tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73391322387766453602024-03-14T05:33:32.318-07:00Sta's SceneMy musings about daily life, family, crafting...and anything else that pops into my head!Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-42068512363493056932016-03-23T13:46:00.001-07:002016-03-23T13:46:52.474-07:00Time flies....and so does the crafting :)So I've just been whittling the time away working and crafting. Holidays happened, and they were fun. New years happened, it was uneventful. And so far this year we've dealt with just us being sick, and the allergies now because of the up and down of the Illinois weather not knowing what it's doing from one day to the next.<br />
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But I have made some progress on several things, and I'll share them here.<br />
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So I made some things for Christmas...<br />
Sewed up some American Girl doll clothes to go with the new AG doll that Caim got for Christmas. <br />
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Made a Baymax which Carl just loves. <br />
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And a matching Minion hat for my brother :) <br />
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For someone else I made these gems....<br />
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Dr. Who weeping angel, anyone???<br /><br />
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Here's a collective collage of all stuff made in 2015...<br />
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Pretty proud of myself.....I actually did quite a lot more than I had thought!<br />
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And 2016 has been pretty eventful even with all the sickness and after-holiday tireds that we all get...<br />
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Kiddo stuff...<br />
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That hat and booties are also for the doll. She needed accessories after the holidays for Kanani (who is an old Doll of the Year, but we've been saving her for years for her to be old enough)<br />
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I have created a couple things to send off to a friend...and if she sees this, it'll ruin the surprise, but I'm proud of them.....<br />
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If you're looking for this shawl pattern, it's Fortune's Shawlette by Tamara Kelly of Moogly Blog and it's a free pattern. I added a bead to every chain1 stitch for every other row.....420 beads in total.....and they're not really noticeable....but they are up close and I hope on a sunny day they'll add a little something.<br />
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I still have one more thing to do for her, then it'll be off in the Post for her.<br />
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I was commission to make these few things....<br />
The hippo was actually last year, but I figured I'd put him in this section. Isn't he cute? <br />
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Princess Leia hat for a baby, soon to be born. <br />
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And the Octopus. Man, I'm happy with him, Octavius the Octopus, but I had a few snafus. My Ravelry project page has them all laid out in specifics for anyone who wants to read it....but I didn't pay attention to how I put on the tentacles and I had a few that I had to flip. It was aggravating...but a really great end product. I think I did pretty good for modifying a free pattern I had seen and making it bigger and my own :)<br />
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So as of right now, I have to work on the Happypotamus that I started like 2 years ago for Carl....because after that Octopus, he wants his own....so I promised him. Then I've got a puzzle ball I want to do, another animal, 2 baby blankets, and a crocheted overlay top I told a dear friend I would make for her. So the first is the Happypotamus. Then I think the baby blanket 1. Then it'll be the top. Then the other baby stuff :)<br />
We'll see how quickly I can pump this stuff out!!<br />
Hope everyone has a wonderful rest of your week. And I'll try my best to update with projects a little quicker :DStacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-63178699299980827002015-11-09T09:14:00.001-08:002015-11-09T09:28:17.173-08:00Halloween and SewingHalloween was fun!!! I made the costumes for the kids, which was pretty good. I didn't sew them or anything....maybe next year :)<br />
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Caim was Rainbow Dash, a My Little Pony. Carl was Minion Carl, of course :)<br />
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I have progression photos for the hat and the wings for Rainbow Dash<br />
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I am giving credit for the hat, I used the main pattern of the <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/unicorn-hat-8" target="_blank">Unicorn Hat by Sarah Zimmerman</a><br />
And the Eyes I got it off the blog of <a href="http://calleighsclips.blogspot.com/2013/12/pony-and-hero-hat-creations.html" target="_blank">Calleighs Clips and Crochet Creations.</a><br />
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Left Eye ALL SC <br />MC 6 - black <br />2 in each (12) black <br />SC 1, SC 2 in 1 repeat (18) <br />Color for this row is 4 black, 12 raspberry, 1 light pink, 1 raspberry <br />SC 1, SC 2 in 1 repeat (27) <br />Color for this row is 12 stitches of black (4 into the raspberry you switch to white) Finish off the row in White (15 white) <br />Then
Start back with the black again and go till you’re just 3 stitches into
the white from the prev. row….and stop and finish off. I’m embroidering
with extra yarn the 3 eye lashes.
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The Right Eye is just the same as before, but backwards. so for the 2nd row it’s 1 rasp, 1 light pink, 12 raspberry, 4 black…. <br />Goes
the same for all the rows except the last partial black row. That one I
SS to the prev row to minimize the effect, turned, and went the way i
came until I was 3 into the white from the previous row.<br />
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I pretty much cut a template out of a cereal box, cut out everything and hot glued it to death layer by layer. Started with the foam on each side of the wings. Then I did the paper to the foam. Then I did the little wings, I used 2 layers of felt to make them fat. Then glued the paper to the felt. Then glued them to the bigger wings.<br />
They were a tad heavy on her back, so I took a stapler and stapled the straps high on the upper part of the wings so the center of gravity on them would move and they'd hang against her upper back. Then I took some felt and hot glued a strip of it to over the stapled portions of the straps for extra stability.<br />
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I will admit, they did come apart by the end of the Halloween night. But they lasted for the parade at school and trick-or-treating....but it was a constant drizzle/mist/rain flipping between the 3, for our almost 2 hours of trick-or-treating. So I am thinking that is a main reason they fell apart, paper and water? Yeaaaah.<br />
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Carl I just got some blue overalls from Goodwill, really, and bought a straight yellow long-sleeved shirt online for like $5 and made the hat, which I whipped up with no pattern! I used a pattern that I had as a reference on how it was increased and decreased.....but the rest of it I just did all on my own. I was pretty proud of that :)<br />
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A DNA bookmark for an Orphan Black swap. I just kind of went with a grid pattern for the DNA strand and just made it myself. I used a sock loom to get the tight, closeknit look that I needed, and I used intarsia knitting, so that there's not strands of yarn strung across the back of it. I was pleased with the look of it.</div>
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Another square for the Moogly 2015 CAL afghan that we make a new square every 2 weeks....of which I am behind several. <br />
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Soft Kitty from Big Bang Theory as a gift for the Lovely Bonnie! <br />
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Another square for the CAL.....and I'll never make this square again as long as I live. It was pretty miserable. But it was a pattern I had never done...so I tried it. Yep, tried it....and I'm done. <br />
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Some spider web gloves to wear on Halloween at the Halloween party that I signed up to help at for Caim's Kindergarten class. It was quite fun :)<br />
They played walk the plank, we did mystery boxes with noodles for brains and candy corn for teeth and all that stuff, we did a bozo buckets thing, they decorated bags for treats. It was a really fun time :) <br />
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And then just last night I learned how to sew on a machine! I never took Home Ec and I have no clue. But I figured, hey, maybe I can sew a costume, my mom always did....and I am blank. Nothing. Zip. Deer in headlights.<br />
So I took a class with someone from work :) And we made a pillowcase.<br />
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And it turns out I'm not completely inept!! I really like it actually. I can see making Market Bags and things as gifts. I found on Pinterest, of course, all these free patterns for American Girl Doll clothes and leggings and market bags made out of old T-shirts....I'm so excited to start doing some stuff in this realm!!<br />
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That's about all for now. I've got a lot of stuff lined up, hopefully, if time and energy permit, to make the kids for Christmas. Money is always tight and we have to do what we have to do. So hopefully I can make it work and they'll still have a good Christmas, even if half or more of it is homemade.<br />
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Have a great day!!Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-49813746387527361402015-09-23T11:23:00.000-07:002015-09-23T11:23:12.449-07:00First Day of Autumn!Well, we're heading into Autumn...officially now. The weather here in Illinois has been so screwy lately. I much prefer the cool weather, so I'm looking forward to not having to deal with the blazing sun and hot that keeps cropping back up.<br />
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I am just working like crazy. Trying to get everything done. Keep the house in order. Organizing, still....always a work in progress, the house is.<br />
