Hello...

I've been a little busy trying to catch up with my CAL. I'm a few squares behind and unfortunately I'm stuck on one square at the present time. I've frogged it numerous times so I'm thinking that there may be a mistake in the written pattern. Lucky for me, my daughter has made the same square and is trying to help me out.  I only have three rounds to go so I may leave this one for now and move on to another. I'll never catch up otherwise. 

No Pictures, Rainy Weekend And A Little Crocheting...

I had big plans this weekend to get out and take some pictures with the Rebel but the rain put a stop to that right quick. It has rained off and on the entire weekend. So, no picture taking yet but I still have high hopes that the rain will stop by tomorrow. The Mr. has been busy finishing the framing of the walls in the basement, he told me earlier today that he is sick of looking at 2 x 4's. Guess what, me too! The drilling and hammering has been going on since we moved in and it is starting to become a little nerve wracking. Thankfully, the framing of the walls will be completed by tomorrow. Up next, finishing the walls. Once completed there will be a full bath (shower, no tub), a sitting area with a TV and his racing memorabilia, a game room (shuffle board, darts, checkers, space for card tables and such), an exercise room and a nice big closet for all my stuff junk. He plans to have it completed by Thanksgiving so that it can be used for the Holiday season. It'll be nice when its all completed. I'm looking forward to the exercise room, I really miss Lance, my treadmill.
On another note, I did a tiny bit of crafting today. I was busy filing papers and organizing craft supplies so I pulled out some cotton yarn and crocheted a little baby headband, took all of four minutes to make but it felt so good to craft something. I'm hoping it can be used for the babies as well as the hats from this post. If so, I'll make a few more to go along with the hats which did not get delivered as of yet! My daughter is in charge of the delivery and should be delivering them to her friend very soon. Here's an Instagram of the Baby Headband I whipped up today. It measures a little over 8" around and should be a good size for the cause.

I'm off to enjoy the rest of this Labor Day weekend.
Happy Labor Day, Be Safe and
Enjoy your time with Family and Friends.

Crocheting For A Cause...

Several months ago I started crocheting hats for babies to donate to a local hospital. At this time I have not done any research to see if it is even possible. I do know that you can donate the hats to several different organizations but I have also not contacted any of them...yet!
Well, it just so happens that my daughter has a friend who noticed on Facebook that she was also crocheting baby hats and asked if she'd be interested in donating some of them to this organization. My daughter called me to see if I'd be interested and of course she knew I would be! My daughters friend gave us an idea of the sizes that would be needed for the baby hats and we started crocheting away. OMG some of the hats are so small. I can't even imagine the grief these families go though and I am so sorry that my daughters friend and family had to go through such an ordeal. I do have to admit that is really hard to think about who they are for (I hope you understand what I mean by this) but I am happy to help out even if in such a small way. At this time we have two dozen little hats to donate and more are in the works. We should be delivering them sometime this week. Here is a picture of the ones I've completed and Yes, I know that I need to find a color other than blue for the baby boy hats. And now that I'm looking at the picture the girl hats too! Hopefully, my daughters are different colors.

CAL @ 1dogwoof

Last month I came across a CAL @ http://www.1dogwoof.com. I thought it might be fun to learn a bit more about crochet and play along. I'd like to thank CW and her guests for taking time to share some tips about crochet. I learned alot and my Into the Blue Infinity Cowl turned out great, atleast I think it did. The whole process was fun and I look forward to playing along again.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Susi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winter Blues...

In an effort to fight off the Winter Blues I've been trying to keep myself busy. I've been clearing out my 2012 files to make room new paperwork., purging craft/scrapbook items and teaching myself to crochet in the round. I found a tutorial here, a pattern for a preemie hat here  and another for a baby beanie here. I also headed over to you tube for some help. I'm still having some issues with the flower on the pink beanie, working in the back is confusing but I'm almost there, just a couple of joining issues. I'd like to make a few to donate to a local hospital but first I need to figure out what yarn would be best for the precious little ones. So if you have any suggestions, please share and TIA.

xo,
Susi

The Black Hole Cowl...

The pattern for this along with alot of other free patterns can be found at Raverly.com

Time to complete 3.5 hours which includes removing a couple of rows and redoing them due to bad joining. It's so warm and cozy but our weather has changed for the better so it may be next winter before I actually get to wear it. But trust me, I don't mind one bit I'm so over winter weather for awhile.

I Did It...

OK...it's not perfect but I'm just a beginner. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. It's not a scarf, which would have been much easier. Its a cloche which involves crocheting in the round, not really something a beginner should tackle for their first project. OK second project...we made a mug rug in class. Anyway it's finished...I did have to take out a few rounds once or twice and there are a couple of joining mistakes but I think it turned out fairly good. The pattern is from a book I purchased over thirty years ago. See... I told you all that I've been wanting to learn to crochet for a long time. 

10-10-10...

Here's what I did today...my first crochet class! Something I've wanted to do for years. Please, by all means ignore the hair...I had to cancel my hair appt. for Grandparents Day. I can now single and double crochet. : ) I think I will make a scarf for starters.