rugs, aquarium skirts and other goodies

this week we finally got our little studio room kind of sorted out. we got my book shelves moved in and stalked , my fish are moved in and set up and we have our little living room area all put together, complete my love seat, entertainment center and a break down able sewing area. plus pretty well all my crafting goodies are here! yay. well think one huge box of yarn is still in storage.

so ive been able to do some sewing finally.

finished up aquarium skirts for my fish tanks and got them up. so no more having to look at unsightly sumps and buckets and crud!

finished up the ten yard skirt of my kitchen witch. so now i have the doll i hand made, she has little bloomers and a skirt. i think i have decided she needs a tiny little knit sweater, but shes not priority, poor girl, just a fun project i like to work on.

when i get batteries i'll have to get some pics of her and some of my bubushka baba yaga. i'm not a doll fan, but some things are just cool! lol

the last thing i have been slaving away at which isn't as much fun and way more tedious is a braided rug for our room. i have a large ball of braided rope now that i am slowly working on stitching the together into a lovely oval. ugh so much work. i remember now why i prefer crocheted rugs so much over braided. ya braided are beautiful, sturdy and awesome, but not only do you need to stitch the chords of fabric together, but then you need to braid them and then sew the braids together, ugh so much extra work! with a crotcheted rug you just stitch your strips together and crotchet away!!!!

i have been looking for old t shirts to make a second rug and i am so crotcheting it! lol sorry but my fingers are all bruised and not up for sewing two braided rugs! ok i might consider knitting it, but either way it won't be another braided rug.

so ya i have tons of pics i need to take to catch up on all my projects!

projects

well, my camera batteries died, so no pictures until i can get around to the store.

did finish up my crocheted blanket and am working on a  receiving blanket now. its just a simple light weight stockinette stitch blanket with a seed stitch edging. wishing i had enough cotton for it, but sadly it will be out of acrylic as i have tons of it to use up.

popcorn babies

spent the day finishing edging my popcorn stitch crocheted baby blanket. is rather big, easily lap sized, will be great latter for cuddling on the couch. should to lay down for the little bean to play on. especially doubled over. nice and cuddly and scooshy. wont be using it till shes a bit older, likely at least three months, but should be perfect then! am finishing it up now, have one more side to edge then will try to get some pics tomorrow or this week sometime. can try to put up pics of burpys then too.

burp cloths

finished up my first burp cloth tonight and got started on my second. will get some pictures likely when i get a few done up. am interested to see how a knit burp cloth works. am hoping they are efficient. i always hear such good things about hand knit compared to store bought. will have to review the wash cloths and burp cloths after the little beeja is born.

on the baby front, we started registry stuff today. sadly one store didnt have everything we need, so started a registry at target and babies r us. will try to convect the two via amazon latter. hope it works! might start one at fred meyers too. sadly neither store had much for clothes, and neither had all the  supply's we need. fredys has a good clothes section for tiny tots, but almost no supplies. grumbles. oh well i guess. might just not worry about fredys and just get any clothes we need on our own.

finally pictures of the baby blanket

ok so this has been set on the back burner and hasnt been picked up and worked on lately. but i went ahead and finally took some pictures of it. its just so hard to want to work on knitting heavy things when the weathers warm. i would rather knit small items that dont roast me. i am sure when the weather cools off i will quickly finish this up. so here it is...

 

k so the photos kinda suck, and you really can't see the pattern well at all, especially with the fiber i picked. but trust me its very lovely in person!

finished wash cloths

so i finally finished up on my wash cloths. ya i've been dragin my feet. sorry, i just hate weaving all those little ends in and i had 14 to do. in the end it took me longer to get around to weaving in teh ends then it did to knit all of them. silly hu?

so heres the pictures of the finished products.

double bump

recycled cotton

bamboo

and bamboo scraps and ends

basket weave

bamboo

stokinett with seed border

bamboo

i made a variety of sizes from tiny 4x4 new born on up. i did up a few in the cotton for a little more cleaning power but did most of them in the super soft bamboo for gentleness on new born skin. the stockinett are ridiculously soft! i figure the waffle is  a good medium and the double bump should give the most scrub for poopy bums. 

i'm allergic to the chemicals they put on wipes so we will be using these on the little beans bum. i will likely put some aside for bath time and keep others for bum duty. thats where the colors will come in handy. i might break down and buy some cheapy baby wash cloths to toss in the diaper bag for bums washes on the go. can't wait to see how they hold up and to compare home made to store bought!

i do have some more cotton that i am wanting to make up a few burp cloths with and any extra may go to more wash cloths. i know it seems like allot, but if you think how many times a day you need to wipe down a bum... well, can you have too many?

wee beans a girl!

had our second ultra sound yesterday and it's official. wee bean is in fact a girl, lol. we already knew that, but now we have confirmation.


my prenatal depression has been really bad, and i haven't been crafting. need to deal with some dr stuff and try to get myself back to me. if i can pull it off i will be back to playing catch up with baby goodies.