tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27646667973215291892024-03-05T04:19:50.269-08:00Crochet, Knitting, and ClothJust a little something on the things I love.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-73883783512140920022013-02-05T11:50:00.000-08:002013-02-05T13:04:50.467-08:002013. New policies. New prices.Well it's official, with 1 month in, we are well into 2013.<br />
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My shop has been open since 2010, which amazes me that I've been open this long. It's grown so much since I first started, and for everyone, I really appreciate that.<br />
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I still want to maintain a very friendly relationship with all my customers. Conversations are best. However, with running a business you have to be a little businessy you know? So this will be a personal goal for 2013.<br />
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1. <b>Price Increase</b><br />
I know this part of it sucks. It really does. However, with the discontinue of my AI2s and any other diaper other than the prefold fitteds or "pre fitteds", this is a must. So all prefold converted diapers and the conversions will be going up .50.<br />
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2.<b>Warranties</b><br />
Did you even know I offer warranties on all my diapers? A 30 day warranty that will cover snaps not working, if the fit isn't right, if something rips, natural wear and tear. If it's fixable, I'll fix it, if it's my fault, I'll fix it, if you don't want it or the fit isn't right, I'll refund your money all except shipping costs.<br />
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The warranty starts the day you get it. Not from the date of purchase. I am always willing to offer longer warranties to pregnant moms buying ahead(Meaning your diaper warranty will start the day your baby is born). A warranty is not any good if your not able to physically use it. Talking this over with me ensures you get the right warranty that fits for you.<br />
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3. <b>Shipping</b><br />
USPS has already put into effect a price increase for shipping. However, I am determined to still bring low shipping costs to you. I promise to you, I will do everything I can, to get your items shipped to you in a nice way, that is low cost to you.<br />
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Which brings me to another problem, Etsy doesn't have an auto off for shipping. For every listing you purchase it adds more shipping. Please remember, I still think this is outrageous. Your monies will always be refunded to you if it's over shipping. If Etsy is charging you $20 for shipping something that is going to fit into something that is only $5, all of that money will be refunded.<br />
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I also offer flat shipping amounts. This price did have to go up about .25, but that's ok. On Etsy, all shipping money will be refunded after 10.25 immediately, and all orders that total more than $50 in items purchased will have free shipping.<br />
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Shipping will be $3.75 on all first class orders, $5.25 for small flat rate, and $10.25 for medium flat rate. <br />
$6.00 to Canada<br />
4. <b>Orders</b><br />
All my work is custom orders. I don't have a problem with this, and many that buy from me, you guys don't either. This pertains to all Facebook orders, or email orders.<br />
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However, I am having problems with people not following through on orders, and then purchasing it from someone else. This is not a genuine, upsetting, life changing event, but it is frustrating. A lot of the custom orders I make, don't have a down payment, no insurance, and then I'm stuck with an item that is custom to you.<br />
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From now on all orders, will require a PayPal email for a down payment. Which will be 5% of your total purchase.<br />
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Local orders that don't have PayPal, I will accept a written consent of agreement to pay via Email.<br />
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Any order that does not have the down payment, will not be started.<br />
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This will be thoroughly enforced.<br />
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5. <b>Quality of Orders</b><br />
This one sounds weird but I can't think of a better name for it.<br />
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All I ask is that you remember I am not a machine, I make everything by hand. It takes time, and sometimes I'm at the mercy of machines. Sometimes my serger jumps, my snap pliers go through something it shouldn't, things happen. The elastic may be identical on each side but somehow one is shorter.<br />
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Or my favorite, the prefolds shrink even more in the washer making it look uneven.<br />
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Everything I do is by hand. I measure out and mark all the snap placement by hand. I lay every snap by hand, every elastic. Some of my diapers don't have patterns, which makes everyone different. And things happen.<br />
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I check everything before it ships out. If it doesn't mean my near perfect qualification, you will receive an email to be refunded to take it as a seconds or a NQP(not quite perfect), if you don't want it, your more than welcome to have a new one made.<br />
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You also will also receive a picture of your order and what all is in it, and if there are, abnormalities so you can make that decision for yourself before it ships.<br />
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This is just a friendly reminder, please don't expect machine factory perfection diapers. <br />
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Also, adding in conversion diapers here.<br />
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If something happens to your prefold during a conversion, it will be replaced by me if you still don't want the original.<br />
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6. <b>Shipping times</b><br />
I've said I'm going to set shipping times and days before, and I've never really followed through. However, it is something that really needs to be done.<br />
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Shipping days will be Tuesday and Friday. No more exceptions, unless you have worked out a rush order agreement through me through convos and emails.<br />
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7. <b>Vacation Mode</b><br />
Vacation mode on Etsy doesn't necessarily mean I'm on vacation. Sometimes it happens when I have to many orders that I need filled in a timely manner. So I will then put the shop on "vacation mode" for a week, to avoid further orders being added to the pile. In my Vacation Message you'll see a list of all items I am working on. As I complete each one, it will be taken off.<br />
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I believe this gives you a peace of mind, that you'll know where you are at on the list, and that your order is getting done.<br />
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Thank you all for making this all happen to me. I really love it that I'm able to be able to do this, and offer everyone products they need. It makes me feel so great. Thanks again.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-83808813644766080342013-01-15T13:40:00.002-08:002013-01-15T13:40:37.338-08:00We're expanding!Well in a way we're expanding.<br />
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And it's in a non-pregnancy kind of way, just clearing that up.<br />
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So how do you expand something that is solely run by one person?<br />
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It's this simple.<br />
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After sending off the brain hat to my grandpa, apparently a lot of people like it. <br />
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My grandparents are "snow birds" going to Arizona every winter.<br />
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This time my grandmother has asked for items to take with her, so she can sell them because a lot of people ask about the brain hat. She also does a lot of recon for me at craft shows there and will send me pictures of things she likes.<br />
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The new items will be primarily adult. I was think plain headbands, brain hats, possibly some scarves, that kind of stuff. Stuff that will be lightly warm, not to heavy for those cold nights and days that Arizona does get cold.<br />
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So that's our 2nd big update. I have until the summer to deliver the goods and I hope that I have a good stash of items by then!<br />
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Thanks to all my family and the people who continue to keep me in business. You guys truly keep me busy, and already this year, I've been slammed through January. I love it all.<br />
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Thanks again.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-22800353329367401222012-11-28T21:33:00.000-08:002012-11-28T21:33:12.160-08:00My Christmas WreathSo since I haven't blogged in, well forever, it's time for a new post.<br />
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And why not make it Christmasy?<br />
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So....my son is getting to that age where he wants to decorate for every holiday.<br />
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I am the type of person that well....does not.<br />
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I loathe decorating.<br />
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Well today he told was the day. He needed to decorate. <br />
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Fine.<br />
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I went to the store, and bought Christmas lights. And then realized, this was all I had for Christmas decoration besides tree stuff. We're not planning on putting up the tree for a while, so I decided, why not make a wreath?<br />
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I don't care for wreaths, but I knew my son would love it.<br />
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But the question was, how to afford this? <br />
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My max budget was about $30, and yes I stayed on budget for this.<br />
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I live in a small town, with only handful of stores in my area.<br />
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We first hit the Goodwill. We found a faux tree looking wreath, plain, some tinsels in a bag, a large jingle bell, an angel ornament, some glass and plastic ornaments. Everything I thought would look good on it.<br />
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We came home and laid out our find, which we got for $20 plus tax.<br />
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It was then I went searching for the hot glue gun and the hot glue sticks. And I found ribbon from when I used to make my daughter's bows. so I wrapped that around it.<br />
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I started gluing on my ornaments, and well, run out of glue.<br />
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This sent me on the hunt for more ornaments, so I went to the dollar store and picked up some more unbreakable ornaments and some more jingle bells, then I went next door to the Walgreens to pick up a wreath hanger for cheap before going to another store to get the hot glue(I know could of saved lots of trips here but it was worth it.<br />
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I then just got to work, gluing everything on. Trying to maneuver them and glue them on in a way where it would look full but not to full. To cover most of the tinsel but not really.<br />
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And in the end, it actually came out really good. I'm sure my son will love it when he gets up in the morning and sees it.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-80239529369271135672012-10-03T19:23:00.003-07:002012-10-03T19:23:56.564-07:00Knitting through "Dare to Dream" by Boo Knits on RavelrySo about a month ago, my mother came to me and said she saw this "sweater" she thought it was, in the front window of a yarn shop and she had to have it. She wanted me to knit it for her and said too that it would teach me a good lesson in branching out, away from hats, and into a harder, more complicated version of knitting.<br />
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Knitting lace.<br />
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She showed me the pattern and I knew it couldn't be hard. So she sent me the yarn/thread, I purchased the pattern and got to work.<br />
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A little bit about "Boo Knits"<br />
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Boo Knits designs patterns, she is from the U.K(I'm guessing because her pattern prices are in monetary forms of GBP).<br />
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This is what she says is her motto for designing patterns, straight from her Ravelry page.<br />
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<i>"My personal motto is ‘Maximum Impact with Minimum Stress’. With this in
mind my patterns are quick to knit, easy to knit and yet look as though
they really must be much more complicated! Really - they are not
complicated or difficult at all!"</i><br />
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So I knew it, I could do this pattern.<br />
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I immediately read through the pattern and started off. I started off with a circular needle, she recommends that you start with a US size 6, move up to a 7 for the lace portion, and 8 before binding off.<br />
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Here is what the pattern should work up to look like.<br />
