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"MOM" video

If you haven't seen this it is really funny and so true.




I also thought after almost 7 months of not posting, even though I have been busy knitting and crocheting, I thought I'd better post.

Stitch Markers

I've been on a roll making stitch markers and with the contest I had, I thought why not make more. Here are a few that I have come up with and thought I'd sell. More to come.

They come in a set of four with the large marker to be used at the beginning of your work. These are great to use for circular knitting, lace knitting to mark pattern repeats and looming. All are glass beads with metal charms. (if made with charms)

Butterfly Stitch Markers
$3.50 + $1 for shipping

Green Stitch Markers
$3.50 + $1 for shipping

Angel Stitch Markers
$3.50 + $1 for shipping

Updated 3/18/07: I have moved these to an etsy shop so it was easier to buy more than one at a time. Also check as I should have more stitch markers up along with row markers this week. Here is the link to the etsy shop: http://loomydaze.etsy.com

Bag, tote and turkeys?

It is starting to definitely look like spring around here now. The crocus are up and my tulips and daffodils are starting to peek through the dirt. I can't wait. Warm weather is just around the corner! I was driving up our driveway this morning after going to an early morning appointment and saw the wild turkeys we hear every morning in our neighbors yard. I ran in to get the camera and got a picture of them. It's not a great picture albeit, but I at least got a picture and there is about 9-12 of them. They're HUGE!!

For Loom Class Graciela taught us her Ribbon Bag. I think it took me no more than 2 hours, if that, to create it. It turned out cute, I'm just trying to figure out now what to put in it. I'm sure I'll find something. Thanks Graciela!

I am also making more stitch markers I'll post them as I have time. I have been frantically trying to come up with things for our monthly KALs on Loom Knitting Exchange. Monday we started our first one but I can't reveal yet as to what it is. I will post a pic as soon as I have it finished and the posting of the KAL is over. Speaking of Loom Knitting Exchange, we had a cell phone tote exchange and this is what I came up with for Tamara. It (I hope) will fit a basic Nokia style phone. She will be able to see who is calling by just flipping up the top cover and she doesn't even have to take off the tote to recharge as it has a opening on the bottom for that. Pretty Cool huh?? Take a look.

Make your own | Click to play

Drum Roll Please! And the Winner is....

Kim Gambill is the winner of the Candy Heart contest for the stitch markers. Believe it or not there were 49 little candy hearts in the glass and Kim guessed 47. Congratulations Kim!!! This was fun. I hope to have more for other things to just to keep things lively on my end. Maybe next time I'll do a couple of skeins of yummy yarn. Stay tuned.

Keep on looming/knitting and have a great day!

Contest Time!!

I know, I know. It's been a week since I posted that it was my blog's anniversary and I was going to have a contest for 6 stitch markers, well I finally have them finished and a contest to go with it. YEA for me! This is quite an accomplishment since I usually just start a project, become bored with it and start another. oh well.

Here are the stitch markers you can win. They fit up to size US 7 needles and looms of the small and fine gauge. All you need to do is guess how many candy hearts are in this glass. Closest one will receive the stitch markers. Sound easy? It is...just send me an
email smcelheran @ gorge.net (take out the spaces) with your guess. I will announce the winner on my blog on March 7th. Will take guesses until March 6th.

Keep on looming/knitting. Have a great weekend!

Happy Anniversary to Me!

Well it's been a whole year since I've started blogging....where has time gone? I wish I had more to show for it. Maybe this year will be different. Since it's my blog's anniversary I'm going to have a little contest. Not sure yet what the contest will be yet, but it will be for some stitch markers (set of 6) and I will get a picture of them posted within the next few days.

Loom Knitting Newbies Group is having a Chemo Hat drive for Bev Q at Bev's Country Cottage and so far 46 loomers have answered Dusty's pied piper call. The hats are all turning out great and here are a couple I made last weekend while I was sick in bed.

My goal is 5 hats by March 26th which I should see since I have 4 done as of today. 3 adult and 1 child.

For Loom Class, I took a baby bonnet class that Pam offered. It turned out cute but since I don't have any little girls needing one I will probably donate it to charity. I couldn't even find a doll to put it on lol The frog doesn't do the bonnet justice I included a side view too because I liked the way the yarn striped. It was also supposed to have pom poms on the ties, but I chose to leave them off.

I made a cell phone tote for an exchange and will post it as soon as I have it all together.

Keep on Looming.

