Kid Size

Penny and I were at the medical clinic about a month ago and it was pretty chilly out so we were sporting our Ridge Runner Fingerless gloves.  One of the nurses asked Penny where she got them, and of course, Penny told her that I made them.  Maria ordered 3 pair for her kids, ages 7, 9 and 12.  Wow!  how big is the hand of a 7 year old?  I tried doing some googling but didn't find anything very helpful.
More than one way to skin a cat.  I went across the street with my notebook, pencil and tape measure in my pocket and asked the parents of the little girl who lives there if I could measure her hand.  I asked her what her favorite color is and her reply was "I like all colors, but I really like pink."  I came home, got out some pink yarn, grabbed a hook and went to work.  When I was finished, I went back across the street, asked her try them on.
Perfect fit!  Yea!  She was so surprised when I told her they were hers to keep.
Now, back to the gloves that Maria ordered.  I did the 7 year old first in blue, then moved on to the 9 year old in purple and finished with the 12 year old in aqua.  Still waiting for delivery as mom has been out of town for job training.

I took pretty good notes as I down sized the pattern, but don't know if I should write it up and post the pattern to my Ravelry store.  Opinions please!

Watch Cap

For Christmas, I crocheted Peter Franzi's Watch Cap pattern for my new grandson (married my only granddaughter last March) in a nice blue washable wool.  I figured blue is the favorite color for most guys.  I also made a long scarf in color blocks using several shades of blue and brown.  Well, I have no pics of those as I got in a hurry to mail the package and forgot to get the camera out.  I've been waiting for the kids to send pics, but that hasn't happened yet.

However, Nic, my granddaughter, told me that Josh loved his cap and wished it was military green so he could wear it at work.  Military green, you ask.  Well, of course, He is a Marine. His birthday is next week, and I figured if he is wearing it to work, then one would just not be enough.  So*** I made 2!
Taking pics in the house really doesn't give a true value to the color, but it is Lion Brand washable wool in the color Loden.

Scrappy Steps Afghan

About a year and a half ago, one of my Wednesday crochet circle friends came to the meet up working on the Scrappy Steps Afghan.  I fell in love with the look of it, and boy-do I have scraps!  Well, with one thing and another on my plate, it took a long time for me to get to this project.  But it's now done and waiting to go to Project Linus.  You can find the pattern here.  It doesn't show very well in the pictures, but I did a border of several rows of ch 1, sc, ch 1 around in black.  Thinks it really sets off the bright colors of the afghan.  The finished size is approximately 40" x 40".

First Felted Project
Well, I finished my first felted project. This is a memo bag, pattern is from www.joann.com. The yarn is a combo of yarn that my friend, Kitty, brought me from New York, and some wool that I bought at Stitches West. You can see more about those in earlier posts. The copper color felted faster and tighter than the linen color. I really like the pockets that I put just under the flap for keys and cell phone. The before measurements were 14" X 15" and the after are 10" X 12". The strap felted up shorter than I had hoped for, but it does fit over my shoulder, and that's what counts. I have enough yarn to do this exact project again, so may try it to see how I improve. I think if I do it again, I will user a smaller hook on the lighter yarn, hoping that will make for more even felting. Do you think that would work? And the strap needs to be a little longer. It was fun, and another goal for the year completed.