life of a crochet lover

Pic Updates

2008-07-02T22:23:00.003-04:00

well, heres the pics of the Take Me Home Mommie gown, at least what I've got done so far. I also got a pic up of a Forget Me Not bookmark I made, I made 3 others the same color to give away.

new project

2008-06-24T20:04:00.003-04:00

I found a really neat newborn gown and cap called "Take Me Home Mommie" its a bit challenging for me, I had to frog several rows twice. THanks to some encouragement from a fellow crochet lover in a group I belong to, I'm planning on enterign the cap and gown in a contest that runs during the Mountain State Forest Festival here in West Virginia. Its hosted here in town in the fall.

I'm still working on newborn bootie and cap sets. I work on them while I walk to and from work. I got 10 sets right now.

plenty of new work

2008-06-03T15:21:00.002-04:00

WEll, I've definately been busy. I've made quite a few newborn booties and cap sets, pocket tissue pack covers, and I even designed my own variation of a granny square.

My fiance was making a simple chain flower and I was brainstorming on how I could take the basic design and make it fuller. I was originally thinking of making it for a pin, but after I made the flower with a green backing, it seemed just right to be able to build a granny square onto it.

I made a few premie caps too, but I sold them at my yard sale before I got a chance to take any pics of them.

I got a lot of other project ideas, but right now I'm kinda short on yarn. HOpefully I can get some soon.

more charity work

2008-05-03T20:57:00.002-04:00

Well I got 2 pairs of newborn baby booties done now, I'm getting better and better at reading patterns, I've now read 2 different blankets a baby hat and a baby booties. Once I get the photos uploaded of my booties, I'm gonna put them in a blog, I love making things for others and for charities. I got a couple of people at work who are pregnant, and I'm planning on giving them a baby set.

some more projects

2008-04-30T16:17:00.005-04:00

Well, in the last week, I've managed to make 2 granny squares for whoever may need them in the future, and made 2 baby hats. these baby hats are the start of the charity project I have going for the hospital here in town.

My fiance has made his first attempt at designing his own pattern we are trying to figure out how to tweak it and then try to find out if anyone else has ever published it. If we can't find any ones that are the same, he would like me to publish it on here.

I'm starting to work on the booties to go with the caps. I'll have pics up once I get them done.

next project

2008-04-23T11:30:00.003-04:00

Well, I finished the blanket for my friends little girl the other day. She absolutely loves it. She has cerebrqal Palsey and has limited motor skills. She grabbed hold and wouldn't let go of it. I'm so glad I used mainly purple, thats her favorite color. I started working on baby hats to give to the hospital here in town when I saw a message from a girl in the crochet group I belong to and shes asking for Granny squares to make a comfortghan for her neighbor who just lost twins.

I'm trying to get them done quick so that I can send them out Friday. Once I get them done, I'll get photos up of them.

a bit to start

2008-04-18T20:20:00.000-04:00

well, I've made some large doilies as a child modifying them into Barbie doll skirts and dresses. The first blanket I made, I putsed around with it just using a dc ch1 I started out and ended up making the chain about 7 ft long. I worked on it every once in a blue moon when I could get some scrap yarn from my grandma. after about 1o years, I finished it off at about 7 ft X 4ft. It turned into a great lapghan for a larger woman who is almost totally bed ridden. For a few years I didn't crochet, cause I couldn't afford supplies. I'm finally getting back into crocheting. So far in the last 6 months, I made a baby blanket/lapghan in a ripple pattern in a teal and teal/purple verigated colors for my neice and her baby dolls, I made a round ripple baby blanket for a coworkers new grandson in blue, yellow and white yarn and I'm making another one of the same pattern in pink, yellow, and purple yarn for my friend's very special daughter. I have a lot of ideas I want to work on But I'm trying to keep myself to one project at a time so I don't get too confused, as I'm just learning how to read a pattern.