Knit???

I can knit, not that I really do very often. I do once in a while just so I remember. I don't like to because I think it goes so much slower. So with my scrap yarn I just finished this knitted dishcloth from a pattern I found online. I have never actually completed a knit project before so for this practice session I had to find something easy. Knit, Purl anyone? Not for me again for a while. Find me my crochet hook quick.

Dishclothes

I have a bunch of scrap cotton so I designed these fun dishclothes. I think they turned out cute. I do have some other ones that I have made and we do use them in the house. These are most recent ones I just finished.

This is not my design, I subscribe to Crochet World and this pattern was in it. I loved it. I had to order the yarn for it online because I wanted it to be specific to the pattern. It is a casserole cozy and it was really fun to make.

Doily fun

This was one of my favorite doilies I ever made. I designed it myself. I don't make them very often but it my just be time to make a new one.

My Hobby

I have been crocheting many years(about 26) my best friend in High School taught me how to do it (her grandmother taught her). I haven't looked back since. Over the years I have learned many new stitches from that first granny square I learned so many years ago. I have a mulititude of books, pamphlets, and patterns at home. I have made many baby blankets for gifts and I have made baby blankets for my daughter(who is 20 now) and my son(3). Just in the past couple of years I have branched out from the blankets and designed my own sweaters and sweaters for my son, play food, purses and other things.. People tell me all the time"I don't have time to do that" Well sometimes I don't either, but I always find the time for what I love to do. I am in Halloween mode at the momemt and I am designing and making trick or treat bags for my son. I am almost finished with the first one and I have started the second one which will be smaller. The first one is long and would be better for him when he is older. I will get the pictures on here has soon as they are finished. I decided to create this site to share my love of this somewhat fading art. At least around here. I can't seem to find anywhere anymore carrying a large quantity of yarn. It is scattered and it seems like shelves are getting smaller and less choice then even 10 years ago. I have to go online sometimes for what I want. OH well. It won't stop me from crocheting. Maybe one day I can live my dream of having my own store with yarn and projects and re-awaken this wonderful craft.

Another hat

This one I kept for myself. I really like this crochet hat pattern and it is easy to make.

By the way Happy Birthday Fricke!

Thanks for teaching me this all those years ago.!

Hat I made for My Sister

This not my Crochet design but it was a fun hat to make.

My Trendy Colored Crocheted Pillows.

These were so fun to design. I designed these crocheted pillows for a couple of teenage girls who I think really enjoyed them. Fur is so hard to crochet with so I combine it with a purple worsted weight yarn and it made it much easier. I haven't made these for a while but they were fun.

Another Blanket for my Son

This one I did not design someone gave me a partially made one and asked if I could finish it then I could keep it. So I finished it and gave it to my son. I love the colors and the crocheted pattern.

My Son's Crocheted Afghan

I designed this crocheted afghan for my son using the Caron Simply Soft yarn. I love it. It is my favorite yarn to crochet with. I am very pleased to say that my son loves to sleep with this blanket too.

My Fun, Quirky Crocheted Afghan

This is a very heavy, thick and just plain fun blanket I designed and crocheted. It did take a long time it is double stranded.

I am working on one for my husband and keep putting it aside. I will get it done for him before the cold weather gets here. Just ignore the dirty laundry in the background. But you can see my Fiona peeking in from the upper right corner.

My Crocheted Sugar Cookie purse

This purse's frosting opens up as a pocket. I gave this one to a little girl for her fourth birthday. She loved it. This is my own design. It was to go along with the theme with making my crocheted sugar cookies. Which I gave her some of those to play with also for her birthday.

My very cute Crocheted Fall Vegetables

Also all my own design. If you can identify the vegetable then I accomplished what I wanted to do.

Another Baby's First Crocheted Sweater

Another First Christmas, crocheted sweater. Just like the snowman on the first one this is a crocheted christmas tree on this one. I have his first Christmas pictures taken in both of these sweaters. I was very proud of both of them and I designed both of them. The mittens were a pattern

My Baby's First Crocheted Sweater

My first ever sweater I designed and made for my son when he was 6 months old. His first Christmas pics were taken in this. See the little mittens? It has a matching hat also but I can't seem to locate it at the moment.

My baby the model. 6 1/2 months old

Sweater for Baby MM

Bubba's Crocheted sweater of many colors. I like it. It was the first crocheted hoodie I ever designed and crocheted.

OK here is my little attempt at fruit. I love chocolate covered strawberries, so how about some crocheted chocolate covered strawberries? I thought I would throw in some more crocheted heart shape sugar cookies also.

Breakfast Anyone?

This is one of my favorite breakfast sandwiches to eat. Why not save the calories and just crochet one? This is my own design of a crocheted breakfast sandwich.

Crochet for the State Fair

In my quest to try and be more daring and risky in my crochet; I have tried the designing outside the occasional blankets. This year I am trying to get into the CA State Fair with my crochet one of my favorite creations also is the crocheted sandwich cookies I have been designing and here is a pic of some of them. Not shown are the crocheted lemon vanilla sandwich cookies.

And then some of my favorite were my crocheted sugar cookies I designed:

I have seen variations online of these cookies also, but these are my own design and were not copied from a pattern.

A New Day and New Blog

I felt it was high time I brought my favorite hobby to the web. I have been crocheting 26 years and love every minute of it. The last few years I have felt the desire to try and create and design my own items. I will update this blog with pics and and other crochet related things. I owe my favorite hobby to my best friend in high school who taught me one afternoon how to do it. Here is the first thing I will add today. This is my lastest creation. I have seen many pics of cheeseburgers online and I assure you those are all cute too. This crocheted cheeseburger is my own design and I did not follow or copy someone's pattern.

For those that don't get it, like a lot of people at my office, the red is ketchup for the crocheted french fries.

I hope you all enjoy my new site.