Hazel’s birthday princess crown….

  The pattern can be found here.

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Two pics from Christmas…

…taken on MY NEW DIGITAL CAMERA!  WOOHOOO!  The first is Hazel’s Tea Set from this fabulous pattern (along with strawberry appliques, crocheted truffles and chocolate covered pretzels, and chocolate covered strawberries which the pic did not do justice to), the second is Jamie’s knight from this fabulous pattern (in biracial tones and hair~LOL)!  (((((HUGS)))))  sandi

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CONTEST!!! Today was International Crochet Day!!!!!

I noticed my Allen happened to still be awake when I realized what day it was~contest drawing day!  So I pulled him outta bed and told him to get his earflap hat…  And the WINNER is (but first let me interject the politically correct statement that you are ALL winners!):  Munchkins and Music!!!!!  I am [...]

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Really FAST contest!

Okay, March is National Crochet Month, and we have only a few days left!  You have until 11:59 PM on the last day of March to leave me a comment.  What might you win?  A crocheted (by me~no groans!  HA!), cotton dishcloth.  Smallish, but it’s ALWAYS fun to WIN something!  Leave me a comment y’all!  [...]

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Decorating dreams and such….

We’ve been having computer problems, so I’ve missed y’all! And I NEEDED prayer this week, as OY! My dear children have really pulled out all the stops! Sadly I rose to the occasion by responding with equal nastiness. ~sigh~ I have found that one of my children responds best of all to very gentle handling [...]

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OH how I love YARN!

I am crocheting a beret (Bejeweled Beret, Crochet Today Sep/Oct 07) for a friend’s birthday, and the yarn it calls for is very bulky. Not long ago I discovered we have a LYS, so we finally took a trip to check it out on Saturday. It has only natural fiber, and OOOOHHHH did I drool [...]

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Crochet Update!

Completed Projects to date:
1.) A good 30+ dish/wash cloths (ch 31, hdc a square, attach white and sc around, then sc, ch 3, dc same stitch, skip a stitch, repeat)
2.) 7 granny squares
3.) 1 baby earflap hat (from SnB) and matching Mary Jane Booties
4.) 1 infant cap, Mary Jane booties, and infant mitts I came [...]

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Crochet Update!

Completed Projects to date:
1.)  A good 10 dish/wash cloths (ch 31, hdc a square, attach white and sc around, then sc, ch 3, dc same stitch, skip a stitch, repeat)
2.)  7 granny squares
3.)  1 baby earflap hat (from SnB) and matching Mary Jane Booties
4.)  1 infant cap, Mary Jane booties, and infant mitts I came up [...]

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TAGGED! Amid a lot of other stuff….

It’s a rainy day here, and we’re having pizza for dinner. Jamie helped to knead the dough, and after her nap Hazel helped to pat it out onto our pizza pans. She wasn’t quite as helpful at sprinkling the cheese~she’d much rather eat it! Same with the frozen broccoli… Preston is walking around the kitchen [...]

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Crochet update including a COOL CONTEST!

You MUST head over to Ruth’s blog, because she is giving away a set of BEAUTIFUL crocheted snowflakes!  WOW what a prize!  I WANNA WIN! 
You also hafta, hafta, HAFTA check out this post concerning Share a Square.  It will move you and make ya smile, and if you’re anything like me you’ll need a tissue [...]

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