The Shtick I Do

The Crochet Front has been relatively quiet here this week. Which is nice after the holiday rush. All I've been doing is making hats for the cancer center and/or homeless shelter. Not all of the hats have buttons but a few of them will have. I'm attempting to downsize my button jar, it's really full and won't hold anymore until I do! So in order to get more buttons I have to make room. As you can see, I'm using up smaller ends of yarn skeins and just trying to use up the extras from the shopping I did for holiday orders. I also have to make room in this huge pile of yarn I have if I want to get anymore. One order I completed this week is an Infinity Scarf. I had no specific instructions from the customer other than, "Make it ME". I decided on the Artfully Simple Infinity Scarf from Moogly . I've made one before and really enjoyed how it looked when I was finished. Here's the result from that project (keep in mind that this photo does NO...

So I've finished one blanket for my soon-to-be-here grand-baby. A simple pattern that works up quick and looks great. I love the lacy feel and how delicate it looks, especially in the Baby Ombre color from Bernet . Here's a quick rundown of the pattern I used, I kinda made it up as I went so errors may be rampant! LoL Pattern: (using a size G/4.25mm hook) Row 1 : Chain 113, Single Crochet in second chain from hook and across. Chain 3 and turn. Row 2 : Double Crochet, chain 2, Double Crochet in the next stitch. (V-stitch). Skip 2 stitches, repeat V-stitch in next stitch. *Skip 2 stitches, repeat V-stitch in next stitch.* Repeat from * to * across, ending with Double Crochet in last stitch. Chain 3 and turn. Rows 4-? : Repeat Row 2 until blanket reaches desired length. Chain 1 and turn. Last Row : Single Crochet in each stitch across. Leave yarn attached for trim <OR> if you're changing colors, tie off and weave in ends. Trim (if using a different color...

So, here recently, I've been seeing people post about their "c2c" project. I was thinking to myself "what the heck is that?" but do I ever say that out loud. Well, no. I was telling everyone posting "Good Luck!" I finally decided to look up a pattern (and video, I love videos). Let me say something, once I got the hang of it, I now have a better understanding of why everyone was so ga-ga over this pattern. It's fantastic! Quick, easy and looks great. Here's a pic of what I'm working on, and if you can't tell it's a baby blanket. I'm going to give it to my oldest daughter for my first grand-baby. (Yay!)  There's only 6 rows so far. After I started this one I went bowling with a group of friends and then had a doctors appointment this morning, so I'll be back at it after I'm finished with this post. Links to the pattern and video I used are below the pics. Have a great week, and please don't forget; wint...