Maple and Oak Leaves

Ahh! Now to just doublecheck the patterns--- hard to do them as if I don't already know what I'm doing-- or more often, to add a stitch here or there and not write it down.
Here are the other two maple leaves and the oak leaf!

I like that the maple leaves are different as well as different approaches and the oakleaf is smaller than the others I've seen, and not worked in a chain! Ahh all four patterns are free from the chain.

End of Winter into Spring

All Praises! I've moved. Am home again. Yet made a lot of little things in January and February as I wanted everyone to have something handmade by me. The knitted leaves became bookmarks. And the Koolaid on wool led to some simmering hearts.





. I made several cute hats for charity, expending the last of my red and white. And then was gifted some really exquisite yarn for my charity work.


I keep thinking about my felted jewelry . This spring has veered from 70 degrees to 20 degrees again, perfect for something light and flowery but warm.

Ahhh Many Stitches Later...

Well the knitted leaves lead to a knitting for a LMAO. Wow! that was some wild stepping out for me.

And then I knitted a hat.

Well, half knitted it... I knitted the leaves and the crocheted the top.

It is one of my favorite hats.


Then I started another hat and the Column of Leaves scarf.... Those are still languishing by the side of the bed. But I fell in love with knitting and crocheting and so for the holiidays, my Christmas gifts included leaf bookmarks, which enabed me to explore again chainmaking and at the end of the crocheted chain I would knit leaves..

Now my new 20008 exploration is KOOLAID DYEING. Iused up the last of the wonderful handspun I was gifted
felting and dyeing and wow! how vivid and intense the Koolaid dyeing is...

glad i won a couple of auctions of various handspun undyed for a grrrrreat price on ebay so i can gift and explore some more.