tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67585574949836318422024-03-13T07:15:46.723-04:00Gramma Rita's Crochet, Etc.Gramma Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16900663934332141986noreply@blogger.comBlogger261125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758557494983631842.post-90736975708942037382017-06-20T15:31:00.000-04:002017-06-20T15:31:31.746-04:00Long Time, No See! <div style="text-align: center;">
Hello All! Hope this finds you all doing well, and enjoying the season. Summer starts tomorrow, although we've had summer weather for quite a while. Personally, I'll be glad when fall comes back around. I prefer it over summer by a long shot. I don't handle the heat and humidity well at all. </div>
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What all have you been keeping busy with? I've been enjoying my family and my crocheting. I took a few weeks break from crocheting after Easter as I took quite a fall and my left elbow was painful for weeks. It is actually still sore, but over all I am doing so much better. We had gone outside to hide the Easter eggs, and I tripped over a stake after only hiding one egg. I fell splat onto a slab of cement. Rick thinks I must have went into shock because I got up and walked a few steps before collapsing. I was out for a couple minutes, and I guess my breathing sounded awful. They called 911, but by the time the ambulance got here I had come to and was doing better. My vitals were fine so they didn't make me go to the hospital. I got pretty well banged up though. No broken bones, but bruised ones for sure. Anyhoo, I am back to crocheting now and doing lots of it. :) </div>
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I made these two dresses for my granddaughter before Easter. She looked adorable in them!</div>
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I also made a bunch of dresses to put on my Oak Hill Crochet site. Only the white one sold.</div>
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Made these bags recently, and gifted the brown one to my great niece for her recent high school graduation. Hope she likes it! Pattern is from Snappy Tots.</div>
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I gave this bag to my granddaughter for her recent dance recital. Pretty sure she loved it. :) It's a paid pattern from The Hat and I. I strayed from the pattern and sewed my turtle onto the bag.</div>
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We had a sleepover this past weekend with the three older grandkids, and Miss Adelyn (Pictured above) told me she is glad I crochet. Melt my heart, why don't ya?! :) <3 </div>
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Good bye for now, and I hope to be posting before three more months pass by. Enjoy your summer!</div>
Gramma Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16900663934332141986noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758557494983631842.post-34626227953810404892017-03-07T10:35:00.000-05:002017-03-07T10:35:08.398-05:00Essential Tote Bags<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello all! Sharing one of my latest projects with you...these essential tote bags I made last week. Hoping to sell them on Oak Hill Crochet, but so far no takers. Oh well, I had fun making them. :) </div>
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I also made one of these cowls last week, and another one yesterday. I don't have a pic of yesterday's though. Quick and easy project and I am putting in my "gifts" box for future use. :) </div>
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'Tis a gray and dreary day in my neck of the woods today. I think it's a good day for crochet! :D Have a great day, everybody!</div>
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Hey there! Long time, no see! Thought I'd stop in and share some of the crocheted items I've been working on. I like to keep busy with my crocheting. :) This first owl cocoon is available on my Oak Hill Crochet Facebook page. I sold the blue owl cocoon last month.</div>
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I absolutely loved making these hats! The pattern is from Snappy Tots, and it was really fun coming up with the different color combos. These hats were donated to a good cause.</div>
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This next hat pattern was one I found on the Internet. I changed it a bit to suit my personal taste, and added some buttons and/or beads for pretties.</div>
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Most recently I made these Swiffer-type covers using cotton yarn. They're all for sale. So far I have sold one...the red/orange/yellow/white one.</div>
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Made this scarf a few weeks ago. I love how it looks like it is knitted!</div>
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A pretty cowl I made. No pattern. Just did my own thing.</div>
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From my family to yours...Happy Thanksgiving to all!!</div>
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My son and his wife had their baby on October 26th. Kendall is a little sweetie pie, and as you can imagine has stolen my heart...along with my other three grandchildren. :) <3</div>
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On a sad note, a cousin of mine was found dead the morning of October 17th. She was only 42. I haven't heard yet as to what the cause of death was. I was all set to send her a big order of crocheted goodies the next day! I will share pics of those goodies with you here, so you can see some of what I've been up to. </div>
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These first two sets had already been sent to her a couple weeks before she passed. She was so tickled with the things, and ordered more things....things she never got to enjoy. :(</div>