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I finished spinning that Owl back in July. I spun it all up....and here's the final products....<br />
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I think they turned out pretty awesome, if I do say so, myself :)<br />
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I am spinning another Owl this term in HPKCHC. I'm spinning up a History of Magic Owl....vanishing enough fiber into yarn to create 3 adult pairs of socks for my 3 character interpretations. I've got Zygmunt Budge (Felix Felicis inventor) all yellow and golden. Hermione Granger, pink with some dark purples and other vibrant colors mixed in. And Draco Malfoy, all green and dark with some pops of sparkle and shine cause there's some good deep down in there. And here it all is.<br />
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In August we celebrated 11 years of marriage, some rocky, most not. But it's been a good run, so far. So here's to another 11! <br />
We actually had our first kid-free weekend! Thank you, John and Kay (brother and SIL)!!! Who generously took them and had good times with them while we spent some quality time together and got ourselves some tattoos as well.<br />
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Jeff's tattoo for the Taurus representing Carl....<br />
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My Tattoo of Carl's footprint from birth with his birthday, FINALLY, and Caimbrie's name in her handwriting above her footprint... (also needs to be added later)<br />
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And my AWESOME watercolor hummingbird :) Who we found out later is a take off a DC watercolor hummingbird (I just found a photo of one I liked on the net and we went with that). But I will eventually fill up that left calf/lower leg with water color tats....very excited for that :)<br />
This was done by Ashley at Gary's Tattoos in Galena, IL....and she is fanfuckingtastic, in my opinion :)<br />
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So I've done a little crafting, but mostly spinning. But here's my latest crafty things...<br />
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The Salt Water Taffy spin....it was AMAZING! <br />
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Some fiber I purchased from Psalm 23 at the Wisconsin State Fair for an Orphan Black swap. <br />
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Some Girl on Fire Fiber and spun up....gradient fire yarn...I love it!<br />
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And some coasters and an Owl I made for Nancy's birthday....and then she left us to go to Milwaukee, but she seems happier there, so that's what matters :)<br />
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Caimbrie has been loving her kindergarten! She's had her first month and she's doing all right. Had some mishaps. She doesn't like being different, the only one in her class of 18 with glasses...a new development. But I and everyone else think she looks adorable!! <br />
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We have had some issues lying, though. And to stop that, it had to be drastic....so I gave to Goodwill a garbage bag full of ponies and barbies and our brand new, bought with her money, Apple Jack Build-a-Bear. Harsh....but the lying. has. to. stop. She does seem better since that, which is good. <br />
<br />So now after the negative, I have a positive reinforcement happening. We've got a chart, and every day she comes home with a brown bear, no red bear, for listening at school, then she will get a special treat with me on a Friday or a Saturday. Whether it's coloring with me and tea and cakes or cookies, or going to pick something out at David's Tea, which is amazing, by the way...Thank you, Adrienne!!<br />
So far, so good. We'll see how it goes. A negative, because the consequences weren't working. And now positive to work towards something. <br />
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Look, I'm only winging this parenting thing. I'm doing the best I can. But hopefully some things will stick and work out in the end.<br />
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I think that's enough for now! Have a happy week, all!<br />
Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-67333763858797626952015-07-15T07:33:00.001-07:002015-07-15T07:47:28.776-07:00Meditation and SpinningWell, I'm continuing on my spinning while the Tour de France takes place. Monday was a rest day. I have spun up almost 1 3.25 oz batt just this week, then on to plying and starting the last batt for my Harry Potter Knitting Crochet House Cup OWL.<div>Here's some progress photos....</div><div>This was the next up in my spinning, fake cashmere, and I've never spun anything so lovely on my spinning time yet.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUST3IWK_QB5oRgNoRl33TWOT2xO0i_z6GUapcgV8Yt9a0X3CDtKYh13JbUjQyAvRDX0iglL878nrOEQaJe1_HwDDO5YTPcXpn-B7pdQn_LfxBY3BhDweRRs_fgWE14Dnppajpw1Z0mmA/s640/blogger-image--1860106335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUST3IWK_QB5oRgNoRl33TWOT2xO0i_z6GUapcgV8Yt9a0X3CDtKYh13JbUjQyAvRDX0iglL878nrOEQaJe1_HwDDO5YTPcXpn-B7pdQn_LfxBY3BhDweRRs_fgWE14Dnppajpw1Z0mmA/s640/blogger-image--1860106335.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26iV2hFZRCoN3rOGodXj2FCQ0AIqGaVWWmJWHPetu9LpUtZQ4w_XXPaNTvKAWEZPsVimDHeHjfv-E6BJqq7piqoVsKWApUHQkgDsFaSSHKVAXJ4wYTlHTUTECGI5uZuN2k3Bp_HSM2uk/s640/blogger-image--1021802314.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj26iV2hFZRCoN3rOGodXj2FCQ0AIqGaVWWmJWHPetu9LpUtZQ4w_XXPaNTvKAWEZPsVimDHeHjfv-E6BJqq7piqoVsKWApUHQkgDsFaSSHKVAXJ4wYTlHTUTECGI5uZuN2k3Bp_HSM2uk/s640/blogger-image--1021802314.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwUVlFbCQ6xo9L6u6BM8HkKQ-OI-acF7gOptJ3WJgloRubD_z5_J8NxMfJH1whyphenhyphenz_UEnJhx-EIL8rfNn-nfQMnn-_k-OszdDEmO2QA1Gs7CqUYIag7DyF9WvOKCMNBRjhOfVzE6SJKQco/s640/blogger-image--1345318914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwUVlFbCQ6xo9L6u6BM8HkKQ-OI-acF7gOptJ3WJgloRubD_z5_J8NxMfJH1whyphenhyphenz_UEnJhx-EIL8rfNn-nfQMnn-_k-OszdDEmO2QA1Gs7CqUYIag7DyF9WvOKCMNBRjhOfVzE6SJKQco/s640/blogger-image--1345318914.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuisg-SlV_tV3EhsK21tqWvsDPLjOah_r6OmR4DQ9ttnlLn8VMSfQlQyoV2MKEyZtTIsIYofunJXCaWFIXpvX0NUlFmG975s83BMZNBkx8nEl8ArhK9JKETXvLJ39wITU7WY2R47sOiLk/s640/blogger-image-1649208991.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuisg-SlV_tV3EhsK21tqWvsDPLjOah_r6OmR4DQ9ttnlLn8VMSfQlQyoV2MKEyZtTIsIYofunJXCaWFIXpvX0NUlFmG975s83BMZNBkx8nEl8ArhK9JKETXvLJ39wITU7WY2R47sOiLk/s640/blogger-image-1649208991.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Here's the next from Inglenook Fibers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is the first bobbin. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaK9pbph8TWb3JfJxxG6vlhBfi9dDNoBTJcr6hf6q3p3O967QUDyROIE_CQcCNn_mBm4u98ZM6RBPyl-LVy5NtgbUnaxizj8f7gcGNyIVBxS5NNAKnWRksRbXrWcz6RwjyfoUMptSvckU/s640/blogger-image-1103298457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaK9pbph8TWb3JfJxxG6vlhBfi9dDNoBTJcr6hf6q3p3O967QUDyROIE_CQcCNn_mBm4u98ZM6RBPyl-LVy5NtgbUnaxizj8f7gcGNyIVBxS5NNAKnWRksRbXrWcz6RwjyfoUMptSvckU/s640/blogger-image-1103298457.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Here's the progress on the 2nd bobbin. It's got about .3 oz left, then it's a spun up.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXws_lz42fNj-S1TIoZaXfTL_PZxu9F76Xg7FKR_hxA1f96t58uGeNCLK4ApKxgL8idIqW4L3XAKnq2zMJfted9NGp6YEoOltDykl9XbSusAfwyIgPv2lFuXCTAXg9TwXyN9ZfXRYfAcs/s640/blogger-image-1445954269.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXws_lz42fNj-S1TIoZaXfTL_PZxu9F76Xg7FKR_hxA1f96t58uGeNCLK4ApKxgL8idIqW4L3XAKnq2zMJfted9NGp6YEoOltDykl9XbSusAfwyIgPv2lFuXCTAXg9TwXyN9ZfXRYfAcs/s640/blogger-image-1445954269.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>It's interesting to try and spin a gradient. I'll see how it plies up and if I did a consistent job of spinning or not.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm participating in the Deepak and Oprah 21 day meditation on gratitude now. I am doing day 3 at lunch. Was behind a day and did day 2 this morning because yesterday was a full day in court.</div><div>But it's a good one. Gratitude for others and yourself is always a good message and something I need to remind myself of. You get what you give. Yesterday's mantra was All Good Things Bring Gratitude.</div><div>I'm not centered so much and it's hard to get into these meditations this time. My body is restless. That just makes me know even more I need to get back into meditation and calm my whole self down. Center myself. And I could feel progress today already. So hopefully it will be back to being one even self in another day or so.</div><div><br></div><div>Have a happy and healthy day. Center yourself if you can. You will certainly benefit.</div>Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-71291334042992246682015-07-07T15:40:00.001-07:002015-07-07T15:40:23.243-07:00Day 4 TdFDespite feeling like crap today, I couldn't make it to work, just couldn't do it, I got some spinning done. So did Caim for that matter. 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But no matter how you feel, craft if you can :)</div>Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-44469191538990296112015-07-06T11:23:00.001-07:002015-07-06T11:23:19.086-07:00Wow. Is it July already?Well, we've had a few things happen. The Wee Man turned 2. Our Sugar turned 5. We're all registered for Kindergarten, which starts in only a little over a month. Which is ridiculous since we've had the rainiest summer time months I can remember.<br />
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But all is going well. I've taken up spinning yarn again and I'm very, very happy. I got a Great Wheel, has a broken leg and needs to be fixed, but it was passed on to me for free!! Can't beat that! When it's all fixed, I will definitely take some pics.<br />
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Here's some crocheting spoils for the last few months.<br />
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My HPKCHC Spinning OWL, spinning 1.5 lb of fiber in 3 months....progress so far.<br />
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Gift for Lidia, a 'sort of' crocheted version of her doggie, Chloe</div>
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Teacher gifts for preschool teachers. Apple keychains and Pencil coasters to go with teacher mugs. </div>
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On the home front, we had a good, but long, 4th of July. The kids are happy and healthy, with the exception of the allergy to mosquito bites that Sugar has. She welts up like no one's business and it's hard to see happen. And since the mosquitoes are big enough to carry my kids away with them this year, it's trying. But Hubby has been newly voted into the Mason's, so that's a good journey he'll be taking. Hopefully the breakaway group that we're now a part of, the Levelers, will bring us together some more as a family and into a nice, new group of people.</div>
