Doris and Not So Daisy Pot Holders

Hi Everyone!

A couple Saturdays ago, I was in my local Joanns (my local one is a super store, which means it just has more variety of EVERYTHING), minding my own business, browsing the yarn (which is dangerous anyway), and I come across one of their free pattern leaflets.

That's when I met Doris and I knew that I had to make her, same yarn as the pattern showed and everything. (The picture they used is plastered all over Caron's website for Vickie Howell, who I now love)

Meet my Doris:

Details, details, details: 

• I used NaturallyCaron.com Country yarn in the color of Peacock (a very nice vibrant blue)
• I only used one skein, and I had a little ball left over
• The pattern used is Doris by Vickie Howell
• The pattern calls for about 70 rows before the ruffles are added, but I did about 115 rows because I like to wear my scarves folded in half like above
• It ended up being about 4"x50"
• I used my Denim blazer for the 3rd time to model a scarf.  It might become a trend :-)

Next up, my Not So Daisy Pot Holders!

Remember these? My Daisy Pot Holders:

Well I did the pattern again, but with different colors and different flowers.  The end result? 

Not So Daisy Pot Holders:

 

Again, I know everyone likes details (actually it might just be me, I keep track of sooooo many details):

• Lily Sugar'n Cream yarn, Velvet Orchid, Hot Pink, and Hot Purple
• Half a skein of the Velvet Orchid maybe and less of the other two
• This Pot Holder pattern by Lily Sugar'n Cream:  Pot Holders

I love these pot holders, they work up so quick!  I may have to make the actual daisy ones again, since I gave the other ones away.

So, what do you think?  Did you ever have an impulse buy like that and instantly start the project?

I love scarves, anybody know of a good scarf book?  I have a stitch encyclopedia that has been good inspiration for scarves, but I was wondering if there's a just scarf book out there.

Sam ;-)

Ps.  I'll update soon with a better picture of the Not So Daisy Potholders. --- Updated

I don't want my holiday weekend to be over....

Monday was Memorial Day and I took vacation days off around it.  All in all I had off from Thursday to Tuesday.  Today is my first day back to work. (think of how Eeyore might say that statement)

This weekend was nice, super hot (in the 90's), but nice.  I spent some time with each of my Grandmas, one on Thursday, one on Friday, hung out with my parents a bit on Saturday, just relaxed on Sunday, and then had my parents and my sister and her fiance over for a cookout on Monday.

On Tuesday, I spent some time with my 5yr old cousin.  My other cousin that is my age, and I took her to Pizza Hut.  We we got there, we noticed something funny that she did.

She was wearing two different shoes.  On the plus side, she does have on a left and a right.  While we were laughing, we asked her why she had on two different ones and she just said she couldn't find the other ones.  Simple as that!

I got a few mini projects done on my long weekend.  I honestly don't know how I even squeezed these in.  First up is the cosy I made for the metal water bottle.

It matches the other cosies I made:

They are officially a set!  The pattern used on the water bottle is Crochet Coffee Cosy 2.  I used two strands of Impeccable color Tradewind.  I love the buttons actually.  I got them in an assorted bag at Joann's.

Next up was another tea cosy.  Soon, I promise I'll be able to explain what all these mini projects are for.  Note that this is not the teapot that this cosy is supposed to be on.  I had to make this cosy blind.  Someone else has the teapot.  I thought that choosing a pattern that uses drawstrings would be good.

I actually goofed on this pattern.  I did it in US terms when it was actually written in UK terms.  I still like how it turned out though and I'm loving the colors.  The pattern is Cosy Tea Belly.

Next I made some pot holders to match my Daisy Teapot Cosy. 

The pattern isn't on http://www.ravelry.com/ but it is on the Lily Sugar n Cream website here Daisy Pot Holders.  You do need to have an account to look at their patterns, but it is free.  They also have place settings, hanging towel toppers, and an apron, that all match this daisy pattern.

What do you think of everything?

Did you have a good weekend?  Do anything fun?

Sam :-)