Textured BoHo Cowl

I found the prettiest pattern

for a crocheted cowl 

over at Meg Made with Love.

This is the eighth one that I have 

made over the last month.

They made such great Christmas 

gifts.

This one has to be my favorite.

I chose to make this one from Alpaca yarn.

It is Cloudbourn in Espresso Heather.

I picked it up on Craftsy at their

year end clearance.

It was a great deal and I 

couldn't pass it up.

The wood buttons I found over at 

my local craft store.

The color of the yarn is so rich and beautiful.

I love all the little fibers that seem to 

find their way out of the stitches.

It gives it such a lovely texture.

I picked up 4 skeins, but only needed

2, so I guess I can make another

to give as a gift.

The pattern for this cowl is free over at 

Meg Made with Love.

She has some beautiful patterns on

her blog.

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A Bouquet of Daisies FInish

Last week, we had a bit of a blizzard pass through.

The kind of blizzard that causes

the power to be out.

10 plus hours to be out.

While I would have loved to hop

on my sewing machine and add

a couple more rows to the current quilt project,

Mother Nature was not going to let me.

I guess she knew I need to finish up

my crochet WIP.

So, I picked up my Bouquet of Daisies afghan,

and went to town on it.

 I was able to finish it up

and right before the electric

came back on.

Of course, I had to wait a day to take these pictures.

It doesn't look like much here, but

the drifts were quite large.

The only thing that I will miss about the snow is..

that is does make a beautiful backdrop.

The pattern for this afghan can be

found in the book Hooked on Crochet Afghans.

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Blizzard Warning

Do you ever make craft promises to yourself?

No, nothing like I won't buy yarn or fabric for a

month and then have a relapse.

I mean from an artistic point.

Several years back, after my grandmother passed

away, she left many crocheted granny squares in a bag.

After many hours of putting them together,

I made a promise to myself that well....

I would never make anything with any granny squares.

I didn't like the whole idea of having

 to crochet or sew them together. 

It is a good thing that we are all able to grow and

change our minds.

The change of mind came from a pattern.

 



It is called Blizzard Warning. 

It is created by Every Trick on the Hook.

You can find the pattern for free

right now on Ravelry.

You can either make a hexagon

or as a granny square.

  I chose the later.

Although, a hexagon could be in the near future.

 

 

I made a single crocheted seam in the center

connecting the squares. 

 



I have big plans for

this lovely, so

you'll have to check in later.

I could be snowed in.

 

 

 

 





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Sophie's Universe Finished

 

Guess what I finished up last week?

 

It is a little less that six feet square.

I absolutely love this afghan and

my garden in is full bloom, so it makes

the perfect picture backdrop.

 



 

 

 

 

I mostly used my scraps and

stash to work it up.

I only spent $20 on this beauty.  Very gratifying!

I have a second one already

planned. 

 You can find the pattern for this Sophie's Universe

at Look At What I Made.  

It is free pattern and I really can't say enough

for the pattern and the pictures that accompany it. 

It is very crochet friendly. 

 

Now off to visit a few flowers in my garden.

 

I adore lots, and lots of color. 

The more the merrier. 

I have always been drawn to the old

cottage gardens that are full

of all types and colors of flowers. 

Maybe, I can get out tomorrow to catch a few

more photos of the flowers that

are loving all this rain

we have had.

 

 

 

 

 

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Getting Closer

Not a whole lot of

sewing has been going on

at my home.

 

I have been crocheting the evenings away

on my Sophie.

 

 

I just finished Part 11.

I have 6 more parts to complete

on her.

 

We had about 10 inches of snow

on Mother's Day,

(Although you would never know it now)

so the grass has really greened up

around the house.


My Sophie looks quite a bit different
now than in this picture,
so does the grass.

 



 

I'll probably show her off next

after she is all finished up.

You can find the pattern for this

at Look At What I Made.

 

I have to get cutting on these

beautiful fabrics

 

 

 

Just LOVE Fresh Cut. 

