Monday gratitudes

*A nice weekend
*A job that I love
*My family
*The chance to read an ARC of an upcoming book
*Taking a walk and playing "tourist" in our town

TGIF!!!!!

After a long, rather emotional week - I am glad to see it coming to an end. I'm looking forward to the weekend.  I am working at the "book place" tomorrow and so far, have nothing planned but perhaps a trip to the laundromat on Sunday.  Maybe I'll get some movies watched and reading done.

What do you have planned for the weekend? I hope it's a great one for you!

Knitting and Crochet Blog Week, Day 3

KNIT & CROCHET BLOG WEEK 2012

Day 3, Today's topic:
Your Knitting Or Crochet Hero
Blog about someone in the fibre crafts who truly inspires you. There are not too many guidelines for this, it's really about introducing your readers to someone who they might not know who is an inspiration to you. It might be a family member or friend, a specific designer or writer, indie dyer or another blogger. If you are writing about a knitting designer and you have knitted some of their designs, don't forget to show them off.

My response:
I would say that I have two yarn arts heros. (In no particular order...) First, would be my great-grandmothers - both of whom crocheted. There were many afghans in our house while I was growing up that they had made. I taught myself to crochet in junior high when scrap yarn came into our house from them. Second would be my sister. She taught me how to knit - she's an amazing knitter and I LOVE looking at her projects. (She also sews a lot too...) You can check out her blog here: CHEESE PIRATE. She's amazing! If you are on Ravelry, you can check out her profile to see her projects: CHEESE STICKS ON RAVELRY. I hope to someday aquire the talent she has in her pinky finger but won't hold my breath on it.

Thanks Grandmas and Sis for the inspiration!!!!! You are all amazing!

Post tag: 3KCBWDAY3

Knitting & Crochet Blog Week, Day 1

KNIT & CROCHET BLOG WEEK 2012

Day 1 topic:

Colour Lovers
Colour is one of our greatest expressions of ourselves when we choose to knit or crochet, so how do you choose what colours you buy and crochet or knit with. Have a look through your stash and see if there is a predominance of one colour. Do the same with your finished projects - do they match? Do you love a rainbow of bright hues, or more subdued tones. How much attention do you pay to the original colour that a garment is knit in when you see a pattern? Tell readers about your love or confusion over colour.

My response:
In reviewing my completed projects...most of them seem to be done in neutral colors. The exception seems to be baby blankets. I guess I am finding that I need to explore more into the world of color. (another goal to work toward...)
As far as the attention paid to the color the original pattern is done in...I would say that I look at the pattern color and see what others have done with that pattern, sometimes it doesn't look right with a certain type of yarn or color (in my opinion!).
I adore "colorwork patterns" (ie: patterns knit or crocheted with multiple colors) but I have not had the nerve to try them.

Tag: 3KCBWDAY1

Best dressed dolls

Ok, so maybe not the BEST dressed dolls, but dolls with more clothes!!!!

DD has had me slaving away at the sewing machine...here's what I've gotten done so far and there are more outfits cut out.

The jeans, coat and beret (in next photo) are from McCall's M6137

This outfit is from the American Girl Store - my mom bought it for DD - it is really cute!

The polka dot dress (left) is from McCall's M6370 and the nightshirt (right) is from McCall's M6137

Thanks for taking a look!

I did get some scrapping done today and will get that posted at a later date. Most of the next week's posts will be devoted to Knit & Crochet Blog Week - feel free to stop by if you are interested.

Have a great week!

A cropping I will go

Looking forward to a scrapbook crop tomorrow. I'm going with my mom to a friend's, who hosts them. (I don't think I've been to a crop in about 2 years...)

Hoping to get a start at our San Fran/Hawaii trip scrapbook.

Have a great weekend!

Wordless Wednesday

April, 2012

Knit & Crochet Week

KNITTING & CROCHET BLOG WEEK 2012 TOPICS

I need to start preparing these for next week. I hope you will join in the fun! If you do, please let me know so I can stop by your blog! :)

Scrappy stuff

Following are some misc scrap projects from the past couple of years. Thanks for looking!

A pictoral catch up

Attention yarny craft friends: I hope you will join me in participating in KNITTING & CROCHET BLOG WEEK 2012. I participated last year and loved it. I hope you will join in for at least a day of it.

DD & my mom at American Girl Place - we had a GREAT time!

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For my birthday, we went hiking - it was a very enjoyable day!

DD thought this was a "huge waterfall"

Spring reflected in the lake

We spent a day of DD's spring break in Springfield.

Here are my two "weenies" at Cozy Dog Diner (birthplace of the corndog) - I do have to say, it was a GREAT corndog!!!!!

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My 52 photos in 52 weeks project continues:

WEEK 9 - work

WEEK 10 - down

WEEK 11 - sign

WEEK 12 - door

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I'm hoping my Cubbies will come around here - it's been a rough 4 games so far. Good thing it's a long season!

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I will try to get some book reviews up soon. I know I'm WAY behind on those....

Also, I will get the doll clothes I've sewn posted soon too.

Wow!

It's April! March literally flew by. Thanks to the anonymous "fan" who requested a new post and got me going again...

I had a nice day in Chicago with my mom and daughter last week. We went to American Girl Place as DD's Christmas/birthday gift from my mom & dad. I'm not sure if DD or mom had more fun! :) She got another doll and picked out a couple little things.

We had a nice day last Saturday. We went hiking at two of the state parks (2 of the 3 for my 2012 goal...). It was a cloudy, chilly morning. With the unseasonably warm weather, the nature was out and there were quite a few people on the trails. We had a picnic lunch in the van then the sun came out for our afternoon hike. (I'll post pictures soon!)

I've been busy sewing the past few weeks - lots of doll clothes to make... I've enjoyed it for the most part (don't get me started on the doll dress I'm working on now...) I'll try to get some pictures of the clothes up soon.

I'm still working through my 52 photos in 52 weeks project for this year. The Knit & Crochet Blog Week is coming up at the end of the month - so I plan to participate in that also.

I'll close for now and try to get pictures up soon!

Have a Happy Passover and/or Easter!