2006 Archives

• Jan 02: Double Trouble Star Squares Lap Blanket - Cool Scraps
  
• Jan 02: Spring Fling Lap Blanket - Scraps
  
• Jan 02: Baby Waves Lap Blanket - Black, Green, Orange, Blue
  
• Jan 02: Double Trouble Star Squares Lap Blanket - White, Scraps
  
• Jan 02: Ripple Lap Blanket - Scraps
  
• Jan 02: Hexagon Granny Lap Blanket - White, Scraps
  
• Jan 02: Basic Granny Square Lap Blanket - Black, Scraps
  
• Jan 02: Mixed Granny Square Lap Blanket - Black, Scraps
  
• Jan 02: Roly Poly Turtle, stuffed crocheted animal
  
• Jan 02: Finished Crocheted Projects in 2005
  
• Jan 02: Third set of sample skeins
  
• Jan 04: No cell phone. No iPod. No TiVo. No need.
  
• Jan 04: As 2006 starts...
  
• Jan 06: Upgraded to Movable Type 3.2
  
• Jan 09: Lessons on Crochet Stitches
  
• Jan 09: Fancy Fur Kimono, crochet pattern
  
• Jan 09: Simple Joining Method for Crocheted Yo-Yos
  
• Jan 09: Tunisian Basketweave crochet pattern
  
• Jan 10: Multicolored Yarn: Variegated or Ombre?
  
• Jan 11: Crochet Artist
  
• Jan 15: Ripple Lap Blanket - Scraps in Greens, Blues, Yellows, White, Black
  
• Jan 15: Ripple Lap Blanket - Scraps in Pinks, White, Cream, Blues, Purple, Yellows
  
• Jan 18: Clover Soft Touch Thread Crochet Hooks
  
• Jan 18: More yarn
  
• Jan 24: No wonder I dislike telephones
  
• Jan 24: Scar tissue at blood donation site
  
• Jan 25: More sock yarn
  
• Jan 28: Teddy Bear Baby Blanket - Blues, White
  
• Jan 28: Textured Sampler Thick, Warm Two-Person Lap Blanket for Greg and Lauren - Claret
  
• Feb 06: Two-color Reversible Shells Baby Blanket - Blue, White
  
• Feb 06: Pet Bed Wrap - Scrap yarns
  
• Feb 06: Fourth set of sample skeins
  
• Feb 06: Ripple Lap Blanket - Grey, Peach, Cream, White
  
• Feb 14: Heart & Home Couch Blanket for Paula and Leslie's Buttons
  
• Feb 25: Our new kitchen toys!
  
• Feb 25: Owen & Mzee
  
• Mar 04: Supporting non-profit crochet-related websites
  
• Mar 04: Changing main email address
  
• Mar 04: More yarn
  
• Mar 05: What's under the carpet?
  
• Mar 11: Fifth set of sample skeins
  
• Mar 11: Granny Square Baby Blanket - White and Baby Blue multi, White
  
• Mar 11: Flower Granny Square Lap Blanket - Pink Scraps
  
• Mar 11: Rippled Effect Socks - Green, Yellow, Pink
  
• Mar 11: Gifts to welcome new babies
  
• Mar 13: Oxford Style Socks - Blue, Grey
  
• Mar 14: T-Shirt Underwear - I love this idea!
  
• Mar 14: Five Factor Personality Test
  
• Mar 14: What Kind of Coffee Are You?
  
• Mar 17: Flattering Jacket - In progress
  
• Mar 18: Duck Charted Design
  
• Mar 18: NASCAR Logo Charted Design
  
• Mar 18: My Christmas gift from Bill: Tony Stewart action figure collectible
  
• Mar 21: Encouraging my Tony Stewart and Shrek fanaticism
  
• Mar 21: Makeup Bag / Handbag / Purse - Purple, Blue, Green multi
  
• Mar 25: Helpers for creating your own charted designs
  
• Mar 25: Free online crochet patterns
  
• Mar 25: It seems to be Get Organized Day
  
• Mar 26: More Tony Stewart indulgence
  
• Mar 28: Crocheted borders for afghans and other items
  
• Apr 01: New site design: Cleo playing with yarn
  
• Apr 01: Curtains for my home office closet
  
• Apr 03: Curtain panels - In progress
  
• Apr 06: Sewing setup in my craft room
  
• Apr 07: Flattering Jacket (sweater) - Red, Black
  
• Apr 07: Pin Cushion - Burgundy
  
• Apr 07: What Does Your Birth Date Mean?
  
• Apr 07: Talent, Lifer, or Mandarin?
  
• Apr 08: Make your own filtered light box for small item photography
  
• Apr 08: Crochet using quilt block designs
  
• Apr 08: Curtain panels 1, 2 - Yellows, Reds
  
• Apr 09: Sixth set of sample skeins
  
• Apr 15: More sewing and crocheting supplies
  
• Apr 15: Craft room setup
  
• Apr 17: Jealous computer?
  
• Apr 17: Curtain panels 3, 4, 5 - Purples, Yellows
  
• Apr 18: Bought a new toy!
  
• Apr 18: On the crochet front
  
• Apr 20: Another new toy!
  
• Apr 26: Weekend gardening
  
• Apr 26: Computer recycling and the Maker Faire
  
• Apr 26: Sewing update
  
• Apr 26: Crochet and yarn update
  
• Apr 28: Curtain panels 6, 7, 8 - Greens, Reds
  
• Apr 28: My Dell XPS 400 is here!
  
• May 02: New computer setup and ready!
  
• May 02: The other new toy is here!
  
