Halloween Runner

I can't believe this is my first post since I quit my job...I've done various projects, but haven't posted anything! I guess I should get on that. So, chevrons are all the rage right now, and you can count me among those who are in love with the trend. It seemed like the perfect pattern for Halloween colors, and so this is the runner I came up with for our coffee table. It's just cheap Red Heart Super Saver yarn, done in single crochet. The colors didn't show quite true in the picture, it's really a bright lime green, orange, and violet.
Of course, more projects are in the works, but since most of them are for Christmas presents, I won't be able to post them anytime soon!

Crochet tea set

I'd love opinions on this project. I was thinking this would be a really fun, sweet toy for toddlers. Do you think it would sell? I came up with this one from scratch so it took me a few days, but it was fun to make and now that I have the pattern written out I look forward to making one that's a little more polished.

Sweaters and blanket

I've been very busy lately, but haven't taken the time to post any of my projects! Mostly I have lots of WIP (works in progress) and have just recently finished up a few.


The first is a granny square baby blanket. These were just some leftover colors I had from other projects that I thought looked fun and springy.



Next is a sweater I made for my daughter. I fell in love with the yarn and then found a pattern to try it out on. It was a really easy one for my first knit sweater, it only took me 2 1/2 days from start to finish. She loves the sweater and has worn it at least three times in less than a week.

Last is a baby sweater. I actually started this one before the yellow sweater, but wanted to get the yellow sweater done in time for yellow day at school. They're essentially the same pattern, just one is in baby size and one in child size. The fun buttons were some I already had in my scrapbook stash that matched perfectly!


Thanks for taking the time to look! I have a cabled pillow front I need to finish for a friend, but it's so intricate and time consuming that I have to take breaks to work on other stuff once in a while, but hopefully I can make myself finish it soon.

This week: sweater and wrap

I made this wrap for my grandma's birthday. It worked up really quickly and I think will be a nice weight for the spring.


This sweater is the first thing I've made for Averie that she was truly excited about...she loves it so much, she wore it two days in a row! (She didn't go to school the first day she wore it, but wanted her teacher to see it. LOL)

Chore Chart

I started this chore chart ages ago, but finally finished it up tonight. It's not a traditional chore chart, it's really the things that my kiddo needs to do from getting home from school to bedtime - I get so tired of telling her constantly, but now she can just refer to the chart to remind herself what needs to be done. I used the Chore Chart cartridge for the days of the week and all but one of the icons along the top - the backpack came from Locker Talk. The "to do" is from Alphalicious. I bought an inexpensive poster-size frame at IKEA, just turning over the insert it came with to the white side for the background. I used 1/8 inch crepe tape (found at Office Depot by the white boards) to make the lines. My favorite feature is that you can write on it with dry erase markers to check off each task as it's completed, so no messing with stickers or figuring out some other way to mark each task off.

White Baby Dress with Diaper Cover

This set was made for a scrapbooky friend I don't see very often...but she didn't come to our crop, so by the time I see her again it will be too small for her baby! Oh, well. The diaper cover pattern is from Red Heart, the dress is my design.

Baby dress and headband

This dress was an experiment, almost totally made up - I used a pattern for the yoke, but the rest was my design. I think it turned out pretty good! My sister-in-law loves the pink/brown combination, so this will be for my niece. :)