Success!

I thankfully got the set that I was working on safely to the shower and all went well.  Thank you Lord!  Now onto the next two blankets that I have to knit before the end of this month!  Craziness.

Be Blessed & Be Inspired!!

Something Positive!!

After enduring a full week of complete sadness and disappointment my husband got GREAT news this morning concerning a possible career change so praise God for that because this call has been something we've been waiting for all week!  I'm so proud of my husband because through everything that he's had to endure he's still standing strong and refuses to give up so kudos to you babe.

Okay so onto the knitting.  So you know that I started a new blanket that was suposed to be a rocking horse blanket.  Well I decided to opt to do something else because I did NOT  like how the pattern was coming out.  Maybe it was me that didn't wait long enough for the pattern to come together but I just didn't want to waste anymore time on a pattern that I just did not like at all so I went back in my pattern collection to try to decide on whether or not I wanted to try something new or something that I had already done, Teddy Bear blanket obviously.  SO I thought about it all night and after asking several people what they thought I should do I decided to try something new .... again lol.  So Wish me luck!

The blanket that I' going to try is a ducky blanket remix.  I'm going to take a graph that I found on ravelry.com and then I'm going to play around with the pattern to come up with my own version of the project. This will turn out great I just know it because it HAS to!

Be Blessed & Be Inspired!

Getting 'Ready To Line This Granny!

Ever since I started working on this granny square blanket for our cousin's baby, I automatically decided that I was going to line the blanket as well for two good reasons.  Reason one is to try something new that I haven't tried before when it comes to this project and  reason two being that it would add a little something extra to the gift.

I always try to give a theme to the blankets that I knit or crochet and the theme for this one is the Dodgers.  The reasoning behind the theme is due to the fact that the future father to be is a fan of the baseball team so I thought to myself, "why not?"  And I loved the idea of this so much that I decided to make an Angels theme (Baseball team) blanket for my son.  We're trying to figure out this machine since we haven't had it out in a while but once I have things going I will be sure to post some pictures for you.  Wish us luck!!

Be Blessed & Be Inspired!!!

Today has been one of the longest days of my life.

We lost our grandma/mom this morning and it's been the hardest thing to try to deal with.  There are times throughout the day to when I think that this whole ordeal is just one horrible nightmare and then reality kicks in and I have to realize that it's not a dream at all.  One of the sweetest women that I grew to love dearly is gone and I'm heartbroken about it.  And its not just me that I'm hurting for but more so for my mommy and her brothers and sisters.  I know that she's in a place where she's much happier but it still hurts.  Lord please be with us at this time.  I love you grandma and I'm going to miss you so much.  Please give Papa a hug and a kiss for me.

Be Blessed

Here We Go.

So besides the sewing that I promised to get done this week I still have  A LOT  of knitting to get done.  I finished one blanket but I still need to get one hat and a pair of booties to go along with it and then it'll be ready for the weekend.  Meanwhile I just started on my next order so I'll be sure to share pictures of that as well! 

I have a rather large blanket that needs to be knitted but before I start that I'm going to finish up one or two baby hats and two pairs of booties.  This will be fun.

Be Blessed & Be Inspired.

My pattern pick of the day will be shared later on.

Teddy Bear Blanket Is Complete!

Teddy!!!

 Without the border

I finally finished this blanket after ten fun days of knitting and I am so happy with how it came out.

A lacy finish.

I found this pattern on ravelry.com and the actual link to this pattern is http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/teddy-bear-baby-blanket  

The pattern was so easy to follow and the blanket knitted up rather quickly.  Being that the pattern called for two pieces of yarn held together throughout the entire knitting process I tried to get my hands on enough yarn to do so.   But I sadly couldn't so I decided to go ahead and try this pattern with a single piece of yarn this time around and I'm glad that I did because it came out great, and it's actually perfect that it turned out this way being that the baby is due in the late summer.

Would I suggest this pattern to other knitters?  Absolutely!  This project isn't just for beginners or just for the experienced but for all knitters.  If you know how to purl and knit and you know how to count then you got this pattern down.  And it isn't just the fact that the blanket is super easy to finish but the pattern itself is supper easy to play around with because there are endless ways you could personally design your blanket if you take the time to.

And when it comes to the designer of this blanket I have fallen for two other patterns she has made and I'm currently working on another blanket designed by the same maker of this lovely blanket.

So there it is.  I love this pattern and I think that if you're up to trying something cute for a friend or family member then this is something for you to try.  As  I said before, I will be using this pattern again.

Be Blessed & Be Inspired!!

Soft Baby Block Tutorial

 Soft Baby Block Tutorial

Good morning to you.  Today is going to be an interesting day because the family and I are about to embark on a once in a life time journey today, but before we do that I wanted to share a short tutorial with you because this is something that I am going to do for a order that I'm working on.

  So my sister -in - law wanted to order a baby blanket from me to give to one of her co-workers because they are expecting a baby pretty soon.  So I started brain storming of what all I could do besides the blanket and came up with making a hat, booties and mittens to go along with it.  But while shopping for the yarn that I needed i came across a cute soft baby block that was made out of four granny squares and I knew right then that I HAD to add that into the set as well.  So here's what I do!!

What you'll need:Size H crochet needle or size to obtain guage, yarn needle, four skeins of whatever yarn and whatever color you want to use, and what I call fluff.  You'll need this to fill the block that way its nice and plush.

Here we go!!  I make six granny squares whatever size I need them to be.  I'll do two granny squares a solid color and the other four will be multi colored.

Then once I'm done with all my granny squares I start sewing them together.  I sew the squares in this order :  Sew square  the four square As together then connect that sides together to make a square.  Sew a square B on the top of the of the four squares you just put together.  Before I sew on my last granny square I start filling it with the fluff.  Sew last seem and there you go!

Now when it comes to how I sew everything together I like to use a whip stitch but you can use whatever stitch that you are comfortable with.  I'll be sure to add in plenty of pictures and other things that may help you.

I'll be sure to add pictures later.  Be Blessed & Be Inspired!!!