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At first I instantly got confused, I had never worked with thread like this. The pattern calls for you to cast on 2 and knit 3 rows in garter stitch. Then to work around the border until you have a total of 7 on your stitches. Which was impossible to do. Once I got it done, I noticed it was curling up horribly, there had to be another way to start this without making it so bunchy.<br />
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So I took it out, went back to the pattern to start again. I decided at that time to just keep going. It had to work, why else would she write a pattern to sell? Right?<br />
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As I worked through the pattern on the circular needles. She tells you to place 2 markers in the "centre" stitch right off the bat. She never tells you why, just that it needs to be there. She also then implies that you should mark every 12 stitches with placemarkers. But not only that, that you should place a "centre" stitch in each row.<br />
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I did all of this, with the exception of the center stitch and thought I would be fine. My first lace section went HORRIBLY, and when I mean horribly, I mean horribly. I was making stitches and decreasing stitches and it was looking nothing like the pictures.<br />
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I then decided to take it out, call another woman who made it, and ask for help. I also contacted the pattern writer(with no response back after she told me to message her). The woman in the store in Mt. Vernon, tried really hard to help me, but she was making no sense to me either, and was telling me not to use the written pattern but the chart! I had never used a chart! I didn't know anything.<br />
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So back to the drawing board, I went off the chart. This pattern is truly simple, it's a 12 stitch pattern repeats plus 9 stitches. Meaning you cast on a multiple of 12 stitches, add 9, and work the chart.<br />
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I then decided to just cast on a straight row on straight needles and see if I could get it to work up. When I reached the lace row, I found it looking nothing like the pictures still. At this attempt, I was on number 6 or 7. And getting frustrated. No one could tell me why my pattern wasn't working. It's very frustrating mind you that you pay for a pattern just to have it not work(which is why I don't write patterns!).<br />
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So, as a last ditch effort, I decided I would knit it EXACTLY, like the pattern was written. Without my alterations to it. Surely this had to work right? Down to the beads, this HAD to work.<br />
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It didn't. My stitches were slanting and the beads didn't even measure up to the pattern and the row below.<br />
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So I phoned back to the woman in Mt. Vernon since I still had no response from the pattern maker, and asked some simple questions. Were the beads supposed to look like the pattern and in the pictures? Did hers look like the pictures? Were the stitches supposed to be going in another direction? Etc.<br />
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All of her answers were that the pattern that she knitted looked exactly like the picture and that the beads lined up the way they were supposed to. So I was STILL doing something wrong.<br />
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And in my final attempt, I decided to not even knit this with the thread, which is becoming wearing and tired and feeling rough. I took out some purple acrylic yarn and knit the 12 st + 9 pattern repeat.<br />
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I found the error in the pattern and I'm excited to see if it will work and how it will work with the thread. And I'm going to tell my secret of how I got it to work. Even the lady at the store in Mt. Vernon was excited and oddly confused at how I got it to work. But I did.<br />
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I started at the beginning. I cast on 7 stitches(which is what you start with after you make all the twists and turns), and worked up from there. It was there that after all this trial and error I found the very first error in the pattern.<br />
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There are no sizes in this pattern. Confusing huh? Yes, you do have to guess sizes. the sizes are 117, 141, 165, 189, 213<br />
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With simple math, none of these stitches work out. If you were to divide them all into 12, none of them come up with 9 stitches left over. Yet SOMEHOW, it seems to work out on the needles when you start from a base of 7.<br />
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The 2nd error also is the KYOK description. This stitch is exactly as it's mentioned, it's a knit, yarn over, knit. Yet her description, it immediately throws you off, she doesn't even tell you what they mean, she just starts explaining how to do the stitch, however I read it instantly correct and got immediately confused with her description. It makes me wonder if she knows the meaning to the KYOK or does she just like to try to explain it? And she doesn't explain it well. <br />
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There is no way to avoid the curling on the edges. Unfortunately, even with her "helpful hint" suggestions, you can't avoid puckering.<br />
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I added a few extra rows of beads. I mean come on, every woman wants a glittery beaded shawl.<br />
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Next onto the lace section.<br />
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There is a chart for the lace section. For rows 1-17, this pattern works up with no problem. As you can see in my picture.<br />
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However, on row 19, things start going a little wonky.<br />
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Let me start off my saying, I don't know how to read a chart. I've never knitted from a chart, I've always knitted from a written pattern. Always. So when the woman from the knit shop in Mt. Vernon was trying to explain to me how to read one, I got very confused.<br />
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After reading through it a few times, it was pretty easy to figure out. When you knit by the written pattern, you're knitting right to left. So I read the chart that way, and the pattern flowed just as the written pattern.<br />
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But like I said, it all works out fine, until you get to row 19.<br />
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On row 19, I always ended up 1 short on the first section, or 1 to many. How this happened I have no idea. Here is a great helpful hint to this section. Your bead placement(which I high recommend you do, otherwise this pattern will make no sense), will always be on the center stitch. So if you don't do you 3 stitch decrease above that bead, you'll be doing it in the wrong spot. Because I didn't have beads in there, the first 10 times I did this pattern I had no idea I was doing it wrong until I got those beads in there.<br />
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So on row 19 I made some alterations to make this pattern work. I started off with the basic for the first section before getting to the repeat.<br />
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k k 3 k yo ssk yo s2kpsso<br />
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When you get to the s2kpsso, that's where the problem lies. I had to decrease 4 instead of 3, and move the place marker over 1. (Meaning I knit 3 together in the beginning section and took one from the 12 block repeat).<br />
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When I told the lady that knitted it in Mt. Vernon, she thought I was crazy, but if I was going to have that 3 stitch decrease and have it follow the pattern that I laid out before it, I was going to have to move that place marker over on every 12 stitch repeat down to the end of the work, and I always ended with the right amount of stitches. I had to move place markers over, every 12 stitch repeat, for rows 19-31, at which point the chart fell back into sync and I was able to knit the rest of it without a problem.<br />
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Weird, but true.<br />
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And sadly that once I knitted all the way through it, I dropped a whole 12 stitch lace section.<br />
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So this is to be continued for now.<br />
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9/22/2012<br />
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So last night, after working this for 2 days straight, I worked up to 189 stitches. Yes one of the larger sizes, but when I called my mother(who this pattern is for), she said at this point to work it as fast and as good as I could.<br />
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So this time, I started off with size 7 needles, worked the base, and then switched to an 8 for the lace.<br />
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I am just about to start the lace section.<br />
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Once I started working through the lace section, I was faced with the same problems that I had before. Even though the stitch numbers were correct, I didn't have more or less unless I made a mistake, the stitch placement did not fall correctly. And if I made one more stitch, then that 3 stitch decrease would be off center causing all of my beads to be off and my blocked stitch section to go off in a slanted direction.<br />
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The rows where I started having problems was row 19. The pattern calls for this:<br />
k k 3 k yo ssk yo s2kpsso<br />
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The problem lies on the s2kpsso. <br />
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Here's a picture to show the problem.<br />
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In order for everything to stay correct and to make the proper 3 stitch decrease, you need to move this place marker over. Which means that you will need to move every place marker over all through out your piece.<br />
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You will need to move place markers over for rows, 19 through 29. This is where it gets weird. Magically, this piece goes back to normal and there is no need for moving place markers on row 31. However, when you work through the piece, at every point where there is a 3 stitch decrease in the beginning you will need to move this place marker over. This means that when the 3 stitch decrease picks back up on rows 43-57, you will need to move every place marker over to get that 3 stitch decrease in the proper space.<br />
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I had wanted to knit up a piece where I could show that I would make the extra stitch in the beginning of the piece and to show how the work will move to the right with every row I have to make that extra stitch. I just didn't have time to do that however.<br />
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I was able to finally complete this piece. Since it doesn't have sizes though, or even measurements, I accidentally knitted this piece very large. Thankfully, it's what my mother wanted, so it wasn't necessarily a bad thing.<br />
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I am hoping that someone will find the errors to why I had to move the place markers over to complete this pattern. In saying that, my honest thoughts and opinions on this piece, is that it is truly beautiful. The pattern maker truly did a beautiful job. However, with the noted problems that I found with this pattern, the lack of size, and needing to move those place markers, I would truly advice that unless you are an extremely advanced knitter(which I am the first to admit I am not), don't waste your time purchasing this pattern. The pattern maker may say that she likes to make her patterns easy, this was not easy. Especially when I had to debunk the errors. Since I had no prior knowledge of how the piece was supposed to work up, it was extremely difficult. I really did take this piece out about 15 times before I was able to, solely working with the pictures, to figure out the errors in the pattern to make it look like the picture. So if you're just a mediocre knitter like me, don't waste your money. In my honest opinion this pattern needs to be reviewed and more helpful hints need to be made. The author also needs to learn what a KYOK means, because her description was extremely hard to understand when I could read it just fine, it was a knit, yarn over, knit, all in the same stitch. But her description extremely confused me.<br />
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It was also extremely stressful. Without that knowledge of needing to move the place markers over, it was very stressful to knit so much, just to have to take the piece out and start over. Including some heated words between me and my mother. I wish I could say more to the pattern maker, but I did send her several messages, with she did not return a message.<br />
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However, once I wet blocked it and saw all my beautiful work, I was ecstatic. All the hard work paid off and I was able to see all the beautifulness that I made. And now that I know what I have to do to make it look like the picture, I can do it easily again. <br />
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Now onto pictures!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-82714732075544866992012-10-01T21:03:00.000-07:002012-10-02T13:15:34.186-07:00Updates on AdriannaKnits<br />
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I swear, as soon as September hits, I get slammed.<br />
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Gearing up for bazaars, 2 nephews birthdays within a week of each other(one of which I planned, photographed, and made cake for). Then the Christmas orders that come in, not to mention family orders, getting ready for 2 kiddies birthdays of my own in December, an anniversary, and Christmas.<br />
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So I always start in September. It gives me months to get ready. At least I hope.<br />
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Getting around to updating and keeping up with AdriannaKnits on Facebook, well it's in the back of my mind, honestly. Which sucks, but well, I'm busy!<br />
