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Back in mid-November, my cousin sent me a picture of a cupholder mitten for sale.  I had seen it before, but I`m not much of an outside drinker in the winter, LOL.  Looking at the picture, I thought, Hey...that would probably be quick to make in crochet, or on the machine--if I could figure out how it`s done.  By Dec 13 I had gotten around to searching for a crocheted pattern, and found a free one.  I got started late after my community band's Christmas concert.  Crochet is quick, right?  Well, maybe I should have done a simple single crochet instead of the "fancy" into front/back loop type thing.  It did go pretty quick (once I picked the yarn--I wanted this for the "girl" gift for a gift exchange game and none of my chunky yarns were really girly, plus I wanted it sort of neutral), but still not super quick.  I got the cupholder part done, then thought I might hand knit the cuff in ribbing for a good fit.  But I wasn't in love with it, especially once I realized there's no bottom. So, I got to work on the knitting machine.  Digging through the stash, I was disappointed....I didn't think any of my washable wools were girly enough while still being neutral/basic.  Other yarns were "too good" for something I'm making to give away and I don't even know if the receiver will like it.  I finally opted to use Patons "Decor" in a dark, dark green and Bernat Mosaic in a colour with some pink.  The Mosaic is slightly thicker, but I hoped it wouldn't show.  I crocheted the little heart in pink for the one mitten because there ended up being no pink in it's stripes. I made the mitten first, using numbers from Ann Budd's "Handy Book of Patterns".  On the LK150, 40sts, I think T5.5.  20 rows of ribbing.  Then, I worked on the cupholder.  I did the cuff the same, then took half the stitches, and put two rows on waste yarn.  Then I continued over all the stitches for twice the length of the regular mitten.  Took off on waste yarn. Sewed up the mitt.  It was a little big on me (could have been knit tighter too).  Fiddled with the cupholder mitten, and realized it was too long.  Sewed the long edges together (did the cuff, then skipped the few couple rows where the waste yarn was, then sewed most of the long side), then pinned the cast off to the waste yarn.  WAY too big.  I ripped back and tried again with a disposable coffee cup.  Still too big.  Ripped out a bit more, and it was perfect.  Grafted the open cast off to the two (half) rows on the waste yarn. I wanted a bottom.  A while ago, I had made a newborn hat in this yarn, but it was a little small.  I ripped it back so I could use the yarn, and somehow, I had a crochet circle that was nearly a perfect fit!  I sewed it in along the seam line.  Added my personalized tag, and wrapped her up. I made this on December 18/19.  I'm a member of the Yahoo group for Machine Knitting.  I wasn't really keeping up with the group digests.  Last week I got a chance to look through them more closely--especially one message that said it was a "surprise pattern" (and posted on December 14).  I checked the messages and someone had posted a picture of their completed surprise.  It was a cupholder mitten!!  I can't follow along her pattern very well just by reading it (my fault, not hers).  I will have to re-read it really well and try to visualize it.  If only I had read it right away--and knew what it was supposed to be!   The one thing I'd change with my pattern is to do some plain knitting after the ribbing and make the opening where the thumb of the regular mitten splits off (my opening was at the base of the thumb, and the ribbing gets pulled up to compensate). Of  course, I didn't write down how many rows I ended up for the cupholder.  And I didn't weigh them.  And the girl that won them doesn't have a kitchen scale.  And now that I've remembered that some of the yarn came from a project already accounted for...bah.  I'm sticking with the 100gr estimate I already included in last year's totals.  I based that on there being 100gr left of the two balls, which were each 100gr.

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Hello there, today I am back with a couple more cards using the Happy Hour Collection from Spellbinders. A few days ago I shared a festive cocktail themed card using this collection. Well today, I …

