Raggedy Ann and Andy

These 2 beauties were made by Villie Nobile in Florida. She sent them to me once when she had told me about them and I told her I'd love to see them. I had no idea she would send them to me but she did. I showed them to all my club members and actually took them to a Carolinas Guild's seminar fashion show. Then sadly I had to send them home to Villie. I had so much fun with them while they were at my house and so did Villie--so she made me my own pair. I love them. I suggested she write to Alles who published the original pattern and ask her to republish the pattern because I was talking about them on Compuserve at the time and everyone wanted that pattern. Alles did republish it but I'm sorry to say I can't remember which issue of News and Views it was in. They are perfect replicas of the original dolls I think and very large. They live in my loft now, sitting on a pile of yarn and watch me knit, sew, etc. I am as amazed at Villie's attention to detail now as I was when I first saw them.

Wendy Phillips Sideways Sweaters for Adults

This is the Wendy Phillips Sideways Knit for Adults that I made a long time ago. Natalie grabbed it on one of her visits and I never saw it again. Its really a pretty sweater. I think I used Magic Color in the center and on the center of the sleeves but the rest was the colors Wendy used if I remember right. I loved the sweater but it was pretty warm for South Carolina which is why I let it go to Natalie, after all she lives in cold country.

BSJ Figured Out

After 4 tries, 4 rewinds, I think I have finally figured out how to rechart the BSJ from http://www.junebugsplace.com/ to fit any size. It finally makes sense. I haven't finished it yet but yesterday morning I rechecked my figures one more time and knitted it. Whoops, there were a couple things that weren't right so I sat down with it and figured out how to change those things and tried again. I knitted both in 30 minutes once I knew what I was doing. Of course, now I have to finish it and my fingers are crossed as I write this...I hope I don't screw it up now.

To quote Elizabeth Zimmerman in the Knitting Workshop "Hey Presto Eurika and LO a baby sweater"

(Don't you just love the way she writes?

New Great Grandson Is Here!!!

Hunter Rokuro McCurdy. My 3rd grandbaby, 2 girls and now a boy!!! Guess GGM needs to get busy and get that BJS finished.

Ohhh, my bad, I got his last name wrong . There's just too many kids in this family all of the sudden. Anyway, I definitely see the family resemblance in this one. He's definitely related to me.

Berroco's tiny sweaters

www.berroco.com/exclusives/minutia_08/minutia_08.html

Check them out, they'd make great ornaments or as Jimmy on the Yahoo knittingmachine list says, decorate packages with them or wear as pins. I have downloaded the pattern and plan on making all of them. Thanks for the link Jimmy. (I might buy myself a Barbie to see if they will fit her too

Doggie Car Seat on EBay

Much as I hate to sell it, I have to sell Biscuit's doggie car seat. This little pup has outgrown his seat. The seat is advertised to hold a 20 lb dog and Biscuit is only 12 lbs but he's a bit too long and hangs out of it, plus he thinks he can climb out of it so he's been relegated to the back seat of the SUV where he has a crate, a much safer solution for him and he gets the whole back end to move around in.

I've put the seat on EBay, Outward Hound Car Seat for Small Dogs - 140264771039

Its a nice seat, the only thing is, it has an inflatable pillow that zips into a compartment under the seat. The pillow never did keep air over 1 day so I put a sofa pillow in its place. The inflatable pillow is still included with the car seat. I don't think it has a hole in it, it never did keep its air from the day I bought it new.

Crochet and I are over

The blanket is finished and I am not thrilled. I haven't been thrilled since I finished the squares. They all came out different sizes, depending on the color I was using. Now that its finished, its hard like Red Heart, not soft like baby yarn although the yarn itself is soft. Probably if I had used a bigger crochet hook or maybe if I had just knitted it, it would be soft and drapey but crocheted....it will make a nice mat for the baby to lay on but nothing I'd want to wrap around my baby. Oh well, it kept me busy all summer.

The squares were so uneven that I couldn't do any of the joins I found on the internet so I sort of adapted the one I was going to do. I did a chain 3, slip into one side, chain 3, skip 3 sts and slip into the other side. When I saw I wasn't going to have enough stitches on a smaller one, I fudged it on the bigger one, not skipping 3. I don't think it shows. Then when I got the squares all together the whole edge was uneven so I did 2 rows of SC which didn't help at all. Then I went searching for a ruffle pattern and found an easy one (remember, I'm not a crocheter and probably this blanket proves it). The ruffle is simple, 2 triple crochets in each stitch around, on the corners, do 3 triple crochets in the stitch before the corner and 4 triple crochets in the center. That made a simple little ruffle that sort of hides the uneveness of the whole thing.

Boy, I'm glad I'm finished with it. I love the colors. I'm tempted to try a pinwheel circular blanket but have to get a sweater, hat and booties made (knitted of course).