I've Made Friday Week 58

Good Morning Everyone.

I hope you are all having a good week

and are looking forward to the weekend.

You'll be glad to hear I have a few finishes this week :-).

Well I have to make up for last week.

I've finished the scarf.

Isn't it beautiful!

I think it would look excellent in a nice bright green or pink

as a spring/summer scarf.

It's such a beautiful accessory!

I would highly recommend the pattern

& in buying the pattern you are making a donation to charity.

What could be better!

I decided to keep my edges plain as I think it looks really sophisticated.

If you want to buy the pattern

the link is below:

It's available at Ravelry 

& Until 31st March 2014, 

£3 ($4.66) from the sale of each pattern will be donated to

the Wales Air Ambulance.

& the pattern only costs £3.25 ($5.05)

Wonderwool Express

    

I've made this ever so cute little pig:

I received the pattern:

Piggy Sue Seated Pig

by Wee Sandy

I really enjoyed this pattern.

It was quick and easy with clear instructions.

I loved the way the pattern started off just the way I do.

I love the way the pattern is made without having to add things on except for the legs.

Everything is made on the round and once you start at the snout

you just carry on.

He is small and super cute!

At $2.50 this is a small price for such a cute pattern.

He is sat on my mantel brightening up my living room :-).

I finished my dragon hat.

I am going through and checking some of my patterns because I made some mistakes

and I want to make sure that I have amended them all.

I also finished my Hedgehog for Little Red:

Little Red loves him and has taken him everywhere with him

I think I'm getting better at sewing.

Tina's patterns have given me so much confidence.

You can buy the pattern (tutorial & instructions)

from the:

Little Hibou Shoppe

The patterns gave me so much confidence I decided to design my own.

Little Red wanted a Badger to go with his set.

Now I think it needs something more but here is my first try:

For my first try at designing I don't think he is too bad.

I want something else on his tummy but I'm not sure what will look right.

The photo and light doesn't show it up well

but the front is white and the back is grey.

Craftsy has some really exciting news!

They have a number of new courses:

May 8th

Leah Day: Free Motion Fillers, Vol. 2 (quilting)

Sharon Wee: Design Your Own Castle Cake (cake decorating)

Cookie Gaynor: Digitizing Your Embroidery (embroidery)

I was lucky enough to received a signed copy
of the World of Stephanie Laurens.
This is a book detailing all the books she has written.
Wow that's a lot of books!!!!
Have you read any of her books?

I read this week:

Altered Souls

by Karice Bolton

Book:

    

Kindle:

   

This is the 2nd Book in the Witch Avenue Series 

I enjoyed the 1st book so much I purchased the 2nd one straight away.

The story is based around 2 main characters 

Triss and Logan.

In book one a number of upsetting and strange things happened 

as Triss nears turning 18.

Since then she has learnt a lot about the disappearance of her mother

and what is happening to her friends and family.

The story has many twists and turns and keeps you guessing.

It is a fantastic twist on a witch story.

It's a struggle for Triss as she finds out the person behind everything is her father.

Her father hasn't really been part of her life and now she finds out

he is the person behind her mother's disappearance and everything else

that is going on in her life.

I really enjoyed this book!

If you like a good Witch book with lots of twists and turns then this 

book is a really good read.

I give this book 4 out of 5

Next I read:

White Bones: 1 (Katie Maguire) by Graham Masterton

Kindle:                      Book:   

    

WOW THIS BOOK WAS FANTASTIC!!!!

The book is set on a farm in Ireland.

During some building works a farmer and his workers find the bones

of 11 women.

Not only were they murdered there bodies had been mutilated and a clue left

to the reason this women had been attacked.

It's Detective Katie Maguire's job to find out how, where and when

these women were murdered.

More is to come and the more that comes the more this murder mystery

takes an evil twist.

I could not recommend this book highly enough.

I was gripped from the moment I started reading it!!!

I loved the characters and I loved the way the book kept you guessing.

I would give this book 5 out of 5!

Now it's your turn

It doesn't have to be crocheting

anything you've made is more than welcome!

Please try and visit at least 2 other sites

to see what other people have been making.

Can you also put the pin and link to this page

so that we can get more people joining in.

Thanks!

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I've Made Friday Week 44

I can't believe it's the 1st of Feb!

I hope you all had a good January

and are looking forward to February.

Yes I'm still making Penguins!

This is what they should hopefully look like.

My order for safety eyes didn't turn

up so it's put me behind.

Fingers crossed I get them all finished soon!

My snow dream set is finished.

I've designed:

Hat

Flower

Cowl

Button Scarf

& Fingerless Gloves

I've not finished my book yet

so you'll have to wait a bit longer for my review.

Now  it's time to show off what you've been making

this week.

please feel free to link up:

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WIP Wednesday

Well I haven't got much to show you this week.  With it being so close to Christmas I've been trying to finish as many as possible and get them wrapped.

I do still have my elephant hat that isn't finished.  I'm going to try and get it made up before the year is finished.

I have posted pictures below of everything I've been making for Christmas.  My family don't read my blog so it's safe to post pictures :-)
I don't have a picture but I made Ryan's teacher and the lollipop lady a mug cosy and bought a mug for each of them to go on.  I do have a picture of the ones I made for the men in my family.  I made one for my dad, my husbands dad and my husbands step-dad.  I hope they like them.  I'm sure they won't, my husbands family don't seem to appreciate hand-made gifts the way mine does.

