The blog that seemed to have died--sort of...

I haven't had much time to do crafting BUT I will be resuming any day now. I have to get busy on scarves and a few other things that have fallen by the wayside while adjusting to having 5 kids now.

Can't wait. I miss it.

Care Bear Progress

Back to the Care Bear Blanket

I've been quietly working on the Care Bear blanket once again.

Here's how far I am to date...

The Blankie is done

It has an error in it that I didn't see until I laid it out to take the picture...damn!

Not sure what I did wrong and I don't think it's fixable. At least I was just making this one for fun.

I was thinking I might make another one if I find the right yarn.

Santa Hat

I decided to take a break from the new baby blankie and crochet this up really quick. It's adorable, I think! lol

Baby Blanket Progress

New Baby Blanket.

No, I haven't given up on my other projects. Sometimes, I just like to switch up on quicker projects before I go back to the longer ones. These work up faster. I really liked this design.
Maybe if I make another one, I will change up the center or use varigated yarn.



Here are the first couple of rounds of it. I'm not sure how big I am going to make it. We will see as it progresses.

Pumpkin Hat

For large preemie or newborn (5-8 lbs)

I don't know why the orange came out so orange in the picture, it's really not that bright.

Ethanael's Blanket is ready for quilting!

Finally~!

I finished all the outlining. Here's what it looks like.

Here's what's left... the lines for the sewing and quilting part. I've never done that before so we will see how it goes. It's on hold for now until I can get to the craft store in a couple of weeks.

2 more bears done, one bear on the moon to go...

Progress on Ethanael's Blankie

So I have two bears outlined and two more bears to outline and the middle moon and bear outlining to go. Looks like I'll make my deadline!

Preemie Burial Romper

I ended up working on this last night until around 4 am. I modified it some as I thought my idea would be cuter. I had also thought about cross stitching on the front rather than the ribbon I had put on it, but... I just put the ribbon in the long run. The picture below is the front of the romper.


This second picture is the back. I don't see why it has to be a burial romper. Why couldn't a preemie wear this any time? Maybe there's something I don't know.


I was supposed to put snaps or velcro on the back and at the bottom of the crotch, but instead I laced some ribbon on the back that could tie and I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the crotch, I just think snaps or velcro would be bad for a preemie. At least if the child were still alive and wearing the outfit.

Preemie Burial Pouch

I also worked on this. I'm looking for another charity to volunteer for and I decided to look in the baby area because I want to give back in Bela's memory. I don't know if this will be what I choose to do or not but here is the pouch.

As I made it, I realized it was just a single granny square (12 rows) with a half granny square attached and I thought of the poor preemie babies that are so tiny. I chose to put a blue ribbon on this one.

Once the baby is placed inside the ribbon is tied up like so. It's really sad to think about, but I think it would be nice to have something like this to wrap your baby in for burial.

I also have a pattern for a preemie burial gown and a preemie burial romper for boys. I think I am going to give those a shot as well. I'm not sure when though.

Market bag...

Ok, I got bored outlining stuff and was itching to work on some other things last night so I looked for some quick patterns that I could make up in a night or so. I had wanted to try making a market bag to see what it would look like. We don't want to bring home anymore paper or plastic bags from the store, so I told Sean I would make some up and that I had a pattern for one.
Here it is. It's a lot more narrow than I thought it would be. I think I can tweak the pattern to make it a more appropriate size for our shopping needs. It was very easy to make and did make up very quickly.

Time for the outlining...

I'm getting there. I completed the last bear on the blanket and now I just need to go back and outline everything. Looks like I am on target so far for Ethanael's first birthday. Unfortunately, all my other projects have been on standstill while I work on this one. I've been dying to switch off but I've been good so far.

Where I am at now...

This morning I was able to get the blanket under the teddy bear completed.

Throughout the day, I worked on filling in the teddy bear and that's what he looks like completed.

This is what the whole blanket looks like now and below is the last part that needs to be cross stitched before I start the outlining. Hopefully, I can get some work done on that tomorrow.

What I am working on now.

This is the center part of Ethanael's blanket. Since the kids aren't coming for Easter, I have gone back to my deadline in May when he turns a year old.

I'm hoping to have this done by Sunday. I'm not sure if I'll get a chance to even work on it today.

After this I have one more teddy bear to cross stitch.

Ethanael's Blanket

I've been working like a mad woman on Ethanael's blanket. I don't know if they are coming for Easter but that's my new try to get it done by- deadline. This moon took me several days to complete. I'm shocked by how long it takes to cross-stitch. I actually think it has to do with how long it takes me to find my place on the chart again and then my place on the piece, etc... I'm sure by that time a full five minutes have probably passed.


In this particular segment of the blanket, I still have to complete the blanket that the teddy bear is sleeping on and the teddy bear and above that the rack for the mobile. Once that has been completed, I have one last teddy bear to cross stitch in the upper right corner and then I start the process of outlining the entire thing. I hope it wasn't a mistake saving the outlining for last.

After that has been completed. I have to purchase a backing for the blanket and I've already purchased the filling for it. Then it's just a matter of sewing it all together. Which, BTW, I do not know how to sew. Should be fun.

I've been thinking about looking for an area on it that might fit his name and DOB. I'd like to embroider it on there. Of course, I don't know how to do that either. I don't know why I take on such ambitious projects for my first ones. Probably because I don't know any better.

Flowers...

Ok, so I think this baby blanket is coming along nicely. I'm working on various stages of the granny squares. For some reason, I just don't want to sit down and do a whole square all at once. I like to work them by color.

I've completed some squares but I still have a long way to go. I still think things are coming along nicely with this project.

Standstill...

Ok, so I've knitted two full skeins for Sean's scarf. He wants to be able to wrap it around his neck completely once. So that means, I need at least 2 more skeins.



So, this project is on hold until we can get to the craft store for more yarn. As it is now, I'd say it's as tall as me, so that's 5 ft.