Look what I made!

Here is the Snuggie I made from an old fleece blanket for B. He asked me last year for a snuggie. I began working on it and for some reason (start-itis) I set it aside and forgot about it. His Aunt Ri has one and I think his mommy does too.... so he really wanted one. I took a very large fleece blanket, cut some sleeves and sewed them to a slit I made in the fleece blanket. I then added the B of layered fleece pieces to be sure that everyone knows that this is B's snuggie. His cousin L is already asking when I will start make her's...hmmm... 

Next up.... The KORN Blankie! This blankie was a request by my friend Dawn. It is a double knit using 2 and 1/3 skeins of black Plymouth Yarn - Encore worsted weight and 1/2 of a skein of white Encore. This blankie is washable and dryable. 

Now, Why would I make a KORN blankie? Well Dawn is friends with Ray Luzier, he is the drummer in KORN and he will be becoming a dad very soon it sounds. 

Here is the finished front.

Here is the finished back, but I didn't like that the double knit didn't hide the white very well....

So here is my solution, I added a satin backing. 

I got a text message at 11:45 last night telling me that Ray was STOKED! Very excited for Ray, Aspen and soon to be born baby boy. I hope they like the blankie for a very long time. 

I am especially thankful to Dawn for asking me to make this. It was a great learning experience. 

:)

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!