Odie is a 6 week old Pit Bull, the runt of a 9 pup litter. Very small, squirmy little guy, hard to measure,
hard to try on, but turned out pretty good.
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
ODIE'S Sweater
Odie's Sweater. Is now available at my Craftsy store: http://www.craftsy.com/user/7561095/pattern.store
Odie is a 6 week old Pit Bull, the runt of a 9 pup litter. Very small, squirmy little guy, hard to measure,
hard to try on, but turned out pretty good.
Odie is a 6 week old Pit Bull, the runt of a 9 pup litter. Very small, squirmy little guy, hard to measure,
hard to try on, but turned out pretty good.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
TRAGEDY--SHOOTING AT UCC
Today instead of writing about yarn I write asking that all send prayers, well wishes and thoughts to all those involved in the UCC shooting this morning. I am very thankful that my daughter was not able to be at work or UCC this morning for classes. Her classes are right in the shooters area that building or the one behind.
Sunday, September 27, 2015
Leg Warmers
Ladies and Gentlemen: I haven’t posted for a bit because fall has arrived and my daughter’s birthday is soon approaching so have been crocheting for her and one wee project for me. Leg warmers are finished custom made to her liking and stitch sequences she has preferred for many, many years. Patterns are in process and will be posted to my craftsy pattern shop early in the week. All patterns have adjustment information. My leg warmer is custom fitted to my needs, with a slit in the back to get on easily. Hope you like them.
Thursday, September 17, 2015
First Crochet Pattern Writing Experience
As with many, I decided to transcribe my patterns in to a publishable format. I knew my patterns did not conform to standard formats, so decided I needed a template to dump my data into. Develop one in word and works great, do have a couple of small changes to make, but overall am pleased with the template document.
Also, found that my patterns included such instructions as "make round base, multiple of 4, 8, etc. measuring 4 inches, etc, 36, 48 stitch count (depending on pattern) or make 64 stitch rectangular base". I am sure everyone just knows this! So, made a master instruction document with the technique for each. Copy/paste into pattern document.
Also, decided needed to get a master instruction document developed for unique, special stitches such as extended stitches, front and back post stitches, herringbone stitches, etc. to copy/paste into pattern document.
Although developing these documents took time, it certainly cut down on repetitive typing for final pattern, so worth the effort and time.
Also, did some research related to yarn/thread quantity conversion (yards/ounce). Setup a spreadsheet and input information from yarn labels to calculate yards/ounce. Although my current sampling is relatively small, I have developed some interesting results. By weighing beginning yarn, finished project and ending yarn was able to establish yardage used for each project either from the yarn label or spreadsheet result. Preliminary information indicates that a "blanket" conversion will not be possible, however, a reasonable "indicator" will be. We'll see as data is developed.
As many of my hooks are "old" enough that metric measurement was not part of the size stamp, I proceeded to establish the metric sizes my hooks and found that not all hooks are created equal. My Boye steel 7 is 1.65 mm while Susan Bates steel 7 is 1.50 mm for example. This is a work in process
and will finish development as time goes on.
After all this, I did get a few patterns finished and opened a Craftsy pattern shop. Please visit JRuBee Design on Craftsy and view "Colorful Butterfly" and "Peacock Butterfly in Pastels" gift card bags/pouches as well as "Plummy Spirit" and "Diamond Spirit" bottled gift bags patterns.
Leg warmers coming up.
Also, found that my patterns included such instructions as "make round base, multiple of 4, 8, etc. measuring 4 inches, etc, 36, 48 stitch count (depending on pattern) or make 64 stitch rectangular base". I am sure everyone just knows this! So, made a master instruction document with the technique for each. Copy/paste into pattern document.
Also, decided needed to get a master instruction document developed for unique, special stitches such as extended stitches, front and back post stitches, herringbone stitches, etc. to copy/paste into pattern document.
Although developing these documents took time, it certainly cut down on repetitive typing for final pattern, so worth the effort and time.
Also, did some research related to yarn/thread quantity conversion (yards/ounce). Setup a spreadsheet and input information from yarn labels to calculate yards/ounce. Although my current sampling is relatively small, I have developed some interesting results. By weighing beginning yarn, finished project and ending yarn was able to establish yardage used for each project either from the yarn label or spreadsheet result. Preliminary information indicates that a "blanket" conversion will not be possible, however, a reasonable "indicator" will be. We'll see as data is developed.
As many of my hooks are "old" enough that metric measurement was not part of the size stamp, I proceeded to establish the metric sizes my hooks and found that not all hooks are created equal. My Boye steel 7 is 1.65 mm while Susan Bates steel 7 is 1.50 mm for example. This is a work in process
and will finish development as time goes on.
After all this, I did get a few patterns finished and opened a Craftsy pattern shop. Please visit JRuBee Design on Craftsy and view "Colorful Butterfly" and "Peacock Butterfly in Pastels" gift card bags/pouches as well as "Plummy Spirit" and "Diamond Spirit" bottled gift bags patterns.
Leg warmers coming up.
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