Yes, I'm still alive!

Sorry for not posting in so long. I've been busy with my daughters Softball team stuff, and work. Her team has it's first regional game tonight. I hope they do well!

As far as crocheting.. I've finished the blanket for Val's soon to be baby. I made it in Simply Soft (as usual). I also made her a had and two bibs that match. I like to try not to have too much left over yarn in my stash. I will post pictures of this when I get a chance. Right now I'm working on my first attempt at a plaid baby blanket. So far it's going well. It's blue pink and off white. Using simply Soft (I love this stuff for baby blankets) I like the off white because to me it looks more like a pale yellow. I'll post pictures of that later also.

Last weekend a group of us went out on the 4-wheelers for a ride up to Bear Bluff and back. We had a fun time. This Saturday we are going on a club ride. I'm looking forward to that.

What I've been up to!

Cross bookmarks that I made using a pattern I found on line. I havn't crocheted in thread in somtime, but they still went quickly!

I decided to make a shawl yesterday. First one I've Made. Here is what I came up with. I think I may give this to one of my daughters mentors for confirmation. It only took me a few hours to make.

The Doc man!

Here are some pictures of our horse, Doc. We've had him about a year now. He's an Arabian about 15-20 years old.

Here he is eating free food. Yummm!

We don't ride him much right now because he is recovering from an injury to his leg from a fall he took over the winter. He seems to be recovering quite well. We love him all the same!

Here he is posing for the shot. "Ya gotta take my profile.. This is my better side ya know." (Mostly horse crossed with a bit of ham for the camera) ok it's spring and he's shedding quite a bit, but what's better than a scruffy horse?

Drawstring Bag

Here is a picture of the little "Jewel box Drawstring Bag" that I made this morning.. I used Simply soft instead of using the Jewel Box yarn the pattern called for. It's a bit smaller than I hoped but I'm sure my daughter will love it! Here is the link to the pattern http://www.caron.com/projects/jb/jb_954_bag.html

Give it a try.. it works up quick

Happy Easter!! (Well almost)

In an e-mail from Crochet Partners I recieved a link to this pattern. I thought it would be cute to make one with the left over yarn from the yellow baby blanket. I'm not all that great at sewing on the face, but I gave it a shot. It worked up in less than an hour, and would make for a cute last min. Easter gift. I'm making another one right now! Here is the Link to the pattern. http://cache.lionbrand.com/patterns/50722-2.html

Yellow Blanket Done!

Ok.. I said I would post a Picture when I got done with the center section.. Well.. I got carried away and finished the whole thing over the weekend. Here is a picture of the finished blanket. I use the pattern from Leisure Arts Leaflet # 3015 The pattern is #1 "Snuggle Up"




Here is a close up of the stiches on the border.. there were about 14-15 border rows..

This blanket worked up nice an quickly. I think if I had the free time I could have finished it in 2 days, but it took longer due to working on it 15-20 min. at a sitting. Hope ya like it! I'm not sure who will get this one.. I have a few friends/family that is expecting at this time.

Yellow blanket

Well.. I have about 6 or 8 more rows of the center section on the yellow baby blanket. I've had more time to work on it while waiting for the kids to get done with softball and track the last few days.. when I get the center section done I will post a picture of the progress.