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<br />Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-30035577506149847542015-02-20T12:06:00.000-08:002015-02-20T12:06:15.118-08:00February's Flying By!I can't believe it's the 20th of February. It's been a whirlwind of pumping out work. Losing one of my best friends from working with me to the Federal Courts, and she deserves it, but I still miss seeing her lovely face every day. And she's busy too, so not nearly enough communication.<br />
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But I have been doing a little bit of crafting. Some cooking and baking. I just this week have purged and reorganized my desk. I really should've taken before and after pictures, I did not take before pics, though. It was a disaster. And I just kept putting it off. <br />
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But here are some glances of the before....behind the ram and all the stuff littering my desk in the kid's drawing picture. I really did not have a lot of usable work space, I just was collecting piles of stuff and paperwork that I didn't go through.<br />
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And here is my after. It's so much fresher for me. I can't even describe how much better it is.<br />
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Yes....Carl's wearing pink boots :)<br />
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We made Paczki one day....well, Jeff did. They were great.<br />
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This was her skirt for the daddy daughter dance. I made it with just an acrylic yarn I had that matched the Sashay Yarn/Ruffle scarf yarn that is out there. And I thought it was cute and she loved it, all that matters :)<br />
I don't currently have a pic of daddy and daughter, but I will get one soon and throw it up :)<br />
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Hope everyone is having a good Lent so far. I have decided not to give anything up, but do the declutter of getting rid of a bag of 'stuff' every day for 40 days. And that started with my desk! And I succeeded!<br />
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I have french onion soup stuff for tomorrow and I made beef stew last night. Some quick spaghetti on Wed. So I'm at least feeding my kids ;)<br />
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Hope you have a great weekend! I have a seminar to attend for work, which I will be taking crafting materials with me to like I do every other year. And I will be organizing some of the playroom and purging in there on Sunday.Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-36960109879380046722015-01-16T13:41:00.002-08:002015-01-16T13:41:21.112-08:00What a weekIt's been a crazy week. Sooo busy at work, and the kids are getting sick again. Oh, joy. So I don't know if we'll be attending the Christening we've RSVPd to this weekend, but I think they would appreciate us keeping the germs to ourselves. So I'll just have to take the gift I had made over there another day when we're feeling better....or just have one of us go with one of the kids, if they are healthy enough, and the others stay home.<br />
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But I've joined the Moogly Blog 2015 CAL (crochet along) and I will be getting a new pattern every 2 weeks for 24 weeks, December is for seaming. So this week was the <a href="http://jessieathome.com/2014/12/tamaras-kismet-square.html" target="_blank">Tamara's Kismet Square</a>. I've never done a Jacob's Ladder technique and I had a little snafu in the first round for the sideways ladder, I was 1 'rung' short on each side, so I had to just add in 2 extra DCs to each side as I went along the next row so it would come out proper. It's not noticeable, I don't think. But I really do love the effect. I love how it's rungs...<br />
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And then my finished product is this!!!<br />
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<span id="goog_1883424949"></span><span id="goog_1883424950"></span>I absolutely love the colors. Used what I had, 142.3 yards total, which is nice. It love the braided effect it has. It's so bright. And up close it doesn't look like much because I've been working on it. But it actually does resemble the pattern when I look at it in a picture like this! Yay for me! I'm always critical that I'm not doing good enough and it looks nothing like what was put out there by the designer. But I think I did okay. No, I did not block it. I really don't plan on blocking. I'm not a blocker, in general. So I am thinking I'm just going to be seaming these squares together as they are at the end, because that's how I roll. Not that I'm lazy, but I'm not going to kill the acrylic yarn. It's going to get washed a bajillion times, cause I assume we're going to use it on the couch, which ends up always smelling like dog butt after a couple weeks.....so there's no point, in my mind. It will be what it will be :) <br />
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Besides the heavy workload I have, I have the Slytherin Swaps that have started, and the sign-ups are trickling in. So far we have 31 people participating. So I will close those tomorrow night some time and I will then pair everyone up and give out their partner information and watch the <strike>chaos</strike> happy that ensues from the 'stalking' that people participate in to get an awesome box put together fort their spoilees. This term's theme is Favorite TV show. Who has only one? Really not many people, but it's a generality, I think. And it seems to be fun watching what people are answering thus far! Yay for swap time! Hopefully this time around I don't have any flakers o_O<br />
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Hope you are having a great week!Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-27205132383770874742015-01-08T09:18:00.003-08:002015-01-08T09:18:49.014-08:00The New YearI guess I never formally said Happy New Year!!! So there it is!!<br />
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Since this is the craft year for me, I'm doing what I want. It's not all just for me, but I'm not spending the whole year crafting for Christmas and others like I did. I have several projects I'm doing that are slotted for other people. of course. That's how I operate. But I'm going to just do them as I want to and if I want to. For instance, Noelle's daughters love these homemade hats that they got that match their coats. Brianna got a new coat, it's mint colored. So she wanted a hat to match. So I whipped one up. And she loves it. The hats a tad big, but better bigger than smaller, if you want to put the positive spin on it. And here it is!<br />
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<br />Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-63817652863108165622015-01-06T11:45:00.003-08:002015-01-06T11:47:25.724-08:00Charity HatsSo along with a friend at work, we made some preemie hats for <a href="http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Affiliate/Chicago-Little-Hats-Big-Hearts_UCM_466283_SubHomePage.jsp" target="_blank">Little Hats Big Hearts</a>. I ran out of red yarn, I was only able to make 7, but hey, it's better than none! It was a free pattern for a 10 minute crochet preemie hat that I used.<br />
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The coloring on the 2nd photo didn't turn out so good, but they're the same red as the top picture. I'm in the midst of my Detention Owl for my HP knit/crochet group on Rav., so I am working on Annie's Socks first.<br />
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I have a Toothless I started and stopped making for Jeff. I have several plans of stuff in the works. But I am going to make a cute hat for a 8 yo daughter of a co-worker, and it shouldn't take long at all. Just need to get around 200 yards of mint colored yarn. I have the accent colors already. And then maybe I'll put forward the effort of making another ram. I'm trying to not buy yarn this year, I'm trying to stash bust and have a very restricted budget. The mint yarn is the only cost of the hat I'm making, just supplies, I wouldn't charge for time. Maybe if I do the same for the ram? I don't know yet.</div>
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<b>Cam the Ram</b></div>
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I've never done this before, so here goes. I saw a really cute ram on Pinterest, and I wanted to make it. She said, 'Sorry, I didn't write the pattern down!' and that was the end of it. Well, damn it, I'm figuring it out. I don't think mine is as cute as hers....but it's cute enough.<br />
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I did the body and the ram horns in the colors of the college. I am planning on doing another in the body and ram horn colors of the St. Louis Rams for a friend at work's boyfriend who's a big Rams fan. But you can do whatever you want.</div>
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Including the horns, he's about 6 inches tall</div>
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3.75 mm hook</div>
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Green Yarn</div>
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Yellow Yarn</div>
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Tan Yarn (about 10 yards only)</div>
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White and Black for eyes</div>
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<b>Head:</b> work in continuous rounds</div>
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Using Green</div>
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1 - Make Magic Ring with 6 sc</div>
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2 - 2 sc in each sc (12)</div>
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3 - *sc, 2 sc in next stich* repeat around (18)</div>
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4 - *sc 2, 2 sc in next stitch* repeat around (24)</div>
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5 - *sc 3, 2 sc in next stitch* repeat around (30)</div>
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6 - Work even - (30)</div>
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7 - *sc 4, 2 sc in next stitch* repeat around (36)</div>
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8 - *sc 5, 2 sc in next stitch* repeat around (42)</div>
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9 to 15 - Work even - (42)</div>
