June 07, 2009

June 03, 2009

Sisters Birthday Crinoline Lady

She is literally over twice as big as the rest of the Crinoline Ladies I have done and she has over 150 Opalescent beads hand glued on her. She is stunning! Turned out very nice. I was originally going to make her into an angel, but I really didn't like the wings I made up for her, so she just stayed without wings. Still lovely even without wings. I will put a pic with the wings as she is beside a couple of the others I have made for size comparison and included an attempt of a pic of the beading on her. In the last picture you can see the bottom of he purple lady for size comparison and the 2nd pic is a closeup of the beads. You can click on any of my pics and they will get bigger.




May 14, 2009

Crinoline Lady ...... (updated...Ladies)

Well... these are my latest addiction, only one is starched right now, but there are 3 done and I will post pics as soon as the Yellow one and purple one are starched. I just had to get some pics posted since I have been seriously neglecting my blog!!! I hope you like her.... she is a hit by all who have seen her! I am truly addicted to these, they are so fun to make! Easy too!

UPDATE...... The other 2 are starched... So I got a pic of all 3
together before they find new homes!!!




My latest towel topper addiction....

I love these!!!!! They are my fav now!!! I adapted the pattern a little bit to better suit my needs... but here is a set of them that have gone out..... (including the little fingers in the upper left going for them! Poor yarn obsessed babies!!!LOL. They MUST touch everything I crochet, knit OR receive as a gift!!! )

My 2lb Grab Bags from Peaches and Creme...

I ordered 3 of the 2lb grab bags and am very pleased with it...
I got a lot of very useable yarn! LOTS!!!....
A Ball of the Pink that weighs in at 17.2 oz!!! YAY!!! LOVE IT




So as you can see... Very good purchase at 6.99 for 2lbs! Score!!!!

My new laptop computer... 1st ever!!!!

I am soooooooo excited. When my computer dumped last year I was without computer and had to go back and forth to the library to keep up on the group activities and it was a real PAIN! And now with the babies it would be an absolute NIGHTMARE... so with my taxes this year I got ME, yes ME a gift.....

A Toshiba Satellite 17.1" Laptop Computer with Vista Home premium. It is NICE, NICE, NICE!
Very fast
Very nice graphics
NICE BIG SCREEN!!!!
4GB Ram, 64Bit operating system(not 32), AMD Turion processor, 256GB GDDR2 (?) HD Mem card slots, 4 USB ports and a lot more. All for are you sitting down..... 498.00!!!!! What a steal. It is such a nice computer! I am very impressed with it!

Her is a pic of her!!! And I cannot get a picture that the keys don't look dusty around the edges... not sure why, but I PROMISE... there is NO dust on it!!!

OK.. I have been neglecting my blog..

So it is time to play catch up...
I have been working on a lot of secret buddy stuff and have been unable to post many pics or it will come out before my partner gets it. So none of that til June! LOL
So enjoy the updates............
I have been working on some knit creations of my own and will be posting patterns soon! How exciting!! I am a knit designer (only small tho).

As you all (or at least part of you) know I have custody of my 2 beautiful Grand babies... Michael 3 and Shaylee 1... So my life has changed DRAMATICALLY over the last few months... I am a mom again at 45+ something..... So that is one of the reasons my blog is being neglected besides the secret buddy stuff....
But I have done some things and got a new computer with my taxes....
Enjoy the upcoming updates.

March 17, 2009

Chocolate Chip Scones...

Yummy... Another comfort food moment.... Fresh Chocolate Chip Scones... Hot out of the oven with Coffee.... ahhhhhhh heaven!

