6. January 2009 by Holly.

I got a serger for xmas!! I haven’t “made” anything with her yet, but I’ve been playing around. Got a couple serger books on order, hopefully those will make life a little easier. I spent the first couple days very frustrated because my bottom thread kept breaking. Oh well, live and learn! I love her! Bless this mess! Please excuse all the crap on my sewing table, lol. I wouldn’t know what to do if it were ever actually clean. :p  

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6. January 2009 by Holly.

I’m working a new job, a doctors office, which is far more relaxed then Wal-Mart. I might still be working wal-mart from time to time, but I have no idea. They have me on the schedule one week and not the next, so who knows. But hopefully I’ll get far more crafting done now, since I’ll be working fewer days for more pay! YAY! I’ll probably post some progress pics tonight, I finished all the squares for my 2008 blanket but I still haven’t put them together. I already have plans to do the 2009 blanket that is on Craftster and Ravelry, I’m so excited! I can’t decide if I want to do them in the colors I want my room (blue and brown) or in my favorite colors (purple and white). Here’s some pics of my Nov and Dec square… There’s more pics on my photobucket site.
 November

December

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18. November 2008 by Holly.

I’m playing around with Googles browser - Chrome. So far it looks like a cross between Firefox (my preferred browser) and IE (hate it). But, I’ve imported all my bookmarks/passwords, including the ones from my mobile phone, very nice. I love that the home page shows your most visited sites, there’s only a hand full I go to constantly, so that’ll be awesome. I’m going to see what the downloads are like and all. I hope it’s nice, I heart google! 

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16. November 2008 by Holly.

Sly built Ra a new cage and it’s wonderful! I love it, it’s easy to get into, low enough for me to actually get into it. And it’s in a place that we can see and take care of her everyday with ease. Here’s some pics!

In the making

All done!

Isn’t she beautiful? The snake and the cage. I’m sure once again, she’ll grow to the size of her cage, so she’s going to get even fatter. :p We’re still going to move it around a bit, get her a new heat source, move her water bowl where the coldest part of the cage is. I’ll upload more pics when we get the inside all done.

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4. November 2008 by Holly.

Sooo, Sly and I are now engaged! Yay!!! And we’ve decided to trying to have a baby. We’re not stressing it with temp test and all that blahblah, but we’re trying. I’ve been off my birth control for almost a month now, so hopefully I’ll be posting in-progress preggo pics soon. And of course, I have a picture of my engagement ring. I do want to be married before I actually have any kids tho, so we’re thinking a wedding next fall-ish.

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4. November 2008 by Holly.

I love this pattern, it was quick to work and easy to read. The only mod I would make is to lengthen the hand part so that the cables would reach my knuckles. They’re a bit short.

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4. November 2008 by Holly.

October Square (Almost done!!)

Live to Laugh & Laugh to Live

Drop Chain Earring

Donalds xmas beanie

Black and White Hobo Style Bag

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3. November 2008 by Holly.

I really, really should post more often but I always seem to post my stuff on Craftster.org instead of posting it on here. Maybe I’ll just start posting it on here and then posting links on Craftster or something. Anyway, here we go.

Testing a bear pattern. Here’s the post about it.

Brittany’s finished baby blanket. She’s had her girl and she’s adorable!

September Square

The MC. It’s got a wonky seam (my fault). The pattern is from Get Your Crochet On!

Wonky seam! I don’t know how I did this but it didn’t happen with the second one I did. Who knows, I still love the hat, I wear it quite often.

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20. August 2008 by Holly.

Here’s a few more pictures of stuff I’ve done… The blanket is for Brittany, a coworker of mine. The hats are for friends for xmas or to sell, don’t know which yet. I made the grey and blue hat while I was in PA visiting my Dad, I also started the baby blanket but I haven’t finished it yet. The blanket pattern called for a size G hook which is what I started in but I moved to an I hook ’cause it was such a tight weave and it was curling pretty bad. It’s working up much faster now and much softer, lol.

Baby blanket - about half done

Year long blanket - lots more squares to do!

Grey hat - Made large enough for a mans head or a females with a rolled brim.

Blue hat - also made big for my model, but fits me well.

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19. August 2008 by Holly.

I’ve gotten a good bit done, including a few CAL squares. I’m going to try to post pictures of them all and then start posting everyday or every other day. No more months between post!

I’ve decided to make one blanket that’s green and purple, so I’m trying to use both colors in all my squares. A little white in there just to lighten things up.

May Square

June Square

July Square

August

Tomorrow I’ll do a catch  up post on the hats I’ve made. I made a couple in PA and I did some sewing. I want to post pictures of Brittany’s baby blanket I’m making too, but I want to get new pictures of that one. Lots to come!

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