How not to spend a Friday night!

Well the day started off normal enough. I got the kids off to school and did my regular stuff before going to work, I even gathered belongings to start my new project,
since I had completed the wrist warmers:

I took my project in my yarn tote to work with me and even got the head done while on break!

All is well a good so far...then about 8pm I get a voice mail from my Daughter stating "they are taking Christopher to the hospital" ...don't you LOVE those kind of messages! Anyway I call to see what's going on and apparently during his bike riding stunts, he fell! So I arrive at the emergency room to find this:

Nice right?! (He was quite thrilled to know that I had my little camera in my purse)
Handy little thing to have! Doesn't take the best yarn pictures but it's convenient in my purse!

Anyway after much waiting around, a CAT scan and Xrays, he's fine. Just a lot of road rash! Did not make him all that happy to sit there for 4 hours to find out nothing was wrong, but oh well! I did get to work on my dragon though since it was in my car, so here's the progress on that:

Head done, body 99% done! Now off to the drug store to get some Vitamin E so we do not have scarring!


Listening to: Everybody Wants You by Billy Squier

This little piggy...

He's done and off living in his new home! She loved him and I am happy! People now want more! I'll have to see about that! Anyway here he is:

I used Bernat Satin to make him and I like it a lot, it's soft and easy to work with. Not everyone thinks he looks like a pig but oh well!

This is a close up (just because) of my current project...more on that to come!

That's it I'm off to crochet!

Listening to: Somebody Save Me by Cinderella

Hola Peeps!

Hey all...what's new? Nothing too exciting on this end. Had two boys go to Prom over the weekend so that was a bit of a challenge! I decided to make the necessary corsages to save a bit of money (actually quite a bit) but not a bit of my sanity! I have never made a corsage but figured "how hard can it be??" Well long story short, it's not all that hard just a bit of a challenge to hide the parts that you don't want to be seen. Here are the pictures of the 2 wrist corsages and 1 boutonniere:

and a close up of the pink one.

Everyone was happy and after much running around trying to get pictures of both of them and their dates all was successful! Here are pictures of both of them with their dates!


And on top of all this...Andrew (on the top) is a Senior but his girlfriend is only a Junior and Christopher is still a Junior, so that means I will be doing this all over again with the two of them next year!
Good news is that I can probably make money making corsages and boutonnieres next year!

Okay on to crochet related news...nothing much to report. I'm still working on the amigurami pig for Denise. I stuffed the head and the body and tried something new by putting lavender in the middle of the stuffing so that it has a lovely scent to it as well!

I will leave you with a picture of the first blanket I ever made! It's not perfect, the ends of each row are either a bit short or way too long but I still have it have it after 27 years or so.

That's it for now!

Listening to: Vogue by Madonna

Tuesday Madness

Well here I am again! I am ridiculously busy and not in a good way. I am busy with my jobs, busy with my kids and just going non-stop! I haven't much time to sit and crochet! I am working on an amigurami pig for my son's girlfriend right now and I had to pull out my sewing machine because one of my other sons decided it would be fun to take apart two pair of pants and then put half of each together! So I had to sew a red pant leg and a black pant leg together to make up a brand new pair of pants. I need to take a picture of the finished product on that but he is not here at the moment and is wearing them! Here's a picture of my work space:

That's my desk and sewing center! I'll get the other picture posted tomorrow (maybe) and will get the pig done so I will have more pictures and projects to show off. I did buy some Softee Chunky in cream to make this guy! I love him and I think I will make a couple of them to send off to my niece and nephew as well!

That's it for now, I hope to be back soon!

Finally an update!!

Okay, while I haven't really worked on anything, I did get over to the Goodwill this past weekend and picked up THREE 100% Cashmere sweaters to recycle. I also got a bulky cotton sweater to practice my taking apart skills with! I'm pretty excited with the process so far, it's kind of fun to do! Here are some pictures of my practice sweater:


The before and after. I really liked the greens and will be making beanies for my boys with some of it (there is quite a lot!) I still have to wash it to help get those kinks out! My children think I am crazy for doing this, well not so much my daughter as she was helping me find the sweaters , my boys are trying to figure out why I just don't go out and buy the yarn! I asked them if they had any idea how much Cashmere costs, they of course said no. Oh well I am very happy with my project!
That's my update for now!

Listening to: Hot Girls in Love by Loverboy

Nothing new yet!

I still have not crocheted anything lately. I did work on a pink ripple blanket that has been a work in progress for awhile but nothing finished and no new yarn! I did start a job though and then another job so I am very busy! Hopefully with the 2 jobs I can get into a routine and get back into crocheting pretty soon. I have to get 3 squares sent out for my exchange so those will be next up on my list! I hope to have pictures with my next post and to have something to post!

Listening to: My sons video game music

The Move is Done!

Well I am here in Santa Rosa! I have no job and I'm not sleeping well but at least we are here. I haven't crocheted anything at all though! I do believe I have slipped into a bit of a depression! Oh well, with the move and ALL of the rain here it's really no wonder! My yarn is really missing me though! I guess as soon as I've settled in, I will get going again.
I will try to have a better entry on my next visit here, but for now this is all I have, sorry!

Listening to: U And UR Hand by Pink