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Gift idea for mother-to-be

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Looking for a useful but unique gift for a new mom or mother-to-be?  Make some burp cloths.

I made these a few weeks ago for Mr. Aitch’s niece who’s expecting her first baby in February.  I used a few different prints and coordianted them with the baby bedding.

The tutorial is on my tutorial page.  You can make two out of one  yard of flannel or get creative and use two ro more coordinating prints and solids.  My original ones were made out of leftover pieces of flannel as well as some cut up flannel sheets and even a few of Mr. Aitch’s too-small-but-still-good flannel shirts.  Just make sure you pre-shrink the flannel as it will shrink…A LOT!!  I can’t stress that enough.  Pre-shrink!!

Click here for more info then print out the directions and make a mom happy.

Santa Suit card

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If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you will remember that I made my own Christmas cards last year.

The finished product

If you’d like to make these for yourself, I’ve included them on my tutorials page.

Peony Twist finished

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…minus the buttons.  I closed it with pins so excuse the front closure.

I know several people use Fridays as their day to post about finished things but I write about them when it happens.

I like the fit (see my Ravelry notes).

Peony Twist Cardi front

The color isn’t too bad either.

Peony Twist Cardi back

The little wave pattern is very nice.  I don’t think my shoulders are this broad.  I look like a linebacker!

Peony Twist Cardi side

Pattern: Tangerine Twist

Yarn: Knit Picks Comfy Worsted

Color: Peony Color #5606, Lot# 7595

Needles: US 4, 6, and 7

Size: Medium (39.5)

I used 7 balls of yarn but with shorter tales with casting on, I might have had enough with 6 balls of yarn.  I ripped out my swatch and used it as I thought I was going to run out of yarn.

According to the pattern, I should only need 8 buttons for this size.  Some how I ended up with 9 buttonholes.

Would I make this pattern again?  Yes.

I need to figure out what I’m doing for buttons first.

Hey, Jude

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Jude is my sister and we exchanged several emails last night.  I was feeling a bit, a lot, no, huge amounts of down last night and she lifted my spirits.

That’s what sisters (and brothers) are for.

Thanks, Jude.  You are the best sister!

Before turning off my computer, I checked my blog and discovered:  My Dots and Stripes Purse pattern made it to knittingpatterncentral.com!

It’s listed in the new pattern section and the Bags, Totes, and Purses section.

Dots and stripes

Wow!

That helped a little, too.