I haven’t been able to post anything in *such* a long time … have moved, twice now;  am working more hours at the office, and a host of other things …

About a year or so, I discovered a new craft – loom knitting … I’ve since bought a set of Provocraft’s Knifty Knitter Round Looms and a set of their Knifty Knitter Long Looms.  I have also bought the AKB 10″, 28″ and sock looms.  I never could get the hang of knitting with needles, and it always took so much longer than crocheting, but I can’t seem to put these down.

I have also recently taught myself the Tunisian Knit Stitch as well as the Afghan Stitch, aka the Tunisian Simple Stitch.  I prefer the Tunisian Knit Stitch, and plan on creating something with this stitch … someday … hopefully, sooner than later.

In the meantime, here are some pictures of things I’ve made in the last year.

Loom Knit Hat & Scarf Set for Office Holiday Gift Exchange

I will upload these pictures once I find which box my external hard drive was packed in.

A Co-worker’s 1st Grandchild’s Bear and Blanket

My co-worker became a grandparent for the first time in the past year.  His grandson’s name is Max.  I wanted to crochet a teddy bear  with fuzzy yarn, but discovered that my eyesight wasn’t good enough to see the stitches to crochet the bear.  So, I ended up loom knitting a small blanket with this fluffy yarn instead.  Here is a picture of the blanket and the bear before I personalized it:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wanted to personalize the bear for Max.  I couldn’t come up with exactly what I wanted to say, but my business partner, Mark, thought up the perfect phrase.  I made a cross-stitched ‘badge’ which I attached with velcro so that the bear could be washed, if necessary.  The ‘badge’ says “Max is my hero!”  Here are pictures of the Bear with the Badge and another one showing the full Bear and his blanket.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another co-worker’s Baby Gift Set

At the same time I was working on Max’s bear and blanket, the place where I work hired a new employee who was several months pregnant.  I would have loved to make her a bear, or some other amigurumi as a gift, but I didn’t have time to do that before her scheduled baby shower.  I also had LOTS of fluffy yarn left over from Max’s bear’s blanket, so I decided to loom knit a Baby Cacoon, a hat, a pair of booties and a ball.  Here is the picture of this Baby Gift Set:

 

 

 

 

Crocheted Dishcloths

As I soon as I figure out which box the crocheted dishcloths are in, I will be updating this post with pictures of those as well.   I hope to have these pictures really soon.