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16 - *sc 5, sc2tog* repeat around (36)</div>
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17 - *sc 4, sc2tog* repeat around (30)</div>
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18 - *sc 3, sc2tog* repeat around (24)</div>
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19 - *sc 2, sc2tog* repeat around (18)</div>
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20 - Work even - (18)</div>
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Fasten off, leaving long tail for sewing, stuff head</div>
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<b>Body</b>: work in continuous rounds</div>
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Using Green</div>
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1 - Make Magic Ring with 6 sc</div>
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2 - 2sc in each stitch around (12)</div>
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3 - *sc 1, 2sc in next stitch* repeat around (18)</div>
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4 - *sc 2, 2sc in next stitch* repeat around (24)</div>
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5 - *sc 3, 2sc in next stitch* repeat around (30)</div>
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6 - *2sc in next stitch, sc 4* repeat around (36)</div>
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7 to 17 - sc around (36)</div>
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18 - *sc2tog, sc 4* repeat around (30)</div>
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19 to 25 - sc around (30)</div>
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26 - *sc2tog, sc 3* repeat around (24)</div>
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27 - *sc2tog, sc 2* repeat around (18)</div>
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Stuff the body</div>
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28 - *sc2tog, sc1* repeat around (12)</div>
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29 - *sc2tog* repeat around (6)</div>
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Finish off and leave long enough end to sew up the hole.</div>
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<b>Front Legs</b>: (make 2)</div>
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Start with Yellow</div>
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1 - Make Magic Ring with 6sc</div>
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2 - 2 sc in each stitch (12)</div>
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3 - *sc 1, 2 sc in next stitch* repeat around (18)</div>
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4 - sc2tog x2, 14 sc even (16)</div>
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finish off yellow and join green at this point</div>
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5 - sc2tog x2, 12 sc even (14)</div>
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6 - sc2tog x2, 10 sc even (12)</div>
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7 to 15 - sc even (12)</div>
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Finish off open with extra yarn for sewing, stuff legs</div>
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<b>Back Legs</b>: (make 2)</div>
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Start with Yellow</div>
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1 - Make Magic Ring with 6sc</div>
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2 - 2 sc in each stitch (12)</div>
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3 - *sc 1, 2 sc in next stitch* repeat around (18)</div>
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4 - *sc 2, 2 sc in next stitch* repeat around (24)</div>
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finish off yellow and join green at this point</div>
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5- sc even (24)</div>
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6 - sc2tog x3, 18 sc even (21)</div>
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7 - sc2tog x3, 15 sc even (18)</div>
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8 - sc even (18)</div>
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9 - *sc 1, sc2tog* repeat around (12)</div>
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10 to 16- sc even (12)</div>
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Finish off open with extra yarn for sewing, stuff legs</div>
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<b>Ears</b>: (make 2)</div>
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With Green</div>
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1 - Make Magic Ring with 4 sc</div>
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2 - *2sc in next stitch, sc 1* repeat around (6)</div>
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3 - *2sc in next stitch, sc 2* repeat around (8)</div>
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4 - *2sc in next stitch, sc 3* repeat around (10)</div>
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5 - *2sc in next stitch, sc4* repeat around (12)</div>
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Finish off and leave long enough end for sewing to head. Do not stuff.</div>
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<b>Horns: </b>work in continuous rounds</div>
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Using Yellow</div>
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1 - Make a Magic Ring with 5 sc </div>
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2 - 2sc in stitch, sc4 </div>
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3 - sc1, 2sc in stitch, sc4 </div>
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4 - sc1, 2sc in stitch.x2, sc2, sc2tog </div>
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5 - sc2, 2sc in stitch, sc5 </div>
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6 - sc3, 2sc in stitch.x2, sc3, sc2tog (The decrease will cross the first stitch of the new/next round. No worries, just start the new round after the decrease like nothing happened)</div>
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7 - sc3, 2sc in stitch, sc6</div>
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8 - sc4, 2sc in stitch.x2, sc4, sc2tog (The decrease will cross the first stitch of the new/next round. No worries, just start the new round after the decrease like nothing happened)</div>
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9 - sc4, 2sc in stitch x2, sc7</div>
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Can stuff as you go at this point to make it easier on yourself</div>
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10 to 15 - sc2tog, sc5, 2sc in stitch x2, sc5, sc2tog</div>
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16 to 19 - hdc2tog, hdc5, 2hdc in stitch.x2, hdc5, hdc2tog</div>
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20 - Slip stitch every stitch around </div>
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Finish off and leave open with a tail for sewing to the head</div>
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<b>Snout: </b>work in continuous rounds</div>
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In Tan</div>
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1 - Make a Magic Ring with 6sc</div>
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2 - 2 sc in each stitch around (12)</div>
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3 - *sc 1, 2 sc in next stitch* repeat around (18)</div>
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4 - *sc 2, 2 sc in next stitch* repeat around (24)</div>
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5 to 6 - sc even (24)</div>
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<b>Tail</b></div>
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I just did a chain of 6 and sc in 2nd ch from hook to the end (5)</div>
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Then sc back again (5) and attach to the butt</div>
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Sew the head and body together, I did the head a little forward angling down a little so that when it sat it looked a little more menacing. Not sure if that turned out well or not. But I tried.</div>
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Sew the arms and legs on where you think they look good. I tried to do the arms towards the center more so it could sit up on them a little more. I actually stitched the middle of the back of the arms to the stomach so they would stay straight.</div>
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Sew on the snout. Embroider with a strand of black the nostrils and line down and the mouth.</div>
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The ears go more on the side of the head. Sew the horns to the top of the head and I actually had to stitch them below the ear to the head to get the proper curl.</div>
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I just took white and sewed on a triangle and filled it in for the eyes and then just sewed on a little black for a pupil. You could do felt and glue it on or put in safety eyes before you stuff and close up the head.</div>
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Please feel free to let me know if you find any errors! I'm completely open to feedback! I was just kind of winging it! Keeping this on here is more of a help for me to do this pattern again and not have to go through all my scrap paper notes.</div>
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This is a compilation and modification of 5 free patterns of other amigurumi and they're not copied, but they were used as reference.</div>
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But I used a Bear Ornament from Red Heart, Lil' Baby Unicorn from Little Yarn friends, Stuffed Kitten by Mary Walker, Horns by MyGurumi, and Chibi Cow by Marika Allely as my reference points.</div>
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So since I gave credit where credit is due, I don't care what you do with this Ram when it's done or if you share it, sell it. Just don't take credit for the work that I put into putting the pattern together and the modification work that I did to get it to this point. Thanks!</div>
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Then the weddings!<br />
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First was the only wedding we weren't in! Lynn and Bill on Sept. 20th!<br />
Caim had so much fun dancing on the floor and playing at their awesome kids table full of tons of games and drawing stuff.<br />
Carl and me danced and swayed and had a great time. Jeff isn't much in to the dancing :)<br />
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Next was Amanda and Nick on Sept. 27th!<br />