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This set she ordered for her sister. I went ahead and sent it to her sister, free of charge, and told her to consider it a gift from Cathy and me.</div>
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These next items are some I didn't get to send her, but I know she would have loved. I'm trying to sell them on Oak Hill Crochet, but people just aren't buying. No surprise there. Well, my aunt recently ordered a scarf. Other than that, nothing, nada, zip.</div>
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I love this owl scarf. It is supposed to be a super scarf, but I made it a regular scarf. The pattern can be found at Repeat Crafter Me.</div>
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The following is the scarf I made for my aunt. She asked for white with a red and black edging, and this is what I came up with.</div>
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My goodness, it's been a month since I posted. Sure wish I knew where all these days are going. lol I'm finally back with some nature photos to share. Enjoy!!</div>
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This doe and fawns visited our yard not too long ago. They were munching on fallen apples.</div>
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I absolutely love zinnias, and these beauties all came up from seeds I planted this year. I recently did a photo shoot for my great niece with them. She's a senior this year. No pics of her to share, but I will share the zinnias.</div>
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Three weeks ago I had the pleasure of seeing grandbaby #4 in a 4D ultrasound. Can hardly wait to meet him or her!</div>
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Hello all! I can hardly believe it's been just a couple days shy of two months since I last posted to my blog. A month maybe, but two?! lol Apparently the time is getting away from me. Never fear! I am here to share some of my crochet and some of my etcetera! Let's get started, shall we?!</div>
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I've also done some birthday crochet recently. I forgot to take pics of two of the water bottle holders, but I did remember to get a pic of the shark one I made for Clayton.<br />
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I made an appliqued washcloth for each grandchild.<br />
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I've made several things for the grandbaby due in October, but can't show you until after the baby shower in September. ;)<br />
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Now for some of the "etcetera". I've always loved to color, and recently I've been doing a fair amount. Do any of you enjoy coloring? It seems to have become a "big thing" these days, but as I told Rick, I was coloring when coloring wasn't cool. lol<br />
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This one is from a book of postcards I got myself for my birthday. I figure this way after I'm done coloring I have a pretty card to send to somebody. :)<br />
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And this next one is the first gray scale coloring I've done. Not 100% happy with it, but not too shabby for a first attempt.<br />
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One last thing before I go. Remember the 18 inch doll swimsuits I shared a while back? Well, here are the dolls with their new suits! :) I think Adelyn and her friends were all happy to get one of these the day of Adelyn's 7th birthday party.<br />
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Hello out there! :) Thought I'd stop in and share some of my recent crochet with you. I made a couple small thread doilies this past weekend, but they're not blocked yet. Plus I'll be making one more before I share pics of them. What I have accomplished lately are these six swimsuits for 18" dolls. They will be part of the favors for my granddaughter's 7th birthday party in July. I used <a href="http://www.making-doll-clothes.com/Doll-Clothes-Patterns.html">this pattern</a> to get started, but changed and added some things to suit my own purposes. It was a good starting point though.</div>
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Adelyn's dance recital was the end of May, and instead of flowers I made her this tote bag and put some fun things in it for her. No pattern, just did my own thing.</div>
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Adelyn the day of the recital.</div>
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Today is Rick's and my 35th wedding anniversary. These two wildflower bouquets were waiting for me when I got up this morning. :)</div>
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There. How's that for a catchy title?! lol I've been doing some nature photography, and some crochet, that I thought I'd share. Thus the headline. I love to go for walks and see what nature has to offer me. For these butterfly photos I only had to go out in our yard where the fruit trees are in blossom.</div>
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And this butterfly was enjoying the bluets one evening last week.</div>
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This is my most recent crochet project. Baby doll diapers. Aren't they just too adorable?! I got the pattern free online. Can't seem to find it now. But if you do a search there are lots of options. I didn't have buttons the right size, so I crocheted some. I think these little diapers turned out super cute. I have the listed on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OakHillCrochet/">Oak Hill Crochet</a> page.</div>