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So our new updates:<br />
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I will not be renewing AdriannaKnits on HyenaCart.<br />
The decision to switch to HyenaCart was based on bringing lower prices to you, and keep me from paying absurd Etsy fees. Although, the people that promised to purchase from HyenaCart hasn't happened. I've only had 3 orders since I signed up. So we will not be returning.<br />
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I'll be changing the prefold fitteds. I think that the size difference between the newborn/small is to great. Going from a 12x12 to a 16x16 is a great leap. So I'll add in another option of an actual small size of a 14x14.<br />
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I'll be adding a one size fits most option for the prefold fitteds. This will change the price from 5.50 to 6.50 but it will be a separate option so you can still get your sized and your one size fits most.<br />
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I'll no longer be offering a bleached option. To make a prefold fitted from a bleached prefold I need a size prefold of 18x18 or larger after washing. Which is impossible to obtain without paying absurd prizes for a toddler sized prefold. I can still make a small and newborn bleached but nothing larger than that.<br />
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I'm making mini top hat for photo props. Or just for a silly hat. They will be available for custom orders and for the bazaars.<br />
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I was very impressed with the alligator scarf. There will be one on the tables for bazaars. It's new and improved and will have better teeth.<br />
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Other new things is that I'm working on designing a sweater for my daughter. It has a pinwheel flower on the back with hearts. It's a circular shrug. There will be a blog post on that as well.<br />
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I am currently working through "Dare to Dream" by Boo Knits. I'm very close to actually completing it, and I will be posting a blog on the errors in the pattern so other people will know to make it easier to work through the pattern, or to debunk and correct my errors. I have already attempted to contact Ravelry and the author of the pattern but they refuse to write me back. Other people have said the pattern works fine, but I will show you a comparison. <br />
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I am currently working on designing a newborn Captain America prop. Hoping to have these on the tables for the first bazaar in 3 weeks.<br />
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The next news, is sad. After my nephews birthday party, my camera fell out of my car, and then lense snapped off, breaking. Thankfully the camera still works, but the lense is totaled. Which sucks because it was the only lense to that camera. What this means for you, is worse pictures than I have going up now of products. And I'm apologizing ahead of time for that.<br />
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The worst news is now I need to learn shipping. For those that didn't know, I always did the business, my husband did the shipping. This prevented me from running to the post office every single day. However, my husband transferred jobs, and we no longer have this shipping option. We are currently working on a 2 day a week shipping schedule where I will go to the post office to ship items. Those details at this time are currently being worked out.<br />
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Thank you to all for the continued support for AdriannaKnits. In November it will be 2 years since I finally gave in opened my Etsy store. It has grown into so much more than I ever expected it to. I only did it to please my sister in law, and it looks like now I'm eating my own words.<br />
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Thanks to Roshell for pushing me to do this! And all the beautiful pictures of my work modeled. You really help me out.<br />
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And here's the sweater that I first made for Roshell that started it all. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-51810862962641087362012-09-25T12:07:00.001-07:002012-09-25T12:07:50.872-07:00Life with an EPI pen. All of my kids have some sort of "problem", ranging from Autism, to ADHD, to a behavioral disorder, to food allergies. Who would of thought that Autism and ADHD would be, by far the easiest thing to deal with?<br />
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So my husband has informed me that within the first year of life, all of my children needed some form of medical care and or procedure down.<br />
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At only 6 months old, with my son, we opted to have him have an MRI. They had pulled his shoulder during delivery and it never truly came back. We documented it for legal purposes but never pursued it.<br />
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You would of thought this would have prepared me for all medical procedures in the future. And it kind of did. I definitely cried through this procedure and it was heart breaking for me.<br />
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So when my 2 months old daughter fell ill. I truly thought she would over come it. I thought it was a simple cold and she would get better. It just so happened that she was 3 weeks early, and classified as a premie, and it was during the worst year for pneumonia and RSV.<br />
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So at only 2 months old, she was hospitalized for 8 days for pneumonia and RSV.<br />
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I know with that one I didn't really cry. I just sat through it, and stayed with her. But it truly prepared me for any more medical procedures that the kids would need.<br />
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We made a silent rule, that unless there's blood gushing from a big hole....we don't go to the hospital. And luckily for the next 7 months, I was able to follow that. I had an all out freak out moment when my daughter got a hole in her head from a toy being thrown, but other than that, we were able to avoid hospitals all together.<br />
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But with the events that transpired Sunday night, truly had me running. In both my daughter and oldest son's cases, they were emergencies but not necessarily EMERGENCIES. Meaning I could drive to the hospital, and I knew that in the end they would be okay by the time I got there(except for the bloody incidence).<br />
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This time I wasn't sure WHAT was truly going to happen. And it all happened so quickly.<br />
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My youngest son had been showing signs of catching his big brother's cold. He was sneezing and coughing and fighting a nap. So I was helping get my daughter down for a nap. We had been asleep about 30 minutes when I heard the shower turn on. And about 5 minutes later my husband brought the baby in. He said he was going to elevate the head of the bed because he had wanted to be sitting up, and then get the humidifier going. So I said I would nurse him and then he could go to bed.<br />
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He nursed the normal amount of time with no problems, about 5 minutes after he nursed, his left eye swelled shut. Freaking out, I immediately sat up and pulled up his shirt. He had hives all over his stomach. I yelled for my husband to bring the benadryl fast(benadryl is something we always have on hand because of all of our allergies), I told him we could possibly wait 30 minutes and then take him to the hospital. But his face wouldn't stop swelling, and it was getting redder, and it was going fast. I told my husband we needed to get to the hospital and that someone needed to sit with him in the back seat. This the one time that rear facing has a disadvantage. I wouldn't be able to see him if he stopped breathing and wouldn't be able to reach him.<br />
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My husband grudgingly agreed, mostly because I threatened to call an ambulance. My mother in law would meet us at the hospital to grab the other kids, and my husband would sit in the back seat and watch him. With in 10 minutes we were all in the car. We live in the "country", so I just prayed we would make it, the nearest hospital was 25 minutes away, 20 if you went fast if there was no traffic. <br />
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My husband kept giving me updates, if he did stop breathing I was the only one who knew infant CPR so I would of had to pull over anyways. Kept saying, "I think he looks better"<br />
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We arrived at the hospital just in time, my mother in law looked at him, and she looked worried and said, "Oh my", and I grabbed him and ran in.<br />
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I actually had to explain to the receptionist that he was having a reaction, even though he was swelling up faster and it was going down his legs now(which he only had a diaper on a shirt). Even the sick people in the ER felt sorry for us. When my husband sat down, I looked at the baby and told my husband, "I hope they don't make us wait, I really think it's an emergency", and that's when I saw it. He was turning blue. His lips were blue, they weren't pink and red and he had turned pale. I told my husband to notify the receptionist immediately. He hates it when I tell him to do that because a lot of the time he thinks I'm over reacting. I practically yelled at him to tell her NOW!<br />
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He walked up to tell the receptionist, and she said, "The nurse is coming out for him soon." That was it. And that's when the first wave hit me. Puke, all down my shirt, pooling into my bra, I'm sure at this point my husband was glad I didn't hand him off and tell the receptionist myself. I practically shouted, "He threw up!" and then the second wave hit, all over my pants, looking like I peed myself.<br />
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The receptionist says, "Are you sure he threw up?"<br />
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And I stood up, getting a reaction from practically everyone in the ER, he had puked a huge amount for an 18lbs baby.<br />
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They told me to come over and sit down so they could triage him, but I was thinking, "Are you sure? Shouldn't we be rushing back?" and the nurse took one look at him and said, "We have to go NOW!" and we started rushing back, practically running, before she grabbed him from me and started screaming for RT(a respiratory therapist, learned that from the pneumonia episode) to evaluate his air way I'm sure. He was so swollen and pale.<br />
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But after the puking episode, he started to come back to life. They gave him some IV fluids and some zofran, and EPI pen dose, and some steriods. I noticed he peed, but I had to tell them no pampers, he's allergic(those are what the hospitals use), and tell him his extensive other allergies to wheat and lactose. As soon as we got the diaper off, even though he was still swollen, he started grabbing himself down there and itching himself, and we knew he was getting better. That's just his personality.<br />
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Because we don't know what he ate, we now have to carry an EPI pen, and take him to an allergist soon to try and determine it. I really think it could have been anything. He swelled up 3 hours after he ate, and 5 minutes after he nursed. So was it something I ate? Was it something he ate? Or is it all the paper he likes to eat? Who knows. But now, even after being a CNA for 10 years and being taught to use an EPI pen, I had to actually learn how to use one. I had to tell the kids that baby brother has to have one now. And that it's a needle, which freaks out my autistic child because he's afraid the needle will go in his head(because of where the nurses place IV's). <br />
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So for that past 2 days I've been monitoring, watching him for another reaction. Yesterday morning he was unable to eat breakfast which disappointed him greatly. He also was unable to drink water. His face turned red again, but luckily was fixed with benadryl and the steroids. <br />
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Now we add yet another medicine to our growing stock pile of things the kids need because they're allergic to. And I hate seeing it, I never thought in my life, my kids would have so many problems. Although, they have so many problems, I really don't regret it, or them in anyway. If they didn't have these problems, they wouldn't be them. And I love them, just the way God made them. Issues and all.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-32066829171235615232012-09-05T19:25:00.001-07:002012-09-05T19:25:45.742-07:00The kids 1st day of SchoolIt officially happened.<br />
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Today was Jacob's first day of school.<br />
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And I was scared out of my wits. I took more benadryl than normal in the hopes that I would at least try to rest last night.<br />
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Still, when that alarm clock rang at 7:15 am, all the worry came back.<br />
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The morning went well, I told Jacob no junk for breakfast, to at least add an egg to his breakfast. And he did. His lunch was packed and in the fridge ready to go, but I had no idea how or what was going to happen. He's been in a specially contained room(special ed) for the past 3 years with very little introduction to how a normal classroom functions. Today that was going to change.<br />
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As soon as Jacob was out the door(since he has to go to a school not within our boundaries I don't have to drive him or walk him, he takes the bus to the school less than a mile from our house, I'm serious, and I love being the mommy outside in her PJ's while everyone else is walking to school!), I gathered the other two children back up, and we went back to bed, no questions asked. They HAD to, mommy needed sleep too, and luckily they all went to sleep no problems.<br />
