chrismas is comming as well as...

So Christmas is coming and in two days a very special birthday as well. I love this time of year! I love the cold although this year I wasn't prepared for it like i was last year when it decided not to be cold lol. Anyways my baby girl will be 1 on the 8Th and I cant believe it! I'm gonna make something for her (just don't know what) and then Christmas will be here soon. Were hoping to go to Tennessee later in January so I'm looking forward to it although I'm skeptical on if we're still going. Also in January i will be starting on my divorce from my ex thank the heavens for that! As for the new year my only hope is that me and Jay get married finally and that our little Zoie will get the adoption by him that we have been waiting for! All in all I think this 2011 year shall be an exciting one :) many new projects ahead as well so be prepared for some pattern fun :)

thankful for the holidays?

So after the husle and busle of the thanks giving holiday me and my family of girls (oh and jay) decided to go have some fun at the craft store. So ne who i got a new talent... kniting! so yeah i bought me some new yarn called blankie omg so soft i love it! and a teach your self to knit book. and thus started to knit i got the basics but with all the distractions of my world I find it is much harder to knit then it is to crochet so how do i split my time to do both? crochet while the kidos are up and driving every one crazy and knit when they are quietly asleep in their beds. and if your wondering why i decided to pick up knitting??? thanksgiving night to our delight and surprise we find out there is to be a new addition yay :) so i want to make something extra special that i havent done for the others yet. we wont know the sex til later in december and that gives me some time to master the basics. AND to top off all that my little baby will be one next week how the time flies. and shes starting to walk and talk and its overwhelmingly happiness for me with a touch of sadnees for they grow up so fast :/

my cute little hats

OK so this is a cute ear flap hat made for baby james's momma. I just love the colors kinda want to make me one just like it lol.



And a cute little Trick Hat that takes about 20 mins to make, it was sized to fit a bigger child but a quick change of the size hook and walla its new born sized :) made for baby James.you can find the pattern for this hat at raverly or on lion brand here's the link
http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/70501AD.html?r=1

a blanket for grandma

So I'm taking a small break from crochet for a few days after this project! I had only a few days to make this blanket for my grandma's 70Th birthday. The whole thing was a surprise. My aunt decided to have a last minute surprise party for her and it was a HUGE surprise. To top it off I gave her this blanket made in her favorite color YELLOW! She was so happy to see it :) and a bonus I got to meet my cousin's wife Jo Jo and her new bundle of joy. Good thing I brought baby James's blanket too :)

All and all a good day for us all, hugs all around. Only down fall is hubby got in a pretty bad wreck on the way home from work and his fave car didn't make it out alive so I'll be surprising him with a blanket with the "Mits" emblem and colors on it. hope he likes it <3

Venting just isnt gonna help...

so yeah like the title says venting just isn't gonna help :( but oh well things were so good and now yet again i just cant trust any one i hate that helpless alone feeling i get when my world gets all scrambled up and i have to slowly let people back in i hate the uncertainty of trust and all to do with it. needless to say in venting on my house and my crochet stash and they are hurting from my anger. soon the clothes will feel my pain as well. my f***ing chest hurts like a mother f***er and i don't have any thing to calm my self. just trapped inside my head thinking thinking thinking i cant stand it! i hate not being able to shut off my thoughts and i just feel like I'm shutting down. what can i do?... like i said venting just isn't gonna help :(

what to do...

Well I scraped the hat idea for my nef's xmas gift and decided to make a spiderman blanket for him. Only problem is Im broke and quickly depleating my stash! heaven help us all if i get down to nothing! well any ways im dying to go to the craft store, im needing to get 2 rolls for my mom's shawl, 2 to finish this afghan and 4 to make gma a blanket. :( what am i to do.

one gift down many more to go

this is just one of the gifts to make before christmas. baby james's blanket is now done and on to a few hats. the blanket was made with the crazy stitch.

A simple list of things to make

Coming up soon:

• Another baby ripple afghan for Baby James (chocolate & blue or green idky)
• Cool camo ear flap hat for my nef. Benjamin (camo and black)
• Crazy stich shawl for my mom <3>
• Camo army afghan for my friend about to be shipped out to Korea :( (jungle camo and black)
• 3 really cool hats for myself, my brother and my brother-in-law.( 1 hat green and orange, 1 hat black and varied color and 1 in turquoise and idky)

and I believe that's it for now.

cambria's coffee covered strawberry blanket

It's almost done! About one more day to go on this perty little blanket for my baby girl :)

It's made with coffee and a verity of pinks. It reminds me of chocolate covered strawberries but coffee instead lol. It has turned out so good I can't belive it! And it's my very first ripple and I must say that i have ripple fever now.

