Emergancy Baby Blankets

 ~~~~ A very dear friend of mine let me know that she has a friend who desperately needs baby blankets and clothes for a 1 week old little boy. So i raided my stash of yarn and pulled out a pound of bright yellow, bright green, and bright blue yarns to make three blankets and hats in each color. Now these are just going to be solid colored hats and blankets. Nothing overly fancy and something i can whip up quickly. So i am doing at least one in a granny square (one large square), and the others i am thinking just a simple Half Double stitch back and forth or something just as quick and easy that will make nice warm blankets with winter coming.

~~~~ i am going to ask Roommate to send them down to our friend so that she can pass them on as soon as they are done. i hope that it will be very quickly as they have jumped everything else and are the most important things i am working on. The family that is getting them is staying with her for a little while and she was telling me how Momma has never really been shown any kindness and when Friend gave Momma a few shirts to year because she really did not have any she cried over the kindness. i do not want to make her cry but i do want to show her that there are people in this world that will show her kindness even if they do not know her. i just wish i could do more for her.

Time To Relax

~~~~ i have been on the move all day today well yesterday actually as it is after midnight. i walked to the bank and back a total of almost 2 hours walking to get $30 worth of quarters because i was out and needed them to do laundry. Now mind you i did not have that much laundry to do 3 loads to wash 6 to dry because the drier only dries about half a load at a time. Then there was folding all the laundry, changing the sheets on my bed, cooking dinner, reading with Son, and doing the dishes. Now it is time for me to relax and enjoy.

~~~~ i have my Blueberry Muffin oil from Abbey and Sullivan and my Blueberry Scone candles from Yankee Candle burning and my home smells wonderful and i am going to finish the blog and go and work on my scarf and beret for myself. i have jumped all the other projects i am working on and decided to make something for myself for this winter. i was at Walmart the other day and found the gorgeous Caron's Simply Soft in Pistachio and just had to get it. i want to make myself a long scarf and beret with it as well as a tote bag for my books and projects. i hope i got enough but if not i can always go back and get more. That is one of the great things about Caron's Simply Soft there are no dye lots to worry about matching. i am doing a very simple pattern for the scarf just. Ch 16 turn ch1 sc, dc, across the row and ch 1 turn sc, dc across the row and just keep doing that over and over. i do not have to think about it and can watch TV or talk to friends as i do it and it makes a great texture to scarf.

Writing A Patern

~~~~ This is my first attempt at writing a pattern for something that i am making up as i go along. i am making a messenger bag for a friend of mine that i went to high school with. She has wanted something handmade for a while now and i have been busy with so many other things well now i am taking the time to make this for her. i have made plenty of purses and tote bags sans pattern but i wanted to make this one from a pattern but could not find one that i liked so i am making up my own again and will try to put it up on Ravelry when i have it done. 

~~~~ All the other bags that i have made have either been for me or for the little girls in the neighborhood so being really well done was not a huge deal. Mind i never gave out anything that was not well made but if it was not done to a pattern or not perfect in its dimensions that really did not matter. But this bag i want to be as nice as i can make it. i found that beautiful Autumn Red yarn for Caron's Simply soft and am using that with a Persimmons border and detail. i think it is going to turn out really very beautifully and i can not wait to see what it looks like when it is all done and give it to her.

~~~~ So far i have the bottom done and written and one of the sides started. Writing the pattern does not seem to hard i just have to remember to write down everything that i do. We will see how the pattern turns out and my mom already said that she would test the pattern for me and see if i wrote everything down correctly and in a way that is easy to understand.

~~~~ i am also thinking about offering crochet lessons to make a little extra money. But for the money of the lessons they will get the yarn to make a hat and scarf as well as a set of crochet hooks in sizes G, H, & I. Now i just need to find people that want to learn to crochet. Maybe i will start with some of my neighbors and see if they are interested but i am not sure. i know there a few friends that i went to school with that want to learn but they are in OH and i am in IL some 7+ hours away from them. So i am hoping that there are people out here that want to learn as well and that i can find some of them.  i did teach Roommates niece to crochet and she really likes doing it so maybe i can talk to her and see if any of her friends want to learn too.

My Goal

~~~~ i am going to try and keep this up to date with my projects as i start and finish them. i am not sure how well i am going to do but we will see. i am one that starts many projects at a time and slowly gets them done. However i always try to get them done. Sometimes it may take a few years but i always get back to it in the end. It just depends on what other projects come up in the mean time and how quickly i have to get them done and who they are for if they are gifts or not.