Why I do what I do...  

Posted by: Maria

Papa and I had a wonderful day yesterday. We got to take our favorite lady bug to the zoo for HallZooween.  She has not been trick or treating before but it didn't take long for her to figure it out!  BUT...



The carousel with Papa was much more exciting to her.  She very patiently stood in line while it took two full rides before she could get on the carousel.  Every turn around, she waved to M-Ma!  I don't know who had more fun, Izzy-bug or Papa!


Then it was on to the children's zoo where she got to feed sheep and goats and then go in and pet them!  (See that finger? Tommy used to do that to only with him, where the finger went trouble usually followed! )


We went to see the giraffes, and then to see the elephants smash the pumpkins but someone was all smiled out!  She wasn't letting go of that bucket though!


So we drove home while she snoozed and when we got home M-Ma finished something just for her Izzy-bug,  McKinleys Springtime Hat.  M-Ma had been making hats for Izzy-bug's mom and she wanted one too.  M-Ma thinks she makes a wonderful model as well!




This is crochets in Caron's Simply soft and I made several small changes to the pattern so it fit her a little better.  ( just added a couple of rows and changed a hook size on the edging.  We love it.

So that was my Saturday.  Today Papa is working grandmom is watching TV, Izzy-bug is at her granny's house while mom and dad work so M-ma is going to finish reading Split Second by Catherine Coulter (one of her favorite authors).

Enjoy your Sunday where ever you may be!



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I just can't crochet quickly enough!  

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I recently joined Ravelry which is an online group of knitters and crocheters.  I am staggered by the amount of information and support there.  I have been playing around for the last couple of days trying to figure out exactly what my next project will be.  I was working on a shawl made with Vanna's Choice in purple Mist that I just could not get to work like I wanted it to.  After ripping it out probably close to a dozen times, I put that yarn away and went into my stash bag and pulled out this little gem Tweed Stripes in a color called Caribbean.  Trust me, the web site does NOT do this color justice.  It is a lovely blend of blues, teals, purples and greens.  It is soft and just delicious to work with. I chose a pattern called Gentle Waves by Karen Klemp.  The pattern as listed is made to do a scarf but I just took the repeat of 12 and made it shawl width of about 24".     This is the start...and my picture doesn't do the color justice either. 

The colors just pop and it is working up so quickly.  The pattern is easy enough that I can work on it while watching TV. 

I only was able to get 4 skeins of this and it will make it about 56".  I think (since it is buy one, get one half off) I will get 2 more skeins and add a couple more inches to and it use the left over to make a hat for one of  the girls that hang around here.

Ok, that's it for now.  I will get back to crocheting and dreaming about what the next project will be!

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Flying hooks...  

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I haven't been on here but I have been busy... Lots of Blankets for Project Linus and now prayer shawls for my home church.

First the shawls...  I have re learned to do tunisian crochet. 

This one is based on a pattern from the Crochet Geek called Andrew's Keepsake.  I just enlarged on the scarf that she had made.  hard telling from this picture but the shawl is actually a light thyme green.  You can find the pattern here Andrew's Keepsake It was crocheted with TLC Essentials.



This one is a little on the the large side for a shawl but it sure is warm.  Crocheted with Red Heart Collage in Rust and I Love This Yarn  in burnt pumpkin is it done in entrelac tunisian stitch.  I had the idea of doing the pumpkin stitches in the honeycomb stitch but after I got started I wished I hadn't.  Plain tunisian would have been just fine.  Entrelac crochet video made by Beth in Texas.  SUPER easy and fast to work off.  I actually have extra of the Rust yarn enough that I bought Vanna's Choice yarn in tangerine mist and I am going to make another of these (a little smaller and sans honeycomb stitch.)





This shawl is going to my husband's place of work as a donation to the fundraiser they are doing for the Susan G Komen foundation.   It was crocheted with Sensations Little Treat in turquoise/white.  It is so soft and pretty I almost hated to donate it!  I also sent in 2 baby blankets for them to sell as well. Fan Shawl Pattern.  Just a word to the wise with this pattern should you try and print it, there are ads all over this site and I could not get a readable print so I ended up copying it and pasting it into a Word document to get a working copy I could read.  (Sensations yarn is sold at Joann's Fabrics)




Four more blankets for Project Linus! As a said above, I donated 2 blankets for the Susan G Komen fundraiser.  I also donated a large blanket and a baby blanket for a fundraiser to help with the medical expenses of a young woman recently diagnosed with cancer so I guess they are getting around now.  I should probably invest in some labels to put in them.


 I already have another shawl underway.  They are very addicting.  After this one though I need to get back to the blankets.  I think a have another dozen of them already trimmed and punched, ready to stitch!

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