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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Knitting and Exploring

It's been a while since I've posted as we've been busy with a lot of home improvement projects, but I did have some time to finish a couple of projects.
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Our son-in-law's niece just graduated from nursing school, so I made her this little doll. It was fun curling her hair. The pattern says to wind the yarn tightly around a pencil and cook in the oven set at 200 degrees for 30 minutes, and it worked!


Here she is without her mask.


I made this little hat for our son's friend who is having her first child in June. Next up are a pair of "sneaker" booties.


 We enjoy exploring places to take walks and recently found two different parks on Lake Washington, and another one with great views of Mount Rainier.


Wouldn't it be fun to live in a house on that point?


 This dog was enjoying the view, too.


This park, also on the lake, had lots of visitors and an amazing dog park.  However, only the dogs were swimming!


This park has great views of Mount Rainier from its parking lot.


Can you guess what this bench is made from?


~Hope you are having a great week!~

7 comments:

Dee said...

Is that a train car axle?

Looks like you have lots of nice places to catch a good view.

Steve and I have been up the mountains several times and while the view is beautiful, it just doesn't show up the same in a photo.

Your little nurse doll is ADORABLE. The hair worked out cute.

Wanderingcatstudio said...

Cute knits and a very cute park!

Araignee said...

That little doll is so sweet and that little mask.....adorable!
I can't get over being able to see a mountain like that right in front of you. I really need to get out more....lol.

Delighted Hands said...

That doll is so cute! Nice job!!!!! I was born in the shadow of that mountain! (Tacoma) The bench is very cool! Looks like a great place to walk and see the views!

Betsy said...

You have been busy! Great job on the doll! She's going to love it. :-) I remember visiting Wapato at some point years ago, but no details. Just the name stuck with me. Thanks for the Ranier view. We should be heading west next month and are looking forward to seeing all of our friends.
Blessings,
Betsy

karen said...

oh! that little doll is simply too cute!! I love the details and I'm sure the doll will be well loved.

Sandy said...

The doll is adorable! I would never have thought to wrap the yarn around a pencil and put it in the oven. Such pretty scenery. You're lucky to have that on your walks.