been blessed to receive some articles she made; everything from baby dolls/baby doll clothes to pot holders and doilies. I love them all.

Recently, my grandfather passed away as well. As my dad and aunts were going through their estate, they came across a lot of different knit, crochet, and sewing supplies. As I am one of the few people in the family who crochet and sew, and, to my knowledge, the only one who knits, I was blessed to receive a lot of it. While the circumstances are not ideal, I feel very blessed to be able to continue creating gifts of love to be passed through my family and friends using the same hooks, needles, and yarn she used.

Among these items was a crocheted afghan that my grandmother had started but not been able to complete. My heart swelled when I saw this because it thrills me to be able to complete something that she started. There is plenty of yarn of the same dye lot to complete an adult sized afghan and the crochet hook she started it with was still inside the currently-being-used skein. However, there is no pattern. I am in need of help in this area. I might be able to decipher the pattern per row if I take the time to look it over well. And it very well may be a pattern she was improvising. However, I am going to post pics and, if anyone out there can identify it and has the pattern, I would greatly appreciate having it so I can complete this project. I would love to have something that my grandmother and I both worked on to pass down to my children. Thanks for taking the time to take a look and hopefully I can get this sorted out.



Saturday, August 13, 2011

New Beginnings

We have moved to our new home. It's been about a month and we are ALMOST finally settled in. I started a project about a week before we closed on the new house (not the best decision I ever made) and I just finally finished it.


If you're interested in doing this bag, all the pertinent pattern info can be found on my Ravelry under Zaubertote.

There are oodles of projects that have been completed this past year and I don't have the time necessary to post them all here but they can all be seen on my Ravelry. Please come take a look!

Now that we are settled in and life is returning to normal, it is my hope that I can return to blogging on a regular basis about my fiber art antics. :) I am wanting to get busy with all sorts of Fall/Harvest projects next week. Stay tuned.

Jen

Monday, January 10, 2011

Hannah's Gifts

We are getting ready to celebrated a belated Christmas with one side of my family. I am making some gifts for different people. Here are a couple of things I have made for my cousin's almost 2-year-old daughter, Hannah.



I'm hoping that she and her parents will like them. I am now going to be starting a couple of items for her brother, Daniel, who is 3 1/2 years old. More to come...

Friday, December 31, 2010

Recent Fiber Art Projects

I haven't posted much during the holidays -- mostly because I've been insanely busy. But I thought I would post a short entry recapping the projects I have finished/started the past couple of weeks. If you are interested in any of the patterns, let me know.


A scarf for my nephew, Wyatt.


A scarf for my nephew, Eli.


A scarf for my niece, Leandra.


An afghan for my dad.




       A scarf for my niece, Samantha.


A starfish cloth for me.


A hat for my mom.


I completed all of these except the starfish cloth in about 2 weeks! It was a hurricane of needles and hooks in my house! I had a good time doing them but I am glad that they are finished now. I love making things for people but I hate feeling like I have a deadline for my knitting and crochet. :) It's not over quite yet. I have one more family Christmas celebration at the end of January as well as 2 birthdays in January that I want to finish some gifts for. But at least I have a month this time! :) I'll post those as they are complete as well. Best wishes in the New Year!

Monday, December 06, 2010

New Project

I started a new project this week. It is my father's Christmas gift. It's an afghan (crocheted). I got the pattern from the Lion Brand free pattern data base (I LOVE them!) So far, so good. It's coming along rather quickly. I am in hopes that he will like it. He requested a small throw that I made for myself and my mother earlier this year but, after making it twice, I really didn't want to make it again. Also, it did not match the room he wants to put it in (though he aparently can not see that) and this one that I am making will. :) I love my daddy so I am sure he will love it. I will post pics and updates as I move forward. This is the tiny bit I got started a day or so ago. I have more done now but I haven't taken new pics yet.


The other colors involved are burgundy and chocolate brown. I think it will be really nice once it all comes together. Let's hope so!