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Caim was one of 5 flower girls!! Carl was just dressed up cute. I was Matron of Honor, and had a great time.<br />
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Then I chopped off the hair I had been growing out for said weddings on Oct. 9th...16 inches for Locks of Love<br />
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We saw Santa at the Adventure to Santa at Oakbrook Center Mall<br />
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We had a good Christmas and hopefully will have a nice New Year. Missed Barb at Christmas Eve this year, but she had a good friend's house to go to that she's known since she was little, I understand, she just was missed. </div>
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Colorado Ram....it was several pieces of patterns and modified to be its own thing, so I'll have the pattern in the next post.</div>
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I was sorted in Slytherin again in my Rav. group - HPKCHC, I'm a middle of the Anaconda nest, I am the Swap Mistress, heading up the big term swap again and a member of the Slytherin Sunshine Committee. I look forward to sharing much more crafting and other things in general with you!</div>
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Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-27903371670599955652014-08-07T14:01:00.003-07:002014-08-07T14:01:42.381-07:00Shower fun :)Well, I've been busy crafting for Christmas time, so just in case any of those people happen to randomly come to this blog, I can't put any pictures of my creations on here. But since Amanda has had her shower and her surprise shawl is fully made, I can put lots of pics up of the shawl and show it looks now that it's all done!<br />
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We are having my brother's wedding shower at my house in September. That should be fun. I have gotten some of the stuff I ordered for the shower favors so far....they are going to be adorable!<br />
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I personally think Amanda's were adorable as well :) Made a Lemon Sugar Scrub and put it in little jelly jars and then put a little slice of soap on top in a clear bag with colorful crinkle paper at the bottom and cute ribbons to tie it up. Cutest favors I've done yet. I think Kayla's will be just as cute, but that's my opinion.<br />
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I started working out at lunch with Annie. I feel great afterwards, which is a good feeling. I need it. I need it for physical and mental. And I push myself, so that's all fabulous for me.<br />
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My wee man is 1 year old! Monday was his first birthday, and it was celebrated at the doctor because he has another ear infection. This poor kid, I swear. But he's still a happy little dude. We are having his birthday celebration with his Baptism, which time and circumstances did not allow us to do earlier, at the end of May. Loooots of people will hopefully be there, but we only do first birthdays, so we do them up. Why not? I just hope I can hold it together for it all.<br />
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And on a happy note, I won a book from that fabulous Amy mentioned above and I got it in the mail early this week!!! A book of crochet patterns of all different hats for parent/child....they're so friggin cute! I am in the midst of working on a blanket for a shower, I made flowers for Quidditch on Rav which went to Caim for her Barbie house, and a square I turned in for Care of Magical Creatures class that went also to Caim as a Barbie house rug. I've done a monster, working on a Minion....and I can't say specifically what my Owl is, it's a gift, but when it's done, it should be epic...but I am STILL waiting on the 2nd round of yarn for this project!!!<br />
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So lots on my plate, good things, but still lots. Just keep swimming....Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-18592461792549444562014-04-09T12:29:00.003-07:002014-04-09T12:29:34.653-07:00Going to try more...I'm going to try more posts. Maybe a weekly post? I'm not sure if anyone reads this or not, but hey. Is what it is.<br />
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I've got several things going craft wise. I'm starting a surprise for someone...and that's about all I can say about that. Crud...that's anticlimactic.<br />
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I was asked by not 1, but 2 people at work to make something for them! I'm so honored! I am making a Minion for Christine's son and I'm making a 3 eyed monster for Lili's nephew who is suffering from cancer right now. Lili just did a fundraiser and is going to see him over Easter weekend and loved the one I already made, so I'm so excited to make one for her to give to him!<br />
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Speaking of Easter weekend, I can't wait because Alex is coming to town from Germany! I really hope she can just stay with us, but we'll see. But she'll be here on Good Friday, just a little over a week to go! I'm so excited to see her, she's someone I met and volunteered with at LeakyCon in 2012 and I've kept up with her...and she gets me and the nerdy Harry loving person that I am! We can talk nerdy stuff like that, she's the same age as me....and it's so awesome to learn about the different stuff from across the pond and all.<br />
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Anywho, I have to get going on swatching that, uh, special gift....and I have to get going on that monster for next weekend. Hmm....too much going on at home, painting, straightening, cleaning, unpacking (still).....and getting a garden started. We're going a little huge with our first garden...way I look at it, even if it all doesn't take, in the long run, if only some of it takes, we'll still be saving money with buying some less produce....but here's to hoping that more will take than less!Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-33378364682038500832014-03-21T11:48:00.004-07:002014-03-21T11:48:51.838-07:00Been a while, but that's lifeYeah, life gets in the way. So my wee man is going to be a year old in less than 2 months! I'll have a 4 year old this summer! What?! And my dad has had surgeries on his hips he's recovering from, so my kids are experiencing daycare at home with an awesome long-time friend, and it's going pretty well...except the girls are both stubborn, but they survive. <br />
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I've learned to crochet, and I love it, now that I grasp it. So this is pretty much what I've done since November last year....<br />
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There you go! I'm not going into anything else but this. This is my escape, reading and crocheting, knitting and spinning, which I haven't done either of those in a little bit. But that's life. At least I have some outlet, right?<br />
<br />Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-78707510071937529032013-10-25T09:01:00.001-07:002013-10-25T09:01:26.478-07:00Well, well, never enough timeYep, there's never enough time. Not enough time to focus on my kids individually enough for them not to somewhat act out. Not enough time to knit. Not enough time to spin. Certainly not enough time to keep up with cleaning, laundry, and shopping enough to be good enough to be on a diet to lose some freaking weight before I am in the 2 weddings next fall. Yeaaaaahhhhhh.<br />
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Ah well. My little girl got better with swim class. Till halfway through. Then she tackle hugged the other girl so much to play with her, she ended up tackle hugging her face down in the water. Lovely. I profusely apologized to the parents, who were way cooler about it than I probably would have been had it been my kid, and that little girl wanted nothing to do with her all class, I don't blame her...but 3 year olds don't really get 'personal space'. So she just kept on trying to play with her, saying sorry, giving her hugs, all the stuff she does at home, and the girl practically fled the pool every time. That was it. Done with swimming. Maybe she can try swimming after we get her into a preschool or something where she can learn listening and accountability and stuff in a structured environment where she can't accidentally drown another child. THEN maybe we can put her into another swim class. Maybe she'll listen a little better then if she's gotten a structured preschool environment. I just don't know. Half the time I feel like I'm not cut out to be a mom. Like I should be more equipped to handle this and somehow be able to figure it out, and I just don't. I just don't.<br />
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The wee man has a tooth that came through, but he's normally such a happy little guy. Completely sleeps through the night. We're hopefully going to be moving next month, so home has been in an upheaval. Of course, right around the holidays. And because of that I have spent all my spare time on things concerning that. So there has been no crafting time. I can barely keep up with crafting for my HPKCHC class turn-ins that I have to do because of time shortage. I wish I could bake and submit a class. I would have gotten that. That my girl can be a part of and it's mommy time and we work well together. Harumph. <br />
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I so want to knit for the holiday. I went from wanting to knit like 10 things to parring down that I wanted to spin 1 skein and knit just 3-4 things...to OMB, I better finish these pants I started 2 months ago for the wee man before he grows out of them, and I just want to knit 2 things for Christmas, and I don't know if I can even do that!!! So frustrating! That's my outlet and I can't do it. So I've got all this pent up crafty energy and I can't relax cause I don't have time to craft and relax at all. Not like I expected to relax with a 3 year old and a 5 month old, that's not it, but at least at night or something, a little extra time, maybe if they napped on the weekends I'd get 4 hours, 2 on Saturday 2 on Sunday....not even 1 on each day do I get where they are napping at the same time. Wee man doesn't even really nap. He sleeps through the night and takes little cat naps unless he's sick, but otherwise, not much. So that's really a no go. Ugh. This will pass, I will craft again. I just want him to wear the pants. I'm going to have to do a little at lunch every day or something...when I'm not working on transcripts at lunch sometimes. Grrr.<br />
