duck pond

here is a pic of jasmine feeding the ducks, draven was watching them and laughing at them quacking when she was thoughing the bread, we found a duck egg in the grass

moose

here are a couple of pics of the moose that don has been working on and finaly finished.

bow

here is the pattern for the bow

Bow
size 7 us needle
solid cotton yarn
B3 - boarder 3 - boarder stitch is seed stitch.
Seed stitch is kint the purl stitches and purl the knit stitches.
Co 38 stitches
Rows 1 - 3 - do seed stitch
Rows 4, 6, 8 & 10 - B3, Knit 32, B3
Rows 5, 7 & 9 - B3, Purl 32, B3
Row 11 - B3, P3, K 20, P9, B3
Row 12 - B3, K9, P20, K3
Row 13 - B3, P3, K2, P16, K2, P9, B3
Row 14 - B3, K9, P2, K16, P2, K3, B3
Row 15 - B3, P4, K2, P14, K2, P10, B3
Row 16 - B3, K3, P10, K12, P2, K5, B3
Row 17 - B3, P6, K2, P10, K11, P3, B3
Row 18 - B3, K4, P2, K7, P2, K8, P2, K7, B3
Row 19 - B3, P8, K2, P6, K2, P7, K2, P5, B3
Row 20 - B3, K6, P2, K7, P2, K4, P2, K9, B3
Row 21 - B3, P10, K6, P7, K2, P7, B3
Row 22 - B3, K8, P14, K10, B3
Row 23 - B3, P10, K13, P9, B3
Row 24 - B3, K16, P6, K10, B3
Row 25 - B3, P10, K6, P16, B3
Row 26 - B3, K9, P13, K10, B3
Row 27 - B3, P10, K14, P8, B3
Row 28 - B3, K7, P2, K7, P6, K10, B3
Row 29 - B3, P9, K2, P4, K2, P7, K2, P6, B3
Row 30 - B3, K5, P2, K7, P2, K6, P2, K8, B3
Row 31 - B3, P7, K2, P8, K2, P7, K2, P4, B3
Row 32 - B3, K3, P11, K10, P2, K6, B3
Row 33 - B3, P5, K2, P12, K10, P3, B3
Row 34 - B3, K10, P2, K14, P2, K4, B3
Row 35 - B3, P3, K2, P16, K2, P9, B3
Row 36 - B3, K9, P2, K16, P2, K3, B3
Row 37 - B3, P3, K20, P9, B3
Row 38 - B3, K9, P20, K3, B3
Rows 39, 41, 43, 45 - B3, P32, B3
Rows 40, 42 & 44 - B3, K32, B3
Rows 46 - 48 - seed stitch
bind off
designed by Amanda Bannister and Stephanie Whicher

http://knittinggranny06.blogspot.com/

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