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Hello all! I mentioned in my last post that I had been working on another project. Well, this is it! :) My grandmother passed away last July, and I was given a "ton" of her embroidery pieces and crocheted doilies. Some of the material was too rotten to do much with, but I managed to salvage a lot of good pieces of embroidery work. I turned them into this small quilt. It's nothing fancy...just a tied quilt...but the pieces in it are very special.</div>
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And here is the reverse side. I used a vintage sheet I had purchased at Good Will a while back.</div>
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A few closeups of some of the embroidery work.</div>
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Thought I'd also share a couple spring flower pictures. Not much blooming right now, but these grape hyacinths are looking good, as well as the daffodils. :)</div>
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One more pic before I go. I went to town with Laura and two of the grandkids Saturday night. We went to Good Will, and I found this "hoot". :)</div>
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Happy April everybody! Where is the time going? April is almost half way gone. That's OK, though, as I'm ready for October to get here. Why, you ask?! Because I am going to be Gramma again! Woohoo!! Color me happy! My son and his wife are expecting their first. It's an exciting time for all of us. :)</div>
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On a crochet note (and I made these, hoping to sell, before I even knew about the baby lol) here are a few things I've made recently. I've listed them on Oak Hill Crochet, but haven't sold any of these yet. I started this poncho years ago and found it in a bag. I decided to finish it and make a little girls poncho out of it. I created the neckline and tie myself.</div>
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These next three items were made from paid patterns from Snappy Tots. I love her creativity, and these were fun to make. The cherries weren't part of the pattern. Those are my own creation.</div>
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I was trying to find a nice bootie pattern that I liked. I made these three pair, but they just weren't exactly what I wanted. </div>
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So I set out to make a one piece baby bootie that I really liked. After a bit of trial and error, I managed to come up with something I love! And then I couldn't stop making baby booties last week! What's nice is that the last row can be customized to ones' liking. I did a plain sc edging on some of them, and some of them I made a tad fancier. So much fun. I am going to post these on Oak Hill Crochet shortly. Hoping to sell some. I want to make some special ones for the new baby. I have plenty of time to do that, though.</div>
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Oh, I almost forgot to show you the doilies I made for myself. I made them to coordinate with "new" sheer curtains that I had purchased at Good Will. Pattern info is on the pics.</div>
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There is another project I did, but I'll save it for another post. I think I have filled this one with plenty of pics. lol Hope you are all doing well and enjoying spring! If you're like us, though, spring isn't springing too much just yet. ;) Thanks for stopping by!!</div>
Gramma Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16900663934332141986noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758557494983631842.post-43135663315472778912016-02-27T16:51:00.000-05:002016-02-27T16:56:03.290-05:00This and That<div style="text-align: center;">
Happy weekend to all of you reading this! Hope your weekend is a good one. I am back home now after having spent the 20th through the 26th at my son's house. I was taking care of their dog while they went on their honeymoon. They went to Disney! Judging from the pics I've seen, it looks like they had a great time! Axle and I got along well over all, but it took me all week to realize he was "playing me". lol He ran off from me about six times from Saturday through Thursday. Stinker!! Thankfully he came back all of those times. Here is a pic I took of him shortly after I got there on the 20th. I took several more, using my tablet, but this is the only one I have saved to my computer so far. Will get the others later.</div>
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It seemed to take me forever to decide what crochet project(s) I wanted to work on while I was there. I checked out my Pinterest boards and was inspired to make some thread crochet flowers. I enjoyed making them. Eventually I hope to turn them into a wreath. In these pics they are not yet blocked. I have them them blocked and drying right now. Some of the flowers are patterns from this book:<br />
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I did all the flowers in the day time, and then in the evenings I colored. Fun! Here is a collage of all the pages I colored.</div>
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Tomorrow we're going to visit the grandkids, so that should be a fun day. Take care, and enjoy your weekend! Thanks for stopping by!</div>
Gramma Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16900663934332141986noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758557494983631842.post-59280444716235842302016-02-18T16:49:00.001-05:002016-02-19T14:50:02.621-05:00Sharp Crayons!<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello all! Do any of you enjoy coloring?! I do...always have. One thing that frustrates me big time, though, is dull crayons. I've been on the search for a decent crayon sharpener, and I finally found one! Woohoo! Now when the grandkids and I color together, we will have freshly sharpened crayons to us. Yay us! lol My new crayon sharpener took this bucket of crayons from this:</div>
