Crochet class!

The crochet class at the community center started last Wednesday! Yippee! I've been bugging the woman who started the whole thing about it since July. It took a while for her to get the teachers together but it's finally started and I love it. I taught myself Tunisian crochet (which I am still learning everyday) but this is a regular crochet class which I knew very little about. It's exciting!

There are a few more women in the class now but this is the picture from the first class. I'm the one in the faded Jerry Garcia tie-dye.

If I can get my offspring fed and bathed and my mountains of laundry put away in decent time, I'll post pictures of what I've made so far from what I've learned in class. For now my Tunisian projects are kind of on the back burner while I try to get the hang of traditional crochet. I don't get confused going back and forth between projects, but I do hold my hook in a knitting position for Tunisian and that's doesn't work in traditional. So right now, I'm just trying to get the hang of getting comfortable holding my hook the "normal" way. Being slightly abnormal has always been my specialty, though!

Yep, I am a blog slacker.

I admit it. I'm also wondering why this layout is so very light pinkish. Wth? I'm changing it, pronto. I fixed my camera settings so my pictures won't be so blurry...I kept thinking it was the lighting.

I've probably made 5 or 6 things and given them away since I last posted without taking pictures, but that's OK, I'm always making new stuff. Current WIPs: a pillow that's almost finished, 2 cowls that still need buttons sewn on them, and a scarf that's inspired by a Pink Floyd album (you'll see), and another pillow that's about 3/4ths of the way complete.

Finished projects that I still have and may just keep for myself: A wool cowl and a scrap scarf.

Ideas: Bikini. I know it sounds weird but I found this hippie crocheted bikini in a catalog and I know I can make one myself (maybe not for me but for someone) only in my own design. Maybe in rainbow colors. I'm going to give it a shot.

I look forward to the sunshine and warmth that Tom Clark promised us for the end of the week. :-D

Happiness Is:

A lovely purse I made for Rockin' Rose with some leftover Strata yarn...

And, new yarn from Smiley's on Main Street - that cute little yarn and fabric store that I <3. Isn't it pretty? It has sparkly, shiny strands in it that are remind me of bright stars in the night time sky.

Happiness is also that warm feeling I get from rum when I want to cry otherwise, hahaha.

WIPs (Works In Progress)

Today the lighting in the house was better. Early morning sunshine is best! Some WIPs, a moss green scarf in yarn that is made from recycled plastic soda bottles, how cool is that?

Next is an apron that I bought about 4 years ago from a place in Callicoon called Valerie Ann's. I have no idea if it's still there but they used to sell vintage linen (pillowcases, tableclothes, etc). Some were works that weren't finished, such as this apron. It has stains and the bottom is missing a seam - I love it! I decided it needed some embroidery. I can't wait to wear it around the kitchen and pretend that I can cook. Teehee.

***Edit*** My photos aren't loading in order. As if you hadn't noticed.

Lastly, since I've been crocheting (since May)I've probably made about 40 scarves. I just starting taking photos because I feel that these newest ones are finally something to look at, that am I beyond just the learning phase. So here are a few more that are decent enough to be photographed.

Other than scarves, cowls, and aprons, it's just life as usual around here. My youngest daughter has an ear infection and some crazy wheezing going on. She's on antibiotics and an inhaler, poor thing. Ask her what she wants to do when she grows up and she'll tell you she either wants be a princess or a cowgirl, so sometimes I call her Princess Cowgirl. On the opposite end of the scale there's my oldest daughter - when asked the same question she'll yell, "I wanna rooooock!!!" This is followed by loud guitar strumming and jumping around. Watch out, world! :D

Wednesday musings

Dear gawd will people stop saying Hump Day?! What? Anyhoo, today I took several craptacular photos of some scarves and cowls that I made recently. The photos do not do them justice (if I do say so myself - and I will, of course). I've also made a black scarf for my son and 2 little purses for each of my daughters but those pictures came out even worse than these, if you can believe that, so I'll try again tomorrow. After all of my underwear photo taking I know full well not to try to snap shots in the middle of the afternoon on a cloudy day, but I did it anyway. I also know not to drink 4 rum and Cokes in an hour and I do that anyway, too. I digress.

Something to look forward to...

Remember summer? Remember sunshine and flowers and the smell of steaks on the grill and coconut suntun oil? Well, it's all coming back - I promise! Not yet, of course, but soon...so keep your chin up if you're suffering from the winter blues. They won't last forever and neither will the snow.

:)