Swirly Twirly Scarf!

Swirly Twirly Scarf

I am so excited! I got to send my heart sister, Martha, a package of scarves! She is love with them all and I am honored to share a picture of her on my blog sporting her new Swirly Twirly Scarf!



I got the pattern from Maize

I did make a few adjustments to the pattern - I chained 400 instead of 200 to make it longer for my very tall heart sis! And I added one extra row of double crochets to make it a bit thicker due to the ribbon type yarn I used for it. I used Ice yarn purchased from Turkey in black! Each skein was approximately 125 yards and I used 2 and 1/2 skeins.

I am so thankful that she likes all the scarves that I have sent her so far (wonder if she knows there are more to come?) Check out the previous posts for pictures and where to get the patterns on the other scarves.

Thanks!

Lots of finished projects!

I am thrilled to announce this first completed project - My Heart Nephew - Jason's afghan! He is called JKonn by his Grandmother - Martha my Heart Sister. It was done in Red Heart Super Saver yarn in Cornmeal, Blue and Cherry Red.



The next is the 2nd in a series of scarves I am making for my Heart Sister Martha. This one is called Queen Anne's Lace. I found the pattern through Ravelry. It was made with the most delicious fingering weight yarn in turquoise and black from this Etsy shop - My Colorful World



And a close up view:



And finally a little Prayer Chest to include in my Doily Exchange to Chris. I found this pattern at Jean Maries Patterns I made mine in yellow with coffee colored trim using scrap yarn and a toggle button to lift off the top. I added a few prayers in for Chris - I do so hope she likes it! Sorry the pics are a bit fuzzy - I hoped to get betters ones but it's already packed and ready to ship.






That's about it for now.

Potholders and Doiles

I finally got the camera working again and someone to help me take pics. The first is the newest potholder that I received in my exchange. This one is from Temberley - it's a beautiful sunflower!



The next is also a potholder it's one I made for my Heart Sister - Martha! It was made with Cotton Yarn in the variegated color Meadow! The pattern is from Priscilla's Crochet



Next is the doily I made for my exchange partner and friend Chris. It was made with Aunt Lydia's crochet cotton - the color is Maize.



And last but not least - I finally got the refill of the starch I needed so I was able to starch up the Christmas Tree Doily I made in October of last year!

Jazzie Scarf and Snowflakes

I made a bunch of snowflakes to add into a lot of my Christmas cards this past Christmas. One of my friends, Barbara from church, asked if I would make some more for her to have for this year. So I made up a bunch of her. They are made of Aunt Lydia's thread in white and soaked in a glue/water solution and allowed to dry flat. That stiffens them up to be hard and flat and I added a ribbon for hanging. It was a nice restarting project for me to work with thread - I had not done thread work in a while and I am so enjoying it again!



And this is my version of the Jazzie Skinny Scarf. The pattern is super easy and can be found at:

Jazzie Skinny Scarf

I made this scarf with the most delicious 100% cashmere recycled yarn. I purchased it at this etsy shop - she has stunning yarns! All made from recycled clothes and they are all beautiful to work with. I didn't want to even remove the yarn from the wrapper - just wanted to hold it to my cheek -it is so so so so so soft!!!

The YarnGirl's Etsy Shop

This first view is on my new (well recycled from a friend) mannequin! She is so helping me with displaying things for pictures! You should be able to see the whole scarf. Just a few inches short of 10 feet long! I made it for my Heart Sister - Martha - she is very very tall!



The second view is a close up of the scarf so you can see the pattern better - it was very easy and worked up very fast!