For a dear friend

Just a few things I have made for a dear friend

Doilies.....

I don't know why I struggle with making these but here are my two latest. I noticed I do have some trouble with the hook slipping off the thread while I crochet. Knowing me I am probably using the wrong size hook!

Now that Christmas is over.....

First Happy New Years. I have made a resolution to make no resolutions lol. I just can't seem to keep them so I give up! Hope everyone had a safe New Years us old folks stayed home! Here are a few pics of things I made for Christmas for the family! For my lil Sister Bear I made her a tweety bird earflap hat (kinda of an inside joke type thing) as for a pattern sorry I don't have one, I had to free hand the face as I couldn't really find any patterns I liked.

For our Grandson Owen I made him a puppy hat, I used Repeat After Me's pattern http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2013/01/crochet-puppy-hat-pattern.html

For the lovely Miss Jordy I made her a scrap hat, this turned out so cute! This pattern can be found here http://adoginasweater.blogspot.com/2012/02/scrap-buster-hats.html

Of Course Christmas wasn't Christmas without some Christmas towels!

For my parents I made them a puff stitch granny afghan, not sure why it curved the way it did, but they loved it just the same....

Been a bit busy

Haven't posted much due to the mad crocheting rush of needing to get done before Christmas! Last year it was so bad that I literally didn't get my last afghan done till 3 am Christmas morning. So this year I am going to try to get it done before that. The worst part of all of it is that I can't post any pics until Christmas so my family won't see what I made them lol! This part kinda sux! I have so many pics I can't wait to put up!

I am very lucky to have family that love homemade things for gifts. Makes it so much more easier on me because I am horrible when it comes to shopping, I really hate shopping its just too stressful! Specially this time of the year!

Grandson is doing very well, he has so many different facial expressions just cracks me up! I got to watch him for a few hours on Monday, I was holding his bottle and he was holding onto me,he wrapped all 5 of those tiny fingers around my pinky. Darn near about made me cry! What a love!! Well this is it for my rambling thoughts. =)

Today!

Today we got to hold our grandson for the very first time! He is absolutely adorable, and we couldn't of been more blessed! He will be 2 weeks old Dec. 2.....its amazing how much progress this little guy has made over the course of two weeks. He was born a preemie and weighs a little over five pounds. I have never held a baby that small before. This little guy has a huge family and so many that love him, he's gonna be so spoiled, but in a good way! What a blessing he and his parents are.



Best Christmas present EVER! Welcome home little man we love you!

Our very first Grandson is here!!!

Our Grandson Owen has made his appearance a bit early! Just like his daddy always in a hurry! He was born 11/18/13 and weighs 5.53 lbs. he wasn't due till Dec. 17. So far he is doing very well, he does have difficulty with breathing but they were able to take the ventilator off today, he is still on a cpap machine to help with the breathing. He has already tried to push himself up on all fours. The doctor says he is a day ahead. One of the hardest things right now is not being able to hold him, I know that the time will soon come but waiting is just a pain!

Anyway here is a pic of our lil miracle grandson with our son Cody.......

Crocheted Stuffs for our grandson

Finally got through the baby shower now I can post pics of everything I have made for our grandson who is due in Dec. Yesterday was an awesome day for our family not only are we getting a grandson we are also getting a daughter. My son surprised her with an engagement ring, and dropped down to one knee. We are so very blessed to be getting such an awesome daughter and are very happy for them both. The hardest part was knowing he was going to propose and not say anything and at the same time I am so glad he told me because I would of been a blubbering mess for sure! I admit I did cry a bit but not as much as I probably would of have if I hadn't known!

On the hats I just used a basic beanie pattern and some just attached earflaps, the diaper covers I used flowers creations pattern and here is the link http://flowerscreations.blogspot.com/2012/05/free-diaper-cover-pattern.html, on the dinosaur hat I used this pattern http://snovej.com/archives/crochet-pattern-babys-dino-hat-with-cape, for the batman hat I crocheted an oval and used Louies Loops batman symbol pattern http://www.louiesloops.com/2012/07/holy-free-pattern-batman.html (for some reason I had some difficulty with this pattern but thankfully he did provide a video tutorial on youtube, I also used his mustache pattern for the mustache hat as we all know its all about the mustache lol http://www.louiesloops.com/2011/09/i-mustache-you-question.html, the Santa hat I used was a Drops pattern this worked up fast!  http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/us/pattern.php?id=5340&lang=us#pattern_content

The minion hat hat is once again a basic beanie with double crochet, I put a row of black on the 5th row for the eye strap thing, the eye ball I just winged it, sorry no pattern I just didn't find a pattern I liked as most patterns didn't have the brown in the eye like in the movie, stitched on the half smile and the last row was worked in blue......

Last but not least the owl hat! I used this video I found on youtube my only suggestion is to pin down the eyes and nose, but sew the nose on first lol, I had a bit of a problem with the eyes moving so I had to tack the nose down the best I could. Awesome hat though! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAYSltApxLs

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who had made these patterns! I thoroughly enjoyed making them for my first grandson! =)