Gift for Eva Brown

Pond Friends Stacking Toy

Kristina is having another baby girl, a sister for Zoe, due this fall! I wan't up for another Alphabet blanket, and was looking for a project that would be fun and fairly quick. I discovered this pattern on Ravelry and knew it would be a fun project. (Also available here) I have not done many crochet projects, but when I searched for knit rings toys, I didn't really like what I found. This pattern was mostly single chains with increases and decreases, so I thought it was worth a try!

I loved giving each creature their personality. As you can see there is the Turtle (Base) Bumble Bee, Fish (I added him at the end because my turtle's neck was too long) Lady Bug, and Dragon Fly (my personal favorite). I made a few modifications on the wings of both the bee and dragon fly, but besides that I stuck pretty much to the pattern ~ imagine that!


Last week we had an informal get together where we gave a few small baby-shower gifts to Kristina (hence the rushed and fairly poor pictures of this project). I knew she would love the gift, but little did I know how funny it would be. We all had a fit of the giggles! What great memories

Still Knitting...

Spring Scarf

This has been a wonderful project from VogueSpring/Summer 2010 magazine (I would love a subscription if anyone wants to give as a gift). I was able to pick up this project here and there once I learned the patten. Interesting enough to keep me busy (easy to do), and a great piece to work a little at a time since the pattern repeats itself.

Worked in Katia Samba Yarn, a fun array of spring colors emerged... to go with just about anything!

This one is going to go to my sister- for her B-day a few weeks from now. She might even see this post before getting the gift! I hope she likes it :-)

I had a lot of fun photographing this piece, as you can see. It has the ability to go just about anywhere...