UPDATE: little lady bug costume

Just making a quick update on the lady bug costume. Here is my little lady bug showing off the costume except shes not wearing the black pants and shirt. Also if you make the hat and you have a sensitive baby use soft yarn I used red heart and she doesn't like the feel of it :( so I'm remaking the hat in a different yarn that she will be able to tolerate better.

easy pipe cleaner spider webs

Made these cute spider webs and spiders on a whim with the hubby and kidos.

• You take 3 to 4 pipe cleaners and make the "arms" of the web and starting at the center you wrap the yarn around each arm alternating going under and over each arm.


• Then you tie off and make the spider. Using 2 pipe cleaners make 4 big legs by cutting them in half.


• Then tie them together by wraping another pipe cleaner around the center of the 4 legs.


• You should now have 8 little legs and the body. attach and hang up :)

coffee covered strawberries afghan

This is a Granny Square afghan that I made my four year old. Its a basic granny square made with Red Heart Super Saver yarn in coffee and petal pink. Perfect size for her toddler bed. Now im working on a "strawberry coffee fields" ripple afghan for her baby sister to match hers :) pictures of that soon.

little lady bug costume

this is the back of the lady bug costume i made my sweet little baby.

the hat that goes with it is a basic hat pattern in red yarn and you crochet in black around 2 pipe cleaners and attach it for the attenas.

here's the pattern which could probably be used as a bib too. fits 6-12 months.

lady bug's back or "shell"

always slst to first st in the ROUNDS

with sugar'n cream red and a size "k" hook: ch2

rnd1:6sc in 2nd ch from hook, join (6sc)

rnd2:2sc in each around, join (12sc)

rnd3:1sc in next, 2sc in next, join (18sc)

rnd4:1sc in n2,2sc in next, join (24sc)

rnd5:1sc in n3, 2sc in next, join (30sc)

rnd6:1hdc in n4, 2hdc in next, join (36hdc)

rnd7:1sc in n5, 2sc in next, join (42sc)

rnd8:1sc in n6, 2sc in next, join (48sc)

ROW9:slst in next 6st, ch1, sc around (42sc)

row10: ch1 turn, sc in n6, 2sc in next (48sc)

row11: ch2 turn, hdc in n7, 2hdc in next (54hdc)

row12: ch2 turn, hdc in n8, 2hdc in next (60hdc)

row13: ch2 turn, dc in next 6sts, hdc in next, sc in next, slst in next 44st, sc in next, hdc in next, dc in next 6sts. F.O.

EDGING: with red heart black sc all the way around (going in the top sts of the dc and not the spaces between them. and around the neck put 2sc on the dc post) F.O.

TIES: attach black to the shoulder flaps, ch 30 and F.O.

DOTS: with black ch2,

rnd1: 6sc in 2nd from hook (6sc)

rnd2: 2sc in each around(12sc)

F.O. leave a tail for sewing

i used different sized hooks to get different sized dots

then sew them on and enjoy :)

scarf and ear flap hat set

My earflap hat and scarf set im making the kidos for xmas. Hat is based off a barnet pattern and scarf is of my own design. posting pattern soon.

granny square baby blanket

I made this blanket for baby Levi, its made with baby yarn and a size J hook. i used light blue and green together for one row and a slightly darker green and lighter blue for the other row. followed by white and white with small sections of green and blue. It only took about 3 hours to make so I really like this pattern. Next up is a pink one like this :)

cute little top hat

So I found this cute little hat on a friends blog a few days back and just had to make it. Unfortunately the pattern was untested so I decided I couldn't pass it up and started working on it. That pattern called for and "I" sized hook and #4 worsted weight yarn. After a whole night of working on it and working out the bugs I decided to turn in for the night by that time it was 11:30! Well I just finished it this morning and I had to unravel it like 3 more times but here it is. And my beautiful big girl Zoie is modeling it for me though it's to big for her. This pattern can be made smaller by using a smaller hook or deleting a row or two on the top. That's why I love it! I can now make a matching hat for her and my 9 month old baby girl, we will be a couple of Madd Hatters lol :) yes I'm a dork but ya gotta love it. After the blog fixes the pattern I'll post a link or you can contact me and I'll email it to you.

