Poison Ivy

End Day 1

Morning of Day 2

Yes, poison ivy in February. Never had it myself and  never had a child with it. Until now. I don't like it. It's a pain and I'm not the one that has it. My 13yo daughter was out building a fort in the beautiful weather we've been having this week and evidently the little bits of green growing on her fort floor that she just HAD to pull up was poison ivy. And so she has a spot on the first joint of each index finger and then half her face and ears are covered. It's not pretty. She has asked several times WHY did it have to get on her face. And then she proclaims that "it is NOT cute."

Morning of Day 3

I hope we never deal with it again.

Wednesday WIP - baby booties

I know I'm a day late with this post but yesterday it just wasn't going to happen. I had 3 webinars to work, lunch with my in-laws (it's a standing date) and then my youngest had a rash on her face that kept growing. So I spent the entire afternoon at the doctor's office with her. Turns out she has a horrible case of poison ivy on her face as well as a broken toe. (Might as well get that checked while we were there!) We left the Doctor's Office and headed across the street for an x-ray of that toe and then to the pharmacy. Our regular pharmacy was out of the meds prescribed and so we backtracked about 3 miles to their next closest location to get the lotion needed for the poison ivy. Today we need to pick up the liquid antibiotic and hopefully hear the actual results of the x-ray. Tomorrow is a recheck for the poison ivy (told you it was a pretty bad case).

So anyway, I decided not to wait but to go ahead and post my WIP.

Just got them finished! I need to make about 4 more pair though. February seems to be the month to have a baby for a lot of people I know, and I think so far every one has had a girl. 

I'm also working on a baby blanket (or two) and a hooded scarf that was requested as a gift. So, here are the photos of the completed booties and a couple of actual W'sIP.

 I really like this booty pattern and I wanted to try the twisted yarn ties. I haven't totally made up my mind about those ties. I will probably stick to ribbon most of the time but the twisted yarn ties are handy if you need to finish a pair and are out of ribbon that matches. :)

Pink booties with ribbon ties

Violet and cream booties with twisted yarn ties

Cream booties with pink ribbon ties

Hooded scarf in progress using the pattern from Lionbrand.

Lacy border baby blanket from a free tear off sheet I grabbed at Michael's.

From Marie Anne: To play along on Work-in-Progress Wednesday, make your blog post for Wednesday be about something you're working on - some type of craft, renovation project, landscaping, even that novel you're writing. You can play along even if it’s not Wednesday; I leave each WIP up until the following week. Copy the code below Rosie's picture and paste it into your blog post so that others can follow too, and see the rest of the projects that are posted here.

 

WIP Wednesday - Hot Pink Raised Heart Afghan

This pattern is an original that the sister-in-law of an acquaintance wrote a few years ago. Several friends have used it and I think it is gorgeous.  I am working through it with my crochet-along group of friends and when we work on a project like this I try to post some photos so the ladies who are still learning can see what the project should look like. Here are the photos I've taken of my project so far. At the time I'm typing this blog post, we are working a bit beyond where the photos were taken. Hopefully it will be completed by the end of the month but it may take a tad longer since I have other projects in the works that have more pressing deadlines than this one. Enjoy!

Showing how to start the row

Wow! Using the flash made it REALLY bright!

Showing how to end the row

Panoramic shot just after working row 9

Row 4

Row 5

Row 6

Row 7

Row 9

Row 10

Row 11

Row 13

 To play along on Work-in-Progress Wednesday, make your blog post for Wednesday be about something you're working on - some type of craft, renovation project, landscaping, even that novel you're writing. You can play along even if it’s not Wednesday. Just click on Rosie's picture and follow Marie Anne's directions to post. We'd love to have you join us!!

 

Wednesday WIP - Light Pink and bright pink

 I have now started a couple of new projects - one being the crochet-along that I am doing with my crochet group. I've sent them the first 4 rows so far so I'm posting a photo of it to that point.

First 4 rows of our Raised Heart afghan pattern

showing the ends which fringe as you go

The baby shawl I had posted a few times as I was working on it has now been completed. I love it but you really have to pay attention as you work to keep from missing a stitch here and there or losing which row you are working. It's a nice size and will be nice for spring. I just need to tuck in all those random ends and it's good to go. You can find the pattern here.

Light Pink Baby Shawl

close up of the baby shawl pattern

I've started a hooded scarf that will be a gift. A mom asked me to make it for her daughter who saw a different hat I'd made for my youngest. This one will be much more mature for a young lady who is about to turn 20. The pattern for this project may be found here.

Beginning the light pink hooded scarf

Close up of the end of the hooded scarf

  The last photos are of a baby headband. I followed the directions to a t - including the size hook, etc. and it is larger than I think it should be. It was supposed to fit a child age 18 months - 2 years old. I think it will fit my 12 year old. Oh well! She will use it. LOL  The pattern can be found here.

 Followed the pattern but it's too large.

close up of the headband. I need to add the decorative piece. 

To play along on Work-in-Progress Wednesday, make your blog post for Wednesday be about something you're working on - some type of craft, renovation project, landscaping, even that novel you're writing. You can play along even if it’s not Wednesday; Just click on Rosies picture, visit Marie Anne's WIP and see what others are working on too!