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Anyway, hopefully we will have a good Halloween next week. I can't believe it's almost Halloween. This is nuts. But I'll post pics of Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf after Trick or Treating next week :)Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-90888531935388498752013-08-27T13:56:00.002-07:002013-08-27T13:56:50.418-07:00That kid, really? Lovely.So I love my kids. And the Little Caim is a hard nut. We have had our share of troubling times with her behavior, she's definitely an independent one. Doesn't help that she's smart and gets bored easily. It's constant, constant vigilance and positive attention we have to give her, but the moment we stop, she's throwing a baseball around the house. Like last night.<br />
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We've tried spankings, time outs, reward system, allowance, taken away a majority of her toys...nothing consistently works. She's ever evolving with discipline and trying to get out of things. Yes, my 3 year old. Am I one of those parents? One that never should have had kids cause I can't hack it? I truly don't feel properly equipped for her. She is beyond my parenting realm and capability, this is how I feel. And that seems like a cop out, but I am at a total loss.<br />
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Let me share what prompted this little bit. Last night was our first tots swim class. Now, I am fortunate enough to have a husband who works a different shift...not so fortunate for communication always, but fortunate that he can watch our children in the morning. I also have the blessing of my dad who is retired and can watch the kids in the interim every day until I get home from work. This is a lovely and lucky thing to have. I am grateful, beyond grateful for all the family help I get. But I feel she is not socialized enough. She has cousin socialization, and at holidays and parties there are 7 of them between my 3 cousins children that are ages 2-9, so this is perfect. She gets along well with them, plays well, but is still kind of the loner kid. That's what happens I guess. But she makes her way. <br />
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So I put her in the tot swim class. We've been talking it up, very excited, and she also has to listen to the teacher. Yes. We have to listen to the teacher. Well, one her butt hit the water, all bets were off. She literally did not listen to anything the teacher said. I am not exaggerating. She was even put in a time out and didn't listen. Lovely. I was actually hoping she could test into the advanced tots class, she already does all the things they want her to do in this class, but she can't test out if she's an utter beast. She has to show she can listen, not just do the required things they have to do. And that sucks. She is bored, she does all this stuff already at my parents' pool, has all summer long. But instead of just listening and taking her turn and doing it so she can be better engaged, no, we have to just literally run up and down, pick up toys when we're not supposed to, swim out with stuff we're not supposed to on our own, not listen to anything. Then when the teacher says, okay, we're going to use this brick floaty thing that she's been trying to play with, it gets thrown, and instead of going and retrieving it, she stands there with her arms crossed and another kid from another class goes and gets it. Lovely. I have the defiant, won't listen to anyone, do what I want, pain in the ass kid. The one that she went home and complained to her family about, I know it by the look on her face. I have THAT kid. The one the other parents look at and go, what the hell? Why the hell can't her parents reign her in? What's wrong with her? What:'s wrong with them? Yeah. THAT kid. I HATE having that kid. I never thought I would be that parent. And I know, this is only one class. And there is no "oh, she's only 3 years old." excuse, because there sat another girl in her class, who did everything the teacher said, sat all nice, didn't even get up for anything, and turned and waved to her parents nicely, they waved back, meanwhile my Beast is off galavanting and playing with water pipes and things. Lovely. <br />
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I can try to reward her. She gets no more of her TV shows or the pool at my parents' house, which sucks cause it's finally friggin hot out again, but I can't do it. She gets those taken away and will have to earn them back by behaving in class tomorrow. I can't take her out just now after one class because I want her to realize that she has to be in that setting, whether she's used to it or not, and she's going to have to get used to it and following some rules. Right now we use incentive of a sticker chart at night for cleaning up our toys and we get a dollar allowance every week after we fill up the week. Pretty much half the days she says she doesn't care what we do or take away, doesn't care that she sees the money sitting there on the fridge and she can't have it, she doesn't want to clean up. Fantastic. We do 3 strikes and time out. If she gets up from time out we start the time all over again. She was earning back toys for being good, but that stopped cause I would say, hey, don't you want such and such back? You can't have it unless you behave or unless you do such and such. The response I repeatedly get is, "that's fine." And she moves on. Really??? We're talking prized toy possessions....nothing makes a dent. I don't keep the television on at night. She plays ABC Mouse and she's been learning with that, and I take that away and it stings for a minute and then she says she doesn't care. She just doesn't care. Could care less if she finds a piece of string and paper to play with, she'll make it into whatever. Doesn't make a hill of beans difference to her. <br />
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So how the hell do I get her to listen? I know she needs tons of stimulation. But that's not life. Life is not always what you want or need. She has to learn early that she's got to account for herself and she's got to follow direction and rules. That's how the fucking world works, dammit. Maybe some day she'll have a teacher that can get through, but that's at least 2 years off with her only being 3, so what am I supposed to do. Maybe when we move I will be able to get her in a preschool thing at night. I can't do too many things at night now only because I have my own sanity to think of, my job, I can't have so many nights that I have commitments when I have to be in court late some days. That just won't work. So I have to make do. But until then, what? I just let her do whatever? I can't do that. She just won't listen. I don't know. Someone said, oh, were you there and was she constantly looking at you during the class. Good thought, but she only even saw me the last 10 minutes of the class. I can't be around, and that's fine with me, for any other classes except for the first and last...but that doesn't make a different. I wholly believe that. Hopefully the reward and incentive of the pool at the 'rents on Thursday will make Wednesday's class a little better. I was thinking of taking the kids to the zoo on Saturday, maybe that will be an incentive. But I don't want too many incentives and then what about next week? What do I do then? I'm just baffled. I truly cannot tame the Beast. I have tried little tricks. A friend of mine, Amy, told me to get her to be good in a store, have her 'make' her own list, help get stuff off the shelves, cross stuff off while we shop....that worked like magic. What the hell can I do in this instance? I am a lost mamma who can't figure out what the hell to do for my own kid. Fanfriggintastic.<br />
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it doesn't make up for her horrid attitude. She's highly embarrassing, I am mortified, horrified, and furious.<br />
<br />Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-44867269825566281992013-08-07T09:25:00.003-07:002013-08-07T09:25:55.023-07:00Life, death, and RavelrySo it's been a little bit. I'm not going to apologize for that. Life happens. LOTS of life. And some endings of life.<br />
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When I last wrote it was March, I was pregnant. <br />
On April 11th we tragically lost my sister in law, Karla, to a horridly mutant strain of cancer, we don't even know what type of cancer it was so rapid growing. And the mutant part? The doctors coined it that, not us. She went in for pneumonia and died within 2 weeks. They said if they had seen her 2 months previous, she wouldn't have even had signs on a cellular level. Utterly tragic to lose someone so vibrant and young, only 30.<br />
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Well, on Cinco de Mayo my BABY BOY was born!<br />
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He was 6 lb, 8 oz, and though I have an easier time than most in not having to push much and having only several hours of pain, when an epidural doesn't work and you have high blood pressure normally...I give MASSIVE kudos to anyone who does that naturally. Although, I think had I not had Pitocin with this birth it would have different, a little more easy going like my daughter. But that is life.<br />
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He's not so small now, he's also allergic to soy and lactose at this point, he's got colitis so he's on a special astronomically expensive formula, too bad my body quit on me and I couldn't have kept breastfeeding, cause I would have been even more exhausted, but I would have lost a bunch of weight and it wouldn't cost like the formula does. Eh. It happens, I guess. He's got reflux, so he's on Zantac, and when he gets to the point where he's put on too much weight and he needs a dosage uppage? You can tell. He can't hold formula down and it's rough. So it's a good thing we went to the doctor yesterday.<br />
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Little miss turned 3 in June. My goodness how time flies. She will start a swim class the end of the month. She's sooo looking forward to it. I kind of hope they test them and we can move her up to the advanced tots, because she does what they ask already, but since she learned it with me and not through them, they won't allow us to just put her in there. She's so big! And with curly hair to boot. What a stitch she can be.<br />
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I've started back to work, so that's an adjustment. The hardest part was going back after spending 3 months with my Little girl and her personality. I started Thursday Aug. 1, so on Friday she looked me up and down and said, where are you going? I said, I have to go to work again. She burst out crying. That's the hardest part. I really got to know her and finally got into a good routine. Ah, such is life, I guess.<br />