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Seriously...it takes the paper off as it is sharpening the crayons. Love, love, love it!</div>
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On a crochet note, I thought I'd share this little fella that I made a while back. I forgot to post it earlier. It is a little owl I made for my son. It is a paid pattern, and can be found <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/84902894/downloadable-pdf-pattern-hootie-crochet">here</a>. I did a crappy job on the stitching, but the little guy is still cute. lol</div>
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I'll be dog-sitting for my son and daughter-in-law for a week while they go on their honeymoon. I'm trying to decide what crochet, or embroidery, project I want to work on during that time. Or do I want to do neither and just color all week?! Decisions, decisions... I've been looking at Pinterest for some inspiration, but so far I am still not sure what I want my next project to be.</div>
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I made these hearts for the grandkids for Valentine's Day. I like to make them a heart every year for Valentine's Day, and hopefully when they're older and I'm possibly no longer around, they'll look at their hearts and remember how much I loved them. <3 It's not a very good pic as the lighting wasn't too great.</div>
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Gramma Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16900663934332141986noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758557494983631842.post-32765287879165907912016-02-06T19:46:00.002-05:002016-02-06T19:52:37.928-05:00Weekend Ramblings<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello all! Here it is the weekend once again. Where does the time go?! I had the fortune of getting to go to a Good Will again this past week. Found lots of goodies to bring home with me. One of these days I need to go through my stuff in the basement and take a bag *to* Good Will! lol I enjoy looking around there, and try to only bring things home with me that make me happy. :) First up is this yarn. It was all 99 cents a skein. I didn't think that was too bad, so I snatched it up! Not the I *need* yarn, but it'll get used eventually and I thought the colors were good to have on hand.</div>
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I have a thing for stuffed animals. I didn't get them when I was little, and our kids didn't have many as we couldn't afford them. So now I enjoy looking around Good Will for any stuffed animals I might like. I can usually afford the ones at Good Will. These three cuties came home with me this time. :) After I took their picture, they got a bath in my washing machine. ;)</div>
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Lastly is this little wren magnet. You know how I love birds! I just had to snatch up this little cutie! I put it on my fridge right away.</div>
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As always, I have been doing a bit of crocheting. This week it was skirts. I decided to make skirts for my granddaughter's 18" dolls, and then I decided to make a matching one for my granddaughter. I'll be giving them to her tomorrow when I see her. We're going to their place for a Super Bowl party. I don't care about football at all, but hey, it's a chance to see the grandkids! :D I posted these on my Facebook crochet page in the hopes somebody would want to order some. I doubt that will happen, but it can't hurt to try. If you'd like to make one of your own, the pattern can be found <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/98508742/crochet-pattern-oh-so-sweet-skirt-2?ref=shop_home_active_2">HERE</a>. It is a paid pattern from EverLaughter. Her patterns are nice. I love the color of the yarn I used. It is Red Heart and is called Black Light.</div>
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Gramma Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16900663934332141986noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758557494983631842.post-34883825992929741872016-01-30T18:16:00.000-05:002016-01-30T18:19:50.501-05:00Good Will Finds & Some Crochet<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello all! Hope you are having a good weekend. Things are fine here. Rick worked today, and now we're both just taking it easy tonight. He is still working just part time, but we're hoping it turns into full time. Jobs are very scarce around here. Most everything to do with the coal industry has taken a major nosedive. You might recall that Rick lost his job in August of 2015. Since then there have been numerous mines shut down, and hundreds, if not thousands, of workers without jobs. It's not just here in Pennsylvania either. West Virginia and Kentucky are dealing with this as well. Probably other places I don't know about. I do know Pennsylvania is in a world of hurt what with the coal and gas industries taking a nosedive.</div>
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Anyhoo, I best get on with what I was intending to post. Got sidetracked there. lol Rick had a chiropractor appointment on Wednesday, and I tagged along. I had him drop me off at Good Will and I looked around there for a bit. I found two bird figurines I really liked. This owl:</div>
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And these pretty birds:</div>
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I also found some Temptations that I thought might come in handy. This is the second time I found Temptations at a Good Will. Temptations is sold on QVC, in case anybody is wondering.</div>
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Lastly, I found these Corelle dessert plates. We only had a few dessert plates, so these will come in handy when the whole family is here.</div>
