More Birthdays

Danna had a birthday and I knitted her up a French Press Cozy. But because I was finishing it up the day of the party and just minutes before it was to start, not only was it still damp, but it was missing buttons!  She didn't have time with the buttons, so I asked for it back and bought buttons and while sitting in a meeting talking about the joint Barony Yule event, I sewed on the buttons for her:

The pattern designer liked how it came out and asked if she could use my photos. Well of course! So the top one here and another of it laying out flat are the first two shown for the design on Ravelry. It's fun when the designers like your version of their design.

Mike had a birthday along the way. He's a gamer and avid movie buff. He turned 42 this year so they did a Douglas Adam's themed party where everyone got a towel. I made him a dice bag:

Most of the guys enjoy dice bags. I'm not sure that it is big enough to hold all his dice but he has a bag. Brandon made him a box that has a light:

My February Lady sweater has been laying around unused. I took it to a friend's house when we had a movie party to see who it would fit. It fit Whitney but she's not allowed to have hoods on sweaters at work so passed. Jaime loved it and while its a little small, she can still wear and enjoy:

Coffee Cozy and Votive holders

June is chock full of birthdays! My Aunt Polly starts out the month on the 1st, my dad's is the 7th, Aunt Mary on the 14th along with Whitney. Mine on the 15th along with fiber friend Duffy, friend Lisa on the 16th, my nephew Keefe on the 17th, more friends along the way and my mother on the 24th, three friends on the 25th and there's still more birthdays showing up on my Facebook calender.

Danna invited us to her birthday party BBQ this last Saturday. It was a popular day to have a BBQ because we were also invited to one for Barry. Yes, they have the same birthday! The 25th. :-)

While camping at Grand Thing VIII we found that there were three French Press pots in use. I thought it might be nice to have something to help keep the coffee warmer and to also help differentiate them. Susan's birthday was in May after Grand Thing, but was sick so she'll have to wait to see if she gets one. ;-)

I had found several possible patterns, only problem is mine is packed away in the trailer and Brandon wasn't willing to half unload the trailer to get it for me. So I'm having to knit and guess that it fits. (Insert eye roll here.)

I'd recently gotten a bunch of yarn in a Goodwill auction, I'd been trying to get the Lion Brand Fisherman's Wool for projects, so all the Paton's Chunky was a bonus. I thought it would make a good one for Danna's cozy, machine washable, so didn't need to worry about an accidental felting.

Danna's is the Frenchy French Press Cozy pattern. It doesn't look like it from the pics on the blog, but looks like stacked owls to me:

Brandon tried out a couple different attempts at making a votive candle holder for her. These are the ones that he ended up being happiest with:

Will have to see if he plans to make a few more for camping. Danna loved them as she loves votives she said.