Notes from a knitting mom

Notes from a knitting mom
Showing posts with label hand made. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hand made. Show all posts

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Veggies and a chicken could be yours!

Well I decided to list the veggies and a chicken on my etsy site.

I also got to take them outside being that we had great sunny weather and got photos so that the colors really show true to life.

Check it out!

Kettle and a spoon

OK I think the gift is finely complete!
I made a bag, of my own design, that holds the veggies and chicken and spoon for storage when not in use,

but also works as the kettle when you open it for hours of enjoyment for the kiddos to "cook".
Plus I thought how can you cook with out a wooden spoon to stir with, so I made another pattern for a wooden spoon!
Side
Front

Back
I think that the gift is now perfect, lol now I have to make it all again for Moira!
So here it is the kettle/bag and spoon!

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Veggies and a chicken

Well I made my second pattern ever last night meet spuddy!

So I now have two from scratch patterns under my belt I wonder what other odd creations are locked up in this brain of mine.So this started out as just a fun little project to make for a friends daughters birthday gift. But now I'm hooked on knitting food! lol its fun and different. I think I will try fruit next.



I love the fact that the peas come out of the pod and the husk comes off the corn. Makes it that much more fun for the kids! (I have to know remake all of these btw because my daughter loves them and wants them now too)So here it is my veggies and a chicken!
If you want a set too message me and we will set it up threw my shop
Fun way to get your 5 servings a day huh?

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Chicken drumstick

Well I made my first ever knitting pattern today.
Like I said I'm making veggies for my friends daughters first birthday and I thought a chicken drumstick would look cute with it, but I looked online for a pattern and couldn't find one. So I said now how hard could it be to make one myself?
And it wasn't and here it is my drumstick!

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Have a secret!

I’m working on a first birthday gift for a friends daughter and its cute I hope that she likes it as much as I’m liking them ;)
Any way I’m making knitted and stuffed veggies! How cute is that?? Maybe I’m the only one that thinks its that cool I hope not.
I will post picks when I have them all done.

BTW the market bag is done and photos will be coming soon.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Went to the beach!

Well yesterday was an amazingly beautiful day and my boyfriend had the day off work so we said lets hit the road and play at the beach.
I love the beach and I would show you photos but I don't take a camera to the beach any more because that is what killed my last camera it got sand in it and would never turn on again.
So just pictures blue sky empty beach (it was a Thursday) and TONS of rocks and shells everywhere!
So Ernie and Moira made sandcastles and I went and picked up pretty rock (that's Moira's name for them).
Here is my haul have no idea what I will do with them but I had a fun time finding them.


Also I don't drive. Hate it! Never will, makes me sick to think about it. So if I'm sitting in the car and I'm watching the other cars I jump and scare Ernie all the time at any little thing. My mind and body swear that that truck swerved into our lane or that person on the sidewalk stepped out to far into the street and we will hit them. In all reality we are fine but I stress the whole time.
So I knit while we drive so that Ernie has peace and I don't get a headache from the anxiety!

This is my new project, its a market bag and as you can see there was a lot of driving going on because I'm past half way now.


The color of the yarn is Marrakesh. So I will be finishing it today and will update with photos when its ready for sale.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

hand knit flower hair clips

I just updated my etsy site with my 100% cotton flower hair clips.
I will be adding my owl clips tomorrow!
link to the shop

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Saturday, April 10, 2010

Bazaar

Well My bazaar was today.
I don't think that the people coming in were quite my client base so it wasn't the best day ever.
Here are some photos from the day and look at the cute new stuff that will be in my shop in the coming days!
These are my 50/50 cotton acrylic hair clips the green one is missing because I sold it before I got the time to take these photo.


These are my owl hair clips
they come in sets of 2
They are made with 100% cotton.
These flower hair clips are made with 100% Cotton

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Photo help

I want to update the look of My shop. I think what I need are improved and more interesting photos of my items in action.

So are any of you good with a camera or good at teaching me how to be good with a camera? Can help me with a photo shoot?

I would love all suggestions, tell me what you think is missing from the photos, what would make you click on my items based on a photo, where should I take the photos????

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated because I just want to learn.

Thanks for your help!

P.S If you have a blog or shop and give me advice I will gladly recommend you and link to you on mine.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Happy Easter

Hope you all have a great day! I have to go hide eggs :-)
Maybe I’ll hide some of these…img_1629

Saturday, April 3, 2010

Sneak Peek

Just wanted to give you a small treat!

I’m try out some new ideas to test at the bazaar on the 10t.

What do you think? Its coming in many funky fun colors!

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