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"Crocheting acts as a mental and physical therapy and there are many beautiful things that are created in the process.” – Today’s Crochet World
Here are a few little bits and pieces of my life. We had another beautiful day today, sun shining, birds chirping, well they we're until the cat got out. Ahhhh yes my lovely little monster cat got out and snagged him a bird today. Needless to say Mama wasn't a happy camper when he came slinking in the house with his prize. I know he was just doing what cats do but it still doesn't make me happy. He was shooed from the house until he got rid of it.
I really hate that he killed a bird, I really love having the bird feeder outside the living room window, it's so much fun watching the birds in the mornings, but it looks like i'm going to have to find another place to put it. I somehow feel like I was an accessory to murder.
It won't be long now before the trees are full of leaves and we will no longer have a good view of the ponds from our backyard. It's so hard living so close on a day like today. It makes you want to grab a can of worms, a fishing pole and take off walking whistling the Andy Griffith tune.
I love this time of year because when we have evening thunderstorms I like to open up our big garage door, dig out a lawn chair, prop my feet up and just watch the lighting show.
There we're some pretty bad storms in and around Columbus today, we got a few clouds and a few distant rumbles of thunders but the sun stayed strong and scared the storms away.
I hope everyone had a beautiful day as well and Happy Crocheting.
I have really found a pattern that I fell in love with. Bernat has a free pattern for a Mermaid Tears Purse done in the Crocodile stitch also known as the Tears stitch, Dragon Tears stitch and many other names. No matter what it's called it's a beautiful stitch.
I finished up my very first Mermaid Tears Purse today. Now my list is growing with people who want them. But their gonna have to wait because I have a couple afghans that I desperately need to get finished.
Since my 12 year old daughter claimed this while it was in the making I decided to do a different kind of flower. The one that came with the pattern just didn't seem to fit her personality. She's excited that she has something to carry her touch screen tablet in. Now maybe she'll hush about a sleeve for it....lol.
On a non crochet note, since putting out our bird feeder a couple months ago we've been getting quite the selection of birds. This beauty was sitting on our fence this morning waiting to have his/her picture taken. Living so close to 3 ponds and woods is really nice. We've seen a selection of wildlife the kids love watching the rabbits hop around the empty field behind out house. Spring is definitely in the air here in Ohio. Our grass in our backyard already needs mowed, how crazy is that. But i'm loving every minute of it.
I'm doing a happy dance, the quilt'ghan is finally finished. After a few headaches, a few curse words and threatening to throw it in the trash it's done. I only used the pattern to figure out how to make the diamond shapes and the graph for placement. The rest was all me...lol. It's not perfect but I really don't like afghans that have big gaps in them and if I would have followed the patter exactly that is what would have happened. So I made sure I made notes on what worked, what I could change and what wouldn't work, so "IF" I ever make another one i'll know what to do.
I have quilt'ghan #2 planned using a totally different pattern, but I have a couple other requested projects to finish first.
Until next time Happy Crocheting:)
I started putting the finishing on my quilt'ghan and decided after stretching it out on the floor I just didn't like the way it looked. I've already altered the pattern to work for me so I figured why not change what I didn't like. It's a little crazy on my part since i'm so close to being finished but I want it to look right and I just didn't like the way it was turning out.
I've gotten way farther than what it shows in the picture. But changing things at the last minute has set me back a bit, and the baby has been a bit fussy the past couple days and wanting mommy. The kids always come first. The flu bug hit over the weekend and the older kids we're all sick so i'm hoping the baby isn't coming down with it.
I celebrated my 38th birthday on Saturday and little Matthew really enjoyed mommy's ice cream cake...lol Gonna hate my kids growing up and flying the coup, it's so much fun to celebrate birthday's with all of them around. We made homemade pizza and enjoyed ourselves.
Our daughter's surgery went just fine yesterday and she is home recuperating (let the healing begin).
We made it home in time yesterday to help donate to the Henryville, Indiana disaster. We had a couple food boxes ready and hubby took them down to donate, which inspired our two youngest to come home and go through their clothes and stuffed animals and give as well. It breaks my heart to think about so many people who lost homes, lives, and everything they own in the resent tornado outbreaks. I gathered together baby clothes that our little one had out grown and while digging through the closet I came across a baby afghan that I had crocheted last year. I had folded it up and put it away because all of our children have a handmade afghan. I grabbed it up and stuck it in the box with the baby items. I hope it brings much comfort and warmth to whomever receives it. I guess the whole reason i'm writing about this is, it has inspired me to sit down once a month and crochet a baby afghan and set it aside for when something like this happens.
My hubby talked to the gentleman who started the donations for Henryville and found out he lives right down the street from us. He's already been to the disaster area and he felt compelled to do something to help, the stories he shared with my husband would break your heart, he's making a return trip to this area taking all of the donations with him and hanging around for the weekend to help clean up, cook a meal or whatever they need from him. He made a really good point yesterday, he said all you hear all the time is the bad stuff that always happens but when a disaster like this happens your always surprised how people come together. I love it. And god bless him for doing what he's doing and to all those affected by the tornadoes you will be in my thoughts and prayers. Much love to all of you.
My 17 year old daughter is having outpatient surgery tomorrow. They say it's minor surgery but when it's one of your babies there is nothing minor about it. We have to be at the hospital at 6am which means we have to be up and motivated by 3am (whew). I'm spending the day getting the other kids ready for grandma in the morning. Our youngest who is 1 doesn't normally stay with people so it's going to be interesting how he reacts to being with grandma all day. I'm making sure I pack a crochet tote for that long waiting room wait, if not i'll be wearing a hole in their carpet pacing back and forth, so hopefully tomorrow i'll have all my 108 little flowers finished for my Daisy afghan. I did learn a lesson from the last Daisy afghan that I made, tuck strings as I go...lol.
My daughter had a doctors appointment yesterday so we left early enough for me to stop at the Hobby Lobby for more of my quit'ghan yarn and Joann's for some Caron one pounders while they we're on sale.
I picked up some additional yarn and some new hooks too. I've never tried the Susan Bates hooks. I like them so much better than the ones I had, the hook well is a bit deeper on these and helps keep the yarn from sliding off.
I'm having fun finishing up the quilt'ghan and then it's on to the next. I hope everyone enjoys their weekend and Happy Crocheting. Saying a little prayer to all of those effected by the recent Tornado outbreaks.
