Help Please??

I need help from all the crocheters and knitters out there! My hands, especially during the winter when I am wearing warmer clothes, get sweaty, and that makes it hard to keep a good grip on my crochet hook or knitting needles. Normally I just wash my hands and hook/needle with soap, and that works pretty well. But, does anyone else have this problem?? And does anyone else have any good solutions or ideas to prevent it? I would appreciate your input, and hopefully you can help not just me, but other crocheting (and knitting)  maniacs like me! :)

Block Party 2011 Report #2!

A couple weeks ago, my friend Rachel and I got together and sewed together 2 blankets with the squares I have already received. We then layed out another one which she took home and sewed. A few days later I layed out another one, and she also sewed that up for us!! Thank you Rachel!!!! And great job!!!

P.S. You can see the first Block Party Report for 2011 here.

All the squares from my great aunt's friend before we started sewing.

 

The first one we layed out - all the short seems were sewn in this picture, I just has to finish up the long ones while Rachel started on the next blanket.



The second one we layed out, still in progress.

I can't exactly say I like this picture of me and Rachel... but it shows us with our work. :)

The last one I layed out for Rachel.

And... The finished product!

Here is the one we sewed together

Sorry bad picture (and yes, that is my foot...), but here is the other Rachel sewed! Good Job!

  

The other one we both sewed

PANEL PARTY!!!

Awhile ago someone from our 4-H club gave me these knitted panels, I have no idea what from, and told me to use them for whatever. There were six so I sewed them together to make blankets.

Sorry for the bad picture again - the brown in the bottom left hand corner is where I had to crochet ion the gap where there was no knitting. The loops were still hanging there when I got it, the needle was just pulled out, and that panel was shorter than the others.

The other blanket - All the panels were a really pretty design.





Thank you to - Dorothy for making all the squares!!!

Rachel for helping me make two blankets, and making two more!!!

Whoever donated the panels that I used for the block party!!!

These blankets went over to Elijah's orphanage with my mom, and all of the other ones will also go there!

My God is Lord: ONE LESS ORPHAN!!!

I have a new little brother now!!! Please go visit my mom's blog for pictures!!! :) Today I became a big sister for the 5th time!! This doesn't even seem real that my parents are on the other side of the world and I have a new little brother! YEA!! SO happy!

My God is Lord: ONE LESS ORPHAN!!!: "We are extremely grateful to tell you that this beautiful boy... IS AN ORPHAN NO MORE!!! Introducing ELIJAH JOSEPH BIRSCHBACH Born Septe..."

Craft Sale Tomorrow!

Tomorrow, I have a craft sale that I will be selling my items at! It is from 9am to 1pm at the Municipal Building (same building as the library, across the street from the post office) in the town I live. I will have Christmas dish cloths, and lots of other dish cloths, along with other things I've made. And I will have these awesome headbands that my friend Rachel is making for me to help raise money for orphans! (I'm hoping I get one for Christmas... hint hint...) Please consider stopping by and helping one of the many orphans in the world find a family! This is the same craft sale that I did last year which I posted about here and here. Ok, now that I have this post done, off to make more dish cloths!!! :)