Spring 2009 charity work

Below are the latest projects that will be going to St Charles for the un wed mothers.
I found a new pattern for baby sweaters and had a blast making them......needless to say I will continue to make them. I am sure there will be many happy families with the works of love

Enjoy!!!!

You have got to check this out

Mummzee sent (coorection forwarded) me an email today.....I normally do not open them up expecially when I see FW:FW:FW a few times
I believe there was a true reason why I was impelled to open this one and then take the next step and actually view the video
I am sooo glad I did, it not only moved me but it also inspired me.....
Take a look http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us-TVg40ExM&feature=PlayList&p=C122061BDC373B4B&index=1


Best 5 minutes spent in a long time

Now what?????

Today is the first day of being unemployeed.......after 18 + years at my past employer I find myself unemployeed. The parent company who purchased the company I worked at decided to consolidate all jobs up to the corporate office.

This is not uncommon in today's economy, however, I really did not see this coming. I remember thinking a while back wouldn't it be great if I didn't have to get up early and drive into work? Wow I could get a lot of crafting done and enjoy the day. Well after 1 hour I am bored.................

I will try the "I am on vacation" thought process, I'll let you know how that works.

White stuff falling from the sky

Hubby is sooo funny.....all he keeps saying is that he wanted a white Christmas. We did have a white Christmas we has snow on the 23rd that fell and we went over by Mom & Dad's again to remove the snow. Well guess who was hurting by the "white"???? Yeah, dear ole hubby....might have something to do with the fact we did not use the snow blower and just used the shovels. For those of you who do not know much about snow...there are different types of snow. There is the powderery type (when shoveling this stuff gets caught in the air and comes back in your face). There is heavy wet snow a real b%&^* to shovel......I remember my Dad saying take this type of snow in layers. I also remember thinking to myself doing it this way I will be out here fooooorrrrreeeeevvvveeeerrrrrrr!!!!!! The last type of snow I can think of right now is the snow that packs in shelves and is hard to remove from the sidewalks.......oh speaking of sidewalks why is it that in the summer when you are walking on them side by side with friends they are very slim and someone always ends up walking partily on the grass, but in the winter when you have to shovel them they seem like they are a mile wide???????

BAck to the part about hubby hurting himslef it might have something to do with the fact I went into the house to get a glass of water.............and to warm up a wee bit.

Yesterday it was 50 degrees and there went all of the snow that was outside. Guess who is looking for more snow?????????

At it again

Well have you missed me yet?

Here is something I have been working on.......now mind you that is not all I have been working on. I have been knitting hats, crocheting mittens, crocheting scarfs. crocheting Round Ripple baby afghans and making hat, mitten and scarf sets. So see I have been busy.

But for the longest time I have wanted to make a scrap ghan but did not really have a special pattern in place. But someone over at Crochetville shared a star granny pattern and I choose this pattern to use.

Let me know what you think........just not 100% sure where it is going to. If you have any suggestions, I'll give it some thought

Baby Afghans for St Charles

Today the Baby Afghans are going to Mom's Church St Charles

They do a drive for the "un-wed Mothers" such an old fashion word for the PC world we live in

Anyway I wanted some babies to feel love and secure when they come home

I was able to take advantage of the nice weather we are having (it was very chilly for awhile there) and hung them on the line to take the pictures. The RR's looked goofy haning on the line so I took those indoors. ]

I love the look of the self striping yarn from Bernet, especially the melon one. I might have to go back and get some more. However now that Walmart has discontinued much of their yarn they carry I might not be able to get my hands on some. They took about two skeins each

I believe the other RR was made with yarn I picked up on clearance. The teal one is Simply soft when Walmart carried it in 12 oz skeins. I think I picked that up on clearace also. Man I love those sale yarns :)

Thanks for looking

Oct Square Challenge complete

If you recall I was going to make squares for October for FA Awareness over at Crochetville?



Well I just posted the fact that I made 52 total squares.....I wish I had done better but I did have a few other things that needed my attention this month........Man if I could just get out of work more often, hire a maid to take care of the household and well I am sure you can guess the rest, many crafters wish for the same thing ........MORE TIME!!!!!



Here are the squares, I hope you enjoy them. I used the book 200 blocks by Jan Eaton (given to me by my spring secret pal.....love the book thanks Joyce!!)









And then I fell back on ole' reliable friend the granny squares :)





I love them all and as you can see the circle in the square was one of my fav's
Thanks for looking