seashells, crochet, child sweater

white sand dollar






child varigaed pullover sweater


daughter got the yarn for me at her local dollar store for $1. it's a 12 oz skein

jaunts around town, wrap around sweater, other projects

started out at the dollar store and no yarn there.
then onto walmart and there is no more fabric but one quarter of an aisle that has homespun yarn, needles, crochet cotton and not much more. (very disappointing that they took this and other depts out to make room for more food turning this into a super walmart.) typical how just like walmart to put all other local stores out of business and then remove what got them there.

now i am forced to 95% order online - thank you walmart.


one more time with the wrap around sweater.

heres one view of the back of the sweater showing the detailed neck area.

also not shown here i did pockets that i can sew into the seams (one for each side) a bit different shape than the first wrap around sweaer.

two fronts of the sweater. thought what i'd do this time is instead of making the sleeves i would sew shoulder and side seams (to a point) where then i can pick up the 85 ss and work sleeve downward with decreases the reverse of the original upward increasing rows.




left a message on a free recycle in my local area and my mom in law went to pick up this bag of yarn in june for me, as it's just a block from where she lives. i just now got the yarn as my MIL fell and broke her shoulder and went through multiple surgeries and stays at a local center where she had rehab. she's now back home and on the mend faster. hope to be able to reteach her how to knit and give her afew more tips with her crocheting.



my grandson loves hats, wears them around the house all day long so i thought i'd make him one where the tassles stick out at the top edges.






baby hats for local hospial made from the recycling yarn.




hats, and booties for local hospial, made from recycleing yarn





will keep you updated on the sweater project.

irish fisherman afghan, hospial booties and hat, winter set

8 one pounders arrived at noon on saturday

one hour past when i started this afghan, is how far i got.

another hour into this irish fisherman afghan

2hours more to go and it will then be in a box ready to be shipped with the other one.

hospital booties and hat

varigated hat and mittens, scarf set for the craft show

baby layetttes,kinit

this pink one is for gregs friend at work, his wife had a set of twins, one girl and one boy.





and here's the blue one for the newboy









here's a purple one for the craft show.

crochet seashells, sand dollars

crochetted sand dollars





outside view of the sand dollars







did research on the net and got a copy of the lengend of the sand dollar. it's a very religious symbol but i won't bore you with it here.

ive had to modify the pattern i originally got in crochet digest. i wonder if there were any corrections to the pattern from the book.

also tried the peaches and cream afghan but i didn't care how they made the cable you chain 3 sts and then work 3dc in that spot, then on way back you work the regular sc in back of the stitches.

tried also the carnival afghan and i can make cluseters that look like popcorn stitches so i got bored with that one and ripped it out.

ended up making some booties for the hospital.

books and ideas

ideas to do
granny square christmas tree












autumn potholders and stained glass afghan




rose doily and a christmas afghan





finished wool hat and scarf












finished wool hat and scarf





like both of these snowflake afghans but i will only make one of them








vt winterberries afghan (its rather rectangular shaped granny squares and the other is a christmas rose afghan. not every square has a rose in it.






3 baby blankets

these will be good for my charity work

seashells, crochet

got a bunch of crochetted seashells done this past week.