tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-283730202024-03-23T11:16:50.224-07:00Crafting ADDIs there a 12-step program for that somewhere??Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.comBlogger323125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-56723689317732165652011-11-21T04:14:00.001-08:002011-11-21T04:19:03.095-08:00I made this last night ...This is the top sheet for my bed, I opted to go w/the orange 'cuz I thought it was a bit more appropriate w/the polka dots on the sheets. As you can see the ecru I put on the pillowcases faded to something ... not quite right.Anyway, I have 4 pillows on the bed so 2 more cases to purdy up.So, if I don't say anything in the next few days I hope everyone has a lovely Thanksgiving!MichelleTrixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-51860298491853152962011-11-18T01:05:00.000-08:002011-11-21T04:24:28.606-08:00A full sized 3 DAY blanket!!Daaaaaang ... sometimes I'm so good I scare myself. heh :)Some pictures!1st up, I made another couple of Xmas garlands. I had to kill some time and the roommie begged me to make her some for her tree this year. So far she has 3, all 3 feet long. These things take about 2 hrs to complete.Next is THE blanket. I made it for this guy friend of mine who's 6' 4" and about 160 lbs (and terrified of the Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-83060611943403392252011-11-01T10:49:00.001-07:002011-11-01T10:49:48.420-07:00Nothing noteworthy happening here ...but I hope ya'll had a lovely Halloween.MTrixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-452987083095251982011-10-17T16:15:00.001-07:002011-10-17T16:24:05.761-07:00New tp holder ...I made this for the bathroom last night. Bought the yarn while shopping 2 days ago ... I can never find an orange that isn't obnoxious to me so this was perfect. It's Caron Simply Soft called Mango. This is my window ... I'm a day sleeper and these help keep the light out while it's still warm enough to keep the windows open. I'm sure I'll get or make some curtains soon ... it's getting colder atTrixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-63896903046423608502011-10-13T05:24:00.001-07:002011-10-13T05:25:53.821-07:00I made these last night ...for the roommate. She has this "thing" for Halloween. Actually made 3 then ran out of black.Happy Thurs all!Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-58795244748728666812011-10-11T10:28:00.000-07:002011-10-11T10:45:26.985-07:00It took me a week to make this ...Just finished this morning and I'm lovin' it. Even without the face. :)Caron Just Soft yarn and a pattern off the 'net.It might eventually get a face, although the last doll I made didn't. She's still hanging out on my bed, 6 yrs later ... still faceless.And just 'cuz ... pretty much my only vanity is my hair. I have a lot of it (it's long enough to sit on)and I love it. I'm allowed, right? :)Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-83590500775506992002011-10-07T03:16:00.000-07:002011-10-07T03:19:39.450-07:00If anyone is interested ...http://www.favecrafts.com/Crochet-Afghans/Weve-Got-You-Covered-25-Crochet-and-Knit-Throws-free-eBook-from-Red-Heart-Yarns/ml/1#Easy_Crochet_AfghansI've recently found favecrafts.com for my crocheting but they have just about every kind of crafting you could ever want on there, and they're all free.The link above is for their free ebook from Red Heart yarns that has 25 afghans to be made, mostly Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-13543719419798946182011-09-08T12:28:00.000-07:002011-09-08T18:52:38.925-07:00What *else* I'm up to:Another of those "pillow"s from Lucy @ Attic 24. This time for the roommate, she wanted me to make one to cover up a roll of TP to sit on the etagere. This is the top done and I'm working down the outside. It's not the same pattern, so much. It is curved because I'm doing it ascending/descending sizes. (I don't know how else to put that) ... small to big to small. :) The third picture is the Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-62576189019243509212011-09-07T17:05:00.001-07:002011-09-07T17:07:18.076-07:00PillowcaseNah, I didn't crochet 'em together. I did find out w/the last one I did that this particular color of thread will fade w/washing so this wknd when I wash the sheets I'll see if it fades to the same color as the other one.Happy Weds ladies!Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-88065901085589854512011-09-05T07:43:00.001-07:002011-09-05T07:47:10.198-07:00Another pillowcase down2 more to go. Then the top sheet. Doesn't take long to hook these, just a pain to poke all the holes w/the needle.Haven't worked a'tall on my big doily lately. I did start crocheting a blanket for my friends dog. :) I like her. (the dog) (wait ... the friend too) I'll take a picture soon.Putting about 1 or 2 floss lengths into my TW Tradewinds as well. Slowly but surely plugging away.Hope y'all Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-10202829924046546652011-08-31T10:03:00.000-07:002011-08-31T10:07:25.929-07:00Another scarf I'll never wear.I bought this yarn because I liked the pattern on the packaging then decided I liked the yarn but not for that pattern. This is pretty much the only pastel variegated yarn I've found - so far - that I like. I only had one skein so ... one scarf. This is an incredibly simple pattern I got from the Lion Yarn website via Pinterest.
And the yarn: Caron's Simply Soft. And it is.
Lovely Weds y'all
Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-75755598031748822092011-08-28T05:15:00.000-07:002011-08-28T11:23:51.735-07:00This is the doily book ...I got the pic off Amazon - the book is only $8.95 if you get it from them.
The first doily I did is the one in the upper right corner (the one w/the wrong colored thread) and the one I'm working on now is the big one on the front. I'm loving this one. ;)
I highly recommend getting it if you like doilies ... these are different.
