Gettin’ It Pegged…Loom Knitter’s Clique

Click on the picture to see the next article in the  crafting section of our Southwest Washington Family Magazine!  Super cute idea for simple costumes out of regular T-shirts!

Happy Haunting!

I have decided to go ahead and publish the Wooly Felted Pumpkins pattern in the Peggin’ Pages a little early, so you can begin growing your crops of sweet & fuzzy pumpkins!

There will be 2 more patterns for the October Edition,so just keep checking for those to be added soon.

In the meantime, enjoy growing your Wooly Pumpkin Crop!  

Bethany~

Here’s how the pearl and simple gold wire bracelet turned out that I was creating for a class in October.  Simple & Easy!  Just right to make a dozen or so for Christmas gifts! 

adding some finishing touches…

 …and TA-DA!!!!!  

                                   A Masterpiece!

Terrific Job Emily!!

Is it Splendor…or Chester in the grass?

I think he’s as handsome as Warren Beatty!  

Well, just to let you know a little of what we’ve been doing around our house lately…

…besides combating the “back to school flu”…

My Emily has been working on her 2nd sewing project…1st  to be actually completed so far.  I think this one will give her the confidence, or initiative to go ahead and finish the first one now.

She’s doing an excellent job…and this is not a beginner’s pattern. 

*Keep it up, Emily!

On a LOOMY NOTE…I’m working on 3 projects at the moment!  Leave it to me to go crazy with ideas, and then not have the fortitude to focus on one thing long enough to actually finish it before beginning another.  Oh, well.  So is life!    I am working on the October Peggin’ Pages Edition…keep your eyes on the look out!

Well…Have a Happy Wednesday!  I guess mine was definitely not “wordless”! 

Bethany~

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! 

I was at the Post Office the other day and discovered these beautiful stamps that are specially made to help raise money for breast cancer research.  They are only $11 and a simple, yet effective way to help the cause and raise awareness.  Pop on over to check it out! 

The Fall issue of the Loom Knitter’s Circle Magazine is LIVE!  And guess what…There is a pattern listed that is one of mine!  I’m feeling warm fuzzies all over!   :D    Just pop on over to see the pattern for Basket Weave Placemats.

There are also a lot of other great patterns and articles available at your fingertips…enjoy!

Bethany~

Well, I went to the entomologist specialist at the health department and she promptly said, without a second glance, that my 2 specimens of the spiders we’ve been having trouble with were NOT hobos.

Let me tell you that these guys looked exactly like all the photos of hobos I’ve been studying over the last month and a half.

Even though the “specialist” said these were not the real thing…how can I truly know unless she looks under a microscope and conclusively, scientifically finds without a doubt that what she states, is true? 

More to the point…how can I trust that the spider crawling across my living room floor is not the venomous, blood sucking monster it truly looks like?

If anybody knows…please be kind & let me know.  I’d truly appreciate it! 

Bethany~

Aren’t they pretty?!  I just love the way these sparklies turned out!  These are 2 of the projects I will be teaching in October at our LCS (yes, I also teach jewelry crafting  :)  ).  The first one is created with Swarovski crystal and glass.  The second is with faceted glass crystals.  I’m working on a 3rd with pearls and regular wire.

I hope it turns out as nice as the first two. 

I’ll let you know how it goes!

Bethany~

Well…a spider, actually.

Yes, we finally caught one fairly large specimen in one of our many traps.  They don’t seem to be working as advertised…I think “pre-baited” doesn’t necessarily mean that they actually used Hobo spider pharemones as bait…maybe, beetle, or termite, or maybe moth pharemones.  This is a small accounting of what we have caught in our traps so far.  Yet, we did catch one in our kitchen trap…and only because it thought it was ducking under cover when my husband walked in and startled it!

So…off to the health department entomology division to get it positively identified.  Apparently, there are “look-alikes” that are really hard to tell from the real ones.  I’d be real happy if it turned out to be one of those guys!

Keep you posted!  Hope your week starts out great!     Bethany~