15
Apr
10

Are you gonna crochet my way

Like Lenny Kravitz….only with me crocheting…..get it?…Well then let’s get to it!  Before I moved into a my new place(I love it) I started an afghan. Its  6 blocks a row and there are 6 rows to it. I’ve used most of my yarn to make it and I’ve just got one square left to crochet!  i can’t wait to start piecing it together.  Emmm yay!  It such a great feeling seeing what you can make out of yarn with a crochet needle.  After I have it finished, I plan on posting a picture, but as you know from reading my past posts my crochet photos never turn out quite right. you know what they say,  1000th time is a charm!   The whole thing is one stitch…the half double crochet. My sister bought me some knitting needle for christmas and I havent used them yet so I think the perfect time would be right after I finish the Afghan…..Lets get it going!

TTFN

J.

29
Dec
09

Another scarf!? Why YES!

So as my title says another scarf is on the way.  I still havent been able to take pictures of my crocheted work without my camera making it look all fuzzy wuzzy was a bear.  That is where I’m at, thinking about songs instead of solutions.  My life as is it day-to-day :)  

Here is a little Christmas update. 

I had to work, it was more boring than busy. Thankfully my boss came in a little early, so I wasnt trapped in a hotel, completely alone.  After that fun-filled 8hrs, Chris picked me up and we were on to my mom’s house.  He said his family loved the gifts we got them :) Yes! Cheesin’!  We got to my mom’s a little late, and they already had dinner. Which they ate around 1pm so it was more of a lunch.  Chris and I reheated and enjoyed. My mom makes awesome food.  She won’t teach me.  I think she finds it funny to hold knowledge away from her daughter.  I swear I catch her giggling after she tells me I need to figure it out for myself. 

My Fam also loved their gifts!  I finally gave my sister the scarf I’ve been writing about, and she loved it.  It makes me feel really good to make them things they enjoy. I couldn’t figure out what to make my brother, so his gift was cold hard cash.  I don’t really know how cold or hard it was but it was definitely cash.  I wrote him a nice heartfelt note on the card w/ the cash in it. He probably tossed it, or threw it some random fire. lol

Back to the scarf I’m posting about, sheesh I really digress. Maybe I have add thoughts? I can’t handle thinking about one thing alone. I have to bounce around to cover as much as I can think to cover.   

Yeah right, back to that scarf again…..opps.  My dear little sis gave me a bunch of yarn for christmas(love you), they’re all different colors, but there were three that had the same color scheme, so they became my current material for a scarf.  Was that a run on sentence? IDK.  Anyways, I used all three yarns at the same time. I’m double crocheting the whole thing, and its coming out great. I really love this one.  Two of the yarns are a light but grey blue color, and the other is this amazing blue, green, and yellow variation.  Crocheting them at the same time has a really great effect, and  every so often green and yellow enter into it like highlights.  I can’t wait until its finished.   She gave me some bright pink, I might mix it in with black.  I’d love to do a hat. Ouuu I think I love that :)

J.    

04
Dec
09

Dishtowel! Yay!

Quick Post! I’ve come up with a few Christmas gifts to…well gift!  I’ve finally got my sisters scarf done! & I need to post photos because I’m so proud of it! 

I picked up some cotton yarn yesterday & started to crochet  dish towels.  I’ve got one done & it looks great! I started a hat & it looks like a hat. Happy Happy Joy Joy. 

I have to figure out how to take photos of clothing.  I didn’t think it would be so hard to capture the look of something, but it is.  Most of the photos I take are washed out, or blurry.  Maybe I need to take them in the sunlight & not indoors with a flash. I don’t know, I’ll experiment this weekend. 

I hope the peeps getting the dish towels appreciate them as a gift.  I’m trying to picture recieving dish towels as a present &  I think I’d like it.  I hope they go over well & it isn’t one of those awkward presents that send the wrong message. 

Back to my sister’s scarf. It is just so her!  I think I have time to make a matching hat.  I’d work on more presents, but I’ve left all my supplies in Chris’ truck. 

Sunday is my cousin’s graduation party! I can’t belive he is 22!

J.

09
Nov
09

Red & Black Scarf

I’m planning on making the family presents for  holidays.  Most of them are getting scarves, but there are a few difficult members who don’t wear scarves…. I’m not sure I’ll have enough time to make them afghans….so I’m scouring The Internets for some creative (& easy) alternatives. 

This happens to be the Christmas before my sister leaves for her own journey…lol She’s easy though…ha! She wears scarves & I’m almost finished with hers…now my brother…what do I make him?….I have to get really creative with him..He’s 15 and moody. 

I’m not to great at making hats yet…..They don’t fit or look right…..They’re just little misfit hats!

I love The Holiday Season….

J.

06
Nov
09

The Basketweave

I’m almost finished with my Basketweave Scarf. It’s nice and hunky like i like it.  The lions brand suede is so wonderful. I found the pattern here on WordPress, but the yarn the poster was using wasn’t as bulky as the suede so the looks are a little different. I tried mixing in some dark brown but it wasn’t looking good in the overall. I can’t wait to try this pattern with other yarns…..I may have found a few christmas presents with this…. yay!

I dont think my crocheting will ever be the same since learning the fpdc and the bpdc! I love those two stitches!!!!!!!!


J.

26
Oct
09

The Cozy

Friday I made an attempt at crocheting a circle. It didnt work out to well, so I decided to move on to a cozy :P . I t doesn’t fit anything, but I love it. its my first one. Next time I’m going to make one that fits something! Yeah!


J.




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