Monday, June 23, 2014

Crochet Health Survey over at Crochet Concupiscence

I have been asked to share this, and am happily doing so.  Please head over to Crochet Concupiscence for details, and the link to the survey. CLICK HERE

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

A Variety of Crocheted Goodies

Hello crochet friends!  Hope you’ve all had a good week so far…and that it continues right on through the weekend. I was at my daughter’s house for five days.  Puppy/house sitting, and came back home last evening.  While at her place I got a good bit of crocheting done, and thought I’d share.

First up are these two doilies. On the ecru one I used a charted pattern for the first six or so rows, and then made up the rest myself.  The pastel variegated one is totally my own doing.

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I put edgings around two receiving blankets.  These will probably be used as a gift.

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I also made this small baby blanket, or it could be used as a doll blanket. The yarn was given to me a while back, and I decided this was a good thing to do with it.  Thank you to the person who gave it to me.  You know who you are. <smile>

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Last, but not least, I would like to share my branches with you.  I did this project a couple weeks ago, but am just now getting around to sharing the pics. I had a lot of fun with this…choosing the branches and crocheting the leaves.  I just used hot glue to put them onto the branches.  I bought the little birds and bird nest at Michaels.  Also the colored glass stones that are in the vase.  The vase is a Good Will find. The filet piece underneath it all is one I got at a flea market when Rick and I were on vacation a few weeks ago.  I rescued it for fifty cents!

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Well, I hear it thundering once again. I need to go hop in the shower now, in case the electric goes out.  We’ve been having some nasty storms the past week or so.  My son had a maple tree come down in his yard, and has been working at getting it cut up.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your day!

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Small Doilies

Thought I’d share a couple more doilies with you.  These started out as quite small, and then I am having fun adding to them to see what I can come up with.

This is what the pattern was for…

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…and then I added to it, to make it look like this.

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And here we have what this one was supposed to look like…

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…and I turned it into this.  (Yes, I already showed you this one in a previous post, but thought I’d show what it was supposed to look like first.)

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And here is my latest one. (These next pics are smaller in size.  I took them with my tablet instead of my camera, and apparently that is what made the difference.) Again…what it is supposed to look like…

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…and what it looks like after I added about 6 more rows to it.

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I’m having fun playing around with these. As always, thanks for looking, and I hope you have a great day!

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Back from Vacation!

Rick and I went on a vacation last week…Tuesday-Friday.  I have been wanting to do a post since we got back, and am finally getting around to it.  I did post about the pattern help yesterday, and I appreciate all those who tried to help. Thought I’d share with you these pretties that I got at a flea market last week. They’re all small items, even though they look big in the pics. These all cost me a dollar each.

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This little beauty is setting on my kitchen table, making itself useful by holding packets of sugar and Splenda. It matches my new kitchen décor perfectly!

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This little doily is one I whipped up yesterday.  The first 5 rows are a charted pattern, and then I added the rest to make it a small doily.

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And now for a few vacation photos.  We went up the coast of Ohio, and also went to Michigan to the Henry Ford Museum.  We were a bit disappointed with most of the lighthouses.  They aren’t kept up very well, IMHO, but this one I am showing was kept up very nicely.  It is Marblehead lighthouse. That is me standing there in front of it.

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And here I am sitting in an old airplane seat at the Henry Ford Museum.

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How adorable are these baby geese?!

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I took 1130 pics on vacation, but will only bore you with the few I have just posted.  LOL  Thanks for visiting my blog!!

Monday, June 2, 2014

Looking for Pattern ~ Help Appreciated

Hello Friends!  I will be posting some more later, but for now wanted to ask for help.  My husband’s aunt is working on a corner to corner, rectangular afghan, in a dc shell stitch pattern.  She is 1/2 way through and can’t remember how to do the decrease rows.  I have never made one, but I told her I’d look online and see if I could find her some help.  I am not coming up with much, other than square ones, online so thought I’d reach out to my blogging friends to see if any of you might be able to help. I will appreciate your help, and I know she will as she only has another month to get the afghan finished. Thanks!!!