Happy May!

Wait, did I type that right? Happy May? It's already May! But shoot I'm not complaining one bit, I'm so happy to be back in my flippy flops with a fresh coat of polish over my wee toes!

 And my favorite garden park is blooming with my favorite flowers! Beautiful!

 

I hope everyone has been doing well! I've been crocheting bunch of baby items to donate and they look amazing! My hats are absolutely adorable!

Aren't these all so darn cute! I love the little girls hat with the flower! I plan to make a total of 50 to donate! My hands do not even hurt the slightest bit!


Remember my Octagon and Square afghan??

Guess what!?!

Isn't great? And it went to my mom for her 44th Birthday! She absolutely loved it!


This weekend I plan on working on some more items for charity, not sure what just yet. Or perhaps just go and enjoy the beautiful weather!

What's in my yarn Basket?

Happy Tuesday everyone! How is everyone doing on this fine Spring day? Although I look outside and still see all of the snow from this Spring snowstorm many of us got hit with over the weekend.

Tired of the snow and cold yet?

I know I sure am...

Maybe these little lovely flower bunches will help bring a little spring weather, just maybe.. I am ready to plant my own bunch of flowers outside :)

But in the mean time, to warm us up a little, I have a yummy pot roast with carrots and potatoes in the slow cooker, and it smells amazing!



How about we get to what is in my basket :)

These past few weeks I've been stuffing my yarn basket with more projects than I should, and it's over flowing! So no more stuffing until I get at least two of the afghans I have in it done.

Told you guys its overflowing...

First thing in it is a octagon and square afghan :) And the greens I chose for it, look amazing together.

I think my favorite kind of yarn is the Red Heart super saver. It's really cheap and it's so soft! The greens I chose to use for this were:

#661 Frosty Green, #0624 Tea Leaf, and #0389 Hunter Green

This pattern is very simple, it's a basic octagon and granny square pattern! 

For this afghan I did use Red Hearts Octagon & Square throw pattern.

However I did change it up a little bit, when it tells you to *hdc in the top of ch-3* for rnds 3-8. I changed it so that it was *ch1, slst in top of ch-3* instead of the hdc. It looks a whole lot better, trust me :) 

 

I didn't have to use this pattern, I could have made up my own, but I'm still learning how to make my own and make sure I write it down as I go. I tend to get "lost" in the moment ;) I'm sure all of us crafters do that from time to time.

 I've been working on this for almost 2 weeks now...

I have all of my squares and octagons done now...

And Mr.Kittyboy approves of them and says that they make a nice pillow for him... :)

Now comes the fun part, stitching them all together, which is the part I dread oh so much! I took a break after I finished making the motifs. I started stitching them together this morning, and so far it looks amazing!

  

 Can not wait to see what it looks like when it is completed! However this one will be given away to my mom for her birthday next month. But it's so easy, so I can just make my own :)

  

Remember my ripple blanket I've been working on? The brown tones one that I made a tutorial for?

 It's coming together slowly... :P Soon as I finish this octagon throw, this ripple afghan will get finished! Even though I have a ton of new ruffle yarn to make some pretty scarves, I will be good and finish what is in my basket first :)

 

What I've been working on...

Good Monday afternoon everyone :) It's been a little while since I last posted, but I've been so busy with whipping up some beautiful crochets and knits to share with you all.

It seems that I make a ton of afghans, but it is still very much winter here in Ohio!

 But my wonderful husband is awesome and bought me my favorite flowers for Valentine's Day, so these are telling me that Spring is right around the corner!

Speaking of Valentine's Day, I hope everyone had a great day with their sweethearts :)


So these past few weeks, I've been working on a couple afghans, one for me, yes for me for once :) and another for my little nephew Shayne.

I made this warm beauty for myself :) It's made out of 6 different colors of Lion Brand Jiffy, and oh my is it warm :) And it was so easy to make! I'll throw up some tutorials of some of this stuff I've made soon, I promise :)


This next blanket, hurt my hands, and I'm only 22! The "puff" stitch takes a lot of work lets just say that.

Alphabet puff stitch afghan :) And little Shayne already likes it. I kinda messed up at the bottom there with the puffs not reaching the end, but for being my first time making something like this, I think it looks mighty swell!

A newborn diaper wrap shirt...

diaper cover to match the shirt...

a beanie to match the shirt and diaper cover...

And what do you get???

 A adorable newborn outfit :) Now I just need a baby to model this on! Ohhh, someday I'll have my own to make a ton of pretty things for :)

Now, how about a look at what I'm working on now?

Another afghan :) it is winter after all and nothing better than cuddling up with a nice warm blanket! Give me a few days and it'll be complete!

Hope you all enjoyed what I had to share today. I will have more, promise, and tutorials :)