Monthly Archives: April 2011

Finito!

Posted on April 28, 2011 by myafinari

My Walnuss is late but finally done! And I LOVE it! It was the perfect, who knows what the weather is doing today, cardigan to wear today. I suggest anyone who knits make one of these right away :)

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Easter Treats Wrap Up

Posted on April 25, 2011 by myafinari

Made lots of fun treats this past week to celebrate with.
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  1. A spring Easter suds order. Soap and hand knit washcloths.
  2. Tie Dyed some eggs.
  3. Made ‘cadbury’ cream eggs, I added a hint of coconut.
  4. Also made peanut eggs and marshmellow eggs.
  5. Made homemade peeps.
  6. Also chocolate dipped some strawberries.
  7. Baked cake eggs, these seem like a great travel cake!

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myafinari suds

Posted on April 17, 2011 by myafinari

Check it out I have another blog page for my soaps! Decided to put it there so I can start to build a sort of gallery of soap that I make there. I really enjoy making sudsy stuffs and I make way more than I can use up and even more than gifting can use up. So I have been slowly treading into the selling territory, mostly local sales so far but we will see where it goes :) Anywho check it out here. Recently had an order for cupcake soap favors for a bridal shower.

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I also made some lip balms. I am really enjoying the watermellon at the moment but they all smell yummy to me!

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Need Buttons!

Posted on April 14, 2011 by myafinari

So I have my walnuss all blocked and ready to go, but I only had 4 buttons of the ones I would like to use for it, so I need to go and see if I can find me some more this weekend. The pattern uses 6 buttons, but I opted for more and since I added length as well I need a total of 9 buttons. Anywho here is a little photo of it as it stands for now.

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I ended up not ripping back when I ran out of blue and doing the stripes I thought I would, but rather added a thick grey band at the bottom of the body and sleeves. I really like the double pleat bind off in this pattern, it is very sturdy and clean. I added another pleat and some length to the body and my sleeves are shorter than the pattern, but I used up every bit I could of the yarn I had on hand and it hits right above the elbow which is a comfy place for me so I am happy with it.

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Making Lots of Little Things

Posted on April 7, 2011 by myafinari

I have been up to a lot of little things here and there these past couple of weeks. And I have been taking photos of the progress of some of it but just no time to upload anything yet. Hopefully sometime this weekend I will be able to post some fun pictures of things like lip balm, soap cupcakes, and a new sweater…

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