I'm still here!

Working hard, crocheting harder... that's been my life the past couple of months. I've made several scarves - family holiday gifts - and didn't take pictures! Doesn't that suck? I was so busy trying to figure out who would get what that when the time came, I packed them all up and shipped them out... without any pictures. Kinda sad about that.

Anyway, I did take pictures of the cute little outfit I made yesterday. The dress is actually the newborn romper - I just didn't add the middle.
The booties - my first (yay!) - are these very cute 5-minute baby booties, which were ridiculously easy. I'm about to make several hat and bootie sets to have available for newborns.. They're THAT easy!
The hat was my own easy pattern. I did a cute sc scalloped edge on the dress and hat.

This set is going to one of my husband's coworkers. I hope she likes it.

I realized something about myself also... I really only like to make baby items. I want to make other stuff - legwarmers, sweaters, earrings - but I always get the most joy out of making baby items. So I have decided... instead of trying to force myself to finish an adult item, I'm going to be content with my baby gear. I'll perfect that. Then MAYBE, if I get the itch to make something more, I'll do it once in a while.

For now, for me - it's all about the babies.

If you need anything for a baby, let me know!! I'd love to make it!

Well... time to make more booties. :-)

Until next time!

Where have I been??

July... that's the last time I've updated the blog. I'm going to try to do much better. 

Anyway, if you're not one of my FB friends, I wanted to show you what I've done and where I got the ideas from:

Hat and scarf I made for a male friend. I made mittens as well, but I didn't post them... I got the hat pattern from Ravelry. Click here for the pattern. The scarf pattern was from All Free Crochet. Click here for that pattern. 

I found that both the hat and scarf pattern works better with very soft yarn. I tried with with Red Heart Super Saver yarn... it works, but they are pretty stiff.

The dress and outfit was for a friend's baby. I unfortunately don't remember where I got each piece of the pattern from. After searching all over, I found the best yarn for it at Hobby Lobby. The color of the variegated yarn is a great girly autumn color. Most autumn colors are more for boys, but this one was perfect. 

This is the owl that almost wasn't. I had so much trouble putting the two balls together. First time I did it, it looked more like a peanut than an owl. I didn't follow a pattern for this, I just made two circles, made round pieces for the eyes and tummy (the black part of the eyes are buttons, and made narrower earflaps for the wings. I had trouble sewing ears onto the owl, so the ears (very small earflap triangles) became feet, and I made a bow by crocheting about 5 rows sc and wrapping a string around it. The beak... that gave me problems. I tried making the same triangle, but it just wasn't working for me. 

Now that I've made it, my daughter's friends also want animals. Don't know if I'm going to do this again... 

I'm still in hat and scarf mode. I made several hats, now I have to make scarves to go with them. Once I do, I'll post the pics. 

Until next time... 

Busy, busy, busy!

Busy with regular life. SO busy, that I can't get crocheting done - at least not any of the gifts I want to make for people.
I have hat orders and an order for a baby boy set, so that's pretty much what I'm going to do until September. After that, I'm going to start making scarves, hats, and I'm even going to try some mittens... yay!

So... I probably won't post very often, but I'm going to post.

Be patient - you'll see some pictures soon!

It's been over a month...

... and I haven't posted anything. I have made several items - hats for a friend and a couple of baby girl outfits. But other than that, I've not done much.

Most of the reason is... I want to buy more yarn. I have lots of it, so buying more really isn't justified right now... but for some of the things I want to make, I need different yarn. Maybe I'll make some blankets and hats to use what I have. I have some books... I need to try some new items in there.... hmmmm.....

Be back later with photos...

It's earring time!

I decided yesterday to start making some earrings. I gave it a try once, and I didn't really like them. It may have been the thick yarn I used or the fact that I used such a large hoop to work with, so I thought I'd try again.
Last night, I made 2 pair with my own pattern and today I made a pair using Mrsfitty50's pattern off of YouTube. I purchased thread and beads, and I think I made some pretty cute earrings for my first real try.

What do you think?

For my next project, I'm going to make a pair of booties and baby boy's vest. I want to branch out more, and I haven't made anything for a boy yet.

I also want to find a good adult dress pattern that I can master. I purchased a few books on Amazon, so I hope I can find something there.

Well, let me get working on these booties!

Until next time!

Jewelry: to make or not to make...

 I'm still debating. I like these, but they're a little large for me. I see others creating earrings, and I would love to add them to what I do, but I don't know if I have the patience for it... not like I have the patience for other things... but still. Plus, the work is a little small for my arthritic fingers...
They're made around rings - I can do free form rings, but I like the stiffer version - not the floppy things I've seen others wear. The girls in the group I'm in makes some beautiful earrings. Maybe I'll just purchase from them.

This pair is a little smaller. This was the first pair I made. I'm thinking I'll wear these this week, see the reaction I get.

Anywho - I'm still working on my blanket. LOTS of squares! I didn't like how the larger squares were turning out, so I changed them to a different granny. I can't wait to put them all together! Of course as soon as I do I'll post a picture.

How do you feel about the earrings?

I love buttons!

I have been finding the most adorable buttons! I'm so excited! This little buzzy little bee is perfect for the dress and diaper cover I made. I need to get more...
Picking the right accessory for the outfits is almost as important as the outfit itself. I know when I shop, I look at the snaps or buttons or other decorations... if they're not good, they throw the entire piece of clothing off. I also have to take into account WHO the item is for. Don't want anything that could harm a little one, or something that the owner is going to struggle with. The item will stay in the back of the closet if that happens... I don't want that.
Anyway...

I have mailed out several packages - scarves that were supposed to be mailed a while ago, 3 dresses, and a baby afghan. I hope your items get to you safely. Let me know if they don't.

Oh, what's that you say?
You didn't order anything?
Well....

What are you waiting for??? ;-)