Anything Knitted and Crocheted

Welcome to my blog. I hope to blog about my knitting and crocheting as well as everyday life. The patterns that I post are original and as such there is copyright on them. When they are based on another pattern there is a link to the pattern.

My husband and I adopted a beautiful dog named Leo. He is a dachshund and absolutely adorable! we adopted him on June 23, 2010 and he has become the love of our lives.

I love to share patterns that I find along the way or to talk about some of the neatest designers that are out there today, so I love to post links to the designs or the designers.

So grab a cup a and sit and enjoy the blog.

Cora

Showing posts with label CAL. Show all posts

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Found this really cool Checkerboard Textures Afghan CAL with Red Heart

Checkerboard Afghan CAL with Red Heart

Introduction to the Checkerboard Textures Afghan CAL

Cross-Stitched Square

Granny Square

Back Loops Square

Friday, July 1, 2011

My Choices for the 11 Pairs of Fingerless Gloves in 2011

Okay I have my list ready to go for this year...

1) Afternoon Tea Fingerless Gloves

2) Baby Elephant Walk

3) Boo Fingerless Gloves (This is for the July KAL/CAL)

4) Cape Breton Cables Fingerless Gloves (This is for the July KAL/CAL)

5) Commuter

6) dachshound fingerless gloves

7) Driver (Both 7 and 8 were for the River City Yarns KAL, unfortunately didn't get them finished in time)

8) Driver for Bruce

9) FGF-June KAL (Cute Mystery KAL)

10) Glaistig (River City Yarns KAL for July)

11) Heart Fingerless gloves

12) Kunterbunt Test Knit

13) Macrocystis Mitts-Test Knit

14) Mobius Mitts-Crocheted version

15) Mobius Mitts-Knit Version

16) Narcissa Gloves

17) Owlings-Finished

18) Squirrel Fingerless Gloves-Turning from Mitts into Fingerless Gloves

I will be setting up on the side bar how I am doing on each one , then moving them to the finished list when finished.

Cora

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Planet June is having another CAL-This time it is a Christmsa CAL!

So Planet June (June Gilbank) is having a Christmas CAL, yes! I love her ingenious designs. Here is the link to all the information just click on her CAL button.

Here are some of her projects...

The PlanetJune Christmas CAL & Contest

Top row: Christmas Trees, Christmas Baubles
Middle row: Poinsettia, PocketAmi Christmas
Bottom row: Christmas Pudding, Candy Cane

Please check it out at there are great prizes.

The prizes:

First prize: a $10 gift certificate to spend on anything in the PlanetJune store
Second prize: a free pattern of your choice from the PlanetJune store
Runner-up prizes: I’ll send a discount code to all participants, to use against their next order from the PlanetJune store.

I know what I am planning on crocheting, do you?

Cora

Saturday, July 31, 2010

I can't believe I forgot to mention Planet June's Summer CAL

Check it out. I love her patterns.

Cora

The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge

The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge - A requirement for all Knitting Scouts, the recipient must do his or her bit to present knitting in a positive light, whilst at the same time avoiding all references to “hipness”, grandmothers, and yoga.

I’m always doing my part in this arena whether it’s spoken or written like in this blog. I teach at my local community league, which was a fluke. I am involved in the Alberta Avenue Initiative and was asked to teach both knitting and crochet. I start with dishcloths as it gives the basics.

The “MacGyver” Badge (Level One) - The recipient must demonstrate clever use of a non-knitting tool in a knitting-related scenario. For instance, recipient has used paper clips as stitch markers, or successfully whittled and then utilized bamboo skewers as dpns.

I’ve used all kinds of things as stitch markers when none were available, and have found clever ways of knitting cables without cable needles using skewers.