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The only problem with taking a morning nap is great in theory but we got up at noon. Half the day spent.<br />
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So Nat ate breakfast and excited, she proudly put on the prettiest dress she could find. She was going to start school! Homeschool! (Homework she calls it!)<br />
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Not only was she excited, I was ECSTATIC. It's always been my dream to homeschool my children. To give them a quality education not corrupted by the public school system and their wordly views. Ok blah blah blah.<br />
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My attempt to homeschool Jacob went down the toilet. It was impossible to get him to learn anything from me. So in my failed attempt, we realized he needed much more than mommy could offer, and with no other option, he receives schooling from the school district.<br />
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But my daughter, she was excited. I however, am stumped. What do I teach the child who knows EVERYTHING? And she really does. The decision to homeschool her a year early is because she's ready for a 3's preschool, but her birthday isn't until December.<br />
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So now the trouble is what do you teach her? She already knows all of her ABC's, her numbers up to about 18(missing only 1 or 2 numbers), she can count to 5-10 on some days, knows all the important shapes, and colors. <br />
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I decided over all, to teach her how to write this year, it's something she can't do, she can't even draw a straight line, I know that it will come in time, but it doesn't mean we can't practice! I'm also looking into get a song/chant/finger play book to play with her. <br />
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As for right now, we just have the left overs from Jacob, so we played with that today. And I truly saw how easy homeschooling really is. Especially with the right student. Natalie was excited to learn and to play.<br />
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First we attempted to draw lines from baby animals to mommy animals(no go), and second we did our shape/puzzle boards. They're from Melissa and Doug and teaches her how to place the shapes in the right spaces. We discussed the colors of the shapes and what the shapes are. I realize that she made need a little speech class too, which we'll work on because an oval is a "offul".<br />
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During this, Jacob's teacher called to say that Jacob was eating hot lunch at school! And that was something I was worried about. He had spaghetti, and "chicken nuggets"(I think it was supposed to be chicken parmesean she said), and a salad and juice. So with that worry over. Nat and I went back to school work.<br />
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We counted to 18 with her princess cards.<br />
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Afterwards, we took a break and watered her new babies. Decided that the slide was to hot to play on(she didn't want to burn her but), and then checked the garden for fresh tomatoes and zucchini as we do everyday.<br />
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Lastly, we settled on painting pretty pictures for daddy, which last much of the rest of the afternoon.<br />
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I know we didn't do much as far as "schooling" goes, but I figured it was good for a first day. I wanted to see how long she could sit there and do work, and start with something she knows. I plan on doing more with her as time goes on, including planning a weeks work of activities and other things.<br />
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I didn't get a phone call from Jacob's teacher for the rest of the afternoon, so I got things done too. Which was nice. In addition to cleaning I finished a few birthday presents for my nephews and Natalie of course did more painting before we decided to get the baby up and go sit outside and wait for the bus.<br />
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As soon as the bus pulled up I sensed something might of been wrong. The bus pulled over and stopped, and turned the engine off.<br />
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NEVER a good sign.<br />
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The doors open, and the bus driver gets up, and Jacob doesn't get off. Instead everyone inside the bus is moving. I wait a few more seconds but he's not coming out, I don't hear screaming, so I know that's a good sign, so I walk over and say what I normally say on a bad day and people are looking for something.<br />
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"Did he throw something?"<br />
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The "something" was his shoe. And NO one could find it. Not me, not the bus driver, not the other 2 students on the bus.<br />
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So Jacob came home with only one shoe, and he cried as he watched the bus pull away with his shoe. I told the bus driver to look for it and deliver it to us tomorrow morning. And all Jacob could think was that I was going to send him to school with only one shoe(I totally would if it was legal, just to teach him a lesson so he's not exactly wrong in his thinking).<br />
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After he calmed down he told me all about his hot lunch and how much he enjoyed it and that he was going to eat hot lunch the next day too!( I totally did not send enough money for a month's worth of school lunches! 1 school lunch is 2.25!) He told me all about the salad that was "Not like the salad you make me mommy, but I tried it and it was GOOD!" :)<br />
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His point sheet was less than encouraging but not terrible either. He shoved his desk(he didn't throw it so this is an improvement), spit on his desk(also an improvement he didn't spit on anyone else!), and threw papers. Nothing new. <br />
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So overall both children had an excellent first day of school and Natalie was very proud to show daddy all the homework she did.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-56496879459563441262012-08-21T14:15:00.000-07:002012-08-21T14:19:48.995-07:00Today is one of those days where I hate Autism...So I haven't posted in a while, this is neither a knitting post, crochet post, sewing post, and it it isn't even cooking related!<br />
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This is just a regular post on why today I hate having a child with Autism(ok I semi-hate today)<br />
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Most days we have meltdowns. Meltdowns are HORRIBLE. They usually end up with things being chucked, and mostly at me, because I won't find something he lost. Thanks to having ADHD with the autism, my oldest son is physically incapable of looking for anything that he's lost. Which on most days is not a big thing, he'll calm down and attempt to find it himself. <br />
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Today was NOT one of those days. <br />
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Today it was his airplane that he built of out legos, which disappeared overnight while he was asleep.<br />
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After a massive tantrum, he switches gears, which is a BIG step for him.<br />
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But this change of gears is not good.<br />
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He comes down stairs and says, "Mommy, I'm just looking for my fire guy."<br />
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Ok fine, I'll entertain this idea, it obviously means nothing is going to be thrown at me and he's being polite.<br />
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We start digging through the bins.<br />
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But first I need to set the scene. Anyone who has been to our house knows we have an overabundance of toys. We have an overabundance of toys because we still have practically every toy that Jacob has gotten since he was 2. This includes most Happy Meal toys, etc...and in order to get rid of ANY toy that Jacob has "lost interest in", it goes into a "quarantine" stage where we gather it up while he's gone and it sits in the garage for a period of about a month to 2 months. If he doesn't ask for it in that time frame, it's safe to go to Goodwill, or in most cases the trash. But this can backfire. Because Jacob knows EVERY toy set he owns, and I'm being serious. He knows all the pieces to everything. So if we want to throw anything out, we have to gather all the pieces to that entire set. If we miss one piece and he suddenly finds a piece to the set we're trying to toss, all the toys have to come back in the house and we have to start over. And if we throw away a part to a set and he watches, and then finds the rest of the set, it's a hour crying fit or more about how mean I am and need to buy him a new set. Not fun.<br />
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Don't worry, today's set, I've never tried to throw away. Jacob is obsessed with ImagiNext and I wouldn't be that cruel. Except for the pirate ship that he tried to make into a water toy, that thing was rusted shut and had to be tossed, he now takes better care of his ImagiNext.<br />
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So we're on the task of looking for the "fireguys" They go to the Firehouse, and he's looking for the fire guys and their suits.<br />
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So I start asking questions.<br />
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"How many are there?"<br />
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"3, but I'm looking for one." he says.<br />
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He finds one and 2 suits. Success! Without any incident.<br />
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"I need to fine one more." he says, " I can't find it"<br />
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So now we start dumping out the bins. Making a HUGE mess. I start pulling out random ImagiNext guys.<br />
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"How about this guy? You can just put the fire suit on the guy and poof! He's a fire guy." I say.<br />
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"No....this fire guy is brown" Jacob tells me.<br />
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Ok so now we're looking for a fire guy with brown clothes...weird, I thought the fire guys wore grey suits.<br />
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We've cleaned out the Expedit bins, no fire guys. I get excited twice because I hear Jacob shout, "I found it!" twice but both times was followed by, "the fire ax," and the "trampoline".<br />
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I now move onto the toy bench, another toy box filled with toys...we don't find anything. I'm ready to give up and keep trying to get him to change his mind that we can use another ImagiNext but this is not flying. The guy in swim trunks cannot be a fire guy, he doesn't go to that set. I finally convince him we need to go upstairs to his room and look.<br />
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And after tearing apart his room, there on the floor is another fire guy. I'm completely frustrated and trying to not show it. I got worked up and there the guy is on the floor, I get anxious because if the search goes on to long, we risk a temper tantrum and someone always gets hurt in a tantrum. And I tell Jacob there he is! All proud because I found 2 out of the 3.<br />
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The response I get is classic Jacob, "Well I HAD this guy, but I was looking for ANOTHER fire guy. He's brown, but I guess that's ok."<br />
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So we were never really looking for only 2 fire guys, we were looking for the 3rd fire guy who has a brown painted face. In every ImagiNext set there are different guys, all different colors. (White, African American, Chinese, Mexican etc...)<br />
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Well when I went to clean up the huge mess that he's just made trying to find the missing piece, I found the "brown guy" behind one of the cubes in the Expedit case. But it's one of those days where I wish I could just convince him that another ImagiNext guy was ok.<br />
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But hey, I didn't have a meltdown during the process, and neither did Jacob, so that means it's a good day! Well sort of!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-50318456816704269862012-08-10T13:27:00.002-07:002012-08-10T14:03:41.889-07:00How to convert a prefold to a fitted.I have found that there just isn't a really good blog post on how to convert a prefold to a fitted. There are several post but some are vague and some just don't have enough pictures.<br />
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Well this post will have it all.<br />
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First off let's start off with sizing.<br />
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Sizing goes off of waist around and rise. <br />
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A general rule is that a small or newborn is 12-13inches by 12 inches or smaller. (8-12lbs)<br />
A Medium is usually 14-16 inches around and 15-16 inches long. (10-20lbs)<br />
A Large is usually 18-19 inches around and 18 inches long. (15-30lbs)<br />
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A small/newborn size is easily achieved by getting a newborn prefold.<br />
A Medium usually can be obtained by using your largest prefold.<br />
A large is harder to find because you usually have to buy a toddler sized prefold. I've only been able to find unbleached locally that is long enough to obtain a true Large size. I have not been able to know yet what a true size weight limit would be on these diapers, so the sizes listed are a guesstimate to what I believe they will fit. They could possibly fit more.<br />
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So let's get started.<br />
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This is how I made a large prefold fitted today.<br />
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What you'll need.<br />
