Dishcloths, dishcloths, dishcloths.. and more dishcloths! :)

One day I got bored and as I stared aimlessly into my yarn stash, I saw that I had many odd balls of cotton yarn that were not being used!   So I turned them into a franken-ball of yarn!  Ultimately, it lead to my marathon dishcloth knitting extravaganza.

And now I have a tower of dishcloths, made of scrap yarn and I am not ashamed of myself...... *sigh*....  Then I went to the new Hobby Lobby that opened up on my side of town.   Did I mention that they had nice 40-50% sales!  So what logic did I do?  I bought more yarn of course!  I wanted to try out their brand of cotton yarn.  The only thing that pisses me off about this yarn is the difference in yardage between verigated yarn and non-verigated.  You get less yarn if you buy verigated.  BOOOOOOOOO!

Unlike Michael's (SHADE SHADE SHADE) this sale extended to the coloring books, so I picked up this book for roughly $7!  :)

Then I began knitting another dishcloth with the Hobby Lobby cotton!  It feels less dry then Lilly's Sugar and Cream.

Here is my stitch porn.... hahahahaha.

Well, I have nothing else to say.  Enjoy.

Got these for V-Day 2018, from my husband!  

And this is from the kid!  I can't believe he's a third grader now! :(

Recovering From An Injury and Other Stuff

A Commission I did.

     So I decided to help an old woman get a wood doll house out of the trash for a little girl that she claimed had no toys.   Later on that day I felt the intense pain of a pulled muscle.  I waited a day and went to the Urgent Care center, they gave me a shot and then sent me on my way with two prescriptions.  I had to quit taking both of them, because the muscle relaxant was making my pain worse and the Naproxen was making me lethargic.

     It took a day or so to come off the Naproxen, but it triggered a terrifying episode of sleep paralysis, that I never want to have again.   I saw this giant red gargoyle sitting on my abdomen and I couldn't do anything!  I could move my leg, but it seemed nothing was making me move.

     Sleep paralysis is when you wake up before your REM cycle has finished, i.e. your eyes open but your body is still asleep.   I.E. why they call it "sleep paralysis" and it's not pleasant at all.

     So when I discussed my injury with a friend of mine, they suggested that half the battle was a vitamin deficiency, and they were right.   I took one capsule of calcium and things changed almost immediately.  I am also taking this thing called "Joint Care" it's a giant black pill but it brings back mobility to my arm and as a result my muscles haven't been stressed out and can heal quicker.   I am also taking Potassium and Magnesium Citrate.

     I did start a crochet project before all this happened; however, the weakness in my left arm made it to difficult to do anything.  :(    I'll be fine though.   I have been working on coloring pages and just doing my nails and playing some Dota2.  I will add some pictures of what I have.

I am finding that I prefer colored pencils over markers because blending with a pencil is much easier than without.

This one is finished, but I didn't take a picture of the completed page.    I love coloring pages, because I get to be artistic and not have to  pull out all of these supplies!   It's simple and I can start, stop, and finish when I feel like it.

I was just looking through the old photos that I have posted on this website and I think I might share some for laughs.

When my son wasn't so mobile!

Now he's riding the bus to school! :(

Red Angry Bird Toilet Paper Cosy

Materials:  Red (or whatever color your doing for the bird), Black, White, Orange Yarn.  G hook for all parts.

Body:  

With G Hook and red yarn.

Row 1:  Ch 3, 12 DC in 3^rd CH from hook, join to the top of the starting CH 3 (Do not count CH3 as 1^st DC). (12)

Row 2:  CH3, 2DC in each ST around, join to beg CH 3 (24)

Row 3:  CH3, (DC, 2DC in next ST) around, join to BEG CH3. (36)

Row 4:  CH3, (DC2, 2DC in next ST) around, join to BEG CH3. (48)

Row 5:  Ch 3, in BLO DC around, join to top of beg ch 3. (48)

Row 6:  Ch 3, DC around, join to top of beg ch 3. (48)

Row 7-12:  Repeat round 6. Note: In R12, FO red and add white.  (48)

Row 13:  Ch 2, sc around, join to ch 2, fasten off and weave in the ends. (48)

Eyes (x2):

With G Hook and white yarn.  CH4, 12DC in circle, fasten off, leave tail for sewing.  Repeat for second eye.

Iris of Eye:     With black.  6SC in MC, SLPST to 1^st, fasten off.  Make two, and then sew to whites of eyes.

Eyebrows:       With black.  CH12, DC in 2^nd CH from hook, and in next 3CH, HDC, SC in next 2CH, SLPST in last 2CH.  FO.   

Beak (make two):  With orange. 

Round 1:  3SC in MC. 

Round 2:  2SC in each ST around. (6)

Round 3:  2SC in each ST around. (12)

Round 4:  SC around. (12)  Fasten off, leave tail for sewing.

Head Feathers:

Round 1: 6SC in MC.

Round 2: 2SC in each ST around. (12)

Round 3-7:  SC around. (12)

Round 8: SC1, SC2TOG (8)

Round 9-10: SC around. (8)

Repeat for second feather.

The blue ice bird, pinned up, and not sewed .

UPDATED: 7/11/2017  - Forgot instructions on how to do eyebrows for red Angry Bird.

Instead of crocheting, I've been doing this...

All images are copyright, Ivory Herman, 2010.  Not for your personal use, but to oggle with your eyes.