Hexagon....Grandmother's flower garden

I have always loved hexagons. A long time ago I bought 'quilt patis' and made these flowers, then last winter I appliqued them to the blocks and found I don't have enough to make a baby quilt which was my first intention.

Just recently I saw several blogs where people are making 'one flower each wednesday' and now I want to join in the fun and complete this project.....so I will start tomorrow.

Learning to crochet "on the double"

I tried Tunisian crochet and was disappointed in the end product....it curled and was ruglike. While researching this I found crochet 'on the double' tutorial and tried it. I love it.

You use a long double ended hook or denise interchangeable needles sells hooks that connect to either end of a cable and they are wonderful. It is an easy process and comes out looking more like knitting than crochet. The afghan comes out puffy but warm and drapes nicely.

The fun thing is it looks different on each side. One project I am doing is a varigated pink yarn mixed with a pale yellow and on one side it looks pink and on the other looks yellow....fun!

Birthday blanket

This afghan is for an adorable little gal who is turning two later this summer and getting a 'big girl' bed and newly decorated room. I am almost done and found out that it is much bigger than I planned.....guess I was so intent on getting the colors and stripes correct that it got away from me!.....don't know what to do, might make another small one and give them both to her. She is going into a toddler bed right now but that won't last long....this afghan is better sized for a twin bed.....sigh....sometimes I just get carried away....lol

April BOM for Aunt Millie's Garden

Finished the April block for Aunt Millie's Garden.....May's block is very similar with the same shape flower but many smaller ones, now to choose a color scheme and get going.

Crochet for Abby

I have been making baby afghans for gifts lately and my 'baby' wants me to make her one too!
Since she is 24 years old she gets to choose her colors and of course it is tourquoise and brown.

She is very impatient and wants it NOW.....considering I just bought the yarn last Monday I believe I have done really well in one week's time.

"Hooked" on another hobby

My daughter asked me to go with her to a 'sit and knit' group a few weeks ago....sure I love spending time with my girls. Took my quilting project and enjoyed talking with the knitters.

So when she wanted me to go again...thought I best start a small crochet project, maybe a scarf.

Wellllll....I bought a skein of yarn or two and found a hook and......now I am hooked!

I did crochet when my kids were born but haven't made anything for many years. I finished this

baby afghan after just one week and have enough yarn for two more....lol. (I do need several baby gifts for this summer)

Luckily this pattern is one I have made many many times so even after all this time I can make it from memory...now if I could just remember where I left my glasses.....lol

P.I.G.S........DONE

During the Olympics I made this P.I.G. project. It started as rail fence blocks that Anna sent me and was chopped and stitched into this colorful quilt. It will go to a patient at the chemo clinic where I received treatment last year. It certainly shows up with the snow as a backdrop...my daughter trudged thru two feet of snow to hang it.