Well, I might as well throw this in here ~ this is where I am as Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-26906073403523493162011-08-27T09:16:00.000-07:002011-08-27T09:26:43.574-07:00gimme some thread and a crochet hook ...
and I just can't help it. I'm gonna make a little of everything! :)
This white thing is one half of a "doily" I'm making for my roommate. She has one of those little oval shaped coffee tables ... the other 1/2 is exactly the same. The flowers and leaves are to be put on both sides of the circle to hold everything together. I just need to attach these now.
3rd picture is of how much green I Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-64526398634954897612011-08-23T19:24:00.001-07:002011-08-23T19:33:15.472-07:00Crochet
First I have the finished doily. Finally went and bought the yarn, finished it and then while admiring my handiwork the next day (in the sun) realized that the yarn color is slightly off. ::sigh:: Dye lots. They are your friend.
This next thing is a bracelet/cuff thing I saw someone had made and wanted to make one myself. Meh. Nothing spectacular. Since I'm not the type of girl to have buttons Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-62940744791757874492011-08-17T20:42:00.000-07:002011-08-17T20:48:50.839-07:00XS and Crochet ...I worked a little more on TW's Tradewinds - bottom right corner is mostly done.
And this other picture is me being bored and wanting to crochet and being out of yarn. :) This is one of my pillowcases, I decided to put an edging on it. Only 3 more to go. And quite probably the top sheet. I only have a single bed so shouldn't be too hard it's a lack of motivation thing I have to deal w/since I Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-26331794914785491552011-08-06T03:25:00.000-07:002011-08-07T15:36:52.611-07:00DoilyThis is as far as I got then ran out of yarn/thread. Alas ... it's off to ye old yarn store for me. :)Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-84776760149936592952011-08-03T03:25:00.000-07:002011-08-03T03:32:02.134-07:00More crochet ...I was looking for something in the closet today and found a doily-only book I got some time back so I immediately forgot what I was looking for and started flipping thru the book. Then started this one.It's 19 rows into 28 and about the size of a dinner plate so far. I'm liking it too. Anything I can make in a day or two is big in my book. :) I keep forgetting (or maybe blocking) that I need to Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-42874949697917858372011-07-29T05:16:00.000-07:002011-07-29T05:20:18.887-07:00I don't know what to call this thing ...... so I'm just calling it a tree swinger. Ya know how you hang something shiny from your tree(s) and it scares off birds? I made a couple of these things yesterday. It's double sided, same pattern attached at the corners.Very quick and easy to make.Gonna be a busy weekend in Ptown this time around: Brew Fest. Whoot. :)Happy weekend!Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-48615331039447117392011-07-27T12:50:00.000-07:002011-07-27T12:56:29.207-07:00Crochet footstool coverMade this while watching a movie earlier. Movie: "Season of the Witch" w/Nic Cage. Not so good. Kinda like the footstool cover tho. :)I was flipping thru Ravelry - drooling and whatnot and found a blanket that I thought was cute, but only the inner circle. So I made it. Then added the outside edging until it looked good then ran outta yarn. :)While I was eyeballing it I put it on the footstool Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-40245402723965482822011-07-26T12:16:00.001-07:002011-07-26T12:20:45.575-07:00More crocheting ...Another scarf made with some very lovely, VERY soft yarn. I had to do something with it. :) The other 2 pics are a pot holder made from the pattern I got from Lucy at Attic24. She made this into a beautiful pillow cushion w/all these different colors, I don't have that many just laying about so I used some filet thread left over from my dishcloth escapades and kept going until I ran out.The flat Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-75236232555415237732011-07-20T18:50:00.000-07:002011-07-20T19:51:00.350-07:00Tradewinds progressI've been working only on Tradewinds - between crocheting - for a few weeks now. Here's some progress pictures.I am almost afraid to look back and see how long it's been since I worked on this one, but when I pulled it out I realized that I have been working on it for over 6 yrs now. Time to finish. (I went back and looked: 4 17 08 was the last time. Sheesh.)This time around I finished the ship Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-47775538609960115762011-07-19T06:06:00.001-07:002011-07-20T18:57:36.442-07:00In the spirit of "I can do that!" ...I found a picture on someone's blog and decided I could make what was in the picture (instead of paying for the pattern, I know, bad of me but it isn't the same so .... :)Anyway ... Pictures! It's a baby dress that I modified as I went along (aka: I was running out of yarn)The 1 close up is of the pattern itself, the other is what I did with the shoulder to make it a bit more substantial.Also Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-64878938942561492322011-06-14T12:50:00.000-07:002011-06-14T12:55:46.115-07:00It's one of those days ...I start out with this OH so lovely yarn that I've had sitting in a special place because oh my this stuff is just ... lovely. :) If you click on it you can just see the lovely scattered all over this stuff. It's so soft and shiny and expensive. :)And then 15 minutes later I have this mess. :(Lovin' life right at this moment lemme tell ya.Although, I'm sitting here watching Paula Deen make NutellaTrixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-77610344805433113702011-06-12T15:58:00.000-07:002011-06-12T16:01:14.420-07:00Bunny Love - finishedFinished this just now. It's cute, but not as cute as I thought it was going to be. But still, done. Big spot towards the bottom is to be personalized. Maybe some day. :) Done enough for me.Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28373020.post-83582912511611463292011-06-01T20:22:00.001-07:002011-06-01T20:38:41.224-07:00Stitching ADDI finally decided to work on something other than Mira's Spring Queen. Here is where I ended up. Everything below the sash is new. But that bottom part, the lighter bit, all that is off by one so I stopped before I had to start ripping it all out. }:(Then I decided to start working on my Mystic Stitch that I haven't touched in way too long. Put about 1500 stitches into it (basically the upper Trixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05824422219305374321noreply@blogger.com1