FINISHED PROJECTS

Today I am going to show you lots of pictures!!

First picture: The yarn I used to make my Ishbel. My Ishbel Shawl is COMPLETED!!! Yippie! As I write this I am wearing it! I will get pictures up here soon.... I haven't pulled them off of the camera yet.

Pictures 2-5: The hat I made for Chelsea!

Pictures 6 & 7: The completed Martha Shawl!

Picture 8: Caden. If you look closely, you can see the Sue Bibs tag! That tag is on his Taggie Blankie that I made him. Sue Bibs is the business that my mom, Naomi Sue and I (Karen Sue) are trying to get going.... Slowly but surely.... Taggie Blankie is a recent trial. Obviously, Caden is a fan! By the way, he is amazingly handsome!  (Also, this picture was on his dad's Facebook page! YAY for free advertising!)

Picture 9: Well a picture would be here, but that would be stealing! After I make my sister's Ishbel in a beautiful Cotton/Rayon/Silk blend in sunny yellow.... I am going to make a new capelet... however, there is no pattern. I will be doing a trial and error as I go along.... I saw this capelet idea on someone's www.etsy.com page. I didn't want to purchase it.... I wanted to make it. I keep telling myself that I copying is the sincerest form of flattery... and since I am not buying hers, then making one from that I feel that I am not stealing her design.... just the idea/style. Would this be any different from seeing a cute sweater on someone at the grocery store and going home to make something that looks similar? Can you see I feel a bit guilty about not only stealing her photo... (for reference.... but I will not be posting it... that seems REALLY wrong) but now her Idea..... Oh the dilemma!

I stand in awe....

I stand in awe of a girl named Chelsea. Young and beautiful and going through cancer. At 22 years old she had her abdominal lining removed (you know the part that holds all of your organs in place....) and a mesh insert put back in, to hold/support her internal organs. She is going through her cemo right now. You would think that she would stay home and sleep and cry and do all of the things that I think I would "choose" as my coping mechanism.... However, she doesn't do that... instead she comes to school every day and stands in front of her 5th grade students and teaches. She is a student teacher. She is bound and determined to graduate from college in May. She has even used her cancer and explaining to her students about her condition to teach her 5th grade class about inferencing... She is AMAZING! I stand in awe of her beauty, her courage, her determination, her strength, her perseverance, her sense of humor, her heart, her dedication. I am making her a knitted hat. It will look like this (only black):

http://www.headhuggers.org/patterns/kpatt18.htm

I hope that it fits her comfortably and is super soft on her skin! It should be soft because, it is made of  blackRowan RYC Cashcotton DK  a luxurious mix of 35% cotton, 25% polymide (nylon), 18% angora, 13% viscose (rayon) and 9% cashmere.

(from www.yarndex.com)

I may have to make myself something out of this amazingly soft yarn!