Scrunchies

I finally finished the scrunchies I was working on for my daughter's basketball team. I used the pattern on Off the Looms site. Really easy pattern. I knit 6 rows before turning up. Most of the girls are wearing them. Of course when the team finally wins their first game, I can't be there because I am sick and confined to my bed. I guess I can thank all three of the kids for this crud. Well off to rest some more and knit.

It's a ladybug picnic

For an Valentine exchange I participated in on KKEXnMore
I made these ladybug stitch markers which works on a fine gauge loom or size US5-7 needles. They were a lot of fun and I hope Heather K. likes them. I also crocheted her a ladybug bookmark which I found on the web. This exchange was a lot of fun to do. I am actually thinking of having a similar one on Loom Knitting Exchange for spring. It is great to receive a package in the mail that is made especially for you.

Have a great Valentine's Day and Keep on Loomin'!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope your day is filled with no calorie treats! I know mine will be as I'm sure my DH won't bring me home anything good. If he does it will be a miracle. We just don't do Valentine's Day in our house.

Well I thought I'd post pics of my finished projects I've made before they get lost or I forget about them. Here are a couple of the things I made for the Kitchen Item Exchange on the Loom Knitting Exchange group. A scrubby for Cyndi V. which I used the pattern from the Canadian Crafter site with tulle around my nylon yarn. And my towel topper which I have made before, but this time I did it with a flat stitch and I can't say I liked the way it turned out very well. I guess I just need to use more pegs, because it really shrunk up. The towel went to Kathleen R. I just hope she likes it.

Here is another dishcloth I made for February on Monthly Dishcloths KAL. I liked they way it turned out. Very valentiney (if that's a word lol) I can hardly wait until the 16th when they post the mid month KAL.

A while back I made a sheep (a very fat sheep, mind you) from Loom Class. This is how it turned out. The kids love to toss it anywhere they can which is great since it is so soft.
Well, I'll post later hopefully with the illusion dishcloth pattern.

My Celebrity Look Alikes

I was reading Isela's blog http://www.purlingsprite.com/ and she had this on her blog. I thought what the heck and went to My Heritage and tried it...here are my results.

MyHeritage - create your own family Website

Loomed Recorder Case

My daughter had bought some yarn Paton's Be Mine in pink for a baby hat, well it didn't make it to that....I knew she wasn't going to make a hat with it, so I suggested a recorder case since hers was plastic and ripping. She was all for that and now two of her best friends want one and we have the yarn just waiting to be loomed up. I think it took about 3-4 hours to make and that might be a little longer than it really was as I was interrupted a lot.

Here is the pattern:

Loom Knit Recorder Case

copyright 2007 Stephanie McElheran

For personal, non-profit use only

Supplies used:
Small gauge loom with at least 18 pegs
Yarn (bulky weight)
tapestry needle
crochet hook

Stitches and techniques used:
Ewrap
Purl (if using the garter stitch)
decrease


You will be making a flat panel to begin with. This will make the flat bottom. If you are not familiar with a flat bottom check out Crystal's blog. You can make your bottom using a garter stitch (knit 1 row, purl 1 row) or stockinette (knit every row). Garter stitch is easier when you have to attach your side stitches because of the row bumps.

Cast on 9 pegs and knit 1 row, then turn and purl going back 1 row skipping the 1st peg. Do this for 10 rows.

Next you will be bringing up the bottom and placing the loops on the other side of the loom. You piece should look like a hammock hanging. Then pick up the side loops and place them on the remaining empty pegs. At this point, all the pegs should have a loop on them and you are ready to knit in the round.

Knit using the ewrap stitch until the item reaches 13". Now you will need to do a basic bind off of 9 pegs. You should have 10 pegs remaining. You will be knitting a flat panel again. Knit 3 rows of all 10 pegs.

Now we will decrease for the flap. Move the loop on peg 2 to peg 3 move loop on peg 1 to peg 2 which is now empty. Now take the loop on peg 9 and move to peg 8. Then take the loop on peg 10 and move to peg 9 which is now empty. You should have 8 loops on pegs and you have just made a decrease on both ends of the row. Wrap and knit off. Turn skipping the end peg wrap and knit off going back the other way. Continue this pattern until 4 loops (stitches) remain.

Bind off these 4 stitches with a crochet hook. With the last loop remaining on the hook, chain 5 or 6 (big enough to get your button through). Cut yarn and pull through loop. Attach needle and sew to other side of flap. Secure and weave in all loose ends.

Washa, Washa Washa...more dishcloths!

