My Crochet Journey So Far

I learned to crochet when I was 16. My Great Grandmother was living with us at the time. She was a prolific crocheter. I had broken up with a boyfriend and was moping around the house. My Grandmother couldn't stand it so she sat me down and taught me how to crochet. She taught me how to crochet the granny square and let me tell you that that was the HUGEST granny square afghan that anyone has ever made! I just kept going and going and going! I slowly branched out from making afghans to making sweaters and other things. I don't intend to post patterns because these are not my original designs. I just thought it would be fun to have some sort of record of what I have made and who it went to.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Sweater and headband-November 2011



I made this for my daughter for Christmas. It is to match the ones I made for her daughters.

Purses and Headbands



I made these for the girls in the family. I thought they turned out cute!

 

 

 

Here they all are with their girlie stuff!

 

Christmas Stockings November 2011



I made these for my daughter's family.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

beard hat-October 2011

A friend sent a picture of a hat with a beard and mustache hooked to it. She said her husband would like one. Then my mom commented and said that my dad would like one too. Sooooo, I went online and found a pattern and made this up. What do you think? It is big on me, but it will fit my dad and my friends husband pretty good I think.




This is my friend Karin. I made her a hat and I made her husband one too! I also made my nephew one. He saw my dad's and wanted one himself.











Here's my Dad with his hat on. He wears it when he is out riding his Harley. I think I would be kinda scared if I saw something like this walking into my place of business! LOL!










 Here's my nephew Cameron! Isn't that funny? He loves it! Bwahahaha!
















Here's the pattern address:BEARD/MUSTACHE
for the beard/mustache. You make your own hat any design you would like.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Afghan-October 2011

For a friend for Christmas. Two colors of sage and cream. 80 squares total. Took about 2 weeks to complete. Sewing it together was a day long process.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

October 6, 2011

Matching sweaters and headbands for my grand daughters for Christmas. I thought they turned out cute!

 

Here they are wearing their sweaters for church:

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Hair bands

I was making a headband for my grand daughter. A friend of my daughters saw it and she asked me to make her one. She is 18! So the gray one is for her. I'm not sure how I am going to attach the flower yet. Either sew it on or pin it. My daughter said that she thought sewing it would be better because she was afraid her daughter would unpin it and hurt herself with the pin.

Plastic bag holders

These hold all of the plastic bags that you get at the grocery store. I thought it was a fun idea. I made a bunch of them for my  Bible Study women for Christmas.

Shawl/dresser scarf-September 2011

Working on Christmas presents. This is for a friend. I loved the lacey look of it, but thought it would be bigger. I actually was hoping that it would be a nice lapghan but it wouldn't be warm enough for that. I think she will like it anyway.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Football Afghan-September 2011

This is for my grandson for Christmas this year-2011. I had a problem with counting at one point in the center football, but didn't want to take out all of the work.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Bunny Blanket

This is for my granddaughter for Christmas 2011. It is a hooded bunny blanket.

 

 

 

 

I folded it all up and tucked it into the hooded part. Isn't it cute?

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Afghan-July 2011

I made this afghan for a friends wedding in October. It turned out pretty.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Baby Blanket for new Grandbaby

This is an afghan stitch(knit stitch) afghan that I am making for my new grandaughter. I will cross stitch her name and birth date into it when it is finished. I will edge it in white.

Here is the finished product. Bree is due June 7th so I finished it in plenty of time!

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Baby Bree! Born 06/07/11

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Little Red Riding Hood-January 2011

I made this for my friend. I think the next one I make will be a bit longer and a bit wider. But it is cute!

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

It's a SNUGGIE!!!! January 2011

When I saw a pattern for a crocheted Snuggie I just had to make one! I want to try and sell this. Never have done that before so have to look into it etc. I was quite pleased with the way it turned out. My daughter has been after me to try and sell some of my stuff. Makes me nervous just thinking about it!

UPDATE: I never did try to sell this! I gave it away in a contest on a book blog that I share with a friend. Edifying and Edgy: The Grand Prize winner for the Holiday Break Reading Contest.