Boxing Day 2016 CAL (any charity items!)

[Bailey4]

American Girl Snow White

 

I love these fairy tale patterns and the Princess stuff still seems to be popular.

[Bailey4]

Mermaids seem to be everywhere this year.

 

American Girl Mermaid

[babypoohsmom]

I love Snow White. I have always loved her dress.

[pineknott]

here is a picture of a few nests

[babypoohsmom]

Well Linda, for using up scraps, you sure did match up nice colors. About how big are they?

[pineknott]

most are 3 inches wide and 3 inches tall,some got a bit bigger between 4 and 41/2 inches wide and still 3 inches tall

 

the one on the top right looks to have yellow in it,no yellow was used,I guess they photograph better than I thought they looked while I was doing them,I usually try a light color,dark and a variegated,the one on the bottom left looked like neopolitian  ice cream colors

[darski]

here is a picture of a few nests

Picture 1.jpg

 

I absolutely love this charity.  MY hands couldn't do it but my heart is cheering you on.

[pineknott]

thanks Darski

to keep the hands limber,I try and crochet everyday

this week haven't gotten to it yet,busy doing color pages as birthday add ons to the cards

[babypoohsmom]

Wow, not only does it look yellow, but it looks VERY yellow. Funny what the cameras can do.

[owlvamp]

Love the little nests.

[babypoohsmom]

Sorry I have been so absent this past week. I went to the neurosurgeon and it looks like I am going to have to have spinal surgery. I am not happy about it and of course there is nobody who knows my job so planning for 6 to 8 weeks off is a disaster. Looks like I will be teleworking, etc. I wish I could just say "see ya in 8 weeks".

 

I did finish a hat this week. And last week I finished a scarf to match a hat that I made a while back but I still have to weave in the ends. No pictures yet.

[Bailey4]

Sorry I have been so absent this past week. I went to the neurosurgeon and it looks like I am going to have to have spinal surgery. I am not happy about it and of course there is nobody who knows my job so planning for 6 to 8 weeks off is a disaster. Looks like I will be teleworking, etc. I wish I could just say "see ya in 8 weeks".

 

I did finish a hat this week. And last week I finished a scarf to match a hat that I made a while back but I still have to weave in the ends. No pictures yet.

Lots of prayers that your surgery goes well!!!

[Bailey4]

here is a picture of a few nests

Picture 1.jpg

Beautiful work, great cause.

[Bailey4]

There seems to be a fairy tale theme as of late

 

American Girl Sleeping Beauty

[babypoohsmom]

Bailey, before I opened your picture, I tried to visualize sleeping beauty's dress and all I could picture was Snow White.

[darski]

Sorry I have been so absent this past week. I went to the neurosurgeon and it looks like I am going to have to have spinal surgery. I am not happy about it and of course there is nobody who knows my job so planning for 6 to 8 weeks off is a disaster. Looks like I will be teleworking, etc. I wish I could just say "see ya in 8 weeks".

 

I did finish a hat this week. And last week I finished a scarf to match a hat that I made a while back but I still have to weave in the ends. No pictures yet.

 will keep you in prayers

[darski]

There seems to be a fairy tale theme as of late

 

American Girl Sleeping Beauty

 

it's funny that you are so enjoying the Princesses theme - and doing it so well .  I have two 15 inch princesses and I have been very tempted to try a "Belle" dress.  just to see if I can.

[Bailey4]

I got to play with foundation double crochet successfully and crochet pleats not as successfully.

 

American Girl Frozen's Anna

[darski]

I did another doll pattern set/  this one based on the MY Life Dolls from Walmart.

 

 

 

 

I have found that my charitable donations aren't quite as welcome as I had hoped.  If they don't want ghans and twiddle mitts then I will do doll clothes.  I do love creating the clothes; the typing up and the pics are the challenging bits.

 

Note: the doll in the nightgown is from Walmart but is not in the "MY Life" brand.

 

I will be posting the pattern here at the 'Ville tomorrow.  I always post 1 day ahead in my Yahoo group.

 

[Bailey4]

Those are beautiful!!!!

[minwifeof4boys]

Love them!

[babypoohsmom]

Darski, who is not excited about ghans and the mitts? Seems like a place would have to be nuts not to fall over themselves for those items. I think in last year's thread someone said the animal shelter didn't seem jazzed about the cat mats. I just don't understand that. I can't make stuff fast enough... Well it's fun that you have been focusing on the dolls for awhile. And you were in a very yellow mood!

 

I finally have a picture of the scarf I finished last week. The last little kitten in the house sure is keeping me busy so I don't get in the craft room as much as I want and can't crochet by the tv because she goes nuts for yarn. A lady that used to work with my husband is coming to look at baby Pippi tomorrow, so fingers crossed that she gets adopted. Oh, by the way, my husband hates her name. I was going to name her Pippa, but there were already 2 in the rescue history so I switched to Pippi. I have no idea what he wanted to call her.

Anyway...both items were made with 2 strands held together. One solid green and one in the variegated all colors.

[darski]

Posted the pattern today.

 

I think it was the lukewarm nature of the comments that bothered me about the ghans and the twiddle mitts.

 

I used to donate to a different home but I no longer have access to them (a friend has moved away)  I will continue to make ghans and shawls just because I like them and I'm sure the residents like them even if the staff is rather tepid.

[darski]

@ Bailey....

 

I found this site today.  if you scroll down the page there are patterns for baby doll clothes.  it says they are 17" dolls but the clothing looks to be smallish.  Might be useful.

 

if you continue to a second page there is a sweet teddy bear costume for your baby doll.

[babypoohsmom]

Hi everyone...its been quiet around here., starting with me. I have scarf that I made on the small Addi machine and two crochete hats that all need their finishing touches.

My little foster kitten has spent the last two weekends at adoption events and still I have her. Adoptions have been very slow. It's almost impossible for me to use my craft room right now because I cannot keep her out and there is just too much trouble for her to get into and too many small spaces for her to hide. I still have to keep an eye on my 4 year old when she's in there with me because she is always trying to get into something.

Here are the two hats. One is a plain Jane with a fp, bp DC border. The other is a Tezzie.