Peach Cobbler

OK... comfort food kinda day a couple weeks ago... served this Peach Cobbler with vanilla Ice Cream. I had some fresh peaches I had cut up and froze late last year and needed to use them before they got frost bit... so I did this...Yummy

Double green and white lace heart for St Paddies Day

I whipped this up really quick (20 min from start to lapel) for daughter who had to go out for an appointment today and has nothing green. I used Peaches & Creme (of course) 62 Emerald Green for the hearts and America's Best #10 Cotton in White for the trim. Great quick in a pinch item for St Paddies Day I think. The white and green on top are a bow, but doesn't look that way in pic... bad angle.

March 07, 2009

My gift from The Gathering Room and Pisgah Yarn

WOW! I was the biggest giver in our Instant Afghan for Charity Drive and was gifted with this lovely collection from Pisgah Yarns. Thank you The Gathering Room and Pisgah!! I love it. The picture is a little lighter than they actually are, but it was the best I could get for some reason.

1 Americas Best Cotton Cabled in Ivory

1 Americas Best Cotton Cabled in Royal Verde

1 Honeysuckle Yarns Cotton Metallic in Dazzling Cream

2 Double Worsted Weight Cotton in Honeysuckle

2 Worsted Weight Cotton in Potpourri Ombre

2 Worsted Weight Cotton in Royal Casino

1 Worsted Weight Cotton in Shaded Brown

1 Worsted Weight Cotton in Desert Bloom

AND 1 Worsted Weight Cotton in Premium Color Spice!!!

WOW!!! Thank you so much! There are already twinkles in my eye!

Dishcloth puffy from Sheila in Nashville.....

This is the lovely towel and dishcloth set I got from Sheila in Nashville... I love it! I must find the pattern and make me another set or 5 ...lol. Thank you so much Sheila, I love them.
And they are made with Peaches & Creme New Premium color P202 Emily! I like it alot. When I find the pattern, I will post the link here, if you know it... please let me know!

March 03, 2009

Cradle / Bassinet Purse

This is a Cradle/Bassinet purse order from my Etsy Store... I had to make a custom Bunting and hat for the baby because the store had NO pink babies and the rest of the babies they had were WAY to big for the bassinet, they need to be under 6 inches AND cute. So I just made a bunting and hat to cover the purple and didn't charge her any more for it since it was my fault (well... the stores fault). It has the blanket and I also made a mini bolster pillow instead of my traditional rectangle one to make it a little more special and I actually like the bolster pillow better. Very cute I think. So it will be going in my bassinet purses from now on... Sorry to those who have received with a rectangle! If you see this and take a pic of your purse I made, I will send you a new bolster pillow to match your cradle purse.

February 19, 2009

Gift from Yolie

Yolie... THANK YOU SO MUCH! You are an angel!!!
I was out having a smoke and my mail lady brought me a package from Yolie.... It has 4... count them 4 Knit Simple magazines AND and set of Clover Bamboo Knitting needles in size 0! She had called me one day while I was trying to do something with thread and size 3 needles and I complained to her that I needed size 0 for this and viola.... she sent me a set!!! I have to call her and thank her! I am so surprised!! YEAH!!! I now have knitting magazine... yeahhhhh!!!! And she doesn't even knit!!!! Thank you so much Yolie!

February 15, 2009

5 and 6 Gallon Jar Covers

Here 1 of the 6 gallon(brown variegateds) and 1 of the 5 gallon(red, white and blue variegateds) jar covers I made for my friend. I am making a 2 gallon cover and also 2 more 5 gallon covers for him. (if you are new to my blog there are the gallon covers here... http://mickidmw.blogspot.com/2008/11/jar-covers.html .


It's in the Details Jacket

This is unblocked... I just finished it... And look... the sleeves are the same length AND the hems line up on the sides... wow... I am impressed! It is in the January 2009 Crochet! magazine. It is called "It's in the Details Jacket". Very easy to make and if you are a plus size woman... I am thinking the 3X would be more like a 4X or a 5X. I normally wear L/XL sometimes 2X depending on the manufacturer and (The XL would have fit me AND both the grand babies in it as well,) So I made the size small # of rows for the bottom part of the sweater with the number of rows called for in size large for the Body. Turned out very nice, still a little loser than I would like, but it turned out really cute and looks really good on. very nice length. I will try to (maybe) post a picture of me in it when my daughter gets back from her vacation Tuesday. If I wouldn't have had the babies I could have finished this in a day and a half. it took 2 1/2 with the kids. So you know it is an easy pattern! LOL.. It is the first piece of clothing I have ever made myself ( well... besides the halters and things like that back in the day). I frogged the circles jacket from Caron.com and made this with it!

