Maria's Baby...

I made this baby afghan for my friend Maria's second baby girl... I made her other daughter one using the similar yellow/blue/green yarn... and had just enough left to use for a border of this one. not very "girly" I know, but didn't think pink would fly.

Steph's shower

I made a baby afghan for my sister in law Steph and her new baby Sally. I did a plain white lacy kinda design... not that practical, but every little girl needs something frilly!

Melissa's Shower

This is one of my favorite afghans to make... it's made with a light variegated yarn with a solid beige in a chevron pattern. it crochets up quick and looks nice if I do say so myself. I've used this pattern before and I forgot how much I liked it.... I'll be using it again! I think it only took about 6 hours to make!

Christina's Shower..

This was an afghan I made for Ben's cousin's wedding shower. If I didn't love to crochet, I probably would have thrown in the hook after completing this one! First of all... the pattern took forever... I used a solid color so wanted to add a little depth with the pattern... well all those popcorn stitches.... yikes! Also, I bought the yarn all at the same time and it's a yarn that supposedly doesn't have a dye lot... but that is the last time I'll believe that one... do you see the different colored stripe in there... yeah, it's actually really not obvious, I'm probably the only one who would really point it out readily... but boy does it show up on camera so maybe I'm wrong... but it's there.. and it annoyed me to no end since I didn't notice it till I was almost done, and by that point, there was no way I was ripping it out.... when it's not laid out flat, you really can't see it... but grrrr... does it ever bug me!!!!

Quit your monkeying around!!!

When I found out Morgan and Amber were having a baby, I already knew what I was going to make for them... in fact it was done before they were even halfway through the pregnancy! hehehe... too fun! There is an adult version of the monkey hat in the works. (Morgan was jealous and wants one of his own) I'll post a pic when it's done.

Kitchen Shtuff.

I've been taking a break from blankets and afghans and worked on lots and lots of dish cloths (knit) and potholders (crochet). They are fun, and quick and easy. I made a set for some each of the ladies in the lutherans for life group that I worked with here in fort wayne and I made a set for a co worker of bens who recently moved into a new house. We been watching lots of Xfiles on DVD in the evenings so I've had lots of time to knit and crochet. fun fun fun!

Brent and Alicia

This is a gift for Ben's cousin's wedding, given as a shower gift. I'm not really a fan of granny squares but since I used two yarns together and larger hook went a lot faster than my last granny (4 years). I didn't realize it when I took the picture, but the lattice yarn matches the carpet in our apartment... so it's almost camouflage. Oops... not much of a photographer I guess. I did figure out a new technique for crocheting the squares together so that there isn't many yarn ends. I kinda made it up as I went along. Maybe if I get really ambitious I'll put directions online... not that I think anyone is really interested in my techniques, but that way the next time I make a granny square something, I don't have to figure out the technique again... I'll just have my own tutorial! Wahoo!!!

Granny....

This is Buddy's favorite afghan. It sits on our rocking chair in our living room.... I finished it last fall... I only started it 4 years ago. (I would have abandoned it a long time ago if Ben hadn't kept asking why I hadn't finished it yet) the whole time I kept saying "I hate granny squares". All those loose ends to weave in... then when it seems like it's almost done you have all those squares to stitch together.. eek...

so what do I do after loathing this afghan for the past 4 years... I make another granny square afghan... it's for a gift so you'll have to wait to see it... I'll post it when it's given....

Archive: Wedding and bridal shower gifts

I started taking pictures of my completed projects a few years ago but most of them were taken with a film camera rather than digital and since I don't have a scanner, I have no pictures to show you... here are a few digital pics that i had... some day I'll scan some more pics to share...

To Jed and Annika

To my cousin Suzy and Justin

To my cousin Mikey and Lisa

I think I gave this one to Kelly and Justin, correct me if I'm wrong

Levi...

My cousin and his wife just had their second baby so I sent this afghan off to them today. It was made from some yarn I had at home left over from past projects that I really liked but couldn't match to new yarn due to dye lot issues...grr dye lots... so I put them together for this little project. I looked at it again last night to take this picture before packing it up, and realized how small it really did turn out, but hey, babies are small too, eh?