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Now for the crochet portion of this post. I'm still trying to make a few dollars, so I have been crocheting things to try to sell. There isn't much interest in this area, but I shall persevere. I thought I might be able to sell some baby photo props, but I can't even get the photographers to look at my page. Bummer. But, as I said, I shall persevere. :) Here are the first ones I made. I used my granddaughter's baby dolls for the pics.</div>
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The most recent one is this Mermaid cocoon with headband.</div>
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That's all for this time. Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my little corner of blog land. It is much appreciated! </div>
Gramma Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16900663934332141986noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758557494983631842.post-67392005965262776462016-01-16T18:09:00.001-05:002016-01-16T18:09:36.671-05:00Happy New Year!<div style="text-align: center;">
Yes, I know I'm a bit late with my new year greeting, but better late than never. Hope you all had a very nice Christmas, and that 2016 is off to a great start for you! I had been MIA for a couple of weeks. Data issues, which you've heard me complain about before. As of this past Thursday we have a new provider, and finally have unlimited usage. It costs more, but should be worth it in the long run. It had gotten to the point where we couldn't do much of anything online. So, good bye Verizon, and hello local independently owned company. :)</div>
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I am going to try and sell some crocheted baby photo props, so have been working on some of those things. No pictures yet, but should have some before tomorrow is over as I'm going to my daughter's house and hoping to use my granddaughter's baby doll as my model.</div>
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I can show you this, though. You might recall that last year I started doing the Moogly squares CAL. Well, after 8 squares I fizzled out. I got behind, plus I wasn't always making the one she chose and I just lost interest. Recently I managed to get them crocheted together, and this is the end result. I like how it turned out. I had to add some width to it before adding a border, thus the striped sides.</div>
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In other news, my "baby" turned 30 a few days ago. Here is a pic of him and me that was taken last Saturday night at a little party we had for him. Where do the years go?!!</div>
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Thanks for stopping by! I hope to be around a lot more. :)</div>
Gramma Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16900663934332141986noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758557494983631842.post-75832846721681793092015-12-21T12:45:00.000-05:002015-12-21T12:45:04.281-05:00Around the Bases CAL<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello all! Hope your week is off to a great start! After I did my last blog post, I realized I had forgotten to share my Around the Bases CAL with you. I've been finished with it for a while now, but keep forgetting to post about it. It was a fun CAL to do. I'm so glad I joined in! I have started CAL where squares are made, but then I always fizzle out on the squares. This one was nice because it was in rounds, so when it was done, it was done. :) Thanks for stopping by!!</div>
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Gramma Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16900663934332141986noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758557494983631842.post-18201675456461961172015-12-14T15:08:00.000-05:002015-12-14T15:08:52.074-05:00A Little of This and a Little of That<div style="text-align: center;">
The time keeps flying by! I see it's been almost a month since I last posted. I've been keeping busy crocheting and getting ready for Christmas. We recently celebrated our youngest grandchild's birthday. He will turn 3 on Christmas Eve, but we celebrated a tad early. He loves airplanes and had an airplane themed party, so I made him this hat. I didn't use a pattern. I just winged it. No pun intended. lol I'm not pleased with the plane's wings, but he could tell it is a plane, so that's what is most important.</div>
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The following items were made to order. The colors in the pics aren't very good. I used my tablet to take the pics, and the lighting wasn't right, etc., etc.</div>
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I've been crocheting lots of Christmas presents, too. Can't show you most of them, but I will show you what I made for Adelyn and her dolls. Her mommy has already seen them. ;) She has two American Girl type dolls, and they need some winter coats. I found a pattern online for the coat and hat, and then I made a hat for Adelyn to match. The pattern for the doll coat and hat can be found <a href="http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/walking-dog-dolls">HERE</a>.</div>
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We had a nice Thanksgiving. I took a timed pic. It's fuzzy, but it's better than no pic at all. I just can't get over how quickly the kids are growing. -sigh-</div>
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Yesterday we did some cookie decorating. I make sugar cookies, for Christmas, every year, and then go on the search of some decorating helpers. :) In this pic Lawson and I are talking about our matching spatulas.</div>
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I doubt I'll be posting again until after Christmas, so for those of you who celebrate Christmas, I wish you a very Merry Christmas! And for those of you who celebrate something other than Christmas, I wish you Happy Holidays! :) Thanks for stopping by!</div>