Pop Heart...

This was so quick to make, I am going to make a bunch of them for the babies. This one is with Caron Simply soft out of my stash. Pattern is here at MyGurumi's blog... http://mygurumi.blogspot.com/2009/02/pop-heart-pattern.html

January 30, 2009

FIREMED... totally not crochet or knitting... but I have to...

Well, as we all know... LIFE HAPPENS...
I had a severe allergic reaction to Macrobid this last week and ended up in an ambulance in anaphylactic shock, BP was 87/42 by the time we got to the hospital, Hives all over my body and more, won't gross you out, But it was bad, I could have died had my daughter not dialed 911. Well... I got the Ambulance bill ... for less than a 2 mile ride it was $1,196.50!!!

Fire-Med is $55.00 per year. If you do not have it GET IT!!! It covers the whole household for that $55.00, no deductibles, no nothing, if you have it your covered.

Here is a link to the website for it... http://firemed.org/. At $55.00 per year even if you only used it 1 time in 21 yrs, it pays for itself!!! If you use it more than that.. it really pays for itself. Please, please, please go check it out, it may save you or a family members life (or checkbook)someday! I am posting a copy (with all personal info blocked out of course) of the bill. Unreal, really... please check out their website to see if it is in your area.


January 28, 2009

Best testimonial to Birthday Blankey!!!!!

OHHHHH! I had to post this picture of my big baby sleeping with his new Blankey! That is his Mamma holding {(snoring with)} him... Must have been a good day! This was @ 6:30, nite nite or what?!?!? Now we just have to figure out how to get rid of the nite nite boo boo!!!

My Grandsons Birthday Afghan... Knitted AND Crocheted

Who says you can't combine knitting and crocheting in one project... NOT ME!!!

With my severe allergic reaction to meds and ending up in Hospital and with my hands swollen twice their normal size and hives all over body, It kinda put me outta commission for a FEW days and so I fell very far behind in my first attempt at a fully knitted blanket. So push came to shove... I had to crochet them together, I just didn't have any more time to knit it all together.

Well the story behind this blanket is that my grandson (3yrs today, Jan 28) is totally yarn obsessed.. seriously yarn obsessed. Every time I would finish one of my knitted dishcloths or get some in a puffy they would disappear and later turn up in the toys at the end of the day... soooo I decided to knit up some dishcloths in Peaches & Creme and make him a blanket. He fell in love with the pink variegated dishcloth from Beth Z so it is also in his blanket (we tore it away from him a few days before) and most of the squares are from the knitting book... Dishcloths from the Heart, by Leisure Arts (again ... thank you Beth Z). There are a couple (the dark blue"M", orange ABC's and the the red star) from the net.

I bordered each square with sc's in White and Gumdrops (P&C), then each panel again in white and then the entire thing in White with a 'shellish' border in Gumdrops again. It turned out very very cute and he is napping with it as we speak!

You can see a couple goofs... but oh well, (don't hold it against me) it was made with MUCH LOVE!










January 11, 2009

My first design... Knit Heart Dishcloth with Pattern

I have been making the "Grandma's Favorite Dishcloth" these last few days and I kept thinking it would make a GREAT heart dishcloth if I could just figure it out,so today I started one and at the halfway point when I had 40 stitches on and started the decreases, I just did the 1st 20 stitches and left the other ones on my "DP" (still do not have any , so I'm using an orange wood stick, I DID however file the point!!!) and used a small hair tie to hold it on, I decreased each row just like I would have for Grandma's Favorite Dishcloth and then joined the yarn in the middle and put the stitches back on the other knitting needle and did the same thing. I will write up the pattern this evening and post it. But I just had to share!!!! I AM SO PROUD OF MYSELF!!!!!! AND I was smart enough to 'kinda' write it out as I went, I just had to post this right away!!!