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Hello there, Michelle Short here, and I am delighted to be back on the Spellbinders blog today sharing three projects using the Happy Hour Collection. This fabulous collection features cocktails that you can dress up for different seasons, some fun sentiments, an embossing folder, rectangle dies and a press plate. HERE FOR THE BOOS For my first card, I am using Olive Martinis Etched Dies, along with Boos! Cocktails, to dress it up for Halloween. To make this card: Die cut Olive Martinis glass from Onyx Cardstock Adhere one on top of another for added dimension. Die cut drink part of the die from white cardstock and add ink blending using Distress Inks (Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, and Rustic Wilderness). Splatter Distress Ink and shimmer spray on top and set aside to dry. Once dry, adhere pieces together and then adhere behind the glass. TIP: I decided not to use acetate for my glasses, but for a more realistic look, cut the inside piece of the glass from acetate and adhere behind one of the outside layers of the glass. You could also make a fun shaker this way too! Die-cut elements from Boos! Cocktail Etched Dies from Onyx, Lilac Blossom, Peridot, and Silver Assortment Treasured Cardstock. Adhere elements together using Bearly Art Glue and then adhere onto the glass. I cut the edges off the base of the glass so that the witch’s legs would be the stem and the feet be the base. Die cut the largest size of Perfect Touch Rectangles and Tag Etched Dies from white cardstock. Add ink blending to the bottom of the panel using Wilted Violet and Villainous Potion Distress Inks. Splatter water on top and set aside to dry. One dry, adhere to A2 sized white card base. Hot foil Cheers Sentiments Press Plate & Die Set onto white cardstock using Black Foil – place foil shiny side up on white cardstock. Place press plate on top with design side down. Hold in place with Best Ever Craft Tape. Place on Glimmer Hot Foil System platform to heat up. Once heated run platform through Platinum Six. Carefully remove plate and foil from cardstock. Die cut sentiments using coordinating die. Adhere sentiment to card using foam squares. To finish, embellish with Prism AB and Onyx Color Essentials Gems. CHEERS ON YOUR BIRTHDAY For my next project, I am using Sunset in a Glass Etched Dies, along with Tropical Flair to dress it up for a birthday card. To make this card: Die-cut Sunset in a Glass cocktail glass from white cardstock twice. Adhere one on top of another for added dimension. Die cut drink part from white cardstock and add ink blending using Distress Inks (Squeezed Lemonade, Dried Marigold, Picked Raspberry and Festive Berries). Splatter shimmer spray on top and set aside to dry. Once dry, adhere behind the glass. Die cut the largest size of Perfect Touch Rectangles and Tag Etched Dies from white cardstock. Add ink blending to the bottom of the panel using Picked Raspberry Distress Ink. Splatter water on top and set aside to dry. Once dry, adhere to A2 sized white card base. Adhere glass to card using Bearly Art Glue. Die cut straw from Fruit Punch Cardstock and adhere inside glass. Die-cut elements from Tropical Flair Etched Dies from Peridot, Rainforest, Beeswax, Chamomile, Poppy Field, and Snowdrift Adhere pieces together and then adhere onto the card. Adhere sentiment from Cheers Sentiments Press Plate & Die Set, that was foiled for the first card, using foam squares. To finish, embellish with Pink Color Essentials Gems. MERRY LITTLE COCKTAIL For my last project, I am using the Olive Martinis Etched Dies again, but this time along with the Christmas Cocktails Etched Dies, to dress it up for Christmas. To make this card: Die-cut Olive Martinis glass from white cardstock twice. Adhere one on top of another for added dimension. Die cut drink part of the die from white cardstock and add Fossilized Amber Distress Spritz on top. Set aside to dry. Once dry, adhere pieces together and then adhere behind the glass. Die cut the largest size of Perfect Touch Rectangles and Tag Etched Dies from white cardstock. Add ink blending to the bottom of the panel using Candied Apple and Lumberjack Plaid Distress Inks. Splatter water on top and set aside to dry. One dry, adhere to A2 sized white card base. Die cut elements from Christmas Cocktails Etched Dies using Poppy Field, Snowdrift, Peridot, Fern, Onyx, and Gold Assortment Treasured Cardstock. Adhere pieces together using Bearly Art Glue and then adhere onto the card. Adhere sentiment from Cheers Sentiments Press Plate & Die Set, that was foiled for the first card, using foam squares. To finish, embellish with Gold Mix Color Essentials Gems. This is such a fun collection! I really enjoyed dressing up the cocktails for different seasons! Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope you have a wonderful day! Other Supplies Twisted Citron Distress Ink, Mowed Lawn Distress Ink, Rustic Wilderness Distress Ink, Wilted Violet Distress Ink, Villainous Potion Distress Ink, Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink, Dried Marigold Distress Ink, Picked Raspberry Distress Ink, Festive Berries Distress Ink, Candied Apple Distress Ink, Lumberjack Plaid Distress Ink, Fossilized Amber Distress Spritz, Tseukineko Sheer Shimmer Spritz.

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