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Hello all, and I hope you're all doing well. All is well with me right now, and hopefully it stays that way. There is a stomach bug making its rounds and I'd just as soon it does not find me. I can hope! lol </div>
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The vendor show was this past Friday night. It was only for two hours and I cleared $87. Better than nothing, and it isn't too bad considering that not many people ventured out for it. Also, the location was only about 5 minutes away, so very minimal gasoline costs as well. I sold two hats, some dishcloths, hair bands and some appliques. Here are some of the things I had for sell.</div>
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Cotton Rounds (none of these sold)</div>
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And here is a pic of my vendor area. I also had a couple scarves, some boot cuffs, headbands and doilies for sell, but people just weren't interested.</div>
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Now that the vendor show is behind me, I am taking a break from crocheting those kinds of things. I am working on my Around the Bases CAL again, and I want to work on some Christmas presents as well.</div>
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I watched the grandkids on Saturday while their parents went out of state for a funeral. This next picture shows two of the reasons I scrapbook. :) I loved that they were looking at the book, and I also loved that she was reading some of the journaling on the pages. Most adults don't bother to read the journaling...although they really should.</div>
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Gramma Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16900663934332141986noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758557494983631842.post-67687434287451642672015-10-16T19:20:00.000-04:002015-10-16T19:20:15.814-04:00Beautiful Fall and a Duck and a Pig!<div style="text-align: center;">
Here in western Pennsylvania Fall is in full swing. It is gorgeous out there! It is to get pretty cold this weekend, but yesterday I went out for a walk. I was out there about an hour or so, and took tons of pics. I've narrowed it down to these few so as to not bore you.</div>
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I headed out our back door and went down this path at the edge of our back yard. </div>
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This is what is on the other side of that path. Pretty, isn't it? </div>
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This next picture is the view from our front yard. </div>
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I also wanted to share with you these crocheted hats I recently made for an order. </div>
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Santa Grinch (It was hard to get a good pic of this one.)</div>
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Pig and a duck hat for twin one year olds. The pig is for a boy, so I gave it touches of tan so it didn't scream "girl". lol </div>
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Oh, and I want to share one more pic before I go. I took this pic on Sunday when Rick and I were out for a drive.</div>
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Gramma Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16900663934332141986noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758557494983631842.post-68404640955825624962015-09-25T19:54:00.000-04:002015-09-25T19:54:12.127-04:00Around the Bases CAL<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello all, and thank you for your kind comments on my last post. This week I've been working on my Around the Bases CALs. I ended up starting a second one last Saturday when I was at my daughter's place. I took pics of them outside today, but the lighting wasn't quite right. You'll still get the idea though. :) </div>
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Here's my original one. What looks to be black in this pic is actually navy blue.</div>
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And here is a pic of the second one that I am working on. It's actually a denim blue color, light yellow and white.</div>
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Today I started working on some clothes for Adelyn's 18" dolls. Not sure if I'll give them to her now, or wait until Christmas. I might do a little of both. I'm thinking if I make a couple things now, and give them to her now, that I can see how they fit the dolls. Then, if need be, I can adjust the hook size or whatever.</div>
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In answer to one of the questions that was asked last post, Rick is 59, so he isn't at retirement age yet. Also, he most likely won't be retiring for a long time anyway, if he does find a good paying job. For a couple decades he worked for a company who didn't do 401K, so we had nothing saved that way. I don't work outside the home because of my health issues. We shall persevere, though. :) </div>
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They're giving free flu shots tomorrow morning at the small, local medical center, and Rick and I are hoping to be among those who are "first come, first served". They have 100 shots to give out. Here's hoping we each manage to get one.</div>
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As always, thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend!!</div>
