Alia Looks Adorable & The World is Frustrating Me.

This is my sister's friend in the scarf/wrap that I made. I knew she'd find some super adorable way to wear it. It looks ridiculously cute on her!

Yesterday was the last day to get studs off your car here in Oregon and I knew the Les Schwab guy was going to tell me my regular tiles were bald. So I went in, he told me, and I bit the bullet and bought new tires. To me, buying tires is really depressing. It's like spending $500 on the most boring thing ever. I know some people are really into their car and wheels and tires but I'm not one of them. In order to cheer myself up I watched a bunch of episodes of Eureka and ate a little cake shaped like an Easter egg.

I did buy a new water bath canning pot yesterday so that made me happy. Mine had mineral deposits in it and was about to have a hole through it so we left it in Idaho when we moved. I was going to can today but the asparagus I wanted wasn't on sale anymore so now it's back to waiting for it to go on sale again. I was so mad at myself for not buying it the first day I saw it on sale. I'll have more to share about canning later in the week!

Catherine Wheel Blanket

Hey guys, I have a confession to make, I hate crocheting granny squares. I think granny squares can be cute but they are so boring to make. I've never been able to finish a granny square blanket, even if it's just one giant square, can't do it, too boring. I love granny stripes and granny ripple and all other granny themed items but I just can't get into the granny square. I know the granny square is pretty much universally loved so I hope you all will still be my friends after that little confession.

Lately I've been working on a little lap blanket using the Catherine Wheel Stitch. I love how it looks and if you want to try it too, there is a ridiculously long but seriously awesome tutorial on youtube. I mean, it's almost an hour long but anytime I had trouble following the pattern, I could fast forward right to the spot I needed, get a little help, and move on. Amazing! That is one thing I absolutely love about the crochet community, everyone is so helpful and just wants to share their love for crochet.

For anyone visiting from Ginny's Yarn Along, I forgot to say that I'm just about to start reading Game of Thrones and I'm excited to start!

What have you been crafting lately?

Custom Orders Are FUN!

One of my sister's friends saw something online that she really wanted but she doesn't know how to crochet so my sister got ahold of me and I did the crochet part so that she could have her lovely wrap. I'm sure she'll come up with some really cool and pretty ways to wear this. I only played with it for a quick second before shipping it off. It's really soft and I was starting to really like it so perhaps I'll have to make one for myself.

The only buttons I could find were hideous plastic things so Jake found these in the woodworking section of Michaels. I stained and sealed them and then Jake drilled holes in them for me. Voila, buttons!

I wrapped it up and off it went! Good-bye little wrap, I'm sure you'll love your new home.

Pattern for wrap can be found here.

Pretty Projects: Crochet Update.

We did a lot of visiting and doctor's appointments and general sitting around while we got ready to move so I started a new blanket, even though I'm currently working on two others. Sometimes it's nice to start a new project so that I can feel refreshed and ready to revisit the ones that are already in progress.

The other two blankets are gifts for others but this baby is just for me. I've never made myself a blanket. In fact, most everything I crochet is given away or sold. This chevron pattern is ridiculously easy but time consuming as it's done in a single crochet, all of it, little tiny stitches. It's nice though because it's mindless, I don't have to pay attention to what I'm doing. Plus, the colors are fun, they have a bit of a 70s vibe.

Are you guys working on any fun projects?

Babies Love Cowls.

My sister informed me that Lana needed a cowl, so I bought some soft chunky yarn, found a giant crochet hook to make it even softer, and whipped this thing up. It was hard to gauge how large it should be without having a small child near me but I still think it's cute and she can wear it for years and years.