This is a fantastic pattern from:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/coffee-mug-cozy-2

I love this pattern, very easy to follow and perfect size!

My mums tea pot cosy:

Last but not least the scarfs that I have made for the women in the family.

One for Ryan's Auntie Sara, My husbands Mum and his dads partner.

http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/projectdetail.jsp?pageName=search&PRODID=xprd73705

For my first year of making presents I don't think I'm doing too bad.  We are hoping to start earlier next year and maybe make things for hampers from scratch as well.  I think it means so much more when you have taken the time and effort to make a gift.  We do have one gift to finish.  we bought one relative a big biscuit jar but before we wrap it we are going to make a load of cookies to fill the jar.

I hope your christmas gifts are coming along well.  If I don't get time to post before Christmas I hope you all have a good one.  Thank you to all the people who have left comments you have made me feel part of something that is wonderful.  At last I have found a place where it's ok to make things!

Don't forget to go over to Tami's to look at some more wonderful WIPs

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FO Friday 16/12/11

Click on the link above to go and see more wonderful FO Fridays :-)

Before I get to my finish off  Fridays I need to SQUEEEEEEE - this is the first time ever but look at the picture:

Just can't wait to make things out of them :-)

Today is a happy day!

My son was up at 2am this morning with earache :-(.  This means going out to my christmas party is cancelled. It's lucky that we can't go as it's not stopped snowing all morning:

Doesn't look much but round here the roads go to a stand still with the slightest snow.

Now to the things I've been making this week.  Sorry I didn't post any WIPs but I'd finished everything that day.



I've made 3 of these scarfs as presents for the ladies in our family.  I hope they like them!

http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/projectdetail.jsp?pageName=search&PRODID=xprd73705

The pattern is really easy to follow.  I made mine with aaron and made it slightly shorter but I really like how they have turned out.

A friend wanted a phone holder for her mother-in-law.  This is the first one I've ever made and I think it turned out quite well.  I hope she likes it.

I got the pattern from:

http://daperfectmix.blogspot.com/2011/01/cell-phone-case-pattern.html

It's a fantastic pattern to follow, very easy and step by step photo's to follow.

Hope you like my FO's.  I'm off to go and make a tea cosy for my mum for christmas.

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FO Friday 09/12/11

I want to start in a different way this week.  I want to look at positives in negatives.  As you all know I suffer from C.F.S. (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or M.E.).  There are lots of negatives that go along with this disease.  I may have had a stomach bug for a week and now my kidneys are grumbling but I have found a number of positives this week.  I went to an appointment with the nurse this week, everyone was dashing about around me, rushing to the next thing they have got to do.  As I wasn't able to rush about like them I took my time and noticed the blackbird singing in the tree across the road.  I noticed the moth that had died but left a beautiful pattern with his body.  Although the sky was grey and looking nasty there were soo many different greys within them that it was amazing.  I have also noticed how crochet has changed my life and given it so much more meaning.  I always arrive early for appointments (something I get from my dad but not quite to his level) which means I spend a lot of time in doctors and hospitals.  I looked around me whilst waiting and saw people bored.  Some were looking at magazines they really weren't interested in, others were staring into space and others chatted with who ever they came in with.  I realised as I sat there how productive I was being.  I take my crochet with me to all my appointments and find it useful to make something while I wait.  Some people look at me like I am strange but I don't mind anymore, as I sit there I am making something that someone is going to love and enjoy, what could be better than that!

Anyway enough thoughts. Lets get back to FO Friday.  Click on the link to take a look at other peoples beautiful and brilliant FOs:

I took some time off work this week as my son was ill and isn't allowed back to school for 48 hours after symptoms have finished.  Ryan just wanted to play with his toys so I spend some time crocheting.

I hope my neice likes hers :-)

I made a granny square scarf for my Gran for Christmas.

I used the following pattern as the base for the design:

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B6Z_FZCeZfrGZWFiYzZjMDQtYjM5Yy00MDQ4LTg5NDgtOTdiMGRhMjcxYTFj&hl=en_US

It's a lovely easy pattern to follow.  I might make a throw using the pattern in the future.

I have also made a scarf as a present for someone at christmas.  I am planning on making a couple of them for different people.  I hope they like them!  I got the pattern from:

http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog/projectdetail.jsp?pageName=search&PRODID=xprd73705

Really easy pattern to follow.  I shortend the scarf slightly as I thought it would be too long for the person I'm giving it to.

I also treated myself.  I bought a knitting magazine (yes I'm thinking of learning to knit) and it had some free snow berry chunky yarn on it.  They were only small balls but I really wanted to make something with them.  Hence something for me :-).  I didn't use a pattern I just made it up as I went along.

I made myself an ear warmer.  It is fantastic and warm and I just love it :-)

I hope you are all having a good week and a good FO Friday.  Don't forget to take a look at some of the others FO Friday blogs.

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WIP wednesday 07/12/11

If you would like to see some other wonderful WIPs click on the link above.

I've got quite a few WIPs this week as I'm trying to get some of my Christmas presents made.

Yes my elephant hat is still outstanding.  I'm starting to feel sorry for it.



This is going to be a Kitty hat

And so is this one :-)

This is going to be an owl ornament

This is going to be a granny square scarf for my gran.

I've got a bit of a dilema this week.  My mum has asked me what I want for christmas.  Not sure whether or not to get crochet books, magazine subscriptions or some yarn for a special project.

Hope you are having a good Wednesday!

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