Gramma Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16900663934332141986noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758557494983631842.post-88283068354679268782015-08-11T15:24:00.000-04:002015-08-11T15:24:38.043-04:00Crochet and Coal (or lack thereof)<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello all! Hope this finds everybody doing well, and in good spirits! Let's start with the "crochet" part of the subject title. I thought I'd share, with you, my latest crochet projects. First up is this doily I made. There is no pattern for it. I just tinkered around and did my own thing. I held two strands of number 10 thread together for the entire doily.</div>
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Next up is my Excellence doily. The pattern info is directly on the pictures. I love this pattern! It is great for using partial balls of thread, which is what I have done in this one. I have since started one in Fall colors, and hope to share it soon.</div>
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Last, but not least, is my CAL square. I am participating in the Around the Bases CAL. For more information, check out the following link: https://keitopalette.wordpress.com/2015/07/05/around-the-bases-crochet-along-cal/ It just started this past Sunday, so it's not too late to start. Here is mine, which includes the starting square, and the first rounds. I will be alternating these colors throughout. I'm using all Red Heart Super Saver yarns. The following is the link for the square I chose to use. http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kata I wanted a flower for my center, but didn't want a heavy, bulky flower, so this one seemed perfect for what I wanted. With this CAL any square can be used. Again, for more information, check out the link I posted earlier in this paragraph.</div>
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Now for the "coal" part of my subject title. On a not so happy note, my husband lost his job on Friday. The coal business is on a huge downhill spiral in our country (dh worked at a coal cleaning plant), and things are not looking good. Coal, and coal related, companies are shutting down right and left. Definitely not a good thing for many of us. I won't go all political on you, but suffice it to say I don't agree with some of the things that are going on in our government right now. :(</div>
Gramma Ritahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16900663934332141986noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758557494983631842.post-61921829122104821352015-07-28T14:18:00.000-04:002015-07-28T14:18:08.145-04:00Mermaid<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello everybody! Hope this finds you all doing well and enjoying your week! Right now I'm enjoying mine by staying inside where the air conditioning is. I was out mowing earlier today, but it's too hot to be out there now if a person doesn't have to be. </div>
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Thought I'd share one of the birthday items I made, that I couldn't share until now. Adelyn's birthday party was this past Friday, so now that she has the mermaid blanket I made for her, I can share it with all of you. I used three different colors for this afghan, and therefore had to change colors each row. That was a bit more tedious than I'd have liked, but for my Adelyn I'll do most anything. <3</div>
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Here is the afghan right after I finished it.</div>
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And here is Adelyn, at the party, with her mermaid afghan. The colors in this picture are more true to life than in the previous picture.</div>
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Here is a candid shot of Adelyn with the mermaid afghan. <3</div>
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If you'd like to make a mermaid afghan, too, click <a href="http://yarnutopia.com/2015/04/29/how-to-crochet-video-tutorial-mermaid-tail-afghan-pattern-3-sizes-small-child-medium-teen-large-adult/">HERE</a> for the link to the free pattern.</div>
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As always, I thank you for stopping by! Have a great week!!</div>
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Hello Friends, and thank you for stopping by! Hope you all had a nice weekend! Mine was very wet (unlike a lot of years, we have gotten a lot of rain this June), but nice as well. On Sunday we had the bridal shower for my son's fiancee. There were many in attendance, and it was a beautiful shower. The first pic shows how the mantel was decorated. We had it at a county park lodge building. My daughter made all the decorations for on the mantel. :) I ordered the 16x20 print of the couple back in October. Got a great deal on it at Shutterfly. At the time I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it, and it turns out it was perfect for this occasion!</div>
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I'm mainly sharing this next pic so you can see the pretty decorations we made. My daughter made the paper rosettes, and I made the tissue paper pom-poms. This picture was taken when Brandon had to answer questions for a game. I just noticed the baby doll in the pic. That had nothing to do with the game...it belonged to one of the little girls. lol ;)</div>
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And here's the happy couple. :) They'll be getting married in August.</div>
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And now for some crochet. :) The first two pics are of the towels I made for Carrie for part of her shower present. No pattern...just did my own thing.</div>
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And I think I forgot to share this pic the last time I blogged. I haven't been getting much thread crochet done because I'm working on birthday presents for the grandkids. But I managed to squeeze in some thread flowers before I went to Laura's place to dog-sit recently. Pattern info is directly on the pic.</div>
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