Gray Poncho Sweater

Hello Blogger Friends!

After finished my daughter blue poncho, I wanted one  for myself.  This one was inspired from a poncho that I saw on etsy.  However, I added sleeves to my poncho.  I like the sleeves because when I lifted or moved my arm the body stayed in place.  The white and pink granny squares gave it a feminine touch.

I worn it over the weekend to my surprised the poncho was pretty warm even with all those holes.  My friend, Joan, reaction was "don't tell me you made that!"    I used Caron Simply Soft yarn.  It felt really nice  but the yarns don't t holding up good.  I'm hoping to make another one or two with different kind of yarn may be using cotton yarn. 

Thanks for taking a peek!

Helen

Blue Poncho

Hello,

This is one of the items on my to do list from ages ago.  I'm happy to finally check it off.
My little model, gotta love her post.

I used Red Heart Soft yarn.  It work quickly and came out nicely.  I followed this tutorial.

Helen

Crochet 18" Doll Dress # 2

Hello,

After making the doll shirt and dress that I post here.  I picture this dress in my mind and I had to get it out of my mind or I can't do anything else. lol

The dress didn't come out as nice as I thought it will look but my daughter like it.  She had the dress on her doll all the time.

For those of you who is new to doll like me, here is a great tutorial on how to take care of the doll hair.  I got the wig brush from  local Sally beauty supplies for $5 including taxes.

Helen

Brown Cable Knit Scarf

Hello,

I love the look of the cable knitting.  I never heard or saw a cable needle until I saw it on Youtube.  I don't like to spend money on something that I can find around the house.  So instead of using a cable needle, I found an old  pen about the size of my knitting needle (#10) to use as a cable needle.

 I knit this cable scarf hoping my husband would use it.   He does not wear scarf or gloves no matter how cold.  So I will have to wait and see if he will use it.   

 If you look closely at the two cables, they are a bit different.  To create the cable on the left, I moved the cable needle (pen)  in front of the work.  To create the cable on the right, I moves the cable needle to the back of the work.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Helen

Hello

Hello Blogger Friends!

I have lots of pictures to share.  On Christmas my sister and her husband took us to Legoland.  At first, I wasn't really interested.    It was too expensive and too  crowded.  But that day at Legoland it was nice.  It was expensive alright but it wasn't too crowded and the weather was perfect.  The children got to do all there were to do.

Everything that you see was made from Lego and they are all life size.

Everyone wanted a picture of the Christmas tree.  I think the tree was at least 30 feet tall all made from Lego. 

The following pictures were from the area called the Mini land.  Lego used to make famous landmarks. I spent a good amount of time in this area. 

The  capitol building.

 

 This next guy is so big. He is more than 10 feet tall.

 My favorite piece is the life size Fort Explore.

I wish they had a description of how many Lego pieces were used to make each item and how long it took to make each piece.

I hope you've enjoyed looking at these pictures.

Helen

Crochet 18" Doll Clothes # 1

Hello,

  My daughter is into doll because our next door neighbor has an American girl doll.  If you don't have little girl, you most likely won't know that American girl doll cost  $105 each and the accessories run between $7 - $120. 

I found out that AC Moore and Joann Fabric carry Spring Field doll collection and they are MUCH cheaper compare to the AG doll.  I got one Spring Field doll for my daughter from AC Moore for $13 including taxes.  The only different between the AG doll and the Spring Field doll is the hair.  AG doll has nicer hair then the Spring Field doll. But for the price that I am paying, we're both happy.   

Next came the doll accessories.  They are so cute! However, I don't want to pay for them because I think I can make them and I did.

Here is my third try on the crochet shirt.  I followed the tutorial here.  I decided I only wanted to make the top.

I didn't really like the neck so I created my own pattern.  And here it is.

I made the neck lower.  Although, it show the neck join, I really like the dress shape and the way it fit the doll.  I wish the dress fit me. (lol)  My daughter wanted one for herself.  I told her maybe. I will share the tutorial at another time.

I wanted to wish everyone a wonderful holiday and a Happy New Year!

Will return after the New Year.

Cyber hugs to all my blog friends, 

Helen 

Light Green Crochet Scarf

Hello,
This pattern was from Red Heart.  I just love the scallops on this scarf. This scarf work up really fast.  It is only 11 rows.  It can be done in under two hours.

I made a big flower to go with the scarf.  The flower was around 5 inches big.  The flower tutorial was from
here.  However, I changed the petal stitches and added an extra layer.

For each petal I did:
single crochet, chain one, 2 double crochet, chain one, 2 double crochet, chain 1, single crochet
For the last round I changed to a larger hook.

A matching fingerless gloves.

Have a lovely day!

Helen