Prefolds<br />
Scissors<br />
Snaps or velcro<br />
Serger(can use a zigzag stitch if you must)<br />
elastic<br />
thread<br />
template to cut for diaper<br />
seam ripper <br />
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First things first. Cut off the end of the prefold where it was serged and sewn before. You do this to expose the insides of the diaper<br />
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Then get your "template" or pattern or just wing it. However you do it, cut out contours for the legs.<br />
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Open up and you'll see your diaper is almost ready!<br />
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You'll need extended tabs for a large and medium. You will cut those out of the fabric that you cut out to make the contoured legs.<br />
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Next comes all the fun parts. You'll start making marks to sew in elastic and sew your extended tabs to your diaper. Your extended tabs will be cut out from the fabric left over from where you cut out the legs. It should be about 2 inches long. This cut out will have a fold from how the prefold was made. This fold is nice because it will leave no seams. You'll lay the folded side of your extended tab over the prior fold from the original prefold. You will stitch this fold to the folded part of your prefold to make the extended tabs. Like this. First pin it. <br />
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Sew one side on the folded end, then flip the diaper and sew the other side on the folded end.<br />
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Then mark the diaper for your elastic. <br />
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You'll put elastic in the legs and in the back. The elastic for the back is tricky because there's the prefold pad in the way.<br />
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Very gently you'll find the stitching that sews the prefold pad into place. And you'll take your seam ripper and very gently, not to disturb the fragile prefold cloth, you'll take the seams out in the back.<br />
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After you're done, you'll have an opening to put your elastic in.<br />
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At this point you can choose to do elastic first or put in your snaps. For me I put my snaps on first. If your doing velcro you could do this step last.<br />
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Most diapers have between 8 and 10 snaps, depending on how wide you want the front of the diaper to be. I am putting in 10 an inch apart.<br />
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Here again it can get a little tricky. Your snaps need at least 3-4 layers of fabric to be secure. This prefold is a 4x8x4.(4 layers on each side and 8 layers in the middle) You'll need a few extra scraps from leftovers from cutting the prefold earlier.<br />
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On my first side, when I peel apart the layers, I find that I have a little overage. From where the pad was sewn in. So I don't need any scraps to secure my snaps. I just put them on.<br />
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I peel apart the center pad, dividing them equally and putting my snaps in. 4 layers on the bottom and 4 layers on top where I place my snaps. If I'm careful for placing my snaps I won't need to take out the seams in the pad.<br />
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When I peel apart the other side, I only have 2 layers on top and 2 layers on the bottom. To secure my snaps, I need a scrap.<br />
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I put a scrap between the layers and carefully put my snaps on. See done!<br />
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So close to being finished now!<br />
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I carefully pin all my elastic to be cased. You can also zigzag your elastic on if you need to.<br />
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To sew the elastic into the back, I'm careful to sew the middle part of the prefold, the pad, back into place. Then I carefully sew along the prior lines I made earlier and where I pinned my elastic in. <br />
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So close now I can taste it! I then very carefully and very slowly feed it through my serger.<br />
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Then after I'm done serging, I go back through and sew the casings to seal my elastic into place. I'll sew as close to the pad as possible.</div>
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For the last step. Mark and place the snaps onto the wing. Or sew the velcro on.<br />
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And your done.<br />
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You have just converted a prefold to a fitted.<br />
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This may seem long, but the process is actually very quick and easy to sew up. Happy sewing!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-23126580384794436992012-07-21T16:25:00.001-07:002012-07-21T16:25:43.731-07:00Closing our Etsy storeNow I've been on Etsy for 2 years come October. For the first year, I didn't sell anything, this second year, I've done quite well but let's be honest. Etsy fees are astronomical. <br />
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Sadly it's true. You don't have to pay anything to open the store, but they charge you to list your item, and they also take a % of your item's purchase. Now, nothing is wrong with that, everyone needs to make money, but PayPal already takes a percentage, and Etsy does too. This has left me no choice but to up my fees on Etsy.<br />
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Thankfully, Katie of 3 Sweet Peas brought to my attention HyenaCart.<br />
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I've seen HyenaCart a lot for cloth diapers, and I finally went on over and saw they too do crochet and knit items. <br />
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This is great for us, because we can be charged a one time monthly fee for my items to be listed.<br />
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Now there has been some debate, or worry is a better word, about HyenaCart. This past weekend they were infected by a virus, and then some say they caught another virus that following Wednesday night. <br />
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So we needed to weigh our options.<br />
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My husband looked over the site, and I still think in the long run it's more beneficial. So we are plugging on to close my Etsy store and move over to HyenaCart. Our Etsy store will close officially on August 3rd, and our HyenaCart will open for stocking that Sunday on August 5th.<br />
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Also, making diapers for me was a way to just kind of get through the summer. I love making them and will continue to make them, but fall and winter is the busiest time of year for me. I have so many birthdays, an anniversary, Christmas, bazaars, it's crazy. So not many diapers will be posted on HyenaCart, mostly it will be custom made to order crochet and knit items for Christmas and a few diapers that I have laying around.<br />
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We hope that this transition will go smoothly and I hope to see many of you there!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-5675613357264350382012-07-16T10:28:00.000-07:002012-07-16T10:30:32.053-07:00The Washer from Hell....So I officially have the washer from hell.<br />
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Want to know why?<br />
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I want to share with you how I make my washer work.<br />
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About a month ago my washer went kaput. And quite literally. We have a Maytag Neptune. We bought it used about a year and a half ago after my washer of 5 years went kaput. To keep with a theme we bought a used set.<br />
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Unfortunately we didn't do a whole lot of research on what exactly goes kaput on them. What goes kaput, is the electrical door lock mechanism.<br />
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So my husband got this genius idea, he'll take the door lock mechanism off and if the wires were broken he would just solder them back together. It turns out that was the problem, so he took it up to his brother's house and attempted to solder them back together.<br />
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It didn't take. So then he went up to Radio Shack got some wire nuts to tie them back together. Then he got the idea to re route the wires to make the computer THINK the door would be locked.<br />
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This worked.<br />
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For 2 washes.<br />
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Turns out the computer is pretty smart. It will only wash clothes for 2-3 rounds(if we're lucky 3) then it needs to be reset.<br />
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Here's how it works<br />
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First off, the od light will start to flash and beep at you. Signalling to you that the door is open.<br />
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Then you have to grab the "washer machine opener tool" which is a putty tool. We keep it ON the washer so it doesn't get lost.<br />
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Then you have to jimmy open the washer, which thankfully the top is hinged, so you just press the release buttons under the top of the washer and it will lift open.<br />
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Like this.<br />
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There's one on each side so you have to get them both.<br />
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They look like this once you get it open.<br />
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It's the little grey thing in the corner of the washer base.<br />
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Then you have to find the electric controls that harbor the door lock mechanism under the other side of the lid. It looks like this.<br />
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Once you find it you must unplug the wires from the central control box.<br />
Like this.<br />
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Then you plug it back in. Shut the lid. And......<br />
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It runs.<br />
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Weird huh? The husband wants to place a switch on it, but hasn't yet. And yeah it's very, well, weird that this is how we use our washer, but this versus 700 for a new one? Makes unplugging it and plugging it back in all worth it.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-498233628653594922012-07-03T13:21:00.000-07:002012-07-04T10:58:00.981-07:00Chips and dip? Possibly!Ok so with my son have a wheat intolerance and lactose intolerance, I should be steering clear of these foods, but....it's not always possible. This next recipe is wheat and dairy free. Thank goodness. It's cheap and easy to make too. Can take a while to prepare though.<br />
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Adapted off of Allrecipes.com<br />
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What you'll need<br />
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1 cup quinoa<br />
2 cups water<br />
1/4 lime or lemon juice fresh<br />
2 TB olive oil<br />
1/8 of a tsp ground black pepper<br />
1 14 ounce can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers, drained(or make your own)<br />
1 14 ounce can pinto beans (or make your own)<br />
1 bunch cilantro(I hate fresh cilantro, dried works fine for me, I put about 2 tsps in)<br />
1 avocado cubed<br />
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Edit: This tastes even better if you add in about 1 tsp of Ground Cayenne Pepper or about 1/4 of a taco seasoning pack!<br />
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My last batch I started the night before. I soaked 1 cup of pinto beans overnight. Then when I got up I started slowly cooking them on the stove.<br />
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To cook the quinoa, it's 1 cup quinoa to 2 cups water. Combine together, with a dash of salt if you choose, and cook it like you would cook rice.<br />
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Make sure to let beans and quinoa cool <br />
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In a large bowl combine all finished ingredients. The olive oil, lemon juice, black pepper, tomatoes, beans, cilantro, avocado and quinoa. <br />
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Stir and enjoy!<br />
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The total price for this meal is as follows<br />
Quinoa $3.49 a lb<br />
Beans $1-2 for a bag or $1 for a can<br />
Tomatoes $1-2 for a can<br />
Avocados $1 for small $2 for a large one<br />
Lemon or lime $.50<br />
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And you should have some sort of oil on hand. Dried cilantro is about $3 but a fresh sprig is about $1<br />
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Total price for this meal is $10<br />
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Pair with corn chips or gluten free chips and enjoy. It tastes to me like bean dip and makes for a very hearty meal!<br />
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It tastes so much better than it looks. YUM!<br />
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And here's my lunch, with the avocado and yep I cheated, those are my wheat filled pita chips.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-23642741115875753142012-06-30T14:55:00.000-07:002012-06-30T14:57:51.243-07:00Folded Fitteds. Specs and Giveaway.So I've been seeing them around the cloth diapering world these days and I have to figure out just what these "new" kind of diapers are.<br />
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Folded contour diapers. With or without elastic.<br />
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I started researching these diapers, and all I found is that I've made these diapers before.<br />
