Cotton Cloths - August 2012

Fun days!  My hands are about dried out from all the cotton yarn I've been working with!  I'm loving it, though!  I'm also really glad I joined the social networking groups!  They've been super helpful!

In the first picture below is the first set of cotton cloths I made, which sparked an interest in other cotton cloths!  Each of the other pictures are made with yarn from the same brand and type of yarn as the first set, but in different colors.  I used the Bernat brand yarn in the Cottontots colors.  This has been fun, and I'm not finished yet!  The cool thing is that the owner of The Soap Crate in Kingston, WA has agreed to consign the seven cloths pictured individually and is looking forward to more of what I make!  YAY!

Cotton Cloth set of 4 in Country Red and Taupe.

Cotton Cloth #1 in Little Boy Blue and Sweet Dreams.

Cotton Cloth #2 in Country Blue and Sweet Dreams.

Cotton Cloth #3 in Country Blue and Little Boy Blue.

Cotton Cloth #4 in Country Red and Sweet Dreams.

Cotton Cloth #5 in Sweet Dreams.

Cotton Cloth #6 in Sweet Dreams with Country Blue trim.

Cotton Cloth #7 in the original Country Red and Taupe.

I hope you enjoyed this post!  It is a blessing and a pleasure to share these exciting times with you!

Blessings and Peace!

Tabi 

Tabi's Creating Adventures

TabisCreatingAdventures@gmail.con

www.facebook.com/TabisCreatingAdventures

www.etsy.com/shop/TabisCreatingAdven

Cotton Dish Cloths Set #1 - August 2012

Finally!!!  I finished the set of cotton dish cloths I started months ago!  Country Red and Taupe of the Bernat cotton yarns are the colors I chose for this set.  I think they turned out great!

On top of that, I posed this picture on Facebook last night and this morning I checked my e-mail to find someone interested in purchasing cloths something like this for her store in Kingston, WA!  She is looking for wash cloths to sell with her soaps so she is offering to purchase cloths from my business in order to fill her baskets and sets.  What a great opportunity!  I am excited for the coming weeks, to see what else God has in store for Tabi's Creating Adventures!

I hope you enjoyed this post!

God Bless!

Tabi

Tabi's Creating Adventures

www.facebook.com/TabisCreatingAdventures

www.etsy.com/shop/TabisCreatingAdven

"Crazy" Scarf and Accessories - August 2012

I was asked if I could make a "crazy" scarf to go along with some jewelry another lady makes.  This is my first attempt at making said "crazy" scarf.  I will create another post if she makes some jewelry that goes with this scarf.  This opportunity to work with this lady and have a different exposure in the business world is exciting!  

The fingerless mitts were inspired by the yarn and scarf.  I don't know what I am going to do now that I have run out of that particular yarn!  It was at a second-hand store in town and it didn't have a label on it so I don't know what the brand is.

On another note, I love my sister!  I appreciate her willingness to model the scarf so I can show people what it really looks like!  Thanks, Sis!

Blessings and Peace!

Tabi

Tabi's Creating Adventures

TabisCreatingAdventures@gmail.com

www.facebook.com/TabisCreatingAdventures

www.etsy.com/shop/TabisCreatingAdven

P.S.  If you type "www.facebook.com/TabisCreatingAdventures" into your browser, you can see my facebook page and all the pictures without having a facebook account.  If you're interested in something, please e-mail me at TabisCreatingAdventures@gmail.com.

Baby Mary Jane Socks - July 2012

So, as one project grows off of another, these cute little baby and toddler Mary Jane socks were inspired by purple Mary Jane socks I made for another lady.  Those purple Mary Jane socks from June were inspired from a conversation that built off of some basic knit socks I had on my Facebook page.  What a lineup!

Top picture, top set: Mary Jane socks - infant size, finished.

Top picture, bottom set: Mary Jane socks - toddler size, in progress.

Bottom picture: Mary Jane sock - toddler size, finished.

With this project now finished, I needed more supplies!  So I took a trip to the store and stocked up on  blue and gold for the School Pride items and found some yarn for a couple of special orders coming up.  Stay tuned to see what creations are made!

Tabi

Tabi's Creating Adventures

TabisCreatingAdventures@gmail.com

www.facebook.com/TabisCreatingAdventures

www.etsy.com/shop/TabisCreatingAdven

School Pride Summary - June 2012

With all the work I have put into the School Pride Warmth Set components, I figured it was time to share the pictures!  There are many options available that go together.  My personal favorite is the Tones Set (pictured at the bottom).  Each of the pictures here is Bremerton High School's blue and gold school colors (unless otherwise noted) with white (or neutral) trim.  There are two sets, the Bumblebee Set and the Tone Set, to give people plenty of options.  

