Can you believe tomorrow is the 1st of November already? Where did this year go?!
Last week my new Bind It All and 3 new Cricut Cartridges came! Yeah! I'm looking forward to making mini books and word albums with the BIA. It's so cool. I can't think of another thing I need in my scrapbook and card making area. A few things I want maybe, but, need - not a thing really! I can't wait to try it out and make my first mini book! I won't be until later in November or December, though.
November will be a busy month. First I will be visiting with my wee little ones, then our teenage grandson will be coming over to help us with a few of the heavy duty chores and finish getting all of my Christmas decorations up. Mid month I will be with my mom helping her through yer another surgery, getting home just in time to have a Thanksgiving dinner with our dear friends Pam and Joe. And then ~ you guessed it ~ we will be at the end of yet another month!
Don't forget to vote on Tuesday, November 2nd! This is probably one of the most important elections we have the opportunity to vote in ~ So get out there and vote!
Voting is a privilege that gives us the right to speak out for or against our politicians, what they do and what they don't do. We must always remember ~ the power for the direction of our country, our lives and the life we wish to have our children and grandchildren to lead, starts with us. Please join my husband, Don, and me and pray for our country and vote for the candidates who believe in our Republic, our Constitution and our Declaration of Independence!
Blessings, Donna
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Friday, October 29, 2010
Newest Afghan is Completed!
The newest of my creations is finally completed! Last night I tied off and weaved in the final strings (ends) and will block it, take photos, and wrap it up! Someone already laid claim for their gift early this year when I first began. So, surprising him will be a delight!
This one is a simple granny square stitch. Very basic and very easy. Instead of going around in a square, for an afghan, not a baby blanket, it is crocheted in a rectangle. I loved breaking up the pattern with two additional colors that coordinated with the darker green. I used the pattern I saw from Bernat called "Blue Afghan" and it is considered a beginner's pattern because of it's simplicity. I called it my "Traveling Afghan" because I could work on it in the car whenever we went somewhere and I had an extra half hour or more, and it was super easy!
I know this will bring many years of warmth, and love, every time it is used!
Thanks for taking a peak! Many blessings, Donna
This one is a simple granny square stitch. Very basic and very easy. Instead of going around in a square, for an afghan, not a baby blanket, it is crocheted in a rectangle. I loved breaking up the pattern with two additional colors that coordinated with the darker green. I used the pattern I saw from Bernat called "Blue Afghan" and it is considered a beginner's pattern because of it's simplicity. I called it my "Traveling Afghan" because I could work on it in the car whenever we went somewhere and I had an extra half hour or more, and it was super easy!
I know this will bring many years of warmth, and love, every time it is used!
Thanks for taking a peak! Many blessings, Donna
Friday, October 22, 2010
Crocheting is so Relaxing!
I love crocheting! I remember the first time I crocheted, I was only about 6 or 7 and I was sitting on the floor in front of my Granny. She was always busy doing something. Today is was crocheting. I remember she was making doilies with variegated lavender pansies and I was fidgeting with the basket of threads. I asked her to show me how to make a flower.
She had me sit up on the chair next to her, gave me a steel crochet hook with a teeny, tiny hook and I remember thinking it reminded me of a Bobbie Pin that had been bent open. She explained with great care how to hold my arms and hands, how to hold the hook and how to hold the thread. It was shades of pink and I remember thinking it looked like my BaBa's hydrangeas in the yard. She explained how to make the knot, the chain and the stitches. First making hers, then holding my little hands helping me make mine, and then we did it each holding our own. Of course, it took a good long while, but I remember in the end, I had a beautiful little variegated pink to rose red pansy!
I skipped outside to brag to my sisters and cousins I had just crocheted a pansy with Granny! "Did not!" "Did to!" They all went in and looked at it - some thought it was cute, some poopoo'd it, and my cousin Bobby pulled it out and gave the thread to my Granny. I just looked at him and said, "Don't care! I know how to make them now!" and I went outside and cried. He never knew, and he's lucky my Granny scolded him and made him go to bed. I was waiting to give him a good sock in the nose!
I didn't crochet for a few years, then did it now and then, really started back up when my own children were born. I love making afghans. They really are my favorite to work on and I love doing them!
I will post some as soon as I can, I have some photos of some the ones I've done over the years. I am so grateful for our photo equipment these days. No film to develop. Do overs are instant, and we have them in a permanent file where they won't fade!
If you don't know how to crochet, have someone teach you, or simply look online. YouTube has wonderful teachers with how to videos to teach every stitch available.
Blessings, Donna
Memories are wonderful ~ we should pass them down to our little wee ones.
She had me sit up on the chair next to her, gave me a steel crochet hook with a teeny, tiny hook and I remember thinking it reminded me of a Bobbie Pin that had been bent open. She explained with great care how to hold my arms and hands, how to hold the hook and how to hold the thread. It was shades of pink and I remember thinking it looked like my BaBa's hydrangeas in the yard. She explained how to make the knot, the chain and the stitches. First making hers, then holding my little hands helping me make mine, and then we did it each holding our own. Of course, it took a good long while, but I remember in the end, I had a beautiful little variegated pink to rose red pansy!
I skipped outside to brag to my sisters and cousins I had just crocheted a pansy with Granny! "Did not!" "Did to!" They all went in and looked at it - some thought it was cute, some poopoo'd it, and my cousin Bobby pulled it out and gave the thread to my Granny. I just looked at him and said, "Don't care! I know how to make them now!" and I went outside and cried. He never knew, and he's lucky my Granny scolded him and made him go to bed. I was waiting to give him a good sock in the nose!
I didn't crochet for a few years, then did it now and then, really started back up when my own children were born. I love making afghans. They really are my favorite to work on and I love doing them!
I will post some as soon as I can, I have some photos of some the ones I've done over the years. I am so grateful for our photo equipment these days. No film to develop. Do overs are instant, and we have them in a permanent file where they won't fade!
If you don't know how to crochet, have someone teach you, or simply look online. YouTube has wonderful teachers with how to videos to teach every stitch available.
Blessings, Donna
Memories are wonderful ~ we should pass them down to our little wee ones.
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