Finished, Yarny Inheritance, Swatching
I finally finished a Bella Dress for my own baby and I love how it turned out! I started making it in this pink and really hoped I could find a good fabric to use that would have both pink and orange in it. The fabric has white w/ pink flowers, orange flowers, and yellow w/ pink flowers on it. Perfect! She was a perfect little model for me while I took pictures in the front yard. Next spring I can sell my own version of the pattern on Ravelry for folks to buy. When I do, the sweet pictures I took of my baby will grace the pages.

My yarny inheritance…My husband’s aunt passed away recently. I’m glad for her that she is free from the health problems that she has suffered with the last few years. I’m sure that her spirit is feeling so free without the oxygen tank she’s had to have with her for the last several years. Rest in peace Barbara… She was a crocheter until the last few years of her life. She had stockpiled lots of acrylic yarn. No one else in the family crochets, so hubby brought 4 trash bags filled with acrylic yarn for me. I might actually work up a swatch for a design submission with some of it. Mostly though I plan to make stuffed animals and blankets to donate to charity with it. Most charities really want items that can be machine washed and dried, so acrylic is perfect for that. That is one of the bags with several skeins on top in my closet. I better hurry up and use some of this so that the bags aren’t taking up space in my closet and room for very long!


Other than all that, my week was pretty productive until yesterday. I’d been feeling for awhile like my neck could use a trip to the chiropracter for a good popping. Then yesterday morning at some point the muscles in my left shoulder and the same side of my neck knotted up and I could barely turn my head to the left, and not a lot to the right either. Not so fun. Mr AC came home from work in the afternoon to take me to the chiro. since I didn’t feel like I could drive safely. It is feeling a little improved this morning. Hopefully, I’ll be back to normal within a few days. I think rest, ice, and IBuprofen will probably help me along. Also, the call for patterns for next Summer’s issue of Interweave came out on Monday I think. I was a little overwhelmed reading through it the first time because it was a lot more specific than previous ones. After contemplating for awhile I came up with lots of great ideas, more than I care to work into a submission, but I will probably submit 2 or 3. I worked on a swatch for that yesterday and will probably finish that one and start on another today. Previous to that, I’ve been working for the last week or so on a design project and I am really pleased with how it is turning out. I’m not sure yet if I will submit that one to a magazine or self-publish it. We’ll see. Well, I’d love to hear from my blog readers once in awhile….so please, feel free to speak up and leave a comment. I’d love to know what you think about what I’ve been working on, or what you’ve been working on, or what you’d like to see me working on. Drop me a line!
Happy stitching!
April
I'm always in awe of your talents april! and your time management (well to be honest, a little jealous would be more correct 😉 beautiful work!