Friday, June 14, 2013

Date Night with Daddy: a short story



Date Night with Daddy
Short story by Julia Schwartz

Ring ring, ring ring.
“Hello”
“Yes,  hello. Mrs. Schwartz this is Matilda. I have the most shocking news for you. I hate to be the one that has to tell you, but I thought you should know.”
“oh”
“I saw your husband out last night with another woman, at the Italian Restaurant.”

“I was wondering where he ended up last night.”
“Well yes, I watched him get out of the car with this woman, well I should say girl she was a young thing.  She was completely infatuated with him she practically begged him to carry her inside the restaurant.  I do have to say he was quite the gentleman. When they got inside he held out the chair for her and made sure she was sitting down properly, but I have to tell you it was very shocking.  She kept wanting to sit on his lap! And he let her!  

“That’s not hard to believe”
“Oh I’m sorry to say it only gets worse. He ordered their food for them and when it came out. The girl insisted that she have a napkin around her neck, so he put one on her then put on one himself.  In spite of the napkin she got spaghetti all over herself, and if you remember she kept trying to sit on your husband’s lap, it also got all over him. He was very kind and just laughed it off. 

“Well now I know why he came home so dirty.”
“Unfortunately, there is more.”
“More”

“Well, when they got done with dinner she insisted that they have chocolate cake with ice cream. As if the spaghetti wasn’t messy enough. After one bite of cake she decided they needed to dance. They don’t even have a dance floor, but they danced anyway. And during the dance, I can’t even tell you.  She fell asleep in his arms!  He had to pay for the check and carry her out to the car. I have never seen such a show.” 

“Well yes, thank you for telling me about his night. He and the little lady went straight to bed and they are still sleeping. I’m so glad daddy date night went so well.”
“Yes, I just knew you would want to know.” 

Happy Father's Day to the best daddy there is. 

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Outside of the Box: A Simple Yoke and PJ Eater

I was in Goodwill the other day. (Lots of great craft stories start out this way don't you think) And I found this shirt.
Uh Yikes. 

When I saw it there was no way I was going to wear it but I saw a lot of potential for it becoming a PJ Eater. You can find the pattern for them here. http://sewfearless.com/patterns-and-tutorials/the-pajama-eater-pattern/.
 I think she turned out pretty well.

I still had some leftover fabric from the shirt. So I made this shirt for my daughter.
I took her measurements, and cut out two rectangles to match those measurements, I sewed them together and hemmed it on both sides. For the yoke I made a simple lace strip to go around the bodice and two more strips for the straps.


The repeating pattern for the lace strip is:
Row 1: Ch the amount of ch you want in multiples of 2, dc in third ch from hook, and in each ch
Row 2: Ch 4,* sk 1 dc, (dc and ch 1) in next dc* repeat to end
Row 3: Ch 4,* 3dctog in next dc, ch 1* repeat to second to last dc, dc in last dc.
Row 4: Ch 4, 1 dc and 1 ch in each 3dctog, dc in last dc
Row 5: Ch 3, dc in each ch space and dc across
Continue repeating rows 2-5 till you have the length desired.

If you would like to see an adult version: Go Here!

Monday, May 20, 2013

Primrose Newborn Hat

A free Crochet Pattern



I have a new pattern for you. I had a lot of fun designing this one. I wanted a hat that when it was done it would look like a flower laying over the babies head. Sort of how a fairy would look if they had a flower for a hat.

There is also an added bonus of warmth around the ears of the hat because of the back post stitches. I have used Simply Soft for the yarn. I love Simply Soft for baby hats because, well its  soooo soft. It also wash and drys really well.





