practical potholders

these are really great potholders and so easy to make. they will be great to use up those little balls of cotton leftovers. this was a cal from Hooks_n_Needles. i plan on making more of these. they will go good with my housewarming package

2009 Calander Picture - Lacy Vines cloth

i was asked by Janet Nogle to test knit a cloth for the up comming 2009 calander. i was thrilled here is a pic of it. alot of talented ladies are designing the cloths and adding advise here is the site to the calander

http://2009knittingcalendar.blogspot.com/

this is a really easy pattern to do i plan on using it again for alot of things it is marked a a fav of mine.

christmas stocking

here is a pattern that amanda and designed for christmas stocking. we are working on several more designs. we make a great team she does the drawing and i do the knitting.

Christmas Stocking
size 7 us needles
use a solid color
first and last 3 stitches = B3
seed stitch = knit the purl stitches and purl the knit stitches

rows 1 - 3 seed stitch
row 4 - B3, Purl across, B3
row 5 - B3, Knit across, B3
row 6 - B3, Purl across, B3
row 7 - B3, Knit across, B3
row 8 - B3, Purl across, B3
rows 9,11, 13 &15 - B3, K8, P19, K5, B3
rows 10,12, & 14 - B3, P5, K19, P8, B3
rows 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26 & 28 - B3, P8, K13, P11, B3
rows 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27 & 29 - B3, K11, P13, K8, B3
row 30 - B3, P8, K14, P10, B3
row 31 - B3, K9, P15, K8, B3
row 32 - B3, P8, K16, P8, B3
row 33 - B3, K7, P17, K8, B3
rows 34 & 36 - B3, P8, K18, P6, B3
row 35 - B3, K6, P18, K8, B3
row 37 - B3, K6, P17, K9, B3
row 38 - B3, P10, K15, P7, B3
row 39 - B3, K8, P13, K11, B3
row 40 - B3, P13, K11, P8, B3
row 41- B3, Knit across, B3
row 42 - B3, Purl across, B3
row 43 - B3, Knit across, B3
row 44 - B3, Purl across, B3
row 45 - B3, Knit across, B3
rows 46 - 48 - seed stitch

bind off
weave in ends

designed by Amanda Bannister and Stephanie Whicher

if there are any typos please e-mail me at momslippers@yahoo.com

the kids

here is some up to date pics of the little precious babies in my life

this is a teddy bear bib that i made for draven

this "welcome" kal was from rachel's group. it will make a nice hot pad. im going to make one in yellow and then then do the same size in varigated yellow (the whole thing in seed stitch no word) and sew them together to go into a gift im making for a house warming gift

these are some bath scrubbies made out of cotton that are addicting and easy to crochet. this is the first batch and i have more that im making now.

here is my mother's day 2008. did i make out or what :o)

i got these from michael and angel. they took me out for dinner the night before at my favorite resturant here and that is jade garden.

this pic is not good but till i can get a better one lol it is a boy and girl charm for my necklace with dec birthstone (blue topaz, turquoise or zircon) for the boy and april birthstone (white topaz or diamond) for the girl from my grandson (draven) and my granddaughter (jasmine).

yep its mom on mothers day 2008 lol

i got these from dj and renee' they are the sugar n cream 14 oz skeins one baby pink, one baby pastels, and one white. im going to make some bibs and burp cloths out of it to go with baby gifts.

i got these beads for the stitch markers im starting to make. i also got a new measuring tape becasue jasmine likes to play with them :o) these i got from dj and renee'

i also got these flowers from dj and renee'. renee' said that dj picked them out. isnt he sweet :o)

i am borrowing a computer so i cant update any pics :o( i have some to put on as soon as i get my own computer back from the dr hopefully anyday now. (i am keeping my fingers crossed) wouldnt that be a nice mothers day present to get it back :o)