The first design that started it all, Bumblebee stripes!  

Here is the Bumblebee Stripes (design 2) with trim.

3-Color Bumblebee Stripes.

Simple Stripe.

Simple stripe with trim.

3-Color.

Both of these are two different views of the same Two-Toned Scarf.

The original set - Bumblebee (in Purple and Gold for Pecos High School in Pecos, Texas).

The Tone Set.

Blessings and Peace!

Tabi

Tabi's Creating Adventures

TabisCreatingAdventures@gmail.com

www.facebook.com/TabisCreatingAdventures

www.etsy.com (search shops for TabisCreatingAdven)

Sunflower Kitchen Set - June 2012

As requested by my sister, I made our aunt a set of pot holders, dish rags, and hanging dish towels.  The dish towels are manufactured with a crocheted top that allows them to hang.  In the second picture you can see there are two towels that do not match the sunflower theme, those have separate significance.  My sister and I are sending the set together so the cats each represent one of us.  On the other one is flowers which my sister likes.

Above is a dish rag up close.  

Below you can see there were two hanging pot holders, two drawer pot holders, four dish rags, 5 sunflower dish towels, one flowers dish towel, and one kitty dish towel.  This set was kinda fun to make!  I really hope our aunt enjoys them!

Peace and Blessings!

Tabi

Tabi's Creating Adventures

TabisCreatingAdventures@gmail.com

www.facebook.com/TabisCreatingAdventures

www.etsy.com (search shops for TabisCreatingAdven)

Mary Jane Socks - June 2012

I'm really liking this sock thing!  As a result of a post about socks one lady started talking about some Mary Jane style socks she used to have.  That conversation lead to a special order request.  I am glad I worked this pair out.  It helped me realize I have more sock abilities and understanding that I originally thought!  Now, all I need to do is break away from the stockinette stitch and add repeating patterns to them.

The two pictures above are the first attempt at the Mary Jane pattern from a book I bought.  They turned out much smaller than women's 6-9 shoe size so I deemed them to be "kid's size."

Below are two pictures of the adult sized Mary Jane socks.  I altered the pattern so it would work out better for me.  The difference between the two bottom pictures is that the first one is only the finished yarn work.  The second has the embellishments and bottom-side grippies (not shown).  In other words, the bottom pair are truly finished.  If only I had a model for them!  I think it would be great to see these Mary Jane socks where they belong... on someone's feet!

I hope you enjoyed the post today!  

Blessings and Peace!

Tabi =-)

For more information please leave a comment or contact me:

Tabi of Tabi's Creating Adventures

TabisCreatingAdventures@gmail.com

www.facebook.com/TabisCreatingAdventures

School Pride Warmth Set Plus Bag - June 2012

My first official School Pride Warmth Set!  And it was ordered with a matching bag!

While I was in Texas to move my sister out to Washington state I showed off some pictures and my aunt placed an order.  This purple and Gold set is for Pecos High School in Pecos, Texas.  Go EAGLES!

Above: The School Pride Warmth Set includes a scarf, a hat, and fingerless mitts.

Below: The matching Bumblebee Stripes Bag in two different views.

I hope you enjoyed this post!

Blessings and Peace,

Tabi

Tabi's Creating Adventures

www.facebook.com/TabisCreatingAdventures

TabisCreatingAdventures@gmail.com

Sewing Patches - June 2012

A personal side note: putting my basic sewing skills to use.  Four uniforms with four patches each at a normal price of $3 per patch to sew them on saves us about $48 (or more) with me sewing them on myself.  This is the reason I learned to sew in the first place.  When Justin and I were first married, that $48 was a much bigger deal.  Today, it's nice to know I still have the skills even though we could easily have someone else do the work.  God is good.  =-)

Blessings and Peace!

Tabi

Socks - May 2012

As you can see, I have completed a pair of basic knit socks... that fit my feet!  This is a huge accomplishment to me because I have been working on socks for a while now.  I still need to iron out a few things on the socks I started a while back and obviously haven't finished yet.  I have tried several techniques for making socks including crochet, bosnian crochet, and knit.  So far, in my humble opinion, this has been the most successful pair for both aesthetics and fit.  The close second (thus far) has been the hand crocheted socks from a few months ago.  My next goal is to make socks that will fit a larger foot based on the same pattern.  After that, I will experiment with various design patterns.  I look forward to popcorn socks, eyelets, and cables!

The neat part about hand-knit socks is they are incredibly warm!  Even without being tossed in the dryer first!

Now it's off to work on some special order projects!

Blessings and Peace!

Tabi

Tabi's Creating Adventures

TabisCreatingAdventures@gmail.com