Yarn: Caron Simply Soft,170 g / 6 oz, 288 meters / 315 yards, acrylic 
Hook:8/H 5mm
Size: Newborn
Gauge:  13 sc and 14 rows with a 5 mm (U.S. H/8) crochet hook
Notes: Ch 3 at the start of a round always counts as a st, Ch 2 at the st of a round does not count as a st.
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Round 1: Make an adjustable loop, ch 3 (counts as first dc here and throughout), and make 9 dc in loop, pull tight, and sl st into beg dc.  (10 dc)

Round 2: Ch 3, dc in same st, 2 dc in next st,( FPdc, and dc) in next st, 2 dc in next st, (dc and  fpdc) in next stitch, {2 dc in next st} repeat {to}once, (fpdc and dc) in next st, 2 dc in next st, (dc and fpdc) in last st, sl st in first ch 3.  (20 st)

Round 3: Ch 3, dc in same st, dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next st, fpdc in next st, { 2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next st, fpdc in next st} repeat {to} 2 more times, sl st into beg ch 3.  (28 st)

Round 4: Ch, 3, dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 st, 2 fpdc in next st, {dc in next 3 st, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 st, 2 fpdc in next st} repeat {to} 2 more times, sl st in beg ch 3. (37 st)

Round 5: Ch 3, dc in next st, 2 dc in next st, dc in next st, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 2 st, fpdc around next 2 st, {dc in the next 2 sts, 2 dc in the next st, dc in the next st, 2 dc in the next st, dc in the next 2 st, fpdc around the next 2 st}, repeat {to} 2 more times, sl st in beg ch 3. ( 44 st)

Round 6: Sl st into next st, ch 3, dc in the next 2 dc, 2 dc in the next dc, dc in the next 3 dc, sk 1 st, (fpdc, dc) in the fpdc, (dc, fpdc) in the next fpdc, sk 1 dc, {dc in the next 3 dc, 2 dc in the next dc, dc in the next 3 dc, sk 1 st, (fpdc, dc) in the fpdc, (dc, fpdc) in the next fpdc, sk 1 dc}, repeat 2 more times, sl st into beginning st.

Round 7:Sl st into next st, ch 3, dc in the next 5 dc, sk 1 dc, (fpdc, dc) in the fpdc, bpdc in the next 2 st, (dc and fpdc) in the fpdc, sk 1 st, {dc in the next 6 dc, sk 1 dc, (fpdc, dc) in the fpdc, bpdc in the next 2 st, (dc and fpdc) in the fpdc, sk 1 st}, repeat {to} 2 more times, sl st into beginning st.
Round 8:  Sl st into next st, ch 3, dc in the next 3 st, sk 1 st, (fpdc, dc) in the fpdc, bpdc in the next 4 st, (dc, fpdc) in the fpdc, sk 1 st, {dc in the next 4 st, sk 1 st, (fpdc, dc) in the fpdc, bpdc in the next 4 st, (dc, fpdc) in the fpdc, sk 1 st},repeat {to} 2 more times, sl st into beginning st.
Round 9: Sl st into next st, ch 3, dc in the next st, sk 1 st, (fpdc, dc) in the fpdc, bpdc in the next 6 st, (dc, fpdc) in the next fpdc, sk 1 st, {dc in the next 2 st, sk 1 st, (fpdc, dc) in the fpdc, bpdc in the next 6 st, (dc, fpdc) in the next fpdc, sk 1 st}, repeat {to} 2 more times, sl st into beginning st.
Round 10: Ch 3, fpdc around first fpdc made in round 9, {sk 2 st, (fpdc and dc) in fpdc, bpdc in next 8 st, (dc, and fpdc) in next st} repeat {to} 2 more times, sk 2 st, (fpdc dc) in fpdc, bpdc in the next 8 st, you will end with a dc, and sl st into the first fpdc made in the round

Round 11: Ch 3, {fpdc aound both the first and the next fpdc of row, dc in the fpdc just used, bpdc in next 10 st, } repeat {to} 3 more times, sl st into first fpdc.

Round 12- 13: Ch 2 (does not count as a st), bpdc in each st around, sl st in first st.
At the end of round 13 or desired length Finish off and weave in the end.  

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