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So funny right? Well after 2 years, I still loved my fitted prefolds, and decided it was time to make them again for the new baby.<br />
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Of course my favorite materials is still, and always will be flannel, but I understand, not many people like flannel. Some people says it's coarse, I still love it. So I made a ton for myself out of old receiving blankets(if you follow my Facebook you've seen them), made some up for my brother's baby, and ultimately decided that these are cheaper to make, and they hold well. At least they hold well for me. So now it's time to turn to the testing phase.<br />
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So what exactly are these new diapers I've made? I have designed them myself from a flat square to be folded. There is a cotton decorative print outer, and bamboo fleece makes up the rest of the diaper, this folded diaper consists of only 2 layers of fabric which makes for faster drying time. When folded, there is approximately 5 layers of bamboo fleece through the wet zone. To fix the "back butt issue" I have included a bonus snap in snake like insert designed to be folded up for added protection through the butt of the diaper to help with blowouts, and additional absorbency through the wet zone.<br />
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Here's some pictures of what it looks like.<br />
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All snapped together. Each diaper will have one row of 8 snaps across the top(unless you want touch tape, always a possibility) It will have one or 2 crossover/hip snaps, still working out those details.<br />
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And the back.<br />
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The inside with the soaker detached, now I was short bamboo so I added the cotton through parts of the center of my diaper, but in all other diapers there will be bamboo fleece through the entire wet zone. There is cased leg and back elastic to truly make it a fitted diaper.<br />
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This is so simple to figure out, on how to fold it.<br />
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Fold one side over.<br />
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Then the other., no right or wrong way to do it!<br />
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Then snap in the insert and fold it up(The snake like inserts will be approx 4.5 inches to cover the butt space and 22 inches long(for the size 2).<br />
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And put it on the bum!<br />
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Now my son has a size 18x18, or a size 2 on. He has it on, on the smallest setting, this diaper is a bit big on him, he weighs approximately 18 lbs. There is a small gap in the leg elastic but he'll grow into it so I don't mind. It fits well under a medium sized fleece soaker.<br />
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Here you can see the gap in his leg elastic, but when his legs are down, it seems to be pretty sealed..<br />
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Since I'm ready to start marketing these and selling these. I need feedback. I know how they work for us, but I don't know how they work for OTHERS. Plus I have not even a guess on what weight limit a "Size 1" or "Size 2" would fit! I know my nephew has a "Size 2" and he's in 12/18 months clothes and I heard those fit him well too. So as you can see I need help.<br />
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If your interested, I'm giving away 2 of these beauties in left over prints I have on hand, in the size of your choice. A small 16x16 inches, or a larger size of 18x18 inches. There will be only one winner for each size. I'm giving away a total of 2 diapers to 2 different people.<br />
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There is a catch though. If you want to win one of these diapers, you need to give your feedback on how they work and the size of your baby that they fit. I need these figures so I can change them for my bazaar tables in the fall, and you need to email me those specs in a timely manner.<br />
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Here are the prints you can choose from. I have some cotton print bicycles left, a flannel farm print, and of course my beautiful black cherries print.<br />
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Price for these will be $10 for a smaller size and $12 for a larger size.<br />
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</script>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-67040579848853674972012-06-28T17:14:00.001-07:002012-06-28T17:17:27.911-07:00Spicy Lentil SoupI really hate cooking dinner. I mean who doesn't HATE cooking dinner when you have 3 small children. Who has time? Well I finally found some recipes that are cheap and easy to make and don't take much time. And by sharing them here, I hope to bring some "love" of cooking to others. Plus I like to think they have a lot of good nutritional value in them too. Most are gluten or wheat free too.<br />
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So this is soup, I know soup in the summer. Ugh, but honestly here in the PNW it doesn't always get to hot so yeah, who cares?<br />
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This is adapted from a Rachel Ray Recipe. But I think mine tastes 100% better, because it's SPICY.<br />
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What you'll need.<br />
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1 Pack of Andouille Sausage(where the POW! comes from)<br />
4 cups chicken broth<br />
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1/2 an onion(I'm not big on onion flavor, I don't add much, add more if you want to!)(approx 1/2 cup-3/4)<br />
3 small garlic cloves<br />
2 or so carrots<br />
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Fresh rosemary(ok who cares? Any Italian Seasoning will do!)(1 tsp should do, add more if you want)<br />
1 cup lentils<br />
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If you total everything up for how much it costs here's the break down<br />
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Sausage $5 ish<br />
1 box of 16 oz of chicken broth(8oz =1 cup) $4 ish<br />
1 onion $1? Maybe?<br />
3 small garlic cloves $.80 cents? Maybe?<br />
2 carrots again maybe $1 or $2?<br />
seasoning you may already have in your cupboard or else it's going to run you an additional $3 or so but I'm not including it here.<br />
Lentils are $0.44 at WINCO here in bulk<br />
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Ok so that's less than $14 if you don't need to buy some Rosemary or Italian Seasoning.<br />
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Now how to make it.<br />
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Soak your lentils in water.<br />
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While that's soaking, pour your chicken broth into your pot.<br />
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Then chop your onion and garlic and carrot(peel carrot first).<br />
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Throw it into the pot.<br />
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Cut up your sausage, throw it in too.<br />
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Drain and rinse lentils, and throw them in too.<br />
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Cover and let sit for a few hours on low. Great time to do this is when kids are napping or when an episode of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is on. You can have it all in the pot before it's over and cooking.<br />
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Then sit down and relax.<br />
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When carrots are cooked through, it's done, and from simmering in that pot the whole time, it's spicy, it will burn your nose. It's so spicy.<br />
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Pour into bowl and devour....make sure you have something cold to take the edge off. Or maybe it's not so spicy for you! But to me, it burns.<br />
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I've experimented too with dumping more veggies into the pot. Right now I have spinach in there, I think it will taste good. I just took some frozen spinach and dumped it in too. I wonder if celery would taste good too...haven't tried that yet. But sweet peppers wasn't as good as I was hoping. Experiment around with veggies in your fridge or left overs. This soup only gets better! And everyone loves it! I converted my husband who HATED lentils and told me I was crazy for making it, and then he tried it and now it's one of his favorites. <br />
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So Katie came to me a few weeks ago and she told me that she recently extended the wings on her QSFW and she wanted me to try one. Which I was totally game for.<br />
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First lets start off with what is a QSFW?<br />
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QSFW= Quick Snap Flat Wrap.<br />
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Katie has been making these for a while and I personally love them, but never got to try one out. I made some up of my own and I know I love mine, so why wouldn't I love hers? She's made some modifications to wing size and added leg elastic. She wanted me to try the new longer wing QSFW and I jumped.<br />
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She sent me a size 1 Dino Print with green cotton velour inner. It's darling.<br />
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First impression of a QSFW, it can look hard. It's two layers serged together. It's designed to "fold up" like a prefold but in wrap form. So that there will be 8 layers of protection through the wet zone.</div>
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Fully opened it looks like this</div>
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Looks hard huh? Well it's actually very deceiving. It's very easy to fold. You fold one over, then the other, and adjust it to how you want it and BAM! It's ready to go. You don't really have to fold it just one way either, you can fold it however you really want it. I tried it both ways. With the velour towards the bum, and the jersey towards the bum. Both worked excellently. </div>
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Here it is folded</div>
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If your still confused, Katie has step by step pictures on her FB page on how to fold these beauties.<br />
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So how did this hold up? <br />
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It actually worked excellently. I love love LOVED this diaper. When I put it on I could see some problems, it was a little loose in the legs, but I mean it's a flat WRAP, it's like a prefold, even with elastic there's going to be a little gap, that's what a cover is for. So I just brushed that aside. <br />
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The first time I used it I thought I was using it wrong or that it didn't work. Turns out it was just me. After using it and making baby boy stay in it for longer than an hour, it really held it's weight. I think he peed in it two or three times and it was barely damp on the outside, all the wetness was contained.<br />
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I loved that you can fold it either way and still get great absorbency.<br />
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It was easy to figure out, even though it looks intimidating.<br />
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Washed nicely and dried fast. Great plus!<br />
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The only negative was that I was testing this out for wing span. And even on the smallest setting it was to big. I kind of attributed it not so much to the larger wings span as a mix of two things. The first being that it's jersey fabric(which is stretchy) and velour(also stretchy) which means it went on great and tight, but after a few minutes of rolling around in it, it fell off. Which is kind of funny as long as there's not poop in there you know? :) Also my son has a very weird figure. Every diaper fits him differently. Even if I have the same brand of diapers, each one fits him just a little bit differently. It's weird. I attribute that to a lack of hips and butt. But he's a guy so I'm ok with that too. My son is almost 20 lbs and still wears the smallest setting for most diapers that are one size. But a small is to small and a medium is to big. He's just one of those babies that has a funky build.<br />
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Katie has told me that she has reduced the wing span a bit though on her size 1s. After all it was my job to test it.<br />
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The other thing I worry about is the back bum area. And I find this with all snap flats, even my own. How can you better cover the bum area? It's only 2 layers of fabric back there you know? And we all know babies don't just pee, they poop too. And if you have my son's poop, it just rolls out of everything, which with this diaper it did. It's a problem I can't figure out how to fix, and I don't know if you can! But this is still my all time favorite diaper and I grab it always first because I love it so much. I definitely recommend it to everyone! Plus they're in expensive!<br />
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So how to get one?<br />
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Currently Katie is partcipating in the Summer Cloth Diaper Giveaway Hop. There are 2 days left to enter, and her prizes are pretty amazing! They also include one of these QSFW, which she is now calling folded fitteds.<br />
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<a href="http://cdbooties.blogspot.com/2012/06/summer-cloth-diaper-giveaway-hop.html" target="_blank">http://cdbooties.blogspot.com/2012/06/summer-cloth-diaper-giveaway-hop.html</a><br />
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She is also moving on July 8th from ETSY to HyenaCart, you can find her there.<br />
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<a href="http://hyenacart.com/stores/katies3sweetpeas/" target="_blank">http://hyenacart.com/stores/katies3sweetpeas/</a><br />
