Making More Stuff
I have been busy…
Made another new purse. This time I crocheted the purse, and I made the base in about 2 hours. I think I like this way a LOT better!
I also took a card creating class this weekend at Scrappy’s. The lady who taught the class just had a card published in the latest issue of Card Creations from Crafts Magazine. She is also going to be one of ten people who will be working for a new card magazine, Simply Sentiments. Anyway, my point was that she was pretty cool.
Here are a couple sets of cards that I made this weekend:
I Love Lucy
Elegant Christmas Cards
I will be selling these at the store (Bountiful) back in Johnstown, NY, as well as my online store, Delta Creations.
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Alex’s New Sweater
While I was in Atlanta I knit a new sweater for our dog Alex. He’s a strange little beast and loves wearing sweaters. I don’t get it, but I’m happy to make them for him.
It wasn’t my best knitting … I used a new pattern that’s from Paton’s and I’m not sure it was the best one to use. I preferred the one in the “I Can’t Believe I’m Knitting!” book, but this pattern turned out all right. The yarn is Lion Brand Wool-Ease in Cranberry, and I’ve already talked about how much I hate doing any sort of knitting with any type of wool blend.
However, that was not the real challenge … Nieuwy and Stanley, the family cats, proved to be even more helpful than Clive et al. I tucked the knitting under couch cushions, put it in bags, etc., trying to keep it away from them. Well, Mom and I came back one afternoon to find this:
We got them back, though …
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