My plarn bag is finished!

It took quite a while and a lot of effort but I finally finished my plarn grocery bag. I used well over 100 bags to make this.

Finished Felted Granny Slippers

I finished the granny slippers today. I was nervous about felting them but it worked fine in my front loader. I think they might be a tiny bit big but they fit perfectly with socks on so it's probably better that way. I made these slippers using Sensations Natural Collection Felt-able PaCaBoo yarn that I got on sale for $1.99 a skein at Joann's. I got one of each skein. I used up almost every bit of the white and have quite a lot of the two brown shades left. I'll probably make some kind of little bag or something with it.

My Felted Granny Slippers

I finished crocheting and sewing together my felted granny slippers. I still have to felt them and I am a bit nervous having never done it before and also because I have a front loading washer. Maybe I'll try it tomorrow. The one on the left is the squares sewed together flat and the one on the right is all put together.

My tube scarf pictures

A picture of my daughter Erin modeling my finished tube scarf.

First Knitting Project!

I learned to knit this week and finished my first project. It is so much fun to knit and isn't nearly as difficult as I thought. I do have some trouble keeping track of what I am doing but I hope to get that figured out. My sister says she has to write it down so maybe I'll have to do that too. I'll post pictures tomorrow. I am currently working on a pair of felted crocheted slippers. The pattern is available on Ravelry.

Tunisian Towel

I made this towel using the Tunisian simple stitch. I didn't have a pattern but made it up as I went along. It doesn't hang perfectly, but it's not bad. It has a button on the backside. I originally intended for it to hang with the other side showing but it curls this way and really either side looks OK. The Tunisian crochet makes a nice thick fabric. It's fun to do too! A long time ago I tried learning to do this but I am not very good at looking at diagrams to figure things out...youtube helps so much with that!!

Dish Sponges

I started crocheting some dish sponges after seeing this pattern. I made one but it was really too small for my liking. Then I saw this pattern for a dishcloth in Tunisian crochet and came up with these. I really like them and plan to make more. It's a nice project that I can keep in my pocketbook and work on when I have to wait somewhere. The ones pictured are a couple of different ones, the one on the left is doubled using Tunisian simple stitch and the other is made using the Tunisian knit stitch.