Encouragement for Getting Gifts Made in 2015

[ratdog]

Great job! You are on a roll !

[judianne]

Mary Jo, I LOVE that! The colors are great - and adore the homey touch of the wooden buttons and spoon.

Great job

[Tampa Doll]

Thank you.  This was interesting and I like the wooden buttons better, as they match the spoon.

 

I love this thread, it is really helping me get my head together for gifts.

[ratdog]

Finished the oven mitt to go with the John Wayne cookbook for my brother for Christmas

[Tampa Doll]

Very cool.

[judianne]

A manly oven mitt - that isn't in BBQ colors!

[greyhoundgrandma]

Great colors for a guy (or anyone)!

[ratdog]

It is called earth ombre. It is brown, tan, blue

[Tribble79]

Thanks all. Little Tribble definitely loves his Minecraft...

 

Great potluck cover Tampa doll! Those colors are so bright and cheerful.

 

And anyone would love that oven mitt ratdog!

[ratdog]

I need to figure out what to do next. So far:

 

TMNT for nephew for graduation

Kirby pillow for nephew for easter (delivered)

Bemax hat and toy for my son (delivered)

ID lanyards for coworkers birthdays (delivered)

 

Christmas 2015

Sleep masks for nieces

Clock for sister

oven mitt/grilling cookbook for brother

produce bags/cookbook for sister in law

 

What next?

[Tampa Doll]

You sound like me today ratdog.  I am caught up for the first time and looking around for something to do.

 

You have had quite a list.

[Tribble79]

Wow so much done! I have so much still to do and I haven't been able to stay awake for a couple of days.... Sigh!

[VikingRunnerGirl]

I think I may be feeding his Minecraft obsession a little much!

I'm pretty sure Little Viking and I are just in a massive Beatlemania feedback loop with each other. He gets excited, and then I get excited that he's excited, and then he gets excited that I'm excited, and then....

 

Finally finished the potluck holder.  I used wood buttons, instead of the orange ones they recommended.  This was fun to make and it is pretty.  I have a 14X9 glass pan in it upside down, so it would look full.

 

SP Pot Luck Carrier.JPG  More pictures

That looks beautiful! And I do like the look of the wood buttons. Orange would go with it, but I like the natural wood paired with the yarn.

 

I haven't gotten much done at all since the move, it feels like, but it's lovely checking in here and seeing what all gets done. Sorta reminds me that stuff is still possible! And the finished projects all look so nice.

[greyhoundgrandma]

I finished the "food" for my GD.

http://www.crochetville.com/community/topic/154523-food/

[judianne]

Mona, I love all of it! It's so cute. GD will be using those pieces for a very long time.

[ratdog]

The food is adorable. I want to make some to display in my kitchen. Use those pretty serving pieces that spend too much time in the back of the cupboard.

[greyhoundgrandma]

Thanks. Judy and ratdog! The sandwich was fun--I don't really enjoy the stuff that has to be put together and stuffed.

[ratdog]

Not a gift just a stashbuster. 2 ice pop cozies.

Ready for summer! I plan on making a few more to offer for sale at my next DAR luncheon to raise money for one of their projects. Good for visiting grandkids right?

 

If they dont sell i will make several more ( you read that right) and give them to one of the preschool teachers who gives ice pops to her kids as summer treat.

[greyhoundgrandma]

Not a gift just a stashbuster. 2 ice pop cozies.

Ready for summer! I plan on making a few more to offer for sale at my next DAR luncheon to raise money for one of their projects. Good for visiting grandkids right?

 

If they dont sell i will make several more ( you read that right) and give them to one of the preschool teachers who gives ice pops to her kids as summer treat.

Cute idea!

[Tampa Doll]

What a great idea.  The kids will love them.

[ratdog]

I will add a star to each one. I plan on asking for a $1 donation to the DAR Sunshine Fund for each cozy. Ice pops not included.

[Tampa Doll]

They really look good.  They are going to love them.

[Tribble79]

I finished the "food" for my GD.

http://www.crochetville.com/community/topic/154523-food/

 

The food is awesome!!! I know my grandma sewed a lot for my barbies and me, and I really loved everything. I wish I still had all that stuff, but alas, I got rid of the stuff when I was a teen and decided that I was too "old" for such things! I was never too old, teenagers think silly things.

 

Not a gift just a stashbuster. 2 ice pop cozies.

Ready for summer! I plan on making a few more to offer for sale at my next DAR luncheon to raise money for one of their projects. Good for visiting grandkids right?

 

If they dont sell i will make several more ( you read that right) and give them to one of the preschool teachers who gives ice pops to her kids as summer treat.

 

Very cute. I made Little Tribble a cozy for pop cans cause he hates the cold on his hands. He won't eat popsicles cause they are too cold or I would have made him one of these, very cute idea! Love them.

[Tampa Doll]

I am sort of at an impasse right now.  I can't seem to get my act together to do some crocheting.  This happens every year at this time.  It is 90 degrees out and the humidity is in the 90's, so it feels like over 100.  This is the time of year I change from yarn to thread and it just seems like nothing looks right.

 

I have ripped out 4 patterns far, and just can't seem to find one I really want to work on.

 

Is anyone having trouble or is it just me?

[judianne]

Mary Jo - I'm totally done with crocheting for a while, though I have to finish a graph ghan for us (25 rows or so left) and I did promise one for August...but my yearning at this time of year is reading and writing, which have been neglected for quite a while. Much cooler activities, too...

 

Have you thought of playing with cotton yarn, instead of thread?