Thanksgiving

Well Thanksgiving is almost here. I have just picked my check up from work went to the bank. Now I have to go to the grocery store for all the things that we will need for our meal tomorrow. I want to do it now cause the stores will be to busy later today. Seems like everyone likes to wait till the last minute to get things namely me!!! I have my list all made out just need to grab a bite to eat so I'm not hungry when I go, then I will buy everything that I think looks good, a big no no!! :) I might anyways :) Don't really have to bake anything like pies my mom and daughter are taking care of that department we just have to take care of the main course and side dishes. Thanksgiving Dinner went pretty good once we got started!!! My husband got a late start on the turkey figures!! so the turkey wasn't finished till 5:00 I wanted it done by 2:00 or 3:00 p.m. , My daughter calls and tells me she has a flat tire and she is on the highway is waiting on her dad to come and change the tire. But she has to drive back to her house and change cars cause she doesn't want to drive on the tire that is going to be put on her car. So she didn't get to our house till 6:30 which she has all the pies for dessert. Then my husbands son has to pickup his two boys which took an hour!! I think the only ones that were on time was my mom and my son and his family. So we all waited on everyone so we could eat together, once they all got here we ate I think it was 7:00p.m. then we get a phone call from my husbands granddaughter and she told her dad that her grandma (my husbands ex wife ) was going to bring her to our house which is fine, but his ex wife came in and joined the party! I was nice and offered her some food and dessert and asked her to stay awhile. What a night. I have a headache ! . I don't think I'm going to do this again for a while.

Santa Hat and Booties

Well I got into the Christmas mood this weekend I made a Santa Hat and one pair of Booties. This hat would be a great photo prop for a little one to have his or her picture take in. They will fit a newborn to 3 months. The Hat and booties are made out of Caron Yarn which is so soft. The yarn is 100% Acrylic. Circumference of hat is 14 inches and 26 inches long including the pompom the booties are 3 1/2 inches long. I found the hat pattern on the internet I just didn't do the color changes like what was in the pattern. Got it from neannersshop. The booties is a pattern from Annies Attic.

Thanksgiving

Well it is just seven days till Thanksgiving!!! I still have to get the turkey and everything else that we will need for Thanksgiving day. We will have turkey (of course), dressing, cranberry sauce (homemade) , gravy , mash potatoes, sweet potato, corn that we froze this summer, choc. pie that great grandma is making, pumpkin pies my daughter is making , so I guess I need to make so munches that we can have while we wait on dinner. I'm taking two days off next week so I can clean the house really good. Want to shampoo the carpet this weekend so don't think I will be doing much crocheting unless its late at night. Need to make a list so I won't forget what I want to do as far as the in depth cleaning. The light everyday stuff I will make my hubby do it. He will have his very own honey do list!!!! Just what every man needs :). Plus my computer area is a mess so guess I will have to clean that area I don't want anyone even near the computer trying to clean it for me. I wouldn't be able to find anything for months. I did find some cute little hat patterns the other day. Hello Kitty hat and a Minnie Mouse Hat. I found them on mray1976.blogspot.com. Want to try to make them soon.

Baby Booties

Have relisted my booties again. I have opened an etsy shop trying to sell some of the baby slippers on there also. It is http://www.etsy.com/shop/VickisCrochetShop, I know the name isn't very creative but I just cant think of a good shop name. Maybe later. Thinking if they don't sell this time maybe I should make a hat and afghan to match them or just a hat. I plan on making more but want to see if these will sell alone. Maybe I should just plan on making a hat for them then I can add it to the auction on ebay when its over. I think that the booties are really cute. Hope they sell. The green booties are made out of Bernat softee yarn and I made the pink ones made out of cotton yarn.

Earflap Hat

This hat is a 3-month size, and is very easy. The pattern is from allicrafts.blogspot.com. She does have a newborn size also. The pattern calls for worsted weight yarn , I used Red Heart Yarn. I'm thinking about trying to use a softer yarn for the hat maybe Caron. The Red Heart worsted weight yarn did make the hat a little thicker, I think that the Caron yarn wouldn't be as thick. For the braids , I cut 12 pieces of yarn about 16 inches long. Put 6 pieces together and pulled through the loop on the tip of the earflap. Then braided. Tied a knot at the end and trimmed the fringe. You wouldn't have to put a braid on the hat if you didn't want to. I think that they are kind of cute. But I plan on making some with out the braids also. I did do a crab stitch around the hat for trim , you would want to do that before adding the braids.

Baby Hats

Have been making more baby hats. This time I will try to sell them. Maybe make some extra cash for my hobby :) Have already sold six hats,easy money. A project that doesn't take long either. I have a total of eight hats made up right now along with some booties and mitts for newborns. I also think that I will make up some baby afghans and crochet hats & booties to match. Would like to try to crochet a simple sweater (which I have never done). Will post more pics as I finish them.