That Guy Crochets!!!

I know! I can’t believe it either! I haven’t really been blogging cuz I haven’t really had anything to talk about. My life has gotten pretty dull lately. I’m working n another afghan to give to charity. The hideous Skipping Stones went to the local animal shelter and is keeping some lucky critter warm.

Really,that’s it. Nothing else really is going on except the “o” on my key board doesn’t want to work right. I have to keep pressing on it harder than usual to make it work.

In fact,here’s the deal. I have been thinking about this blog and the fact that I don’t really see the purpose in it any longer,except I do have some readers that enjoy it. So here’s what I’m going to do. I’m giving you all,dear readers,one week. Leave your comments on this post letting me know that you are indeed out there. Next Friday,I’ll decide whether or not I have enough readers toi keep this blog going. I’ll post between then and now,but all comments relating to this post have to be made here. This is the one I’ll return to to make my decision.

Take care,and I’ll be back later.

Well,I finally finished off my mile-a-minute afghan! All that’s left is to weave in the ends,and I’m putting that off until next Monday before I take it to the crochet group. It’s going to Sistercare with a coupla others I have already made. This is the first time I designed my own MAM,and i think it turned out pretty well.

It consists of 12 strips,but can be made as wide as you like. It’s also done in a join-as-you-go technique. I don’t know how much yarn I used,as it’s all scraps (even the white) that I had in my stash. I used a size “H” hook. The directions are:

Chain 6 and join to form a ring.
Row 1: Ch3 (counts as your first dc now and throughout),work 2 dc,ch3,work 3 dc. Mark this row as right side.
Row 2-75: Ch 3,turn. In ch3 space of previous row work (3 dc,ch 3,3 dc),work a dc in top ch of ch3 in previous row. End off after row 75.

Border:
On first strip,attach white in beginning ring,ch 3 and work 8 dc in same space. Ch 1,skip first shell, *work 2 dc in next space formed by ch3 or dc,ch1. Repeat from * through last space on side.Work 9 dc in top ch3 space. Repeat from * down next side. Join to first ch3. End off.

On remaining strips: Attach white in beginning ring,ch3 and work 8 dc in same space. Hold two strips together with wrong sides facing and slip stitch into first ch 1 space. *Work 2 dc in next space formed by a ch3 or dc in new strip,slip stitch in ch 1 space of old strip. Repeat from * on side. Work 9 dc in top ch3 space. Ch1. **Work 2 dc in next space,ch1. Repeat from ** down side. Join to beginning ch 3. and end off.

Attatch all strips in this manner.

On another note,during the SnB this past Saturday,my dear friend Barbara introduced me to the “Brain Dead” afghan. It’s really simple,but cute at the same time,and I was looking for something mindless. I had just bought some great mill ends in turquoise,pink,and white to make another Sistercare blanket,and this afghna would be perfect! I got started then and there,and this is where I stopped Saturday night.

For some reason I was not getting the right size (off by 7 inches) and it kept pulling in on the sides. I just finished frogging it,and redoing the first row. Now it looks right! I guess the thing was off since I was at the group and having so much fun laughing and playing that I really didn’t pay attention to what I was doing. My count was waaaaay off apparently and so was my tension. The good part is,now I get more use out of the yarn! YAY!

Also at that meeting I was able to get Vicgtor started knitting. He is the 8 year old grandson of my Dear friend Cindi. She knits beautifully,but wanted Victor to learn Continental,so…He pickded it up pretty well,but i think he was a bit bored with it when he discovered that garter stitch is the same thing over and over again. He’s a veryt crafty young man,and I hope he stitcks with his knitting. he loves to make potholders an those looms,and Cindi as him crocheting,so…

Well,that’s it for today. I’ll be back later!! Oh,for those of you that wondered…my latest tattoo from my last post. This one hurt like F***K!! It’s 3 days later,and it’s still tender. But I did choose a tender spot on the body to get it. Bye fer noo!!