I have been busy looming and knitting away for the last month or so. It was so cold here in the single digits for a week a while back, I thought I was going to lose some of my furry babies (bunnies) it finally warmed up to 32 degrees with sun and no snow!!!! The bunnies seem to like it better too. Now we have finally warmed up to the upper 40s....yea!!!!
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I knitted a few dishcloths such as the Garterlac it was a lot of fun and not has hard as it looks. You can find the pattern at Criminy Jickets. For the January KAL on Monthly Dishcloths we made a snowflake cloth which was a lot of fun also. I made a couple of loomed cloths too. One was for an exchange for Looming Dishcloth’s 1st Quarter Exchange. It was my attempt at an illusion knit cloth with hearts. I will post the pattern as soon as I can get it written up. I was in such a hurry to get it sent to Janice (the recipient) before the deadline, that I forgot to take a picture of it. She was very kind to take one for me....so this is her picture of my cloth. I also loomed a little log cabin from Melissa’s Knit Dishcloth Patterns.

As you can tell, I really like making dishcloths as they are quick and easy and they are great to use, a lot better than store bought ones IMO.

I have in my head right now a design along the lines of the ballband dishcloth but for the loom. Hopefully I will find some time to work on it and get it posted on my blog.

Baying Coyotes Dishcloth

Baying Coyotes Dishcloth

©2007 Design by Stephanie McElheran

smcelheran@gorge.net

Materials:
With worsted weight yarn (100 % cotton)
Suggested color: Solid dark color

6 US size needles (i think next time I would use a 5 US)

Abbreviations:

K=Knit

P=Purl

Cast on 43 stitches

Row 1-5: Knit across

Row 6: K3, P37, K3

Row 7: Knit across

Row 8: K3, P37, K3

Row 9: K38, P1, K4

Row 10: K3, P1, K1, P35, K3

Row 11: K37, P1, K5

Row 12: K3, P2, K1, P34, K3

Row 13: K37, P1, K5

Row 14: K3, P3, K1, P25, K6, P2, K3

Row 15: K7, P10, K14, P6, K6

Row 16: K3, P4, K4, P1, K6, P4, K13, P5, K3

Row 17: K8, P6, K3, P12, K3, P1, K1, P1, K1, K3, K5

Row 18: K3, P3, K3, P1, K1, P12, K2, P4, K6, P5, K3

Row 19: K8, P6, K5, P1, K11, P6, K6

Row 20: K3, P3, K6, P1o, K2, P6, K5, P5, K3

Row 21: K8, P5, K6, P2, K9, P7, K6

Row 22: K3, P4, K7, P8, K2, P6, K4, P6, K3

Row 23: K9, P4, K6, P2, K7, P8, K7

Row 24: K3, P4, K9, P6, K2, P6, K4, P6, K3

Row 25: K10, P3, K6, P16, K8

Row 26: K3, P5, K17, P4, K5, P6, K3

Row 27: K10, P5, K3, P16, K9

Row 28: K3, P7, K15, P4, K3, P2, K1, P5,K3

Row 29: K8, P1, K2, P3, K3, P15, K11

Row 30: K3, P7, K1, P1, K14, P3, K2, P3, K1, P5, K3

Row 31: K8, P1, K4, P1, K3, P13, K2, P1, K10

Row 32: K3, P7, K1, P7, K8, P8, K1, P5, K3

Row 33: K8, P1, K8, P5, K10, P1, K10

Row 34: K3, P7, K1, P10, K5, P8, K1, P5, K3

Row 35: K8, P1, K8, P3, K12, P1, K10

Row 36: K3, P7, K1, P12, K3, P7, K1, P6, K3

Row 37: K9, P1, K7, P3, K11, P1, K11

Row 38: K3, P8, K1, P11, K4, P6, K1, P6, K3

Row 39: K10, P1, K4, P4, K12, P1, K11

Row 40: K3, P9,K1, P11, K3, P5, K1, P7, K3

Row 41: K11, P1, K4, P2, K12, P1, K12

Row 42: K3, P10, K1, P12, K1, P3, K1, P9, K3

Row 43: K13, P1, K2, P1, K11, P1, K14

Row 44: K3, P12, K1, P12, K1, P11, K3

Row 45: K15, P1, K10, P1, K16

Row 46: K3, P14, K2, P7, K1, P13, K3

Row 47: K17, P7, K19

Row 48: K3, P37, K3

Row 49: Knit across

Row 50: K3, P37, K3

Rows 51-54: Knit across

Bind off.

For personal use only.

1/23/07: Revised line #41 as Cathy pointed out was not adding up to 43 stitches. It is now correct.