Bella Bean

                               This is my Bella Bean who has an annoying disorder DTM (Diploid Triploid Mosaicism) and still manages a fantastic smile :) I have been working on her page ---> its over there somewhere. So far a fun recounting of what I have done to her room to turn it into the best jungle room a kid could have. Not to worry I will put a description of DTM somewhere in that page, I am still figuring out how to organize this jumble of projects and someday some tutorials so it doesn't read like my crazy Jenny mind. You are welcome.

The Six-Legged Octopus

                                    All over the internet I have seen these lovely knit softies, so of course I had to give it a try! Now you have to understand I don't knit, I bought those I Taught Myself to Knit and I Taught Myself to Crochet kits and I am sure they are still sitting in their packages. So on to trying the looms. I picked up a set of the Knifty Knitter round looms and the oval looms and commenced to making some hats for the babies. And wow did the first couple turn out sooooo bad! After trying a couple more times and ending up with some expectable looking hats I was determined to give an awesome cuddle buddy a try. 

Now to decide what to make...

                                   I love sea creatures so maybe a whale or a jellyfish? I landed on a more simple looking octopus and starting laying out a plan which on this one meant I just started making parts. I started with the red loom from the set its the 7.5" loom to make the head/ body. To prevent tiny from being able to pull the stuffing out between the stitches (? I don't have any idea what you call them. I don't actually knit, remember?) I lined the inside with batting (not the crafty kind, the natural cotton), then stuffed with plain old ploy stuffing and closed up the bottom of the body.

Now on to the legs...

                                  So I had intended on making an eight legged octopus, I swear! I was having to mush fun making these long legs and stuffing them that I ran out of room for the las two :) I used the tiny peach loom, it's sold separately to make pom-poms if memory serves me, and lined with the batting followed by poly stuffing just like the body. I stitched each leg on in a circular pattern around the the base of the body and finished off with two funny eyes. 

Colors and yarn...

                                  If you managed to make it this far I am sure you are just dying to know what yarn I used. A little while back Joann's had a sale on Sugar'n Cream yarn and it had such wonderful colors!! So a couple followed me home and so they sat there staring at me just begging to be made into something fabulous. How could I deny them? I picked out hot green for the body and swimming pool for the legs and eyes, it's thinner yarn (medium 4) so I doubled up when I was knitting to make it a little thicker. I made this little guy quite awhile ago and had it all neatly written in one of my billions of notebooks, which of course I have no idea where it is right now so I am doing this from memory. I can remember this kinda of thing, but ask me where my keys are... and... well... you get the idea. Not a clue, I am pretty sure they have legs when I am not looking. Back to the amount used... I use approximately one and a half rolls (?) of the Hot Green for the body and two to three of the Swimming Pool for the legs and eyes.

And that is my tiny's six-legged octopus and how he came to have six legs.

baby pillow

how cute is this?!

The Front.

Now the back.

Oh, this pillow is just devine!

The weird thing

So this is the weird thing below the front porch. Any ideas? I think it is some sort of drainage pipe.

How big is this driveway!!!!!!!! The bush and set of trees in front of the truck are the front of the property.


What is this?

More back of house.

The back and right side of the house. Check out the back porch!!!

Back of the house, the bay window is where the kitchen is.

Damage to the back porch from wood rot.