Fairytale Sweater

I recently started a crochet baby sweater for a new granddaughter. It is from the Fairytale Set on the back cover of the pattern booklet titled Soft & Sweet, #0136, by Coats & Clark. I purchased the booklet at Michaels a couple of years ago, but if you search it on Google you will find a site to buy it from if you are interested.

The Crafty Side of me has been busy and finished off this sweater. This project worked up very quickly and all it needs are 3 small pearl buttons to finish it off. You start by making the two sleeves and putting them to one side. The sweater is worked all in one piece, and when the bottom part is the correct length you join in the sleeves and then continue to finish the yolk. The only finishing you need to do is sew up the seam on the underarm of the sleeves, and of course add the buttons.

It will be packed away with the baby blanket I also just completed. Now I'll focus on finishing the other sweater that I started at the same time.

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Friday's Flower is Coleus

Coleus has wonderful varigated leaves and grows well as a shade loving plant. It's an annual plant but can be grown as an indoor plant.

I just recently got 6 coleus plants from a neighbour (and some other plants) and quickly bought them home and potted them up ... one for beside the front door and one for the bench display.
You can read how to make the mini gazing ball here in a previous blog post.
Do you see the ladybug peeking out from behind the pot? Look here to see how to make some ladybugs for your garden.


I'm hoping these plants grow well even though I was a bit late getting them potted up.


When flower spikes appear I usually pinch them off to encourage the plant produce more leaves and get fuller. I'll let it bloom and seed in the Fall so I can collect some seeds. I've been reading that the plant is easy to grow from seed.


You can take cuttings (at least 2 leaves on the stem) and put them directly into a new pot or into water to root. I might do some cuttings towards the end of summer and see if I can save them over the winter.

The bench pots sit at the end of the driveway in the shade of a big lilac bush. At the sunny end is a pot of nasturtiums, and other plants include begonias, fuschia, impatience, straw flowers, and pansies.

So as it is Friday I'm off to get some liquid fertilizer and feed my coleus and other potted plants.

Take a peek and see who else is flaunting those flowers on Fridays.

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