• May 03: 20th Anniversary
  
• May 04: Mysterious and undesired message
  
• May 06: Keeping stray cats away from our screen door
  
• May 06: Seventh set of sample skeins
  
• May 06: New sewing machine setup
  
• May 09: Keepsake Kitty Wall Hanging - In progress
  
• May 09: Virginia visit for graduation
  
• May 10: Ran out of grey thread
  
• May 20: Graduate!
  
• May 20: Bright red Bottlebrush Tree
  
• May 20: Our front yard garden
  
• May 20: Our backyard garden
  
• May 20: Julianna cardigan - In progress
  
• May 20: Got grey thread - and more fabric
  
• May 23: Local fabric / quilting stores - East Bay Area, California
  
• May 23: New Portland residents
  
• Jun 02: 3-day summer weekends
  
• Jun 02: Extension table for sewing machine
  
• Jun 02: Cutting board cover
  
• Jun 02: Eighth set of sample skeins
  
• Jun 02: Lots more fabric collected
  
• Jun 02: Keepsake Kitty Wall Hanging - In progress
  
• Jun 02: Bathroom window curtains
  
• Jun 09: Not fun
  
• Jun 16: Bathroom window curtains - Finished
  
• Jun 16: Huggy Buggy, stuffed crocheted Volkswagen Bug car
  
• Jun 16: Quilter's Pack for Singer 7462
  
• Jun 25: Update
  
• Jul 16: Lacking that creative feeling
  
• Jul 16: Julianna cardigan - Green
  
• Jul 16: Easy Breezy Vest - Purple
  
• Jul 16: Turtle goodies and fun socks from Kona vacation
  
• Jul 16: Turtle sippy cup
  
• Jul 27: Ninth set of sample skeins
  
• Jul 27: Tenth set of sample skeins
  
• Jul 27: Our gardens
  
• Aug 14: Update
  
• Aug 28: Sleep Shirt - Cats flannel fabric
  
• Aug 28: Update
  
• Aug 28: Saved 50% + 50%
  
• Sep 01: How I spent my sick day
  
• Sep 05: Tuna thief
  
• Sep 05: How Will You Die? quiz
  
• Sep 05: Quilt National On Tour
  
• Sep 05: Paper food and sloppy clothes
  
• Sep 10: Anniversary activity
  
• Sep 12: Anniversary activity - part 2
  
• Sep 15: Anniversary activity - part 3
  
• Sep 17: Anniversary activity - part 4
  
• Sep 23: I can finally have purple hair!
  
• Sep 23: Anniversary activity - part 5
  
• Sep 30: Upgraded to MT 3.33
  
• Oct 01: Anniversary activity - part 6
  
• Oct 08: Anniversary activity - part 7 - Finished
  
• Oct 09: Cardigan for me - Purple
  
• Oct 09: Crochet update
  
• Oct 13: Want purple? Get it at The Purple Store
  
• Oct 13: Tony Stewart-themed checkbook and credit card
  
• Oct 13: Striping with Fibonacci and Lucas numbers
  
• Oct 14: Basic Granny Square Lap Blanket - Pink, Off White, Greens, Brown
  
• Oct 14: Basic Granny Square Lap Blanket - Blues, Green
  
• Oct 14: Colorful granny squares in progress
  
• Oct 16: Turtle surprises in a bag of yarn
  
• Oct 16: Four Things
  
• Oct 18: Very Colorful Basic Granny Square Lap Blanket #1 and #2 - Black, Scraps
  
• Oct 22: Taking advantage for gardening
  
• Oct 29: Beach Balls Lap Blanket - Black, Scraps
  
• Oct 31: Collections: On my "want" list
  
• Nov 11: Autumn Granny Squares Variety Lap Blanket - Autumn Scraps
  
• Nov 11: Eleventh set of sample skeins
  
• Nov 11: Twelfth set of sample skeins
  
• Nov 11: Review about sample yarn skeins
  
• Nov 11: Replaced our 60-year-old heater
  
• Nov 14: Collections: Bought 'em
  
• Nov 15: Lovely fabrics and a gallery of quilt patterns
  
• Nov 17: Collections: Bought 2 more
  
• Nov 18: Triangle Granny Patterns - Free crochet patterns
  
• Nov 18: Beautiful furniture for your cat
  
• Nov 18: Online photo tour of the Cats' House
  
• Nov 18: Sneezing, Coughing: Do It In Our Sleeves
  
• Dec 03: Magic Scrap Ball Ripple Lap Blanket - Scraps
  
• Dec 03: Granny Square Lap Blanket - Browns, Taupe, Coral, Beige, White, Multi
  
• Dec 03: Custom Granny Square Lap Blanket #1 - Black, Cool Scraps
  
• Dec 03: Custom Granny Square Lap Blanket #2 - Black, Warm Scraps
  
• Dec 03: Little Baskets of Shells Lap Blanket - Beige
  
• Dec 07: Me, a level-headed radical?
  
• Dec 16: Our 2006 Christmas Tree
  
• Dec 16: Color Blocks in Panels Lap Blanket - Scraps
  
• Dec 16: Colorful Stripes in Panels Lap Blanket - Scraps
  
• Dec 16: Scrappy dc Stripes Lap Blanket - Scraps
  
• Dec 16: Drawstring Bag (purse) - Multi: Pink Green Metallic
  
• Dec 16: Simple Scarf - Brown
  
• Dec 19: Smaller bedrooms now have heater vents
  
• Dec 22: Crocheted cover for USA flag for union chapter - Beige
  
• Dec 22: Lavender Fields Ripple Lap Blanket - Greens, Off White
  
• Dec 22: Lap blankets donated today
  
• Dec 31: Completed Projects for 2006
  
• Dec 31: Appreciating Crazy Aunt Purl