Jordan and Bonnie Get Married

Son #4 got married on June 6 to a lovely young lass named Bonnie Ann.  Here are a few photos.

 We had a big party after the ceremony.  There was the River City Boys and Girls Band

playing 76 Trombones.

There were some Scots singing the song," Bonnie Ann"

 And Bonnie sings the song, Mr. Snow  from the musical "Carousel"  Check out the lyrics here.

Jordan doesn't work with fish, but the song does seem to suit him.

At the end we have some men that do Hebrew dancing.  Here's the young couple up in the chairs.

I hope I gave you a small glimpse of our celebration.

A Lamb and a Gecko

My newest crocheted toys.  They are always great prizes.

A girl in my daughter's school class received the lamb.

 He is crocheted with a lot of popcorn stitches.

 The pattern is modified from Spanish instructions.  If you already know how to crochet, it just takes a little work to translate.

 Eloise likes showing him.

Here is my Ravelry link.

And then I made this gecko.  He is quite large.

 I gave him to Clara for her 2nd birthday which was yesterday.

 Happy Birthday, Clara!!

Here is the Ravelry link for him.  You can get his pattern for free and in English.

Wee Woodland Creatures

These are some of my latest knitting.  There are always small animals wanted for the prize box.  These were very fast to knit up.  They stand about 3" high.

I'll  introduce you.

 This is Mr. Otter

 

 Mr. Mouse

 Mr. Hedgehog

 Mr. Hare

Mr. Fox

Mr. Squirrel

The Ravelry link is here.

You can have fun with these.  It takes less than an evening to make each one.

Karen's Quilts

 Pretty colors.  Bright quilts.

 I did the same overall design on both quilts, loops.

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J & B's Wedding Quilt

I have a son getting married in two weeks.  I've been working on a whole cloth quilt for them. You can see the design process in this post.  It gets pretty exciting to make them such a present.  It's also pretty exciting to have another son getting married.  

I have put the top of the quilt on my longarm with thick poly batting.  I used wash away thread on the top and sewed around the edges of the the design to get ready for cutting away.

 In this pic, you can see the design that's been sewn around.

 This is the backside with the batting.

And now I'm cutting away.  I'm using very sharp little scissors.  The ones I have are surgical shears.  They work so nicely.

 This is a sit around fun part, but it does take some time.  Then the quilt will be ready to go back onto my machine and the real quilting will begin.

Slippers for Me

During the winter months I always wear slippers around the house.  My normal slippers have a sturdy bottom to them and sometimes I think they are almost like a shoe. So I knitted these slippers (several months ago) to be my comfy slippers in the evening when I'm just sitting around.

 I used a free Drops pattern. I soon discovered that it wasn't quite what I thought it was .  The slippers had a seam going down the middle of the bottom of the foot.  I didn't want that.  After looking around, I discovered that most slippers are that way.

 I was thinking it was more like a sock.  So I ripped some of it out and made it like a sock.  I was able to use an infant sized pattern for my double stranded worsted yarn.  It worked perfectly.  I did end up making it a little large, but it still works.

 My Ravelry link

Sandra's Elephant Quilt

This is a baby quilt with one large elephant on it.

He likes loops.