I have big plans for these pretty little posies.

 

 

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Sophie CAL Color Selections and Progress

I had a few ask about my color sections

on my Sophie.

 

I love the shades of blue and  

the splash of yellow and white.

 

 

I am using

Caron Simply Soft and Red Heart Soft

with a size G hook.

 

Here are the colors

 

The Caron Colors:

 Sunshine

Robins Egg

Grey Heather

Soft Green

Ocean

White

 

The Red Heart Soft Colors:

Navy

Teal

Seafoam

 

 

 

Here is my progress to row 50.

I love taking pictures of fun little

in progress projects

 

 

The grass is slowly greening up

 

 

and there was a light breeze

 

 

A perfect day for Sophie 

 

You can find the Crochet-A-Long

at

 Look At What I Made.

 

 

You can also find me on Facebook.

 

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Sophie's Universe - CAL

 

I have been back to

my crochet hook.

I joined a crochet group on

Facebook and I fell in love

with the most fun little crochet-a-long

at Look At What I Made.

(Like I need another project)

 

 

I picked colors from my stash.

Although, there is not

going to be enough to

finish this off.

 

 

 

I am on week 3 of the CAL,

and it is on week 13,

so I have to

play a little catch-up.   

 

I thought I would add a bit

of yellow to the mix of

all the of blues.

 

Now back to my hook. 

 

And don't forget to enter the GIVEAWAY

that I have going on.

 

 

 

You can find the Color Selection and progress here.

 

 

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Tea for Two Hop

 

I decided last week,

Ohhh, I think I have

time to embroidery a cup or two

and decided to join in the hop

and well.....

 

 

 

I am slightly hooked on

created these cuties.

A little crocheted edge,

embroidery, and..



 

 

I finished these hankies up in no

time and they were

sweet little gifts for my nieces for

Easter.  A little keepsake

for them to have for a very

long time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you love embroidery,

I am having a GIVEAWAY. 

Three lucky people will win a set of these patterns.

 You can find it HERE.

 

Check out the other bloggers who are
having Tea for Two.  

 

April 6th

How ART you?

Stitchin' By The Lake

Bumbleberry Cottage

Sew Incredibly Crazy - Me

It Seams to be Sew

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Vintage Stitching and a GIVEAWAY!!



I have been traveling

with needle in hand over

the last couple weeks.

I managed to finish a couple little projects.

 

Maybe you or your mother

carried one... 

 



 

 

 

  

I always wanted a pretty hankie, so

lady-like and  dainty.

A lovely to pull out of your purse

or set upon your dresser. 

 

 

Adding a sweet little bit of

personalizing on the corner.

 

 

The details of these are

I added the colored crocheted edge, and

then I tested out my new

Fantasia Aurifloss set.

Which I LOVE!! 

They travel a lot better than

that rolled on the little plastic spools. 

And who can resist those sweet little

wooden spools.

 

 I used an iron on transfer from

Colonial Patterns for both the

 hankies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

These two will probably find their

way into to a Easter basket or two.



 

and I will have to make a couple for myself. 

 

 

 

This is my third blog anniversary.  

Over the course of the next few

weeks there will be a different giveaway. 

So to start the giveaways off....

 

Colonial Patterns has been generous in 

 giving three of you a Vintage Pattern Set.

 

It is filled with some adorable  iron-on patterns. 

 

So what do you have to do to

win a set of these cuties?

 

  

Anyone, Anywhere Can enter!

Yes, they will ship to an international winner

 

(1) For the first chance to win - Go to Colonial Patterns 

and pick out which one of

their products are your Favorite.

Come back here and leave me a comment.

 

(2) For the second chance to win - Go to Stitcher's

Revolution Facebook Page and like them.  

Tell me you did so.

 

(3)  For the third chance to win -  Go to

my new page - Sew Incredibly Crazy and like ME!!

or if you don't Facebook,

tell me how you follow me along.

 

 I will draw the winners on the evening

of April 11th.

 

MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT A NO REPLY BLOGGER!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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