The Shtick I Do

As Christmas looms ever closer (how'd you like that yarn-ish pun?), I find myself feeling pressed for time. I have so many projects that I want to complete, things I've seen that I want to try and more and more ideas keeping leaping into my brain! Oh my word . . . what's one crocheter to do? Well, you work on your projects the same way you eat an elephant; one bite at a time. The photo below shows something I finished for myself a couple weeks ago, I'm wearing it as I type. It's a simple poncho made with 3 skeins of Lion Brand Homespun that my mother gave to me. I wish I could tell you which one I used (I think it was Mimosa). I can tell you that the chemo caps got delivered and were an instant hit. The center has a designated drawer they use to hold the caps they receive and before the bag was unpacked 3 caps were claimed. A lady was tearful as she took a cap in the WVU colors of blue and gold. My husband tells me I did a good thing . . . I'm goi...

Oh  my goodness! I missed posting yesterday! I wish I had a good excuse but I don't . . . unless you count worry. My husband and two sons are away at a music festival in Kentucky (yes, they have them in other places, not just Woodstock). My youngest didn't want to go, she's more into " glamping " than camping. I think I could get into glamping . . . if I could afford something like that. Anyway . . . .  I made some more bracelets. With Pringles lids! A few weeks back I posted this project, a bracelet using up-cycled elements. This time it's basically the same thing with a twist! Can you believe this is made from the lid to a PRINGLES  can?!?!?!?!?!? Well it's actually two  lid rims. And buttons . . . of course. The buttons are just stitched on for decoration, they aren't holding anything together. The wide strips of yellow are doing that. I made this in less than 3 hours. Most of that time was deciding on yarn colors. I picked a dark blue ...