It's Finished~

No, no I did not abandon my blog. Some of my viewers (daughter =) ) told me to get going on this blog. Lol. So this morning I finished up my unborn grandson's baby afghan. He will be here very soon. I was done with the blankie but I just had to do the finishing touches on it. You know, the weaving in of the tails and all of that good stuff. I do think it turned out really nice. To bad I don't know of a little girl being born because this would look really pretty with the pink and white. I'm keeping the pattern in case I'm in the need to hurry and make someone a baby blankie. This was an easy blankie to make. At the beginning I was having a little bit of some difficulty but then got in on the third try. Don't you just love "getting," meaning the pattern of a new project. That's like the best thrill of the whole process. Sometimes I'll even get bored with a new project that I've just begun. I'll be so glad that I "got" the pattern and just set it to the side to pick it back up months later. Maybe because I'm a self taught crocheter. So when I understand the pattern, I'm like "Yes! I did it, I got it!!" Sometimes the pattern is to hard for me and I'll go ahead and return the yarn. But that is after many, many tries and lots of swearing. =) My family know when I'm starting a new project and I'm not understanding the pattern after many tries. Anyway enough blabbering. Here are the pictures of the finished project. And just think, next month I'll be holding my new grandson in this soft blue and white blankie. You can click on the photos to enlarge. I'm not sure what my next project will be so the next time I post, hopefully I'll have an idea of what I want to make next. Have a wonderful and blessed Easter! Happy Easter!

My Crochet Caddy

Whenever I would crochet, I would have all of this stuff laying around. Paper and pens to take notes with. Scissors with scraps of yarn all over the place. Yarn and crochet needles. My handy dandy crocheters help book. The list just goes on and on. So about a year or two ago I went up to the craft stores to see what I could find. I found this little hobby caddy case. It sort of looks like a man's fishing tackle box. My hubby makes fun of me and asks me what in the heck is in there. I told him everything I need for my crochet projects.

Don't you hate when you get all settled in with your project on your lap and your getting into the groove of it all and then all of the sudden you have to get up to blow your nose. Or you've got a little piece of dry skin hanging from your fingertips snagging on your yarn. Your your lips become dry from counting out stitches. Or you just needed to get organized. You want to keep your scissors somewhere safe.

Well I took care of all of that when I purchased my hobby caddy case. I even took a picture to show you of all the stuff I usually keep in there to help my stay organized and to help me from having to get up from a project and losing my crochet spot or just losing that momentum.

As you can see on top, I have my pen and paper to take notes with. I have my mini measuring tape that always comes in handy for gage's and finished projects and so forth. My markers for counting. I even have a little nail file for all of those little hang nails or dry skin that keeps snagging on my yarn. I'd like to add baby nail clippers in there to.

The second tray holds some hand lotion, kleenex and crochet needles for threading in all those tails. The light blue are pointy and the dark blue are the blunt ones. I also have my chap stick. My lips always get so dry when I'm crocheting.

Then in the bottom of my hobby caddy case is my crochet needles of all sizes. See how I crocheted cases for them? It helps so that they don't keep clinking into each other at the bottom of the case. I also have my crocheters help book. I also keep my crochet patterns in there that I would like to make one day. There are a few of those bells from a previous project that I was working on. I crocheted little bells for my Christmas tree and they were giving me a heck of a time. I made a few and moved on. I'd like to go back to them one day. Because they are cute.

So there you have it. Just a few things to help me keep the important stuff on hand when I'm settling in to work on my crochet projects.

My hubby makes fun of me because of the kleenex. He says I'm always blowing my nose. He says, "I see you got your kleenex." I swear, guys no nothing about crocheting, lol.

So do any of you crocheters out there have a little caddy to help you stay organized? Or to keep the things close by in a caddy so you don't have to put down your crocheting project?

I'm still working on my baby blanket for my unborn grandson. I'm almost half way through now. I haven't been working on it to much but I have worked on it some this morning. I'll show you that when I'm finished. Happy crocheting!