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We're hopefully going to be moving to St. Charles were schools are better in late fall/early winter. There's many things in the works, so it's been an exhaustive 3 months off, although enjoyable, tons more than the last maternity leave. <br />
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And although it doesn't mean anything to anyone NOT on Ravelry, I am a Charms Professor for the HPKCHC. I LOVE it. I truly do. I have been a Slytherin in the cup on the knitting group in Rav for 3 'terms' now. Each term is 3 months, with a month in-between. So I guess I've put in a full year. I was a '2nd year' and decided I wanted to be part of the Slytherin Staff, and joined the Slytherin Sunshine Committee. And if you know me, you know that although it sounds like it's an oxymoron, it's not. At least I think so. I think I am pretty sunny most of the time. Blunt and I swear, but I laugh and smile a lot....so I consider that sunny. And I LOVE the Slytherins. We're a fantastic group of people, if I do say so myself.<br />
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And so I started May 1st with my first term as a professor. I figured if I could do it while on maternity leave with things in the works at home and also having to do some work on the side with a brand new baby and a toddler? I could do anything with the cup. Maybe not ANYthing at THIS point, but eventually. Maybe. But at this point being head of the big swap in Slytherin and a Professor for the cup is good for me. I'd love to be a middle snake for a nest, but I LOVE my Anaconda nest, so unless I'm staying with them, I'm not going anywhere. I don't know if I'll be a Charms Professor again, but I am still going to be a Professor for next term. At least I asked to be :)<br />
I haven't had much time to spin or knit. I so want to. It's my relaxation. But that will come in time when things get more settled. So until then, I'll just have to look at my yarn and fiber longingly and maybe get in a little here and there at lunch or when Hubs is driving the car and I can knit. Seeing as I'm in the middle of a pair of pants for the Wee Man, though, I should finish those so I don't finish them when he's too big for them and Little Miss has a big pair of pants for a dolly.<br />
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So I'll update as I finish that stuff. But as of now I've only spun up 1 skein of orange Merino/Silk blend, started on an art batt from Jazz Turtle which is awesome, but I don't have time to sit and spin more of, knit a pacifier buddy that keeps the pacifier attached to the car seat so I can grab the rope and stick it in Wee Man's mouth when I'm driving without hunting around for a lost pacifier, and I knit 1 blanket square the month that Wee Man was born. That was a lot and it was simple stockinette stitch. But hey, you do what you can, right? Right.<br />
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But there is a story that I just have to share, I can't not. When you watch a miracle unfold before your eyes, you just have to share it.<br />
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So *R at work, her daughter has been going through some major stuff, ever since she had and beat Leukemia when she was 21. It was a heck of a battle, and at the time she was with some guy, she didn't know if she'd end up marrying him, and they didn't offer freezing eggs, only embryos. So she didn't freeze embryos with that guy...thank goodness. She didn't end up marrying him, she ended up with this awesome, amazing guy, and they are just those people that no one dislikes, the 'special people' put in this world, I say.<br />
So we get a new girl at work in November, Terri. She's the president of a maternity house to help with girls who are 12-18 and have no where to go and no one to help them. Me and *R are talking in the back one day about stuff that's going on with her daughter, who decided that so she can have the joy of carrying a child, she would give up having it be hers and had gone through a whole process to find an egg donor. While going through everything to see if she could have even found out if she could have her own babies, she found out she has didelphys, which is a uterus that has a wall in the middle, so it's split in two. So she was in the process of going through a very iffy surgery to get that wall removed for a better pregnancy eventually.<br />
Terri pipes in about not wanting to interrupt, but hey, what's happening? Would her daughter ever be interested in adoption? This could be an option because some girls don't keep their babies...blah, blah, blah.<br />
In 2 weeks, no lie, 2 weeks, they get a call from a girl who is 19, technically out of their age range for the maternity house, but she had such a great personality and wanted to adopt out her child, was 8 month pregnant, shamed, would be shunned in her home country and with her family, she needed help. They just couldn't turn her away. So a phone call to *R and calls to the daughter and a ball rolling.....they met, they loved her, she loved them, the daughter's a labor and delivery nurse, she wants to be a nurse, they get along great...and March 1st her baby was born. After the bonding with the daughter and taking her to her doctor's appointments and hospital visits, she signed off on the adoption and didn't look back. And neither did they. He's so friggin cute, it's not even a joke.<br />
And that's the story of fate in my work office that changed these families forever.<br />
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And here's a picture of the blanket I knitted up, power knitting, for that little cutie.<br />
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And if you want to check out the Maternity House of Fox Valley, here's the link...<a href="http://www.mhfv.org/" target="_blank">http://www.mhfv.org/</a><br />
Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-67076403855118745092012-10-24T11:07:00.001-07:002012-10-24T11:08:26.985-07:00Knitting, Spinning...and PregnancyWell, I didn't quite meet my once a month. Last month was a doozy for me. I found out I'm pregnant! Yay! Due May 16th as of right now, so about a month before Caim turns 3. Right as she is a tiny beast too, fun, fun, fun. This too shall pass. This too shall pass. This too shall pass. Right? Right? Oh, God, I hope so.<br />
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I finally got sorted into the HPKCHC, which for you nonRavelers out there, it's the Harry Potter Knit/Crochet House Cup. And I love it! I'm in Slytherin. I love my house, my nest, my mates...it's fantastic. But I am finding an issue. I have to put in one project, not detention, so a brand new project, for a minimum of 1 class each month. Shouldn't be hard, right? Well, I'm having the same issue with this pregnancy I had with the last one. Last time I had a hard time scrapbooking because it made me ill. And I'm having the same issue with knitting. Ridiculous. I actually have to push myself to do it. I have hats I'm doing for my cousin's daughters, hopefully matching doll hats for them as well. But it's got to be actually knitted! Hello! I've cast on after talking to the designer about sizing issues and I have yet to do another row. I got my loom all set up, now I just need to put my butt into gear.<br />
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That leads my to my homework. Yes, homework. Not the work from work, cause I'm choosing to take it a little easy there right now. I am just so exhausted all the time, I can't push myself more than I have to, and that's a choice I'm making for me and my baby. I could definitely use the money. Couldn't we all? Sure we could. But it's not worth my health right now, which is wreaking havoc. My stomach, constant nausea, migraines galore. It's fantabulous. But for an Anniversary present, Jeff told me he wanted to buy me a spinning wheel! My very own spinning wheel! I've dreamt of one since I started getting fiber to spindle spin. So I got a Kromski Sonata on 10-13. It's beautiful. I don't have a pic of my wheel, but I have taken a pic off of New Voyager's website to show you what it looks like. I'll put a pic of mine soon enough.<br />
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So the guy who sold it to me from Wool, Warp & Wheel in Richmond, IL was super nice. I treadled on it for a bit. A few other wheels as well. This one felt the best for me, best distance in treadles, best feel, it was wonderful. So I took it home. He showed me maintenance, how to break it down (cause it's portable), how to put it back up, but not how to spin any fiber. I figured I could watch some videos online, like I did with the spindle. Yeah, it was just not working. So I just happened to go to the site I saw TLD Design Studio and see if they had classes...sure enough they had one that started last Saturday! So I signed up and it was spindle spinning last Saturday and it's wheel spinning this Saturday! I'm so excited to learn how to finally get that fiber onto my wheel. But my homework. Yep, I'm coming back around. I have to spin at least 10 minutes a day and I'll bring in what I spun to show Betty Burian Kirk...who is amazing and a really good teacher, by the way. So I've had to take what little time I have at home at night to knit and spin to I can really, really get my drafting down as much as possible before the wheel class. So it's put a bit of a hindrance on my knitting. So now I really have to bust out some knitting this weekend. And we're going to head to he Boo at the Zoo at Brookfield on Sunday and Saturday I have the class. Doesn't leave me much time. Send some happy knitting vibes my way so I can ease myself and just knit a little bit every night and bust out this hat before Halloween! Yet again, maybe I should just knit up something really quick, if I can, and put it into a class and not worry about whether I get the hat done. Ugh, I don't know.Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-21112422874719499472012-08-17T13:45:00.000-07:002012-08-17T13:45:02.447-07:00LeakyCon 2012Well, I did my LeakyCon last week. It was fantastic....but sooooo tiring. Let me say, if I did it again? If it was ever local again, I would just suck it up and stay on location. There's no way I'd commute again. I missed the night stuff so I could see my girl at home and so I could make trains. I also had such pain in my knees and feet from all the walking and standing, and the train-to-hotel walks did not help matters. What can you do? <br />
Plus, if I were to go to the ball, I would have had to carry those clothes with me back and forth and lug even more stuff. Not worth the killing of my shoulders.<br />
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Overall, it was a fantastic experience. I hugged Evanna Lynch **SQUEE** she's beautiful in person, even more so than on screen. If you don't know who she is? She's Luna Lovegood in the HP movies. If you still don't know? IMDB.<br />
