Angelphilipp's Blog

Bunnies, bees and springtime

angelphilipp — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:48:24 +0000

I really haven’t been doing much loom knitting, the only thing I am working on is the Bee Bopper bag from Lion Brand.
I joined the monthly LAL group on Ravelry and this is the project for January. I still need to cast on my Bernadine Sweater
I seem to be inspired by crochet right now the new issue of Loom Knitters Circle Magazine comes out tomorrow, I am hoping to find some looming inspiration in it. Here’s a link
. This afternoon I am working on these cute marshmallow easter bunnies. Crochet pattern is by Doni Spiegle
They re very quick and easy and so cute. For the eyes and mouth I made french knots using bedspread cotton instead of beads as I am probably giving them to my babies at work.

Last weekend after I had put away all the Christmas decorations, I could not find the coaster set that I normally use, I had put it away while using the Christmas set that my Sister Helen had made for me a few years ago. Rob went to set his glass on the table and wanted to know where his “doily” was. Too funny I thought. since I couldn’t find the other set I sat down to crochet Rob a new “doily” Sunday afternoon I used a free pattern from Doni Speigle that I found on Ravelry
it is called Springtime Coasters. I used peaches and cream yarn in the color Sea Mist and I Love this Cotton from Hobby Lobby in White Spark.
I am pleased with them. I made 4 but took 2 to work before I took a picture.

The other night I tried a new recipe for pork chops. I found the recipe on AllRecipes http://allrecipes.com/recipe/pork-chop-soup/detail.aspx
It was delicious, really more a stew than soup, Rob really liked it. I made it according to the intstructions except I used green beans instead of broccoli, I just added them at the end.
I find it frustrating when I read a review on a recipe and the reviewer changed a a bunch of stuff, to my thinking a review should reflect the true recipe not something that has been changed so much the person has created a new recipe.
Dislaimer, it is getting late here and my photos seem to be in the wrong spots, forgive me I will fix it tomorrow.

First projects of 2012

angelphilipp — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:21:01 +0000

Hi all, the first week of the year has been very busy! I haven’t had much chance to work on much of anything so far. Today I got some stuff done around the house, have done laundry and worked a bit on my CDA classes that started Thursday. I am also teaching the Bernadine Sweater in Loom Class I plan to cast on mine later this evening. For this one I will be using Wool of the Andes
From Knitpicks in colors hyacinth and lake ice heather, this one will be for Chloe.
A while back I purchased the Martha Stewart Knit and Weave Loom, I haven’t been real impressed with it for knitting the pegs have a tendency to come out of the holes as you knit. This morning someone sent a link to one of my loom groups about weaving a heart with it, the video is by Noreen Crone Findley on her Tottie talks Blog I thought it was so cool I had to give it a try. The video is very well done and I really enjoyed making it. I used Lion Brand Thick and Quick in the color oatmeal. I think it turned out great. What do you think?

I will be making more of these, it was a really quick project. Have a great weekend!

Happy 2012

angelphilipp — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:53:11 +0000

Hi all hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year. I did, All the kids were here except Nick and his family. Molly and Chloe loved there dolls. Unfortunately I only got a picture of Molly with hers.

I used a needle knit pattern for the doll sweater that can be found here bernadine Sweater
Heres a close up of the sweater

I used a small gauge compact Kiss Loom
I will be teaching the Sweater in Loom Class for the month of January.

I received a Nook for Christmas from Tim and Sam and I love it!!! I had to make a cozy for it immediately and found a free crochet pattern on this blog

I think it turned out pretty good

I also got a Baby Go Fabric Cutter from Accuquilt and Love it! After I openned it I was explaining what it was for and my 10 year old grandson immediately put in a request for a quilt!

Gift Looming

angelphilipp — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:10:15 +0000

Hi all thought I’d share what I’ve been doing recently. I wrote a pattern for these little flowers for the Kiss Looms 4th Anniversary Party.

Angelmade Flowers

The pattern can be found on my pattern page.

Just about everything I have knit recently will be Christmas Gifts.

I completed 2 pairs of Bethany Dailey’s Pretty Peds

The pink/purple pair were made on the KK pink long loom as called for in the pattern and the blue pair was made on a Kiss Loom I used Red Heart Super Saver Yarn for both pairs.

I also made 2 Little Bird Potholders, the pattern was presented at the Kiss Loom Anniversary party by Graciela Worth, I just love Grac’s patterns she always does a great job.

For Loom Class in August I made 2 towel toppers one the snow man from Brenda Meyers at Loom Lore

The other one I made is from Luv to Loom

I am making more of these for our church bazaar next month. I also just started a baby sweater from the Loom Knitting Primer it will be a gift for my nieces baby due in January.

Patterns Posted

angelphilipp — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:28:18 +0000

Hi all I just put the pattern for a plastic bag keeper

on the patterns page

I also posted my loom knit version of the needle knit

Tawashi Fishy by Rhonda K White

Lotsa Looming

angelphilipp — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:23:43 +0000

I have been busy loom knitting all week! Over in Loom Class we are having a month of Kitchen Essentials and I completed a Loomed Oven Mitt, Pattern by Bethany Dailey from Gettin It Pegged and also by Bethany a Scrubby O. I used a Kiss Loom set on first setting + 5 washers and 2 strands of Bernat Cotton Tots yarn.

