Planning to paint one of these doodles this weekend.
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To-go coffee cup
Ravelry pattern to come!
This turned out even cuter than I thought it would.
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Maybe make a few different sizes and also a sleeve.
♡ Lettering Decor
Would look equally great on a shelf or on a couch. Maybe better on a shelf since it's more of a look-item. It's plush, but not as comfortable as a rectangle pillow.
Cute lol heart
Practicing spacing before stuffing and sewing down
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I went ahead and tore apart the argyle blanket I never finished and one giant word is what I decided to do with one of the super narrow, 6-foot swatches. I had no idea what else to do with a six foot by 3.5 inch swatch.
Also converted the two argyle panels into pillowcases. Apparently 12 x 30 pillows are really hard to find. Who knew.
Not-green christmas tree
Custom Order: Cream colored Christmas tree that is pretty and nice for a new home! (Total creative freedom given)
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Oct 21 - Finally got some cream yarn!!
Crab-bee coasters famibee
My famibee is now complete
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Fixed bee stinger at hubby's insistence that he have cosmetic surgery :)
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Only 1 crabby crab and 1 smiling bee allowed!!!! Balance in all things.
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Both smiling? Both frowning?
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Will finish it up in the daylight. Maybe will add stinger to bee and little smiles to both.
Crab-bee work tote bag
Complete! Frowning crab and smiling bee to balance out being crabby!!!!!!
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Made the bee/rest of bag in one go and did not take solo pics
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Sew on art it is!
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Decided to be lazy and buy a bag instead of making one. Unsure if I want to sew on art or make little bag dangly charms.
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Crab claw
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For when I feel crabby. A Lil crab and a Lil bee on a cute bag that maybe hides stains well?
Minimum dimensions10.5 inch across x 12 inch tall x 2.25-2.5 inch across
Throw pillow for new couple
Custom order: Full design services, requestor purchased main ruffle pillowcase
"I am thinking that the hearts will be knitted and the names crocheted"
Finished!
Sep 19 - It's (number) crunch time!
WIDTH: 47+39+47=133
HEIGHT: 6 stiches tall = 1 inch, 39 stitches tall = 6.5 inches tall, 14 inch tall pillowcase minus 6.5 inch divied in two for either end, height = 3.75 inch, chart, 3.75 inch
Final chart?
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Playing around with types of fletching
133 stitch = 46 inch
Stitch math:
16 stch = 3.5 across
7 stitch up = 1 inch
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Sep 9 - requestor bought a 13x46 ruffled pillowcase for the work!
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Sep 7 final sketch approved!
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Sketches based off requestor feedback!--Two pillows was scratched bc it looked like broken hearts!
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Elements:
•Ruffles!
•Bigger names!
•Heart w/arrow!
•Date!
•Squiggly line!
Happy Six Months Since Launch!
I am counting the "launch" from the day I bought the first business cards: March 2026.
There are various people, patients, community members I wanted to make something for but had not quite launched the whole brand idea yet. Would love to re-connect with some of them and also forge new connections.
If I threw a card at you in person, yes, this is actually my website.
Some celebratory timestamps as of Aug 20 2026 are:
20,857 total blogger page loads!
3,000 page loads in 8 years and then 17,000 page loads in the past six months!
15 items that went to individual people who I had never made anything for before in 2026!
29 patterns on my ravelry with 17 available for free ravelry download!
Also: Christmas Gift Season is Open! Unbelievable that it is Christmas Knitting Season 2026 already. It'll be time to pick a new favorite of the year before you can sneeze.
Ivory lace curtains
Oct 2 - THEY RESTOCKED ORIGINAL SIZE! Instant buy!
Sep 7 Final decision: start 2nd panel in original, cannibalize fold-over on 1st panel and swatch, and when that runs out, resume with doubled up lighter weight.
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Critical decision time: double up on skinnier strand or single of skinnier strand
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First curtain cast off Sep 5! First panel ended up being 388 grams out of cone measuring 17.6 oz. (498.9 g) and 1260 yd. (1152.1 m) and out of stock!!!
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Aug 27 2026 - 41 x 8 = 328 rows. 328 rows x 9 min per row = 49.2 hours??? I VASTLY underestimated how many rows I have done???
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Apparently one row takes 8.5 minutes if I straight knit. Row 9, I forgot to press lap. Plus the time I spent planning
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Aug 15 2026 -- 40 inches!...or maybe 38 sue me. Also, it has become clear I may have not bought enough for two panels.....I really thought one cone would be enough....ugh. Will have to buy the same color in a different weight :(
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It groooooows!!
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Ended up with 22 columns
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Swatch = about 4.5 inches wide = 26? Stitches
Swatch = about 4.5 inches wide = 26? Stitches
62 wide x 57 tall, which means two panels that are 32 wide x 57 + affixing method tall = 184 stitches?
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Jul 11 2026 - Did a skinny, long tower of swatches from this stitch book because I was too lazy to make individual swatches. I am bemused to say verdict is: they're all basically the same in terms of knitting experience.
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