SHEs Organized

I saw some stuff at sportsman warehouse a pink gun case, and pink tackle box that would be great for beads! I am stringing kids beads today for fun dgd was not interested but I'm putting on a few 3-5 each time I do a chore as a reward! It's making the chores a bit more fun!

I just finished crocheting mint origami (folds in on itself) potholders,which form an envelope, for a pen friend's 65th b-day the 30th. DH will mail it and a long letter to answer 3 of hers, with a cute b-day card, probably on Wed. He goes to Costco tomorrow.

This month I've started knitting on a throw of sports team colors it's fun to work on!

The potholders got shipped. Next project is to finish potholder #2 of the Lion Brand One-Hour Potholder set for a dfriend's b-day gift, and have the other potholder and hot pad done. Then, I'll finish dgd's dress. After that, I'll work on dishcloths/potholders because a pen friend's going to go to her thrift store to look for Debbie Macomber books for me. I'm going to crochet her facecloths/washcloths, dishcloths and potholders in exchange for getting the books.

This week my art date was to an antique and rock shop that had beads too fun I found the crosses I'd been looking for. I'll go back to that one. I mentioned that I'd seen the add. before the local news and came in so got a good discount!

Congratulations on your discount, Nancy!

Here's the link for a dress I made dgd today.

http://sabraspatterns.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/basic-baby-dress/

I used Caron Simply Soft Brites yarn in a mint color. I added extras to it to make it more "fancy", too. I added picot edging to the sleeves edges, where the pattern had left it plain DC without edging. I added a silk ribbon off-white tied bow with a pink carnation silk flower with green leaves, sewn on top of the silk bow, at the waist. It's very, very pretty.

Also, I'm crocheting the 3 - 6 months size "Basic Beanie" from http://www.BusyMomDesigns.com

It's got the patterns written from preemie up to adult size! It has a stripe in the cap, but I'm making dgd's cap solid mint, to match the feminine dress, instead of the sportier-looking style.

Also, recently, a dfriend of mine had a 2-month preemie dgs born. This beanie pattern calls for worsted weight and I've got 2 different pattern colors of camouflage for "manly" preemie boy caps. I'm planning on making her 3 or 4, to ship in a mailer to her. I have some blue yarn, too. It's fun to make things for babies!

Dgd's grey dolphin is back from the toy hospital had to sew up a part of this new toy her dad won for her at the carnival this weekend.

Harriet, I've made Megan about 5 baby girl flowered headbands in various sizes already, too.

Nancy, I remember when I was a little girl, how Dmom sent my one favorite doll to the doll hospital, too. Now that I'm an adult, I recalled how one Christmas when I was about 11, my Daunt made Barbie clothes for my Barbie and her 3 girls' Barbies and guess what? It just HIT ME that's probably the doll hospital Dmom sent my precious doll to!

I picked out some patterns for Megan, to make in 6-month sizes. One yarn took 3 (3oz.) skeins of special yarn. I needed 3 skeins color A and 3 skeins color B. The yarn has rayon and bamboo in it, I recall, so I added it up and it would have been $29 from the yarn-maker's site! I decided to improvise with a normal baby yarn or Red Heart Soft Baby or whatever it's called or another one. The pattern is so precious, I cannot give up wanting to make it, so I WILL. I found halter patterns, a shoulder-tie tunic short-short top, which hits the thigh, to wear with leggings. I found baby legwarmers, some sweaters, etc.. They'll be a start.

OOPS! I just remembered my dfriend's b-day's on May 6 and I have the last 1 potholder mate to make by her b-day, too! I got busy and forgot!