Heart dishcloth (Knitted) © 2009
Created By Micki 01/11/2009
This is my pattern for you to use ANY way you choose. You can share it, sell them, But PLEASE do link back to my pattern rather than posting it as yours, it is MINE! It is my 1st ever knitted creation and I am rather proud of it, so please do not say it is yours. You may not reprint the pattern without this copyright verbiage, nor may you sell it as your own. Micki Wiskow © 2009

Materials needed:
Small amount of Peaches & Creme WW cotton yarn, I used #31 Shocking Pink
Size 7 Needles
Darning needle or crochet hook (to tuck in ends)

Dishcloth:
CO 4
Row 1: K2, YO, K to end
Row 2: Repeat row 1, increasing until you have 40 stitches on needle.
Row 3: K 20, Put remaining 20 sts on a st holder and continue left side of heart as follows:
Right side of heart:
Row 4: K2, YO, (K2 tog) x2 K to end
Row 5: Repeat until you have 9 sts left on needle
Row 6: (K2 tog) x2, K1, (K2 tog) x2
Cast Off this side and move to left side of heart.
Left side of Heart:
Row 7: Join yarn in the center of heart and transfer held stitches to working needle.
Row 8: (K20)
Row 9: K2, YO, (K2 tog) x2, K to end
Row 10: Repeat until there are 9 sts on needle.
Row 11: (K2 tog) x2, K1, (K2 tog) x2
Cast off and weave in all ends

January 10, 2009

Comfort food kinda night

It has been an odd and extremely stressful few days and I just needed something really BAD!!!! so here is my really bad..... Betty Crocker Warm Delights Hot Fudge Brownie with 2 small scoops of Chocolate Ice Cream and drizzled with Hot Butterscotch and Hot Fudge! YUMMY
And No ... I am not sharing it! LOL
Oh..... and a sneak peak at my new knitted dishcloths I am working on.. That worked out well!!! They are about 5 1/2" very nice size for dishes. I like the dishcloths smaller. But bigger ones for bathroom duty.

January 08, 2009

My knitted I love you American Sign Language (ASL) Cloth

I knitted this in Peaches and Creme Light Pink for List Mom Beth Z and our dishcloth exchange. She got it, so I can post a pic now. I really like it!!! pattern can be found here... http://frogiezplace.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-love-you-in-asl.html

January 06, 2009

Dishcloth Puffy from Beth Z

Here is the Dishcloth puffy I got from Beth Z yesterday with a closer picture of the yarn, very soft and nice colors. The dishcloths are both hearts! I LOVE THEM!!!! Thanks Beth

January 05, 2009

What's The Big & Little Deal About Cables Cloth

Wow, 2nd Cables Cloth done! This is only my 2nd attempt at cables and I am pleased. Could have been a little better, but I am pleased with it. Hope I did it a little justice Maile!!
This one is also from my new Yahoo Group Cloth of the Week. There is a link in the upper right hand corner of my blog to join it if you would like.

January 04, 2009

Learning new knitting stitches

I am so proud of myself. At the gentle urging of Beth Z and Maile I did it... I first tried the slip knit thing.... TOO Easy (off white swatch) And then tried the Ellis Cable (Small one and in purple) and viola... Cables. I cannot believe they are that easy. I figured it would be a week or so before I could actually even attempt to do cables!
I didn't have any DPs, so I used a mini orange wood stick from a manicure kit. Don't laugh... it worked!!! You can see it in the picture of the cables.
Thank you so much Beth Z and Maile!