Finally finished this scarf!!!

I just finished this scarf that I was making for my sister. It took me three weeks. That's the longest I've consecutively worked on anything. I had previously made one for myself and it seemed to take a long time too. I like the way it came out, but I'm glad I'm finished so I can start working on other things. Update on my mom's afghan. I've got 7 squares done now. I'm not working on it that much. I was trying to finish that scarf. My goal is to have 14 squares done by the end of Sunday.

In Bloom

This is the In Bloom purse from the Happy Hooker. Ditto with what I said in the last post.

Fit to Be Tied

I finished this purse about 3 weeks ago, but I didn't want to post it until I had sewn in the lining. I got a sewing machine for my birthday so I finished it last night. I also sewed in a snap closure. I like it.

My birthday was Friday!

I had a great birthday, my sister and her boyfriend came to visit. I had a small party. My friend came in from California. I had a great weekend.

This is the One Skein Scarf from the Happy Hooker.



This is an afghan that I started for my mom. I've only made two squares thus far, but I've got a couple of months to finish it.

This is a scarf of my own pattern that I made to use up some Moda Dea yarn in Wild!, I doubled it up with some Red Heart Red Ranch. It feels fuzzy and nice.

Here are a couple of things I made while at the beach.
I made two of these Camo boy beanies. I gave one to my sister's boyfriend's friend.

I made another Boy Beanie, this time it was for my boyfriend. Then I made a shoulder bag. The pattern was from Crochet Me. And then I made another Chihuahua for my grandma who was in the hospital for two weeks, but is now out.

I'm going to the beach tomorrow, near Galveston for a week, so I won't post, but I'll have lots to post when I get back.

Busy Week

So I've been busy working and such this week, but I found time to do some crocheting. First I finished this little ruffly purse. It is actually a modified Pollyanna purse from Interweave Crochet Spring 06 issue. Then I made the Boy Beanie from the Happy Hooker. And finally, I made a Amigurumi Chihuahua from a pattern I found on the internet. I think it came out really cute. So that's that, more crocheting to come later.

Today was a Good Day.

Remarkably I did not start a new crochet project today. I have been doing them back to back. But I moved to a different apartment about a month ago, and I'm still not completely unpacked. I work too much. No fun. Anyway, I wanted to share a picture of my dog. She is trying to play with my boyfriend. Note the crazy eyes... She is a rat terrier mix...around 20 lbs. But she's sweet. My boyfriend got a Marx Brothers DVD collection for Christmas, and we just watched the extras on it. Groucho is so funny. They all were.

I finished my hat!

I finished the Anarchy Irony Hat sans Anarchy. I think it turned out pretty nice. And it only took me two days.

Okay, so I started the Anarchy Irony Hat from Stitch 'N Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker. It's coming along nicely. In the meantime here is a scarf that I finished in early June. It was my second crochet project ever. It is a pattern from Fabulous & Flirty Crochet by Katherine Lee. I think it came out pretty well. Too bad I have to wait so long to use it.

First Ever Post

Hey, I don't know how often I will be posting here, but I want to participate in a Crochet-Along, and I would like to show how I am doing. I recently picked up crochet again after about 20 years I guess. I haven't crocheted since I was a kid. So, for now only things from the Happy Hooker will be on here, but maybe if I do something else nice, I might put it up. Oh, and I'm gonna add a picture of my puppy to see if I can, since I'm new to blogging.