For me - finally!

My newest project - this one was for me!!

A Craft Tote bag for me:



And the inside view - lined with an old pair of Harry's jeans!

I'm still creating!!

I am having fun creating all these crocheted items - keeps me busy, active and out of trouble! My newest projects are below - would love your comments on them!

Baby Hat and Mittens. I got these patterns off the web - they are just too cute! I made them both with Bernat baby soft yarn. This is for a lady in our church who just adopted a little girl - she is about 3 months old and so precious!

Both the hat and the thumbless mitten can be found at: Bev's Country Cottage



These are little "blueberry" bags - that was the name of the pattern. So cute - great for a small gift, potpourri, a trinket bag, etc. I just used some leftover yarn for this - it was fun to play with the colors and do different parts of the bag in different colors.

You can find the pattern for the blueberry bag at: Blueberry Bag



The next is a walker tote bag - it fits over the front rails of the walker - and is small, cute and holds whatever you might like to carry in it - a book, deck of cards, phone, pen and pad, etc. I hope to make a bunch of these to donate to the nursing home my sister in law, Kathy, works.

You can find the pattern for the tote bag at: Suzie's Yarnie Stuff



The last new item for this bunch is a set of wrist warmers for my friend Martha. They will match her shawl - made in Pound of Love yarn in antique white. They are warm, elegant and very soft. She works in an old mill building that has been refurbished - so it's a bit cold in New Hampshire with those old buildings - these wrist warmers and the new shawl should keep her warm and toasty!

You can find the pattern for the wrist warmers at: Hip Vintage Crochet



Now onto the great news - Kathy entered a raffle for her BARC group. The group does rescue of Bernese Mountain Dogs - she won! A lot of nice things - but this one is a pleasure for me. It is hand spun yarn made from Bernese Mountain Dog fur - I am working with Kathy now as to what does she want me to make with it. The first picture is when I first unwrapped the package and the second picture is when we unraveled it to roll into the ball - it's soft and lovely and feels like petting a puppy!






Watch for another update - I actually made something for myself!!

My newest creations in Crochet

I am so excited that I have finished a few more projects. The first one is a lapghan. I made it modifying a pattern in a magazine. It was shown made in strips and I couldn't seem to get my strips to be the same size - so I did it in rows. I call it Fall Pineapple! It was made with Red Heart Yarn in cornmeal, teal and carrot. I love the colors. This was a gift for a lady at church that just got a new home. Her husband is in the National Guard and her son too!



The second creation is a shrug - It is in baby soft white yarn from Bernat. It is so so soft and luxurious on your shoulders. It is supposed to be a one size fits most. So far, on a small person the arms seem too long - but you could fold them over. A medium or large size seems to fit fine. I am going to work on another one and try to modify it to make it plus sized for me.



The third creation I finished is a baby blanket. This was made with Bernat baby yarn in berries in cream color. I thought it looked pretty with the yellow and pink. It is very lacy and delicate.

This is a close of the pattern:


And this is the whole blanket:



The fourth creation I finished is another baby blanket. This one was made with Red Heart Baby Yarn in soft pink. It is very warm and soft. I had seen a pattern with hearts and then another pattern with x's and o's. So I thought what would they look like together? And this is what I created.

This is a close of the pattern:


This is the whole blanket:


The fifth and final creation is a mistletoe ornament. I am in an ornament exchange with a lady on one of my crochet groups. She will send me a hand made ornament and I will send her one back. This is my first ornament creation. I was excited to create an ornament.



Stay tuned for more - by the time I got these pictures loaded and the blog post done I have about six more projects completed!

Happy Halloween - Our New Front Porch

This is our new Front Porch - Kathy and Harry finished this much of it about a month ago - it will go all the way out to the edge of the house and around the corner to meet the back porch. They are doing it in 10 foot sections -this is the first ten feet! So, of course, I got to decorate it! WHOO HOO! It' not exactly how it will be when the porch has the railings and all but for now it's so cool to have it where I can enjoy it as well as the doggies can't get to any of it!

The is the view looking at the decorations directly from the front.


This is a view coming up from the stairs.



And for my next crocheted item - GIGGLE - is a Patch of Pumpkins - so cute! I think.