my first sweater

So I got this email with a surprise sweater pattern in it and decided I would try it out seeing how I have a TON of yarn and no thoughts on what to make.... so here it is my very first sweater it only took me a day with the daily hustle and bustle of being a stay at home mom. I made it big for my baby's Xmas's present though I believe she'll be able to wear it 2 Xmas's in a row lol. I used a "G" sized hook and it came out bigger than expected but oh well :) I have enough yarn left to make a super cute hat to match it so that picture will come soon. But here is the sweater. and I really need a new couch! lol

i just had the greatest idea!

i just had a thought...for Christmas ordaments and a arrangement of other hanging thing-a-ma-gigs i could use a soft easy to bend metal wire like yarn to "crochet" do-dads. ill post a picture next week after i get me some wire and test my awesome idea out. crossing my fingers and hoping its not an epic "FAIL" lol

doggie tie

This is another collar cover of a tie I made with a "T" for TALA. And of course she loves to prance around all dolled up.

rainbow collar cover bandana

A quick easy way to "PIMP" your dog and use up old yarn you have nothing better to do with :)

A simple collar cover and not as hot and annoying to your dog. Best for the dogs that hate wearing things. TALA my model loves to dress up so she was very happy to wear and model her new bandana.

Doggie bow tie

Made this cute little bow for a friend's doggie. The bow is modled by my little poochie TALA. It's a pattern combo of a collar cover and a hair bow. Best part is you can make this in a TON of colors!

sunshine yellow baby set

This is a set that I've made to see if I could sale on eBay. It will be up until I sell it and when I do I'll be making 3 more sets, a pink one, a blue one, and a green one. I've named this one my "sunshine yellow set". Has booties, a hat, bib, and receiving sized blanket.

new project

ok so ive been working on this now for a few months...it has deffinatly took a while just to map out how i was going to do the design. i wanted to do it like a cross stitch but decided to embroyder it instead. here are a few pictures of the unfinished project.

sigh

so any who my best friend and lover went off to the daily grime and gruel of working as a mechanic and I'm left here at home with all the girls and charlie. i am board and tired but who cares because tonight we are going out on a date. yea! mom is watching the little ones and then its off to dinner and a long drive. I'm excited, we haven't got to go for a drive in a long while and it will be a good test for his new motor. unfortunately before we can go i have to do a clean sweep of this rotten old house ugh but before long we will be in or new house and it wont matter no more :)

love bots

This cute little pair are V-Day robots out of a magazine put out this year. Can't remember which one there are many I get lol. They were very easy and only the 2nd Amigurumi I've made. I'm currently working on the Ali unicorn, followed by Clop which I hope comes out better than these attempts even though they were quite good. If you're really wanting this pattern i will gladly send you the name and print date of the mag. But it may take a bit to find the right one! lol

*sigh*

Ive had such a good day considering we did almost nothing all day! Me and the Fam. went out to eat and it was awesome... and now were just sitting here playing civi balls 1&2. The only productive thing we've done is laundry which I'm dreading folding and putting up tomorrow...OH WELL but on an end note its been a great day and hope tomorrow is just as good. xoxo

baby blankie

My 1st baby blanket for my little girl. It took me like 2 weeks to complete, just because I was just getting back into the swing of things.

round ripple blanket

This is a really simple round ripple blanket. It was the first one I did. Its made of 100% cotton by Peaches n' Cream. its a nice heavy duty blanket that I made for my littlest baby durring winter. really easy to follow and memorize. free pattern on crochetpatterncentral.com under baby blankets/round ripple.

Leo-Kitty

this is a "leo-kitty" that I made for my friend's daughter Melly. She picked out the colors and I used Peaches n' Cream 100% cotton yarn to make this. It was an all day project, but if I didnt have interuptions I may have finished it in a few hours. Pattern is avalible.

froggy man

this is a froggy man i made my friend's son. it only took about an hour to an hour and a half to make. If you would like the pattern please email me directly and i will send it asap.