Birthday cards

These are April birthday cards for Leslie, Iris and my friends, Susan and Kathy.

For Iris' birthday, April 6 

This chart is from 

ValentiCrossStitch.com.

For Leslie's birthday, April 6 

This chart is from Stoney Creek and originally

said "Good Friends are Sunshine …"

For Susan's birthday, April 11 
This mini Mary Engelbreit
chart was in the $1 bin at 
Michaels years ago.

For Kathy's birthday, April 5 

This is a machine embroidery 

design from Emblibrary.com.

Coasters

Decided I wanted coasters to coordinate with the table scarf I made last year. I dug through my stash and came up with these fabrics.

Knit Butterfly Wings scarf

Kathy and I saw this scarf and free pattern at Ben Franklin Crafts in Monroe a few months ago. Kathy picked a red-gray sock yarn, and I picked this teal-lavender yarn. I think the lacey pattern knits up pretty with the patterned sock yarn. 

Pattern: Butterfly Wings
1 skein Cascade Yarns, North Shore Prints
Color #513
Needle size: US 6
Cast on 32 stitches

Embellished sweatshirt

I saw a decal recently on a car window and thought it would be great to put on a sweatshirt. I got the Space Needle design from Embroidery Library, and the number and letter fonts I purchased on Etsy from Herrington Design. Of course I stitched it in Seahawks' colors.

Afghan for Valentin

Although this afghan is knit with chunky yarn on large needles, it seemed to take forever to finish. Well, it's finally done. It's for my grandson, Valentin, who is just 2 months old. It's quite large, so will be used more by his parents while cuddling him, I suppose, but as he grows bigger, my hope is that he will enjoy using it to wrap up in.

I've used this pattern and yarn many, many times (usually for prayer shawls), and I'm always pleased with the results.

Yarn: James C. Brett Marble Chunky
Color MC10 (no name for the color)
Approximately 4 1/2 balls (200 g.)
Needle size: 6 mm/US 10 (recommended on yarn label)
Cast on 184 stitches
Size: 59"x40"
Pattern: One row scarf pattern  (Modified, as I always cast on a multiple of 4 stitches +2 and slip the first stitch of each row before starting the pattern (K2, KTBL, P1) and then knit the last stitch.