The Shtick I Do

Do you remember when  +Karen S Vaughn  wrote for you all the Cluster Stitch Scarf Pattern ? If you didn't catch it then, you should definitely look at it now! This gorgeous scarf scored me a custom order from a family friend at this month's Holiday Open House Market. Our friend said that her mother was a very  difficult person to shop for. After some brief consideration over the scarf that my mother had made and given to me to sell or to keep my friend decided that she did indeed love the scarf. It was so soft  and so beautiful and she thought her mother would just absolutely adore it. However, she wanted to order one done in purples. (I was particularly relieved about this... I was having a really hard time keeping that scarf up on my rack for sale. I ended up keeping it for myself. *shakes head* I'm a sucker.) Here's what I came up with: The lighting in this picture is atrocious, and I apologize for that. I assure you, it is purple. I made it from Deborah No...

Well, I'm back home and out of the land of sunshine. I do have to admit that we had a lot of rain while I was in Florida but the last 10 days or so were beautiful. My sisters are healthy and look wonderful, just like always. My mother and I spent several hours crocheting and talking and laughing. And the Scattergories game got used over and over. It was a great vacation and I thoroughly enjoyed my time there. Hopefully, I can do it again next summer. Here's a quick and simple pattern for you to start using since the cold weather will be here sooner than we expect. A scarf using clusters and double crochets that works up fast and looks great! Materials : size H crochet hook Deborah Norville Serenity Garden yarn; color - Gems scissors tapestry/embroidery needle for weaving in the ends Stitches used : Double Crochet (dc) Half Double Crochet (hdc) Chain Cluster* Special Stitches : * Cluster *YO, insert hook into stitch indicated, YO and draw up a loop, YO a...

In past winters I kept telling myself that I was going to make myself some mittens/gloves. Did I ever do it? No. Why not? Hmm .... I'm not sure really. All the crochet mitten patterns I see look bulky and not very neat. Maybe I'm a snob and don't know it but they looked cheap. After much exploring and even playing around on my own I had come to the decision that crochet mittens were not for me.  Then I began seeing patterns were the finger part folds back, you know the ones. Those interested me BUT yet again I hesitated. Why this time? Well the thumb. The fingers would be free but the thumb would be covered. Or conversely not covered at all. (-.-) *sigh* Well, I'm determined to make a set for myself this year, so I break out this fantabulous bulky weight yarn that I picked up in Florida (from my Mother's of course). I get a great slouchy hat completed with it, make a matching scarf and set out to work on the mittens. Here's what I did! I'm happy with the...

So I'm in this Crochet-a-Long with Vickie Howell over at her Facebook page. It's running from Thursday, March 22 through Sunday, March 25. I actually cheated a bit. Let me tell you what I did. The pattern calls for Caron Sheep-ish yarn (which is a Vickie Howell product of course) and I could not find any here in town. So I looked at the pattern tried to get as close to her yarn as possible, playing around with my not-so-small stash of yarn in the house. After finally finding something I was happy with, something soft and Spring-y looking, I grabbed the hook and put it close at hand. Well, for anyone that knows me, you know I had to pick it back up and at least TRY the pattern out, just to make sure I understood all the stitches and stuff. (lol) So I kinda have one side of the scarf completed already. Well, not kinda, I DO have one side finished and I'm taking my time with the other side so I can play around with the others doing the croche...

This is just a post for me to put my stuff in, a place for the pics of things I've made. Button Bracelet Owl made for a friend of my son. Scarf and Hat I made and donated to a local elementary school (Along with 8 other sets) Double Awareness Ribbon Pin My pattern! So easy! Bracelet I made in May when my niece was born. I love buttons! So I made a necklace with them. A Work in Progress (WiP) which is now finished. It's a Ripple Scarf. Another button project. This time it's a hair pin. Anyone NOT know what this is? Angry Bird crochet hat. I made 2 of them as Christmas gifts for my sons. This one is a Cat Toy. My pattern. Added catnip and gave a set of the birds to a friend as a Christmas gift. Since I was in an Angry Bird mood and my oldest daughter loves pigs . . . Go Mountaineers!  Slouchy hat I made for my daughter. Added a bit of eyelash yarn to the edge and it looks awesome on her! My youngest ...