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Getting Sidetracked and Silly Mistakes

I got all the way through knitting this Santa hat for Amelia Thimble before I realized I was following a pattern written for the Little Darlings. (I do things like this ~~sometimes~~ often.) Now you would think, no problem, Gina has a new hat. Nope, the problem is that it came out much smaller because I was using lace weight yarn and the sized needles that I normally use for knitting Amelia’s things. So what I have is a Santa hat that is too small for the Little Darlings and too large for Amelia Thimble. Does this sound like a Goldilocks and 3 Bears dilemma?

Now I’m off to see which (if any) doll this will fit. Kish Alisha? No, too small. Pukipuki Sugar? No, too big. Kish Riley? Just right! Anyone interested in a Santa hat for Riley?

As planned, I took my photos yesterday… evening, right before it got too dark. Remember my morning photo of my three girls who were standing around waiting for the photo shoot to begin?

Well, I mistakenly or stupidly thought that the f-stop of 6.3 would be okay. No, it wasn’t okay. I think Gina’s photos might work (just barely), but Millie’s and Sugar’s are most definitely not useable. Their faces are in focus, but their clothing is not. They are smaller, so I shot the photos from a shorter distance, it’s funny how that works. Since Sugar is the smallest doll, her photo are the worst. The embroidery on the waistline of her dress is even out of focus. Time for a do over on those two.

Hopefully, today will go better. I started Patience’s dress, the pieces are cut out, but not sewn. Bye for now, I need to get to work and stay on track today.

And the Winners Are…

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Firstly, thank you to everyone for your kind and encouraging comments about my last 30 days of daily blogging. It has been fun and, reflecting back I have found that I have lived my life more in the moment. After all, you never know what will make it into a blog post.

Now for the winners of the Craftsy classes. I wrote everyone’s name on a piece of paper and folded it 3 times, so we couldn’t possibly peek! (That’s no fun!) I put the names in a basket—my daughter mixed them up and pulled out two names.

And the first winner is…

The second winner is…

So the two winners are:

Congrats to Rita and Margay! I wish you all could have won, but thank you for playing along.

Rita and Margay, I will forward you both the email from Craftsy so you can choose your free class.

Now, for a change of subject…

Today, I looked up at the sky and realized there wasn’t a cloud to be seen anywhere. We’ve had so many cloudy days lately that it seemed so strange to see zero clouds in the sky, not even a tiny speck of a cloud; the sky was simply painted in shades of blue, really so beautiful.

See, not a cloud anywhere!

And…

How do you get a teenager out of bed early on a Sunday morning (so she can do homework)?

Make her chocolate chip pancakes! It worked!

Hope you all have a great week!

Bye for now!

Today is the Last Day

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Today is the last day to add a comment to be entered to win one of the two Craftsy class giveaways. If you missed yesterday’s post, you can read it here. Feel free to comment on this post or yesterday’s post, either will get you entered.

Yesterday I got a few things finished. Do you remember the sweater that I showed you with the embroidered poinsettia? That ensemble is all completed! I crocheted a little Christmas stocking to go with it too, so fun. I need to get photos taken… here’s the poinsettia embroidery on the sweater again.

Millie’s ensemble is in the works. Like the sweater pictured above, I also made Millie a winter white mohair sweater. It will be a great “canvas” for the embroidery and brighten up the fabric. I added a row of winter white fine English cotton Cluny lace to the skirt to help tie the two pieces together. That’s all I have done on Millie’s outfit so far.

I’ve started an ensemble for Patience too. I just started that one, so I’ll have to share photos later.

We had a beautiful sunset yesterday evening.

Our house faces the east, so as I stood on our front porch I saw the trees in our front yard lit up by the setting sun, so magical.

Remember to add a comment to win one of the two free Craftsy classes. I’ve purchased quite a few Craftsy classes and enjoy them all. Even if I don’t make what they are making, it is fun to watch the teachers share what they know and are so passionate about. The classes are yours to view again and again, like a video class library. Also, you can ask the teacher a question and she will get back to you with an answer.

I talked about my newest Craftsy class addition last week when I started knitting in the round. You can read about my knitting in the round journey here and here. I’ve made two Santa hats in the round so far!

Bye for now!