Vietnamese Blanket

I got a request to do a personalized blanket with a Vietnamese name. I have done Hebrew names, but this was the first Vietnamese name. Being a computer geek, I was able to take the word file I was given, change the font, import it into Paint and export as a jpg file. This went to my DAK program and was converted to an stp file of the proper size for the blanket. Whew!

After that, the knitting was easy!

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More Lace!

I have spent the past week making more lace baskets. I snooped around the stores in the area looking for interesting forms. At a party store, I found an interesting flower shaped box with a lid. The first try was just the bottom - I liked the way it came out. Of course, after I took the picture, I ate the M&Ms. That's a flaw in my character.

Found some shamrock cookie cutters at a Michael's that I will try out for next St. Pat's Day, and more Christmas cookie cutters at a kitchen store. Half the fun is the hunt! I never really know what I am hunting for until I find it.

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The Sun is Shining!

Is is beautiful out today - cold but sunny. I will take the sun anyday. I took advantage of the brightness to re-photo some of my knit lace baskets. Our porch is glassed in, but not heated. That means I can take great pictures with a back drop of my white wicker table or the slate floor. But I can only stay out until my hands freeze.

We also have our orchids on the porch. They are covered with plastic and a heating pad keeps them just warm enough. Some orchids need the cold to bloom. We have fair luck with ours - several bloom every year. When they do, it is worth the wait.

In fact, I can't wait until it is warm enough to sit on the porch with the orchids.

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Personalized Scarves

I designed scarves for a friend with a daughter who plays college basketeball. I had made one last year for one of the girls and they decided it would make a great senior gift. These have the girls names and numbers on them.

I have made senior scarves before for soccer teams with initials and numbers. They are fun to do - a little different than doing 100 of the same thing.

Scarf season is about over, but I do get orders in the summer for fall distribution. Nothing like making scarves when it is HOT out.

See my school scarves at www.YORKnits.com

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South Street - the Hippest Place in Town

Anyone remember the Orlon's song about Philly? We are in Philly for the weekend. We can see the Ben Franklin Bridge from our window and we ate a cheesesteak with whiz for lunch. It doesn't get better than that.

I did pick up some cookie cutters that I want to use as forms for lace boxes and baskets. Other than that, our time has been spent at the historical sites, art galleries and museums.

Its nice to get away!

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Bunnies and Shamrocks

I finished the bunny and shamrock mugrugs. Next, on to some sports mugrugs. I have already designed football, baseballs, volleyballs and soccer balls. Now I have to decide what colors would look good and then knit them up. They really are fun to do.

The list is endless of all the projects I want to do. But that is a good thing.

Tomorrow a fellow etsy crafter and I are going to meet for lunch. We found that we lived a few blocks from each other! Small world.

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I finished another English/Hebrew name blanket

I love doing these blankets. Some little one out there has a blanket with their own name on it. I used a different trim on this one. It is called a worn trim - it looks much nicer than it sounds. I think it gave a great finished edge to the blanket.

The weather was awful today so I got a lot accomplished. Lots of ice on the trees and bushes. I went out and shook the ice off the trees and large bushes in hopes that they wouldn't break under the weight. Only one looks sort of lopsided, but it may come around.

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