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And of course like her on Facebook. She has so much to offer. She makes beautiful Mei Tais, Fleece wraps, PUL wraps, and fleece covers/shorties/skirties and longies. Sometimes she even has upcycled wool longies. Seriously check her out!<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Katies3SweetPeas" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/Katies3SweetPeas</a><br />
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And here is some pictures of MAC in his diaper. I love this. And granted he just pooped it in again, kind of goes with having a cold. I can't wait to wash it and put it back on! So cute!<br />
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Here it is on the smallest setting. You can see it's snug for the time being.<br />
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Back shot!<br />
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And he's smiling hecause he just blew out of this. I need to keep that in mind next time I try to get pictures of him in a diaper when he has a cold.<br />
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Circumference of the head can vary from child to child. <br />
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However, some things always remain the same on each child. I've come to realize that all children through about 6 months, only have a 5-5.5 inch depth for hats. But their head size can range anywhere from 12 inches to 16inches. This is something I sometimes over look or don't know. Which is why it's best to tell me when placing your order the AGE of the child. For example my 4 months old has a 17 inches head, but the depth of his head is still about 5.5 inches, maybe 5.75. <br />
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If you don't tell me how many inches I go off of these rules that I've found to be mostly true for each child.<br />
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A newborn tends to have a child 12-13 inches around and 5 inches or less in depth, so I make the hat 12 inches and it stretches.<br />
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I then go up by 1-2 inches for each size.<br />
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So a 0-3 months old with 13.5 inches and 5 inches deep.<br />
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A 3-6 months old is 14.5 inches around and 5.5 inches deep.<br />
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A 6 months old hat would be 16 inches around and 5.5 inches deep.<br />
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12 months is 18 inches around and 6 inches deep.<br />
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I have found that as a general rule, by the time your child hits 1, they have reached their head circumference. It doesn't matter if their body grows, they're head circumference will stay the same for several years. Possibly only growing about an inch or so by the time they're an adult. I had been researching my children's heads and my nephews since I have been making them hats and they're still the same after almost 2 years. My nephews head is still about 21 inches, and my daughter's is still 19-19.5 inches. However, this is again where age comes into a factor. Even though your child's head circumference stays the same, the depth does not.<br />
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For example. At one year old a child can have a 19-20 inches head. But the depth of the head is really only 6 inches. At 2 their head depth is 6.5, and 3-4 and up is 7 inches deep. So now your thinking here, wait....my head is 20 inches. As an adult, my head is 20 inches. But adults have deeper heads, an adult can have a 20 inch head, but our head depth is usually and 8 inches deep or more. <br />
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So the whole point of this is to explain to me everything. I don't know every child's age. :) I would love to, but well I'm not psychic. And size information, well past a year, it doesn't do me any good at all! None of my hats use patterns, I create everything myself. So I base all my hats off of years of research and testing. I measure measure measure, and then design and create. <br />
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So I apologize to anyone if you have received a hat from me and it was to long or to short. This is why, and why I've been asking so much for ages of the child when I make the hat. <br />
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Thank you all for understanding! <br />
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And look towards the summer! I am busy making slippers again and crochet tiny sandals for girls and boys! So we can cover those toesies and show them off too! I can't wait, I wanted to so badly make sandals last year, but was working all summer long! What fun this will be!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-78024183735707502722012-05-09T12:30:00.003-07:002012-05-09T12:30:44.287-07:00Half SweatersAbout a year ago my sister law sent me a link for a half sweater. Now I got to thinking, could I really do that? What is the true purpose of a half sweater or shrug? <br />
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I made a few anyways, and gave them to my daughter.<br />
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One I made for her about a year ago.<br />
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It's was made when we lived in our old house, so I know it was more than a year ago. The clothes she's wearing are 12-18 months, so the sweater is probably right around that size, possibly 24 monthsish.<br />
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Well the summer came and went, then winter. And my daughter became very much obsessed with Minnie Mouse that I was afraid to even ask if she wanted to wear a handmade sweater by mommy.<br />
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And then today they wanted to go outside and play and we needed to grab something to cover her shoulders so she could play. <br />
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So I grabbed the shrug.<br />
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And even though now she mostly wears a 3t, it still fits perfectly. And if your my daughter, it looks even better with a backwards kitty hat, a skort, and rubber boots. <br />
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I think I'm a fan, that even after a year, this fits her. I'll be making more of these for the kids!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-91477342836994892772012-05-08T20:40:00.002-07:002012-05-08T20:40:52.483-07:00Re-Purposing Old Receiving BlanketsLet's all be honest with ourselves here. <br />
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We all have receiving blankets. All of us. Ok maybe 99% of us. Some of us got them when we were first time mom's and thought we would actually use them, and some of us for baby showers. Maybe some of us actually did use them. But let's all be honest with ourselves, after about 3 months, those receiving blankets you thought you had to have, tend to have served their purpose and are no longer needed. Maybe you decided, "I'll use these for something soon," and maybe you did and maybe they're sitting in that box to save and use later or dump.<br />
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But for me, I love flannel, and I've found a new love for receiving blankets. <br />
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They make easy inserts. They're easily foldable, and easy to make.<br />
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Now I know, not everyone likes flannel, and that's ok, but me, I love it. I love it for diapers. To me it's soft and absorbs a lot, other people may not see the same thing I see and that's ok. But I still want to share my 4 easy steps for re-purposing old receiving blankets.<br />
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Now the first step is easy. Are you going to T&T or serge? For me I've done both, and they both work well. Both have their own benefits.<br />
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Once you have that worked out, your ready to get started.<br />
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Get out old receiving blankets.<br />
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Cut off Tags. Don't worry to much about the extra serge edges. If you'd like your more than welcome to cut that off. Since I serged mine I just fed it through.<br />
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Cut to desired length and width, making sure there are at least 4 layers of flannel.<br />
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And sew. If your T&T this link will help you with that.<br />
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If your serging, then BAM your done.<br />
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And enjoy your inserts. I love laying them under another insert, stacking them together, and what I call double stuffing them in for nighttime use. And maybe you need to grab something in case of an emergency cause baby just puked every where? Bam you have a spit up rag/ burp cloth. These flannel inserts serve their purpose for pretty much everything. My oldest even used one as a wash cloth once. And if they're clean who cares? (he did once I told him it was a diaper :) ) Being only 4 layers of flannel, they also fold easy.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-73601193238591238632012-05-07T22:15:00.002-07:002012-06-25T19:01:08.043-07:00Inserts, and hybridsSo I'm constantly looking for the next best fabric for my inserts.<br />
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I was using organic cotton velour which was mislabeled as fleece. I really wanted to try bamboo. So I bought some, and I love it.<br />
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Secondly, I really wanted a foldable snake like insert that snapped apart. I bought a diaper and really liked this concept, but the fact that folded up it was SO bulky for a little baby, I couldn't use it. And was really disappointed. So I wanted to make a snake like insert that snapped apart. So it could be snapped apart for smaller babies.<br />
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The new inserts are roughly 4 inches by 20 inches(possibly 21) <br />
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In the AI2 there will be one 3 layer soaker, and then an additional 3 layer soaker that attaches to it. <br />
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For my hybrid diapers, I found the more the better. Since it is technically a fitted diaper, the more inserts, the better at having the inserts absorb the liquid then the cover itself.<br />
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Now my 3 layers(9 layers total) is far to bulky for an itty bitty baby. But I like to think more into the future. As babies get bigger, they pee more. So I made a typical 6 layer petal soaker, 4 inches by 20 inches, and then an additional snap in insert as baby grows.<br />
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Here's what it looks like<br />
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This is a really good change, now I have room to case elastic better, and still have room for the snaps!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-1494116478913615172012-05-06T20:06:00.000-07:002012-05-06T20:06:23.242-07:00New Rules for OrdersSo after sitting on several items, I'm realizing I really need something in writing for orders. These rules apply to all custom orders.<br />
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If you need to place an order please email me at adrianna @ adriannaknits . com No spaces.<br />
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Once we have worked out all the bugs on your order, you will be invoiced.<br />
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Once invoice you will have 3 days to pay, or work out an email agreement with me.<br />
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I will then make your order and it will be shipped within 2 weeks.<br />
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I will make the item.<br />
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Once the item is finished it must be approved in writing by you.<br />
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Once it is approved you will have 2 weeks to pay or else have an agreement between you and me via email(in writing).<br />
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If you <b>do not</b> pay for your item, your item will be re listed and attempted to be sold to someone else. If no one buys it there is a possibility it could be <b>trashed.</b><br />
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After everything is worked out and there is a written agreement a payment plan will be established. <br />
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You then have 3 days to pay after which the item will be re-listed.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-43339739538846531012012-05-02T15:43:00.004-07:002012-05-02T15:43:57.466-07:00Hybrid diapers and helmetsSometimes there's just no way to sugar coat where you get your ideas from. It's awful sometimes but it's true. And every since MAC got burns from his Oeko Popo's, I knew something had to be done. And quick. What had happened was the Oeko Popo's had changed style a little bit, and the PUL was rolled over the leg by the designer, this, combined with MAC's eczema and all his other "issues" caused chafing and developed into blisters. I knew then, I only wanted AI2's with soft liners. And then I was introduced to a "hybrid" diaper. And not like the Flip system, or the GroVia, but an actual hybrid system.<br />
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Pretty much what it is, is a few layers of fleece with a softer inner and a soaker. So an almost waterproof AI2. Well since this idea came upon me suddenly, I of course had to try it out. So I rushed to the store and without knowing where to start, I bought a ton of blizzard fleece. Well it didn't turn out as I had hoped, but honestly what tester ever does? I put 2 layers of blizzard fleece and a cotton print outer.<br />
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Well, to be honest, it hardly went through my sewing machine, but it works, it's actually pretty durable. I'm going to change some things if I want to list these to sell, and probably won't for a while. I may wait to closer to the bazaars and make this for them. I honestly love it. I can use this as a cover with a doubled up soaker about 2x before it actually becomes damp. It doesn't leak, just gets damp, and it has NO PUL, it's completely breathable. I personally love it, besides the bulk.<br />
