Lauren Gets Crafty http://craftgirl.net/blog except when she doesn't Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:13:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Wow, it’s been a while! http://craftgirl.net/blog/?p=380 http://craftgirl.net/blog/?p=380#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:13:40 +0000 Lauren http://craftgirl.net/blog/?p=380 Thinking about blogging again. Will get back to you!

]]> http://craftgirl.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=380 1 Puff Daddy http://craftgirl.net/blog/?p=370 http://craftgirl.net/blog/?p=370#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:23:54 +0000 Lauren http://craftgirl.net/blog/?p=370

This Puff Daddy scarf thingy took me an hour and a half start to finish.  The yarn is Arucania Limari.  It’s nice yarn, but for containing only merino, alpaca, and silk, I’d expect it to be a teeny bit less scratchy.

I don’t have a picture (yet) but it looks cute on me.  My pom pom is not as spherical as I’d like, but there are worse problems to have.

]]> http://craftgirl.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=370 0 Happy New Year http://craftgirl.net/blog/?p=365 http://craftgirl.net/blog/?p=365#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:39:36 +0000 Lauren http://craftgirl.net/blog/?p=365 We had a nice Christmas here.  Ginny was all, “whatever,” but she’ll appreciate all the toys she got sooner or later.  I finished two more knitted gifts but only have a picture of one:

From a Mary Maxim kit (No. 3794N, Snow Mitts for Kids) we have mittens for my nephew William.  My first intarsia (WOO!) and my first 100% acrylic (meh).  The yarn is Mary Maxim Mellowspun, which is okay, but nothing special.  These mittens rock, though.

I also knit a scarf for my Grandmother, but I didn’t get a picture.  Instead, I offer you a photo of some of the 16 lb beef rib roast that she bought for dinner… for six people.

]]> http://craftgirl.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=365 1 Pink Hats for Christmas http://craftgirl.net/blog/?p=361 http://craftgirl.net/blog/?p=361#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:35:19 +0000 Lauren http://craftgirl.net/blog/?p=361 Joanna requested a pink cat hat.  I was happy to oblige:

Alli did not request a hat, but I knit a pink one for her too:

The day before Ginny’s due date, Matt and I went all over Baltimore to find beads, and then that evening, I started this hat.  I think I finished it within 24 hours.  Nervous knitting, perhaps?

]]> http://craftgirl.net/blog/?feed=rss2&p=361 6 Christmas Stockings http://craftgirl.net/blog/?p=356 http://craftgirl.net/blog/?p=356#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:33:32 +0000 Lauren http://craftgirl.net/blog/?p=356 My grandmother has knit Christmas stockings (the same pattern) for everyone in the family for decades.  My parents each have one.  She knit one for me when I was a baby.  My sister has one.  When Matt and I got married, she knit one for him.  Now, she’s knit one for Ginny:

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