Pretty purple Headband...

Last night I was sitting on the couch playing on the computer and my 9 year old came in and asked me to make her something. After an hour of sitting on Ravelry's new search engine looking for what she wanted...she just decides she wants a headband.

So we start looking for headband patterns. There are tons of headband patterns....if you live in the Arctic Circle. We live in Arizona. It's 112 degrees outside...in the shade.

I decided to just freehand it. Picked up the crochet hook and the yarn and just winged it.

Turned out pretty cute I think...

I don't love the yarn that we used...it was just a little bit of scrap that I found in the bottom of my "yarn bucket"... I think the next one I make will be with a fancier prettier maybe shiny yarn...

Next project is a girly baby set for a friends neice that is due any day...I'm just waiting for her to send me the yarn so I can get to knitting!

haha...so much for blogging every day...lol

Ok, so I have been totally derelict in my blogging duties...my apologies.

Here is the haps:

Finished my first "baby set"...it turned out pretty good for my first effort. Next time will be even more better. lol


Ummm...lets see.... oH ya. Made a really neat watch cap that my Gf picked out, it turned out pretty good despite the fact that I had the wrong size needles and wrong type of yarn. lol



Everything else in our life is pretty much the same as always...just livin life and getting through.

Things aren't always perfect, but when things aren't perfect is when you learn to appreciate the good things, ya know?

I promise I'll be blogging more... I really will! I hope.

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I found this lovely lady on Plurk (which btw is waaaay better than Twitter, so if you aren't already a member you should join!) and have been enjoying all of her witty commentary and knit/spin/craft posts.

In other news I have been busy busy busy with lots of crochet projects...but I feel my crochet kick is coming to an end. I think I will be reverting back to Knitting here pretty soon... I'm going to buy sock yarn and make a few more pairs of socks. Maybe even a sweater...*gasp*

I will be back to posting and blogging and participating in social stuff again fairly soon...so stay tuned!

Just wanted to tell everyone about the Knit/Crochet Charity that we have started...

The idea for The Common Thread started when my friend and I were researching Knit/Crochet charities that we could suggest to members of our message board to take part in as a group.

When we couldn’t find one that provided comfort to AIDS hospice organizations and HIV/AIDS patients specifically…we decided to start one of our own!

The Common Thread will be knitting and crocheting items to send to HIV/AIDS support centers and AIDS hospice patients in our members area. Each “cycle” we will take turns having our members choose the location we will send our package to.

We welcome ALL who want to be a part of this group, any skill level is welcome!

If you are interested in participating or donating yarn or materials visit The Common Thread Facebook or Ravelry pages for more information or email commonthreademail@gmail.com.

Last day of school....

So as of an hour and a half ago...my baby is officially a Fourth Grader. *sigh* I just can't believe how fast the time has gone by! It seems like only yesterday I was dropping her off for her first day of preschool.

All the other kids were crying and clinging to their Mom's... not my kid. She stood there for about half a second and then walked away. I watched her for a few minutes and then she came over and told me "Go to work MOm. Bye!" and that was it. She never looked back.

Gawd I feel old. lol

I wish we could just slow down time, it just goes by so fast.

Knifty Thrifty got a Makeover!

I just wanted to point out that as of about five minutes ago, Knifty Thrifty got a whole new look, thanks to Farah from The Sweetest Impressions!

She took everything that I wanted into consideration and even put up with what a picky pain in the you-know-what I can be... and it looks fabulous!

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Also stay tuned for an awesome giveaway featuring The Sweetest Impressions!

I swear I still make stuff... and other news.

I've been so absorbed with all of my blog stuff lately that I was neglecting my knitting/crocheting... so when the need arose this week to make something for a friend who is having a baby in August.

So the other day I embarked on a new project...a star shaped baby blanket.

This is my progress so far, I started on Friday, and keeping in mind I didn't work on it at all Saturday, and barely at all so far today. So lets call it Day 3.

The baby is going to be a boy, and although I do already know what his name will be... I don't so much feel like embroidering his name on it...on the off chance that my friend changes her mind and names him something else.

I think that this may become my signature baby gift instead of hats and booties. It's quicker, easier for me to make, but looks difficult and I'm pretty sure that it won't be a repeat gift.

I may decide to make a matching hat with a little star on it... we'll see.

I'm still working on my afghan that  I started a few months ago...it's kind of my whenever I'm bored but don't have anything else to work on project. It's about to be summer in the desert...so it's not exactly like we have a serious need for heavy blankets. I would like to have it done before the end of the summer though so I can have it on my bed for when my sister comes to visit next fall.

In other news... I leave for my first visit "home" in two years in about three weeks...and I'm a little anxious...but I'm going with the optimistic attitude that it will all be good and fine and I'll have worried all of this time for no reason at all.

Keep your fingers crossed for me.

ANNND.... just because I felt like it, here is a funny picture of my fat black cat Athena, affectionately known around here as F.A. (short for Fat Ass).
She likes to lay on her back under the coffee table with her feet sticking out the sides. I have no idea why. lol