Got a new tattoo today!! Don’t it look great?

It’s a symbol for order out of chaos. It’s just perfect for me right now as I’m finally getting my life in order. Back later!

Dear readers,

  I just found out that a U.S. soldier,david Matuary (sic) has a video of himself floating around on the ‘net. In this video,he has taking a puppy (A PUPPY!!!!!!),tied it’s legs together,and while it screams and cries and whines,he laughilngly (HE”S LAUGHING,PEOPLE!!!) throws the puppy off a cliff!!!!! I foyu Goolge “U.S. Soldier Throws Puppy Off A Cliff,you will see pics and the video.

 People,the bastard must die!!! No prison time…no mental health care…he MUST die!!!!! And in the same inhumane way that he MURDERED this puppy!!!

I have no lineince (sic) for people like this soldier. The bastard must die!

I’m sorry if you are disturbed by what I have said here,but that is how I honestly feel.

So I’m an addict. I’m addicted to Project Runway! I have been since Season one!! This season (4) is just about over with only one episode left,and I’m already jonesing for next season. Last week they had a walk-off between Chris (yay!) and Rami (eh) to see which of these two would be the third to compete at Bryant Park Fashion Week. They had to do a collection of 12 pieces each because the walk-off was only 2 days before Bryant Park,so whoever won had to be ready. They were told to pick what they believed to be the strongest 3 pieces from the collections and present them to the judges. This beautiful dress was one of Chris’s pieces…

The center panel and the wrap are both crocheted hairpin lace!!!!!!! Yay! I think it’s gorgeous and a total winner! Unfortunately,the judges disagreed. Rami got the third slot to compete at Bryant Park. On the plus side,I found out that Chris still showed is collection at Fashion Week,just not as part of Project Runway. Thanks to Sheldon for not only that info,but for the picture of this dress.

Now all I have left to do is find out Wednesday who wins PR. Will it be Chrstian,who is talented,but who is completely arrogant? Or maybe Jillian,who can pull out some wonderful outfits,but has a tendency to bite off more than she can chew and has a problem with time management? Or Rami,who knows how to design for a woman’s body,but has this unnatural fascination with draping,so that most of his dresses look like Greek goddess wear? Onlhy time will tell!

See ya’ll later!!

I forgot to mention that March is national Crochet Month,so get them hooks up high and crochet to your hearts content!!! Like that’s different from any other time! Anyway,here are two pics that I love and I hope you like ‘em too!!!

Okay,I don’t really hate kids,but I kinda did last night and I probably will tonight. You see,I work in a convenience store and right down the road is the local soccer field. Yesterday we had 15 soccer teams in town for the day and they all had to come up to the store acting like idiots and being as load as possible. The parents,of course,were nowhere to be found. Combine that nonsense with the stupidity of the people going crazy to make sure they have their lottery tickets and beer…well,you can figure out from there how my night went. Oh,and the guy I worked with last night,as nice as he is,is slow as molasses.

Well,enough of that. I’ll be back later!

Well,I worked in the Skipping Stones afghan all week,and made throught the section that has 200 and some odd stitches in it,and I’ll be honest…by that point I was sick of the thing! I just couldn’t take it anymore!!! Combine that with the fact that it was just not something I like to look at…

I just had to stop and add the border seven rounds before I should have. This thing is the bane of my existence and I just honestly hate it! Luckily I’ll be giving it away to charity soon.

I guess I should clarify a few things. I don’t hate it because of the colors but because of the pattern itself. You actually end up doing the last 7 rounds on 488 sts! I’m not about to do that. It looked like a fun pattern when I found it,and I bought all this pretty sage yarn to make myself one,but this pattern is going to the garbage files. I’m sorry but that’s just the way it is. They can’t all be winners. Now I just have to find a pattern for all that sage yarn.