It Just Goes On and On

It just goes on and on around here with Granny Annie.

What you are viewing is my very first afghan that I ever made. I don't know what year I made it though. I would have to guesstimate that it is at least ten years old.

Ok, so I got a little carried away. My first afghan measures out to over 8ft. by 5ft. Hey no laughing! So I went a bit overboard. Don't forget that this was my first afghan. But in all honesty, when I was making it, the afghans just measured out to short for me. Because my hubby is tall and I just wanted a big afghan that we all could use when we were watching t.v. or something. I didn't want one that left your feet hanging out and came only up to your chest.

But here are a few more pics with the details more visible. I didn't take care when washing my first afghans so it has a lot of those little pills (fuzzy balls) on it.

I got the directions for this afghan in "I can't believe I'm crocheting" booklet by Leisure Arts. I'm not sure, but maybe someone could tell me, that I can't scan the directions of the pattern to this post because of copy right reasons. I'm not sure though how that works and I don't want to get in trouble. So that's why I just informed you where the pattern came from.

Right now it's been sitting in my closet. Maybe I could wash it up and give it to my daughter who has her own home now.

I'm still working on my unborn grandson's baby blanket and that it coming along nicely.

I just ♥ to crochet. It's so much fun!

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For My Unborn Grandson

I am starting a baby ripple afghan for my unborn grandson who will be here at the end of this May. So since he will be almost a summer baby I wasn't sure if I wanted to crochet him an afghan until I found this yarn. It just seems thinner to me and much more softer for a newborns little face. So I think that it could still be used when he is born. What do you think? Also what do you think of the yarn? Isn't it so neat? I've never used this type of yarn before. The picture will enlarge when you click onto it.

I just happened to stumble across it at JoAnn Fabric store. I seen the pattern on the paper cover of the skein. So all I had to do was buy the four skeins of yarn that it required. So I like how this pattern came to me while not really looking for a pattern. Because when I'm looking for one I tend to have a problem with making decisions on which pattern to choose from. I'm very picky and choosy when it comes to patterns because I don't crochet all the time. But I'm hoping that this blog will change that. So the patterns that I do chose, I want them to be perfect.

On the downside to this spontaneous find of a pattern is that it is to easy. It's for beginners. And therefore I'm not learning. I like patterns with a slight challenge. Maybe with a new stitch or something like that. But this pattern is pretty much your standard double crochet stitch throughout the whole pattern. But that's ok I guess. The good side to it is that it won't take me long to finish it. But anyway, enough blabbering and here is the beginning of the baby blanket. And of course I will post it to show you when I am finished. Which shouldn't be to long. I do love the yarn though and I would definitely use it again. It's so soft, I would love to make a scarf for myself using this type of yarn. It's sooooo soft.

What The Heck!

What in the heck! Now how in the heck did this happen. If you think, that I'm going to spend my day, trying to get this knot out of this yarn, your wrong. It's worth going up to JoAnn Fabrics and buying another skein for $6 and just tossing this mess in the garbage. Or I could save it for crafts. Please tell me that this happens to the best of crocheters...(sigh).

Under Construction

This new blog is under construction. Please keep stopping in to look around. I will be showing crochet projects that I have done in the past. Some stuff that I am working on now. And maybe we can give each other some tips along the way. I'm not a beginner in crocheting but a little past being a beginner, whatever that would be. We can move along together as we grow in our crafty journey together. But I would like to hear from experts at crocheting as well. That is how we learn our craft by conveying information to each other and sharing tips on this beautiful craft. I am a self taught crocheter. My sister couldn't teach me no matter how many times she tried to explain it to me. My maternal grandmother did some crocheting herself. Along with my mother. So I hope you all will stop back by soon. If you want to leave a comment to let you me know that you stopped in, that would be great. I'm so excited about my new crochet blog and I can't wait to get it up and running!