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I've been talking about the COLTS, some COLTS coasters I was sent in an exchange, and a pep rally I went to Monday this week. What a ton of fun pep rallies are. There was another pep rally Gordie and I went to last year where we got our picture with some really cool looking fans. Gotta love the "Matt Foley" guy. It's amazing how much he looks like that Chris Farley character. GO COLTS!!!
I was playing around the other night and made this really cute little sock for our dog Ellie. I made it on the Knifty Knitter Flower Loom using Lion Brand Thick and Quick yarn, and stuffed it with cut up old socks.
RED/WHITE brim GREEN hat: This one was done by casting on and doing one row in white. Then add in the red yarn and wrap the odd number pegs with red, the even with white. Do this for 6 rows, and turn up for the cuff. Snip yarn, and knit 10 rows with green. Remove with the gathering method, add your loop, weave in yarn ends. I like doing the little hat with a "cuff" because it makes it easier to hide your yarn ends (IMO).
Today I made two baby hats. The pink one is crocheted, and the blue is loom knit on the blue Knifty Knitter loom. They are getting sent to a woman on Lynn Markmans Yahoo group who is collecting them to be sent to a hospital near her. I thought it would be a nice change from all the dishcloths being made lately. LOL I LOVE making dishcloths. I also ordered a new fine gauge rake from Lynn Markmans knitting loom site. I be excited about that!
OOOOO SPOOKY SPIDER!!! I just finished a spider dishcloth for a Halloween cloth exchange. I purchased the pattern at http://www.knitalittle.com/ . Even though it was a simple knit/purl designed pattern, I still had a little difficulty with it....as you can see by the "customization" at the top of the cloth. LOL This is definately a cloth I will try to do again, and leave off the "customization" part. What do you think of this cloth?
Here is my first attempt at one following the directions that are posted here. They will get better the more I do.
The first one is a Knifty Knitter Straw Weaver set. It's an interesting little gadget. Basically you thread yarn through the straws, then weave yarn over the straws. Slide the straws out, tie off some ends, and wa la. 
I made this little bookmark for fun. I honestly don't know how much I will use this, but it is kind of fun.
The second "TOY" is the smallest of the new Knifty Knitter Long Loom series, the pink loom. For a play with the loom project I am making a purse with round bamboo handles, using Lion Brand Thick and Quick yarn. I'll post the picture when it's done. So far I like this little loom. It will come in handy.
8/20 Here is the purse I made on the little KK2 loom. I think it will get used for something such as a bag to hold clothes pins, or even those plastic bags you get at the grocery.
We got back from our trip to Chicago yesterday, so today is a lazy relax catch up on laundry kind of day. I finished up my Summer Sun dishcloth finally. It's been done for a week, but I haven't taken the time to get it off the loom. It came out really cute. What do you think? It's my first original loomed dishcloth. The pattern is posted in the file section of the YAHOO group LoomingDishcloths. Anyone is welcome to join.
Frazier won not only a FIRST PLACE blue ribbon, but the big purple GRAND CHAMPION ribbon for this self portrait he drew. The picture was a combo drawing/painting. 
He also won a third place for this wooden plane he made out of some scrap wood. We are so very proud of him!!! 
I won a blue ribbon for my crocheted dishcloth dress, and for the loom knit Swan Dishcloth.
Cast on 35 stitches.
I finished the dishcloth dress that I was crocheting. It came out really cute. Wouldn't it be great to create something similar on a loom??? The crochet pattern is from dishbout. I will try to create one on a loom sometime really soon. 
