A little crochet

I finally bought a book I've wanted for some time. I'm watching the money but I squeezed this in as it was 30% off. So now I need to learn to knit so I can use the other half of the book. I've tried before but it just seems hard to me. I think I'll look up some videos and go from there. I spent Saturday at my brother's and I made a few new granny's .They're the start of an afghan called cathedral windows. Hopefully I won't lose interest like I usually do, I really like this square. I'm having fun making flowers right now too and leaves. Boy, today I seem to be having trouble thinking, I'm drawing a big blank here. Maybe cuz I keep wanting to put my head down and go to sleep. Perhaps that's what I'll do, go recharge the battery. Then I'll make sense next time instead of babbling. Till then, happy crocheting.

Picking Up Where I Left Off

     My Attic24 Bag. I got lazy and skipped the flowers and did not do a good job sewing on the  handles. I was in a hurry as I had kids and a my husband at my feet all waiting for me to do other things! I will have to give it another go, but not quite as big. It's really very floppy, I did too many rows for the bottom. I do love the flat circle pattern though. I've had a lot of trouble keeping my rugs flat and when I got this bag out to finish it I realized I should use that pattern. So off I will be to try another rug! I intend to master it!

This is a second afghan for my husband, the first one I made for him is cool, I just wasn't very good at controlling how big I made the stitches. A baggy mess I'll tell ya. He's a sweety though and always says how much he loves it. This is a bad pic, the color is a lot deeper than it looks. More pics later as I get more done on it. I still want to get all these ufo's out of the closet.
I of course can't help myself from doing small projects in between but I'm still plugging away. I need to finish this afghan and two more after that. Then I will start another, I do love afghan's, if only I could stick with something and see it through. I guess I'm just a fickle chick!
All right then, enough for today, work to do, crochet calling me and a trip to the library! Enjoy the day!

This & That

                                              Pumpkin Bread for breakfast. 

                                                     Zombie's for entertainment.

                                                A new rag rug in the making.

Mandala's

I finished another mandala, the biggest I've made yet. I rather like the ruffly look it has before blocking. I decided to put this on the table, I think it looks good there. Now I'm trying to decide what to crochet as I'm still working on getting sheets ready for a rug. I'm always torn between making things just because and thinking I need to get things done for etsy. Soooooooooo many things I want to make and so little time! I've also become obsessed with thrift shopping, I've found some cute things of late, which is good when you don't have a lot of money to work with. Things have changed financially here so I can't just go buy new yarn when I feel like it or new books and such. I'm having fun with the used store shopping though and going to the library. Heck, my son drug us to the pawn store (this after watching pawn stars) and I found a movie I had lost before and it was only two dollars. I'll take that deal. So all in all I'm pretty happy, I still have loads of random yarn skeins and the sheets to crochet with. I believe I'll be busy for awhile yet. Now I just have to figure out how to at least get my husband to buy me The walking Dead when it comes out on dvd! I do love zombie stuff. Okay, well it's getting late, I spent the day working on sheet rock with my husband and I'm quite beat. See ya next time.

Play Day

I got to have another day of play at my brothers on Saturday. We went thrifting, had lunch and then watched a few movies while we crocheted. I made a couple of grandala squares from Alice's pattern at crochet with raymond. I also made two fabric bowls, one for my brother and of course for myself. I think I am going to have to make several more, they are easy and fast and super sturdy. I finally made an african flower pot holder, also a pattern from Alice. The dark blue looks almost black in the picture but it is a very pretty blue I just found. Quite a cool project and I believe I will have to make more! I have several other ideas in my mind but right now I'm kind of obsessed with fabric crochet and granny squares. I'm also spending time fixing my craft room as we finally moved the rabbit cage back into the garage. I got my room back and I'm excited to be able to retreat in there as soon as I'm done organizing. Which is a lot of fun in itself. Well I have to get the young one to school so I will leave you here till next time.