Another Pattern Tetsed
Well I was lucky again. I got to test a pattern this time by “hmcquigg“ from Crochetville.
This time is was a dog sweater. Of course, I don’t have a dog so that only means one thing: It’s time to torture the cat! I made it a little smaller so it would fit him better, and unfortunately I got the strap twisted when I was trying to quickly get him in the thing. But you get the idea. The pattern was really easy to follow, very quick to work up, and easy to change to get the size I wanted.
So here Loki is in his new little camo sweater, complete with hunter orange button.
Update: People were asking what kind of cat he was, and he is a Bengal. 
Another Portrait Down…
Well, I finished another one. Now I have my Mom’s portrait done in addition to my Step-Dad’s done already. Two down, two to go. I am really really really wanting to get this done for her birthday so I am going to need to get a move on. I HAVE to finish another FULL portrait this weekend if I am going to make it. I have quite a few new movies to watch so I can watch movies and crochet. As long as I stay focused and work really hard on it, I can finish the third portrait this weekend.
The whole afghan will need to be complete and in the mail by October 13th. Which also happens to be Friday the 13th. Won’t that be nice. lol Hopefully, no mishaps will occur.
I can feel the hand cramps and lack of sleep already, but that is how bad I want to finish this in time. I am pretty sure I can do it.
On another note, I went to Wal-mart and I visited the yarn section. Which I shoudln’t have. I can’t believe how much money I spent. But I found some good stuff and almost all of what I got was on sale. The only thing that wasn’t on sale was the Caron Simply Soft. I got 6 skeins, 3 in different shades of green and 3 in different shades of purple. I am working on making some very soft and VERY pretty striped scarves for a couple friends for their birthdays. I started on the purple one already and I am loving it. It is turning out fantastic. Those need to be done by the end of October so I have plenty of time. Plus, scarves don’t take too long.
The Florida Fiber In – What a Disaster
Well I went, I saw, I was unimpressed.
First of all I have to begin with the fact I was very cranky when I got to the even in the first place. The traffic was terrible because of construction, accidents, and normal tourist stupidity. So what should have been a 20 to 25 minute drive took over an hour. I finally made it though, but that really didn’t pick up my mood.
Here is what the Florida Fiber In consisted of. Maybe 10 vendor booths, a silent auction, and some women sitting around talking to one another while working on various projects. Well that was about what I expected it to be anyway so that doesn’t sound too bad. However, these women came across as the most unfriendly and unwelcoming bunch I have ever seen. I had money in my purse and I was looking to spend some of it. I was hoping to get some information on spinning since I want to get into it. But hardly anyone looked up from their project to even say “hello”. I don’t know how people expect to sell their goods if they cannot be friendly enough to strike up a conversation. I walked in, looked around, got pretty much ignored, and left. All that for about 10 minutes of feeling out of place and like I didn’t belong there. Wow.
So I left, bought some new sunglasses to make myself feel better and went home. I was a terrible experience and I won’t be doing it again. An event needs to be created which 1. is much larger, 2. Is a lot more fun, and 3. has a welcoming atmosphere. One day, I would love to coordinate my own event like this one.. because this had potential, the execution was just all wrong. I am thinking about emailing the Coordinators and letting them know what I thought of the whole thing, and also letting them know their website needs to be re-vamped.
Ok my rant is over. I am seriously just appalled at the whole situation.
On a lighter note, I got some great yarn that was on sale at Wal-Mart. I spent way too much (of course) but I am happy with it all. I am working on some great scarves for Birthday presents for a couple friends. So far they are turning out FANTASTIC.
Who knew swapping would be so fun?
I got my package today from Chelle my fall tote swap partner! It was wonderful! I got a BEAUTIFUL tote, some yarn, tea, socks, frames to decorate, and decorating supplies. To top it all off I got an awesome pumpkin pie candle. It looks like a real pumpkin pie!
Enjoy…. because I am going to!
Will I make it?
Well, I am making a portrait afghan for my mom. It will have 4 different portraits – My mom, my Step-dad, my sister, and me of course. So it will be the whole family. I think it is going to turn out really well. You can see the color scheme on the left. I can’t show the whole portraits because I don’t think my family would appreciate having their faces on the net. But when I get my own portrait done I will post that one. Of course I will probably be done last. I haven’t graphed my own picture yet.
Now for the big question. When is my mom going to get this? Originally I thought this would be a great Christmas present. But really, this first portrait (my step-dad) didn’t really take that long. If I worked on it and stayed focused I could get it done for her birthday (which is in the middle of October). So Birthday or Christmas? I guess we’ll see how it comes along. I will have to work really hard on the weekends if it is going to be a birthday present.
Camo for Comfort
As you know I’m sure, Steve Irwin tragically passed away. So some one the wonderful ladies at Crochetville decided to get a comfort-ghan going for the family. I would like to thank TamiCrochets for being so wonderful to take squares and put them all together. This was a wonderful idea started by MamaHooks. This is my square I sent. It is from Chris Simon’s Supernova Pattern and it done in camo greens.
I can’t wait to see the full afghan when it is done. It should be a very cool project.
Priority Mail Never Fails Me!
Well MamaChelle got her tote bag today! I am very happy it made it there ok. So now I can post what I made.
First of all the tote of course. It turned out pretty big. I hope She liked it.
UPDATE: Many people have asked me for the pattern. You can find it HERE
I guess I shoudl have included that in the first place. lol
Here is a close up of the leaf pin I added:
The papers in the pocket are some fall themed return address lables that I had made for Chelle.
Next I decided to use some of the extra yarn and make a matching Bear to go along with the tote.
I also freeformed my own little crochet invention. A tree magnet made from wire. I really like this and plan on making some more.
The last thing I actually made was a fall leaf picture frame. I thought it turned out pretty cute.
And last but not least I included some other misc. fall themed goodies. A scarecrow decoration, a small ceramic pumkin bowl, some candy, and some yankee candles in Coffee, Autumn wreath, and fall leaves. (I think those were what they were called)
I hope she really liked everything. I am very happy it made it there in good shape.
The Swap Is On!
Well. I finished My Tote and other goodies and it is officially on its way. I hope MamaChelle over at CrochetVille loves everything. I am always worried about stuff like that only because I don’t know her personally. There is some good stuff in there though so I am pretty confident. I will post pictures of everything I created when I know she got her package.
Now that I am done with all that I have lots of other projects to do. I am working on some items to sell over at http://www.davisdesignercrochet.com. In addition to that I am starting the family portrait afghan for my mom. Which is either going to be a birthday or Christmas present (depending on when I get it done). I actually kind of hope I get it finished for her Birthday, but that will be tough. We shall see.
Also I signed up for the Winter Scarf swap! I am loving this swap thing apparently. I am not too worried about that being way too time consuming though. Scarves are rather quick. Oh, and on the topic of scarves I need to start making my red scarves for the Orphan Foundation Red Scarf Project. I encourage everyone to do the same. The deadline is not until January so you have plenty of time and it encourages those children who are coming out of foster care to continue their education and go to college. A worthy cause if I ever heard of one!
