Wonderful Knitting Tote
Totes are fabulous for so many things – shopping, storing, and carrying to name a few. I decided I needed a tote to hold my current knitting projects in. Previously, I made a wonderful tote bag, called the Chubby Charmer. The pattern was created by Penny Sturges of Quilts Illustrated. I altered the pattern to make a smaller bag, and to change the pattern on the bag. That is, instead of quilted squares, I decided to make horizontal stripes. I love this bag, and get a lot of complements when I carry it!
This picture shows my bag. I made another exactly like it for a dear friend that lives in Anchorage.
Nancy
Fabulous Potato Chip Scarf
I found this wonderful pattern for a “Potato Chip Scarf.” So named because “you can’t make just one.” I found the scarf on Ocean Waves Quilts Blog . It is such an easy pattern, and the scarf is beautiful! I used a fabulous NORO yarn. See the NORO site. I used the Taiyo collection. I love the variegation and was able to coordinate it so that the colors are a mirror image.
As the title indicates, you can’t make just one. I have already finished another gray “Potato Chip Scarf” to be pictured in another post.
Nancy
Knitting
I recently started knitting. A wonderful friend from Norway, Elisabeth, showed me how to knit. It took completion of the first scarf to get me really moving on this. I have since joined Ravelry.com as NancyCreates. It is a wonderful knitting site / forum. You can find all sorts of wonderful projects and groups to join. I will begin to share my knitting projects with you. But I just wanted to share some beautiful balls of yarn in a wonderful basket in my daughter Lauren’s home.
Enjoy,
Nancy
Sunflower Cake
Last night my daughter Sarah and I started a 4 week cake decorating class. We took our class at Spun Sugar in Berkeley. It was a lot of fun. We learned how to frost a cake with buttercream frosting, and decorate with some piping rosettes and sunflowers. It was amazingly difficult. Our instructor, Linda, easily swiveled her cake on the turntable, and smoothed that frosting out. Unfortunately, it wasn’t so easy for us! But, we got through it. Once you added the edging and the sunflowers on top, it looked amazingly good (for a first effort). I will keep you posted with our weekly efforts!
Nancy
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