On another note,I did find a really cool hotpad pattern. It’s five squares done separately,then crocheted together to create a wonderful look. It’s called the Starburst Hotpad and this is the one I made.

It’s not the easiest pattern to understand,but it is definitely worth the trouble. Just Google “Starburst Hotpad” to find the pattern…that’s what I did after I saw it on another blog.

Also,after I finished the pad,I decided to go back to making a Mile-A-Minute afghan. The pattern I was using just wasn’t going to cut it for me,so I’m going on my own. Inspired by Eva,I’m doing this MAM using nothing but my scraps and bordered with white yarn. The only thing that I’m doing that I haven’t seen yet,but am not taking credit for,is the fact that I’m doing it in a join-as-you-go method. For those of you that have made granny ghans doing that,you’ll understand.

Well,other than that,work is going really great! I love the job! Justin has moved back in and blew out his car,so Mom and I have to lug him around,but he may be getting a truck from a co-worker tonight. This will be the same guy that sold him his last car that he just blew out. Now…was the car screwed up when Justin bought it? No. Did justin think it was important to check the oil and water? No. Can you see what happened to the car? Anyway,this will be his sixth car in a year and a half! Can you spell “idiot”? I love the kid,but he’s driving the entire family insane!!!!

Well,enuff of that,so I’m gone! Take care!!!

This is fun!! Just go to Photobucket and put your answer to each question in the image search engine. You can only choose from the first 20 pics! try it and let me know how it goes!!!

1. What’s your name?

2. What’s your favorite food?

3. Where did you go to school?

4. What’s your relationship status?

5. What’s your favorite color?

6. Who’s your celebrity crush?

7. Who are listening to right now?

8. What’s your favorite movie?

9. What’s your favorite book?

10.Who’s your favorite Disney Princess?

11. What’s your favorite drink?

12. Where’s your dream vacation?

13. What’s your favorite dessert?

14. What do you want to be when you grow up?

15. One word to describe yourself?

16. One word that describes your style?

17. What’s your ideal home?

What is your favorite mode of transportation?

19. What are you passionate about?

Okay,if you read the post from earlier today,you’ll know that I started a mile-a-minute afghan yesterday. I had done the majority of two strips and only had to add the border color,which I didn’t have in my stash. So this morning after dropping my nephew off at his job,I swung by Wal-Mart and grabbed a skein of the needed color.  The strips were to be done in Red Heart Earth & Sky with a Coffee border. I finished off those two strips and joined them,then made and joined the third strip. Looking at it,I said..mmmmm. This looks a bit small,but I did my swatch with this yarn and this hook and I got gauge. What;s the deal here? I got out my trusty ruler and measured. Yep,the height is right on but the width? I was only getting 8 inches on three strips!!! I grabbed the pattern and read it through for the third time. Seven strips total. 48 inches wide? There’s no flipping way! I kept going. The pattern refers to only having 7 strips twice more! That’s when it hit me. The designer is an evil liar who must be stopped!!! I don’t want to try to figure out the border for the entire piece if I adjust it to more than 7 strips because it has a bit of detailing on it,so it shall languish until I feel up to messing with it again. But now I have this variegated and brown yarn that are partially used,so they can’t be returned,and they have no project! Off to my pattern library!!

I pulled out the pattern for a round afghan called “Skipping Stones”. The pattern calls for two strands held together and an “N” hook,but I don’t have enough yarn. But,I say to myself,if I gather up the yarns that I do have that kinda go with the variegated and use a “J” hook,I may get a baby afghan or maybe a lap robe. Mmmmmm. So here it is on the 12th round. Only 24 more to go,and I still will be adding the brown yarn from before,and some tan that I already have.

This blanket I have decided is destined to charity,so when I went back out to pick up my nephew from his work,I swung into A.C. Moore and grabbed the yarn needed for the pattern…8 skeins and I’m going to use a wonderful sage color. That one will be mine!!

Take it easy,and I’ll be back later!!!