Kid's Farmyard Activity Book

Zuider Zee 'Double Dutch' Double Knit Afghan

Crochet afghan using the Amish double ring quilt pattern.

I used one color for the rings rather than the 3 colors which were depicted in the instruction.

A baby blanket of monk's cloth. The design is done with Swedish weaving, using a bodkin, a flat "needle" with a rounded tip), to weave the yarn in and out of the 7 count threads of the monk's cloth.

I design as I weave, doing the outside border first to get the shape perfect. Then I leave a space of several inches all the way around, inside the border, and make inner borders and usually a center design.

Free kintting Lion Brand Vanna's Choice NYC Skyline Afghan - Pattern
number:90115AD. I made this for my granddaughter for Christmas 2010. I added the initials NYC and the year 2010 so that she can remember when it was made long into the future. She is going to study in France and I wanted her to have something to remind her of the city she loves while she is away.

Rows of openwork diamonds are offset by simple crossed stitches. An elegant, yet simple design to warm a cold winter's night, or to add a touch of color to any room.

Decorative crochet lace bedspread

This is a children's afghan/play mat with animals heads on one side, and animal tails on the other. The animals include: mouse, duck, chicken, sheep, goat, cow, pig, frog, owl, cat, dog and bunny. There are some embellishments (i.e. cow bell, sheep's bell, dog tag) that should be removed if small children will use it b/c of a choking hazard.

A great learning toy for children to learn the farmyard animals, or to sing Old MacDonald Had a Farm.

Measures approximately 3.5 feet x 3.5 feet square.

I crocheted characters from one of my favorite stories, The Wizard of Oz. The body of each of my sweet heart dolls begins with a heart shape that is very lightly stuffed making them super soft and squishable. Their features are embroidered so that there are no little pieces to possibly become a choking hazard. Glinda the good witch has little diamond sparkles embroidered into her pretty pink dress with a matching diamond crown and the daintiest little shoes. Each strand of her hair was unwound, giving it a fun curly texture. Dorothy is wearing her signature blue dress and socks with the magical ruby slippers. Both of the girls are wearing white panties under their skirts. Dorothy is accompanied by her little charcoal grey dog Toto and of course the three wonderful friends she met along her way. Scarecrow is wearing an olive green top with burgundy pants and his espresso-colored hat is trimmed in olive as well. The Tin Man is a soft silver heather with just the right touch of charcoal grey at his "seams". And, the cowardly Lion comes to life in honey with his rust colored mane and tail fur. Each doll is about 8 inches tall. Toto is about 2 inches tall.

Child's bright colorful jumper and matching mini sweater, knit with Vanna's Choice and Baby yarn. Three colors complement each other in a checkered, heart pattern, repeated throughout the jumper. The matching sweater, is knit from the top down, seamless, with the matching colors and designs of the jumper. The sweater has 1 button at the top and the front curves to the waist to allow the front of the jumper to show, when the sweater is worn. Jumper can be worn plain, or with the matching sweater.  Both articles are knit in one piece with no seams or sewing. The sweater is edged with a blanket stitch to create a contrasting border around the edges. The patter is original and can be adjusted to be knit smaller, size 1 or larger up to size 6.

The measurements were taken from the Short and Sweet Cardigan but the pattern stitch was changed using sc and dc-one row sc and the next row sc in first st and dc in next one reapeating across. Addition of a hat designed to match the cardigan and a sweet duck appliqued on the front makes up this size six month set.

My husband and my son love to play chess. I crocheted a regular chess set for them with the colors white and black before. When I knew the contest was around Christmas, so I had an idea to make a Christmas chess set for them. I made the chess board as a blanket, even if they don't play chess, they can use it like a blanket.

This tea set includes 19 pieces and was designed for my mother and my daughter to play tea time together. Included are:

1 tea pot and lid (the tea pot lid is removable and the tea pot is hollow)
4 tea cups
4 saucers
1 creamer
1 sugar bowl and lid (the sugar bowl lid is also removable)
1 sugar spoon
1 dessert plate
3 petit fours
1 mat

I chose to make a white tea set reminiscent of the dainty porcelain tea sets I remember reading about in fairy tale books like Alice in Wonderland.

The tea pot and sugar bowls are hollow so that my daughter and her nana can mix up their own "special pretend blends" of tea

"life sized" doll with 2 sets of costumes and accessories:

EVANGELINA: amigurumi style crocheted freeform art doll, approx 30" tall, with plastic safety eyes and plastic safety jointed hips and shoulders. she has a permanent slip with full petticoat which incorporates into her outfits, a full head (as much as weight would allow) of hairpin lace curls, and crocheted elbows and knees.

COSTUME SET #1: princess dress; princess slippers; crown; golden ball; amigurumi frog

COSTUME SET #2: red hooded cape with ribbon drawstring; flowered apron; brown t-styly mary jane shoes; broomstick lace basket (crocheted around 1/2 an embroidery hoop to hold shape at the base); 1 pink frosted amigurumi tart with plastic button eyes; 3 amigurumi oatmeal cookies with different faces and button eyes; 3 truffles with fancy plastic beads for the sprinkles on top

My submission is a puppet caricature of my brother-in-law. He is both a Sous Chef and an avid toy collector so I thought it fitting to make a toy of him. The Chef Puppet play set is 10 pieces and is both knitted and crocheted. The puppet is 16 1/4 inches tall, 7 inches wide, and the arm span, from finger tip to finger tip across the chest, is 21 inches. The puppet has some interactive features, the kitchen utensils that Chef holds in his hands are interchangeable, with Velcro, and when you press the top center of his hat he speaks. Additional accessories, aside from the puppet itself, include a pen, meat thermometer, spoon, whisk, bowl, knife, cocktail shaker cup, tongs, and a hat. Inside the hat is a pocket containing a voice recorder button that is re-recordable, so the user can take the recorder out and change the message at anytime.