Amazing Mothers

Remember I told you about my a-m-a-z-i-n-g Mother-In-Law (MIL)?  Well, I'm really a super lucky girl because not only do I have an amazing MIL, I also have an a-m-a-z-i-n-g Mother as well. Both my Moms sew (one loves to sew (MIL) and one can sew (my Mom - she's actually quite the seamstress but it's just not her thing)). So, I've enlisted them to "help" me create some much needed project bags that I've been drooling over. What has made this both an interesting process is now both of my Moms visualize and sew:

I asked my Mom to make some project trays for me. I had found a basic pattern and a lot of pictures so I basically gave her a "theory" of what I wanted; based on what she saw and my explanation of what I wanted (& what I was going to put in there/what I was planning on using it for), she made me this:

A big project tray, just like I asked for (& then some)! I love how big this is - it holds all my little things that was living in my knitting bin in a much better way and it can be it's own little project bag/tray by itself! 😍🎊🙌 🎉👍

Then, she also made me three! (3!) more smaller project trays for me (based on one I already had but better!) because:

1. It has a ribbon to hold my stitch markers!)🎊🙌 🎉👍 and

2. It's now deep enough so that I'm not longer stretching the fabric to make sure it buttons close!🎊🎉🙌 👍

And as an added bonus, she even made me another bigger tray with a ribbon!😍😍😍🎊🎉🙌 👍

Here's a "small" one

Here's what the "big" one looks like with a "small" one inside (and my other "small" ones!)

There's the magical ribbon!😍🎊🎉🙌

Here's what the "small" one looks like filled (and, boy, was I really able to "fill" it up! 😉😁👍😍🎊🎉🙌)

My new project trays are amazing and I really love them! 😍🎊🎉🙌 I'm sure I will be getting a lot of use out of them! 🥰💕🥰💕🥰💕

Now, my MIL made me several arm bags.  Because I didn't have a pattern but had some general dimensions (I couldn't find a pattern for her), she search on-line to try to figure it out.  So, she made me this as a starter arm bag (we call it test bag #1):

Isn't is so cute?!  It's so itty bitty (and I call it my baby bag)! 😍

Then, she stretched her skills and made me for test bag #2 (I love the pattern on this bag - it's just so cute!😍):

It's getting there but it's still a tad small and tight for a sweater yarn bag.  As you can see, it holds all my sweater yarn but there's no space for my sweater.

And here's what it looks like when I have a mostly made sweater done.  As you can see, it's still kind of tight.  I think this may be more a shawl bag than a sweater bag (or maybe a kiddie sweater bag??)  I'm calling this my "medium" bag.

Then, she graduated to the full size bag I originally requested (aka test bag #3):

It's definitely bigger! 😍

The handles are a tad short though ...

It was almost there, we just need to make some very minor tweaks which resulted in this:

(this is the "real" bag and it's perfect!😍)

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See how much it holds!

This is officially my "large" bag! 🥰💕

And, she even made me another (surprise) bag!🎉🙌😍

I'm definitely a really lucky girl to have these amazing women in my life who (also) humor me by making me these awesome project bags/trays!🥰🥰🥰💕💕💕💕💕😍😍😍🎊🎊🎊🎉🎉🎉

How to Yarn Bomb a Guitar Stand

We're still in a pandemic and Hubs has been living it up being at home and expanding his musical repertoire.  So, he's gone a few brass instruments but his first love is with guitars.  He's gotten a bass so that his electric guitar has a companion and a mini ukelele to complement his "regular" ukelele.  He has a steel string guitar but ... He's really loves the sound of a classical guitar. 🥰💕💕

So, I've been encouraging him to purchase an acoustic nylon string guitar and he keeps saying well, it may not work with my guitar stand. 😱😭

So, to "remedy" the situation (& stop any further excuses), I yarn bombed it! 🤭👍🙌🥰  And here's how I did it:

For the arms, 

1. I casted on 12 sts & join in the round.
2. Knit 7 rows.
3. K2tog, k 8, k2tog for a total of 10 sts.
4. Knit 29 rows then do a three-needle bind off.
5. Repeat for the other arm.

For the "head",

1. Cast on 24 sts and join in the round.
2. Knit 5 rows.
3. K2tog, k8, k2tog 2x , k8, k2tog for a total of 20 sts.
4. K.
5. K2tog, k6, k2tog 2x , k6, k2tog for a total of 16 sts.
6. K 4 rows then do a three needle bind off.
7. I used a thin para cord and pony beads so that the "cap" could be cinched when in use (& not fall off).

And here's what it looks like, all gussied up:

Looks like he'll need to get that guitar now ... 🤷🤭🥰😘