The oven mitt I made according to the pattern, but the scrubby I did a bit different. I did not use the netting along with the yarn and I made 2 of them and sewed them together with 2 layers of netting covering on side.

You can see the netting on the scrubby o. I also made a Tawashi. On the home page of the Knifty Knitter Group Brenda Myers had a photo of one she made from a pattern by Rhonda K White and I thought it was so cute I had to give it a try.

Fishy Tawashi

If I can get Rhonda’s permission I plan to write up my conversion to the loom and post it.

Also for the loom class I made a couple of Heart Scrubby’s by Lisa Sawyer

Blogiversary Party at Gettin it Pegged

angelphilipp — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:08:17 +0000

Hi all, Bethany Dailey over at Gettin it Pegged is having a party!!! There’s a LAL, lots of fun and prizes too!!! Hop on over and check it out Gettin it Pegged. She also has a new book coming out Loom Knitting for Little People you can read all about it here. I can’t wait for mine to arrive. Here’s a photo of the LAL project:

It’s a really cool project made out of a recycled bath poof.

New Looms arrived!!!!

angelphilipp — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:31:28 +0000

Hi all, I hope everyone had a great Holiday weekend, I did lots of family,good food and good fun. The good kept on today delivered by the mailman. I got a box of new looms and parts from Kiss Looms and all of this was in it:

I am going to be having some looming fun testing these out. There is a new smaller gauge compact loom and a new fixed fine gauge that is between the sock loom and the compact loom. I think the fixed gauge is the one I will try first. All of the new looms and parts are available on the Kiss Loom Website.

Fixed 2 Fine Gauge Loom

Summer Update

angelphilipp — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:14:22 +0000

Hi all its been awhile. I’ve been pretty busy with redecorating a bedroom. I finished it Thursday, just in time for my sister Helen to arrive on Wednesday from Texas. Photos can be found on my Sewing Room page. I painted it, made curtains for the window and closet, a cover for a filing cabinet and pillow shams. I made everything out of sheets that match the bedspread. I also crocheted a Ruffled Doily for the bedside table, I used a free pattern that I found at Antique Crochet Patterns

This is a butterfly from a pattern booklet called Wrought Iron Crochet that I purchased from Barnes and Noble Nook bookstore

I stiffened it with a sugar water solution. I am not real happy with the hangars they are the kind that stick to the wall but are removable. I tried nails first but than realized it is brick behind the drywall so that won’t work. I would like hangars that don’t show. Suggestions anyone?

I also loom knit curtain tiebacks, I put tassels on them and wrote up how I did them you can find the instructions on my pattern page.

I haven’t been doing much loom knitting lately, I can’t seem to get inspired. I am hoping to soon. KissLooms has added new looms to their line and they are fine gauge looms. I also need to come up with a pattern for the Kiss Loom party which is on August 27, It is held in the chat room on the Kiss website and is lots of fun there are prizes, games and a scavenger hunt this year. Feel free to join us To attend you need to be registered on the Kiss website. This has been a long post guess I better go get busy my Hubby’s birthday is tomorrow and on the 4th we are going to a barbque at my daughter Samantha’s inlaws to be house. She just got engaged and is planning a July 2012 wedding. Hope you all have a safe and HAPPY 4th of JULY!!!

I have returned

angelphilipp — Wed, 04 May 2011 14:48:19 +0000

Hi all, I’ve been away for awhile. I spent April in Texas helping my sister Connie. She broke her leg. She has started physical therapy and is able to walk now. I returned home last Friday and boy am I glad to be home. A month is a long time to be away. The visit was really good. I got to attend my great nephew Wyatt’s 1st birthday party. We also had Easter at my oldest sister’s house and it was the first time since 1994 that all 9 of us got to be together.

I only got to do a little crafting while there, we were to busy with doctor appointments and such, I crocheted this cute little armadillo for Wyatt’s gift.

I purchased the pattern from Knitpicks He is called San Antonio Sam the nine banded Armadillo.

I borrowed my nieces sewing machine and made a saddlebag pocket caddy for Connie’s walker, I didn’t get any pictures of it. I purchased the pattern from Clotilde

I also made an itty bitty bag in LoomClass it fit my sister Helen’s phone perfectly. The pattern is from Bethany Dailey at Gettin it Pegged I did not get pics of it either.

I had planned to be able to play with my new toy

it arrived from Kiss Looms a couple of days before I left. It has a whopping 188 pegs, it measures 23 inches long by 8 inches wide. I took it apart and put it in the bottom of my suitcase, airport security did not like it, my suitcase got emptied so they could see all the parts, I was not happy! This loom is made up with parts that can be purchased separately to expand the sizes of exsisting loom parts. I mailed it back home and it arrived on Monday, I will be casting on a project later today.