Swap things that have been received.

I just love this little doll. She was so easy to do too. She was sent to a swap partner on Craftster as part of the 24 hour swap.

Mind you, she had to go all the way to Texas and it took over 2 weeks for her to get there. My swap partner liked her. I do too.

Peek a Boo Mittens

I got this yarn from a Magic Yarn Ball swap over on Craftster. Its called (I think) Print 27. It came all the way from Taiwan. (along with a bunch of other goodies!!) The premise of this swap is that all the goodies come wrapped up into this magic yarn ball and you have to knit your surprises out of the magic yarn ball.

Of course I didn't have the patience for the this and promptly unwrapped the ball. My swap partner sent me so much yarn!!! My pattern was Mag Knit's peekaboo mittens.

I'm very happy with how they turned out. Not a 'flip top' style of mitten at all, but yet you can get your fingers out without having to use your other hand at all. I really love them.

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Pizza Purse

Here is a little purse that I crocheted for a challenge over on craftster. Its a little bizarre, I admit. But I like it. Someone suggested a whole pizza beret. Who knows?

Calorimetry

I'm don't think I've posted this yet. Here is a picture of the calorimetry (from knitty) that I knit from the yarn I got from a magic yarnball swap on craftster. I have to say that this swap is probably the most fun I've done. The premise is that little goodies (handcrafted and not) are wound into the ball. You discover the treasures by 'knitting them out'.

Crocheted backpack

Before I was assigned a partner for the Earth Day swap, I started knitting a market bag........in recycled pink cotton. Well, I was in for a suprise because my partner was a guy so no pink market bag for him. I came across this pattern in crochet magazine I had (I can't remember the name). It was made for a young boy. Amy gave me the go ahead and said that several of her guy friends would definitley like it. I really liked this pattern. It was very easy and the end result was very sturdy.

Something Else for my Earth Day partner

It seems I'm a one trick

pony lately since whenever I'm required to make something for a swap I turn to crochet. Its become apparent to me that crochet is my preferred way to express myself with fiber. I do love to knit (I find it more relaxing), but crochet is more results driven. I get results faster. Anyway this is a waterbottle holder. Oprah's program today explained how much energy is wasted in producing bottled water and one of the simplest things we can do for the environment is to stop drinking bottled water and to drink water from the tap.

Earth Day Swap

Here are some pictures of things I made for the Earth Day swap over on Craftster. All of these things were made from items I recycled and I'm proud to say I didn't buy anything to make these. (Well, I did buy some flax seed to stuff the comfort bag - I'm told flax seed doesn't smell as bad as rice- which is a load of hogwash, because the flax smelled kind of bad too.)