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I got to be 6 feet away from Darren Criss and smile and wave cause he was saying hi to all the volunteers after the really LONG but also AWESOME "A Very Potter Musical: A Very Senior Year 3D"<br />
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There were some perks, though it sucked that I had to make a train and had to miss the Lit signing that I wanted to go to with all the authors on Saturday evening....which I was late to getting into line for because of the volunteering at the AVPM show. I don't regret volunteering or watching it, but I really wanted signatures of some of the authors that I didn't have a chance to get earlier. Oh well, life goes on, I guess. Maybe another time.<br />
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The HP Actors panel was fantastic! They are awesome people, talk so genuinely and just hang out with us all. It was fabulous. Got a picture in a group with the 4 of them after, but as of last time I checked it was not posted yet to the LeakyCon Flickr page. But that puppy is getting saved to the computer and printed out. How can I not??<br />
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Unfortunately, I highly doubt I can go to the LeakyCon 2013 in London, amazing as that would be. I also doubt I'll go to the Portland one next year either, unless we decide to make a vacation out of it and I don't volunteer, just do programming, so I could spend time with my family.<br />
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I enjoyed the programming. I enjoyed all but 1 member of the staff. I don't know her name, I know what she looks like, but we're busting our asses, and if your badge is flipped and I don't know you? Don't yell at me for not knowing you're staff and can skip the lines and go in early. They should just throw the volunteers a little bit of slack for doing their jobs, which most of them did. But 1 bad apple makes a sour taste in your mouth for the whole thing.<br />
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I did make friends with so many wonderful people. They're amazing people, a great fandom, a great expansion into things encompassing all books and genres, it's fantastic. I loved it. And it was great how many regular attendees kept telling us we were doing so great and thanks for doing it, they couldn't imagine what we were dealing with (like getting yelled at by hotel management...yep, I sure did. For what? Um, a gigantic line of 4,000 people that were lined up through their whole hallway that had to cross the main thoroughfare of the hotel the same night that people were shuttling out for a Bears game. Right...I could realllllly control that. But hey, you can't win 'em all). And I got so many thank yous, hugs, high-fives, it was a great experience. And even with the extra crabby stuff thrown in, I would volunteer again, but like I said, only if I'm not commuting.Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-26881894803908133102012-07-12T08:30:00.000-07:002012-07-12T08:30:59.711-07:00CraftingI'm going to try harder to post more often. This is the start. Dad's hip replacement was 2 days ago, he's doing all right. In pain, but this pain will dissipate as opposed to the pain he had from the bone-on-bone hip for months. That had to be horrendous.<br />
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My brother's birthday was yesterday, 27! Wow, I can't believe it! And of course there's just too much that's been going on, so I'm the bad only sister who will give him a birthday present late. Bad sister! What makes me even worse? I don't even know what to get him! I guess that's what happens when you don't live with someone anymore, you just don't see the every day things that they need and want and like to surprise them with. Blech.<br />
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And on crafting. I just have to say, I wish I could craft for a living. I love my job, don't get me wrong, although I'm slacking a tad right now writing this instead of doing a transcript. But as soon as I finish this, that transcript will have my full attention. I don't love the homework with my job. But that aside, I wish I could stay home, take care of Caim, have a schedule, make dinners that I can plan and have time to prep and make, keep up on the house stuff every day instead of late at night and on weekends, and craft: spin, knit, and scrap. I have so many thoughts and ideas and want to do so much....and I just don't have the time. Not a bit. And then I end up wiped out at work because I do this stuff late at night and it's just frustrating. I am not complaining, I have a job. A job that pays at that. Good insurance...as of now. A roof over my head, all that stuff. But let me tell you, if I could just stay home and do that with schedules and doing and making? I'd do it in a heartbeat. I would always find something to keep me busy.<br />
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With that, I will get back to my real life. The actual job and homework.Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-64903529646508408222012-07-10T09:39:00.000-07:002012-07-10T09:39:16.410-07:00Been a little....Well, it's been a while since I have posted, but that's life. And life gets in the way. Today my dad is having hip replacement surgery....right now as I write this, as a matter of fact. So extra prayers it all goes well and for a nice recover, if you please.<br />
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My baby girl isn't a baby anymore :( She's 2! How is this possible?!? Well, time flies when you're having fun. We had a great time taking her to Navy Pier and all about the city for her birthday. The Sunday previous was Father's Day, and she shared Jeff's day and my Dad's day and we had cake and swam in the pool alllllllll day. My Aunt and Uncle and Auntie Mandy were even able to come and hang with us. It was a nice relaxing day. And that Saturday we went to the zoo with Uncle Helmut and Aunt Lee, Emma and Uncle Tony and Lukas and Jacob. She had a great time at the zoo. And grandma and grandpa bought us memberships to the zoo for her birthday because they heard how much she liked it....which is awesome!<br />
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I finally turned in the Harry Potter swap box to Stephanie in Kansas, with a bit of confusion on her address. But I think she liked it. I sure was proud of the work I put into it, even though I had to turn it in a few days late, just didn't have enough time.<br />
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The box I got from Xa in Iowa is AMAZING!!!!! I can't even tell you....</div>
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And as of late I've been spinning yarn. How addicting is this? It's awesomely addicting. I can do it and watch Caim or somewhat pay attention to the TV. I've been getting better, but I have produced my first skein! It's all due to the Tour de Fleece....which is a take on the Tour de France that's going on right now. We push ourselves to spin along with the timeline that the bicyclists take. And I've been pushing along and learning. And that's what it's all about for me. Giving me incentive because there's a prize drawing every day. So I'm pushing along....any chance to win something and I'm in!<br />
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<br />Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7339132238776645360.post-83111195271241285972012-05-23T13:03:00.001-07:002012-05-23T13:03:14.624-07:00CompassionWell....I have been part of my swaps for a little bit now. If you read this blog, you know that. If you know me in person, especially at work and on the weekends, you know that I'm spending a lot of time knitting and crafting whenever I can.<br />
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What I've also done is RAKs (Random Acts of Kindness). I have heard of some people who have had some troubles, which we all do, of course....but if I knew you in person and would do something for you, why would I not extend my hand to you if you are far away and we only know each other through a fabulous knitting and crochet community website? I would. That's what I do.<br /><br />So a woman talked about her son, a young boy, who just got put on the kidney transplant list. Now, I know there are better things in the world, and worse things as well. But you know when someone just speaks to you? Well, that she did. So I got her yarn from Rebel Yarns on Etsy, which has some beautiful colors. I did do a lot of searching before settling on this yarn. But she had this one yarn which was gorgeous....it's name was also Hope. How much more perfect could you get? Through a little Rav-Stalking I know that she loves the colors...so this was perfect. I couldn't go wrong. Then some stitch markers, and Gloria Patre on Etsy is a stitch marker queen. There are lots, don't get me wrong....but these said "Love" and the 'o' is a heart. How awesome is that? And throw in a little green bead on there for our Slytherin Pride and you can't go wrong! The thing is....compassion and giving begets compassion and giving. <br />
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I got a little gift myself from one of them because that person had had a hard day when my order came in and saw that I was doing something just because for someone else. So she thought it nice to send me a little something in the package for my thoughtfulness. And I will use it and love it. But that's the thing, isn't it? Why can't people just realize that if we are nice and compassionate....we don't always have to give stuff to other people, just our time and attention sometimes....that we will get it back in return? Because we will. And sometimes it doesn't seem like it. But I have found the more I'm putting myself out there, the more I'm just giving, even if I maybe shouldn't be right now....it's coming back to me. It's making me a happier, more content person anyway, and I need that. I think we all do. It's a blood pressure lowerer, makes us happy and smile, which you can never get enough of, and makes me calm and feel good about myself and who I am.<br />
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Now, I can't go on without saying that I have given and given to people, and there are just those takers in the world. And I've learned my lesson time and time again. And those people, unfortunately for them I feel, will not ever receive more kindness givings of my heart for nothing anymore. But I wouldn't take away what I did in the past...because it's who I am. And there's many more people in the world who can come in and take the place of the takers...I have no problem filling those vacancies.Stacy Jozwiakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477451339328253095noreply@blogger.com0