Northern Michigan has been changing colors

Welcome November

Northern Michigan  has been changing colors for a few weeks and the trees are a beautiful golden yellow. There are so many wonderful golden yellow yarns available and I always wonder which ones people use.

It snowed on Halloween day with high winds yes i said the magic white word, i know many don't like it but i love it because  then i get to go snowmobiling, Or when my 3 kids are at school i get to sit with a nice hot cup of coffee and crochet, in a way i dis like summer because  i am too hot and don't crochet as much,

But on a 2nd note i hate winter because i get cabin fever, when we cant get out. or been in house to many days at one time,

  so what have you been working on ?

Cow's or Flower's

Sorry i haven't been on but i have been busy as i posted before have 10 ppl in my 3 bedroom home,
i have had time to sit and crochet a little bit, i made a C2C blanket for my grand baby who will be 2 in 8 days,  i got the full c2c made and i got the border done, i still need to get her coat done and the pants done, the out fit fits her but the pants i need to add a few more rows to the top of the pants to make it fit a little bit bigger,

The c2c blanket i am going to add flowers to it  not to sure yet as i said i have 8 day to have that done but she loves cows bc i love cows was thinking about to add that too it or flowers, anyone have any ideals for me on that? if so pls share with me i bought lots of yarn to make things for this blanket

here what i bought and in the backround is the c2c blanket  the color of the yarn  dont look right, bc it was drak in the living room when i took this picture, they are all light colors  Black, White, purple, blues, yellow greens and rose red, and pink,

so those are just some of the colors i got, the c2c has the rose red in it as a border, and thats it for the blanket i still trying to figer out what i want to do for the blanket cow or flowers,

ill post pictures of it as soon as i get it done

if you have any ideals for me pls leave a comment  thank you 

Oct, Update

Greetings!

My husband (Ron) has been calling me a traitor.  He tells me that I'm cheating on my first love and he doesn't understand what's happened.  Have I thrown in the towel? Given up? Set aside my crochet hook forever?

Of course not!

The truth is that I suffer from crafting ADD.  I love to start new projects, but before too long I get bored and want to move on to something else.  Instead of seeing this as a bad thing I like to consider it an opportunity to feed my desire to learn.

So while it may be true that I've been spending more time with my pens, it's only a matter of time I'm sure and I'll be digging out my crochet WIPs.

Unfortunately, the down side of this is unless a project is small and relatively quick it takes me A VERY LONG TIME (years?) to finish. 
Additional fuel for my short attention span is my love of books.  Pattern books to be specific.  Not only do I receive terrific post on my Facebook  for review,  I can not resist browsing the web, borrowing anything - make that everything - that strikes my fancy! That's where I came across this quick and interesting project.

want to make rose's out of fall leafs Pretty nifty right?  
This is just a peek at one of the many projects that's been keeping me busy.  I've been doing a whole lot of crafting, and not very much blogging. Been very busy as a new chapter in my life has opened  my best friend has came back in to my life - don't get this wrong she been in my life but we have lived fair away from each other and she need me to help her and her family out she has moved in with us and the kids so house has been busy so really i haven't been crocheting much because i want to make them feel welcome and don't want them to think i am being rude, at this time there is 10 people in my home, 

yeah i know wow, but its all good to have my best friend back we use to do everything together and very happy she has moved up by me, i want to make her something to make her feel welcome  was thinking of making her a blanket or something like that but unsure what kind  so if you know a fast blanket to make  let me know that would be cool i feel like i am in a crochet bump don't want to crochet  bc they are here bc i don't want to be rude as i have said above,  once her kids are back in school  and thing run down then  Time to get back in swing!  I used to wonder what I was going to write about, not any more! I've got plenty of finished projects,  I think you're going to be seeing a lot of me! i will be writing about every day life and share my crocheting thing with you that i make or have made

I do have good news to share with you all, I sold something on etsy for the first time i was so happy, so many thing been going throw my head about it, will the lady like it? will it be what she wanted? will she want her money back? i hate that felling it bugs me, i hope to get good feed back, has anyone one out there reading this been throw this? I pray it fits the baby who get the little dress i made, Ok can i be truthful here i cried when it sold, is that bad of me i hope not i worked hard to get my name out there and pictures of my things,  well on that note i will let you get back to crocheting

Thanks so much for stopping by and spending a bit of your day with me.
Until next time friends,
Be Blessed and Stitch & Read with Love!

Just an update

A lot been going on with me just getting things ready for winter around the house cleaning up the yard,   doing house work etc,  and have my best friend and her family moved in with us, 

mittens

These mittens use a beautiful stitch called the Shell Stitch.
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 Materials Required

- 4 ply weight yarn (yarn weight 4)
- H  crochet hook
- Yarn needle and scissors

Stitch

ch = chain
sl st = slip stitch
sk = skip
ch sp = chain space
dc = double crochet

To fit average ladies hand size.

Increasing and decreasing the pattern
Work to 4 (+2) which means calculate a stitch count using the 4 times table for example 4 x 7 = 28 (4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4) then add 2 at the end of your calculation, in this case 28+2=30. So for a slightly smaller mitten you could start with a stitch count of 26 (which is 4x6+2=26) or a slightly larger mitten you could start with a stitch count of 34 (which is 4x8+2=34).

Child Size 28
Lady size 30
fatter hand 38
but in this pattern i used the 30 ch to start

Pattern
Round 1
Ch30, sl st in first chain to form a loop - (30) Ch3, sk2, [2dc, ch1, 2dc] in next st, *sk3, [2dc, ch1, 2dc] in next st* repeat from * to * until last 2 sts, sk2, sl st in top of 3ch to join - (7 fan sets made)

Round 2
Ch3, *[2dc, ch1, 2dc] in next 1ch sp* repeat from * to * until end, sl st in top of 3ch to join - (7 fan sets) *Note* will be 2 ch left so  slip stitch to the top 3 ch*

Rounds 3 - 11
Repeat round 2

Round 12
Ch3, *[2dc, ch1, 2dc] in next 1ch sp* repeat from * to * another 4 times, sk next st, [2dc, ch1, 2dc] in next st (centre of fan sets), sk 2 fan sets, sl st in top of 3ch to join - (6 fan sets)

Round 13 - 14
Repeat round 3
=====If these gloves are not long enough for you add more of  round 2 after round 11 and stop at the length if to long stop adding rounds after round 4  and skip to round 12,

Been so busy for these last few days

I am still ALIVE!! LOL. Really tho, I have been so busy for these last few days, With the winter months approaching I have A LOT of work to do This is my own little piece of paradise, a place I can share my projects, share sites where I get them from and hopefully help others out! I am in love with crochet!

     Been busy crocheting baby hats i have done 14 hats in 2 days wow i know right? " alot" i been busy !  i am getting things ready for this weekend i want to have a yard sale to sell some i sell them on line for $6.00 do you think its wrong of me to sell them for $3.00 at the house for yard sale?

i just want to make sure babes are warm throw the winter mo's 

Really Excited

I have been working on this crochet project for quite a while now! I will not share many details for the time being; the only thing I can say is that I am really excited about it! :)