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I'm also having a hard time because I am constantly trimming this pattern. Since hardly any of them sold, I only have self preference for these diapers, with the help from some of my family. So the rise snaps have been 3x3, but I can't get the elastic cased properly, so from here on out, they'll be 2x3. So that way you can have more elastic.</div>
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Lastly, ever so often, I head on over to ravelry and browse. Just to see what other people are making and if people have ideas like mine. Because often I'll have an idea, but not quite remember all the stitches to put it together. And there it was, my complete vision. I have been having this bright idea of making a helmet, a knit baby helmet since making my pixie hats. But I have never seen one. I knew there had to be one, and then there it was. A picture of the Aviatrix hat by JustJussi. Just one look and it was what I thinking. I knew I could do it. But I don't use patterns, like ever. I create my own. Seeing that I knew I could do it. And after sitting on this pattern for a week. I made my own. It's going to take a while to perfect this hat since I don't use patterns, even though she offers hers, I don't use them, I also don't know how to read patterns unless I write them down or they're printed in an actual book. I want to eventually make these to perfected sizes and make them with patterns. Right now I think I made mine to big for MAC and he won't be able to wear it long. But here it is.</div>
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And to credit her for confirming an awesome idea. Here's her website if anyone who can read patterns that people write want to make their own. She has pattern for all sorts of stuff!</div>
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So do you have a Facebook page that needs more likes?<br />
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Then we have the opportunity for YOU!<br />
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To enter yourself as a vendor please email me your information with a description and a picture of the item your offering. All people who enter will be required to like your page and or twitter in order to enter. What a way to get people over to your site! <br />
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Let's support each other as WAHMs!<br />
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So head on over and email me at adrianna (at) adriannaknits.com<br />
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I would like to have more than one vendor! Let's celebrate together and support each other!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-38852127970235184162012-04-23T18:07:00.002-07:002012-05-01T21:47:59.570-07:00Cloth diaper trials are live!- MAC's diapersIt took me a whole long month, and a very trying month at that, but I feel like I finally have perfected my "perfect cloth diaper" and am ready to start selling. Although I have sold a few. I still have many more that need to be tested and reviewed. A note, all of my diapers left are still practice diapers which means they may have some minor stitch malfunctions here and there, some of the elastic may not be perfectly taught, but they are fully functioning diapers.<br />
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Currently, along with my other crochet and knit wear(which is great for the fall and winter!), I have started back up making cloth diapers. I decided to revisit a dream that I had 2 years ago when my daughter was born of hidden PUL, cute cotton prints and a stay dry inner. Although, let's be honest, 2 years ago these fabrics were hard to come by, so my ambition to make these diapers fizzled out. But it's back now, and I've successfully patterned my own cloth diapers again. And I'm making AI2's, fitteds, and wipes. Hoping to add fleece covers soon.<br />
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I'm not necessarily good at making newborns, I've never "technically" had a newborn. With 3 kids between 9 and 12 lbs at birth. I don't know what those are like, which is why they're up for sale as testers! I also offer 2 different kind of AI2's, one with double inner gussets, and one without. They are all lined with microfleece or microchamois, and have a hidden layer of PUL with a cotton print outer.<br />
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The next set will have a 6 layer petal soaker with an additional snap in. For these testers I didn't have enough to do that. All soakers are made out an organic cotton fleece and organic bamboo terry, soft side out and will be able to snap in and out of the their shell. I've found these "shells" can be used at least 2 times. Soakers are long similar to snake style and can fold up for smaller babies. They also fit trimly between the double gussets to ensure a good leg fit.<br />
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I'm also making side snapping fitted diapers. The diapers will require a cover. My ones right now have a cotton print outer, or flannel, and have a hidden layer of microfleece, a bamboo terry soaker, and a soft bamboo terry inner. A 2 layer booster of organic cotton and bamboo snaps in at the front to hide the hip snaps. They are one size fits most and have a snap down rise.<br />
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These are for sale over at ETSY for a price that only covers the cost of materials. To offer an even better incentive, if you buy one of my diapers, and review it, we're offering a $5 credit for ANYTHING I make. Customs included. We really want to hear a variety of feed back on these.<br />
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To see what some of these diapers look like on, check out this little cutie below and then head on over to ETSY and make your purchase!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-68574523453503515482012-04-10T10:29:00.000-07:002012-04-10T10:31:54.420-07:00Cloth diaper trialsSo I've had some people ask me about when the cloth diaper trials are going to start.<br />
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Soon. Most likely the testers will be up for sale by May 1st. I have lots of cuts for the "newborn" diapers, but not much for the one size because I ran out of the stuff I had. (To many oops let's do it again!) For those who want to be in on the trials, I'll stock on my FB page first, then over on Etsy. They'll be first come first serve, and prices will be $18 for the one size AI2's and $12 for the newborn AI2's, that includes shipping. The terms to buy will be that you submit what you like and don't like about it, and possibly a picture(optional) and then you can get a $5 credit towards anything we sell, be it crochet and knit wear, or another diaper. I'm hoping to get the diapers ok'd by everyone testing them and made to start officially selling them by June 1st. (Just in time for summer for cute prints!)<br />
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I have found some things out during my trials of making this brand new glorious diaper.<br />
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IT'S HARD. I've been sewing for years, well ok, pretty much my whole life, but I honestly wasn't ready for a serger. The husband was worried about me threading it and getting frustrated, we found out that's the least of our worries. It's getting the thing to GO that's hard!<br />
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I've been trying to find a way to get you these diapers at the least amount for price. Let's be honest, we can't all afford a diaper that is $30 and then shipping on top! And if I have to have the fabrics shipped to me, then of course it's going to be more! So I've been traveling the Vancouver/Portland area(which is still far from my house), and have found I can pretty much purchase everything here, except for the bamboo/hemp for inserts. Isn't that nice? I have found two stores that carry microfleece! I can't get every color to match the diaper outers, but I can get a pretty good range of colors! And that's really nice! Also, just about every print I see on Fabric.com(which so many people buy from), is available in a store in Portland. Since my family lives there, it's easy for me to find a reason to go there. Babyville is also selling PUL now, it's a heavier PUL but I've found, PUL is PUL, some is thinner, but I like thicker. So the means I can get everything I need right here in my area and cut costs for you guys!<br />
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We are going to be selling 4 types of items. We're going to be bringing serged one size fitteds, one size turned and top stitched print AI2's, newborn turned and top stitched print AI2's, and wipes. I really like the wipes I've been making, and will be making wipes with flannel and microfleece. All of the diapers will all have snaps, and as of right now there won't be a custom list, just stocking. So if there's something you need and want to request a print, you of course can and I can see if I can get it. It's that simple. After the trials the prices will be $20 for the fitteds and newborn AI2's, $25 for the one size AI2's and the wipes will be 5 for $7. All AI2's will have the double gussets, and will come with 2 inserts of either bamboo or hemp terry(soft side out of course!). If you need additional inserts, they will be $8 for the set(once you see the inserts you'll see what I'm talking about they'll snap together). I have found with these types of diapers, you only need about 4-5 shells and several inserts. If baby doesn't poop, I can take off the insert, snap in a new one, put it on and be good to go.<br />
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I can't wait to make these! As of right now we have several super hero diapers coming. Let's be honest, I have a boy and can't stand it that there just isn't super hero diapers! And the Avengers movie is coming out soon! (Can you tell I have all boys and just one girl? I definitely want to see that movie!) But I'm going to try and make it even for both boys and girls.<br />
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Also, I haven't come up with a name for these diapers just yet. I can't come up with anything. So for right now, none of the diapers will have labels. Hopefully soon I can come up with a name, but right now I just don't have anything.<br />
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Hopefully these will be a hit! I need something to make mostly during the summer months so I can have something to do. I will also be showcasing these along with my crochet and knit work and bazaars this winter.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2764666797321529189.post-66896510120778964012012-03-28T11:41:00.002-07:002012-03-28T11:41:36.058-07:00Conan's BlanketPretty much exactly a month ago Conan's mom sent me an email saying, "Do you make blankets?" I told her I had before and could, but don't normally. That it can get pricey and timely and I know it's nerve wracking knowing you have buckets of money out in the hopes that you will get something back. It sounds like one great big scam. And right at this time I was in the process of being scammed by another woman, or she was attempting to, I am to smart for that! :)<br />
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So the emails started coming, I want this, well how about this? Now like I said I don't normally make blankets but when she delivered that line in that email, "this is something I've wanted to do for him since I was pregnant but was never able to complete"(not quoting here) I was sold, hook, line and sinker, I was all in. I knew in my heart I NEEDED to do this for her. <br />
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She was nervous too, was she going to be scammed? Is it a joke? What is going to look like? Can she do what she says she's going to do? So every few days I would send her an email with an update and or picture to show her how it's coming along. And trust me, this blanket was tedious and frustrating. Every time I started, something went wrong. Nothing was turning out how I envisioned. Finally I just went for it. It looked like it would be a little narrow but it was going to work. She needed it for her two year old son. I told her it would probably take until May, but she kept dropping little hints that she wished it would be done in time for her son's birthday. I just knew I had to get it done for her, no questions asked. It had to be done by April 1st. It had to be there for his birthday. So I went all in, doubled up the yarn and knitted it up quick.<br />
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The emails still kept coming she kept checking in to see how her blanket was going. After a month long, I have finally finished this blanket. I personally HATE doing blankets, nothing against Conan and his mom, it's me, if I can't see results in a few hours, I start to lose my mind, like the project is dragging on and on and will never end. And as each week passed, and I finally got to the part where I was going to insert Conan's name, I knew I was in the home stretch.<br />
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I'm so glad I was able to do this for her. Here are progressive pictures. Like I said she emailed a lot and wanted pictures so I have so many of how this blanket came along. And in no way was it annoying at all. When I say the more descriptive you are the better, I mean it. This blanket wouldn't of turned out how she wanted it if she hadn't of been so vocal.<br />
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It went from this at the start of March.<br />
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A week or so later<br />
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Another week<br />
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The name is going in! I remember how excited I was when I sent that email<br />
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Completed the name with minimal efforts that same night.<br />
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To it being almost done last night.<br />
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To completely being done last night.<br />
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My son showing how big it is, this is the back of the blanket. All tediously interwoven.<br />
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Wrapped around my son<br />
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I am so glad this thing is completed. Hoping to ship it on Monday!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037104956654029145noreply@blogger.com0