More ornaments

Gingerbread man can be found here.

button button who's got the button

Additions to my button collection.  The baseballs remind me of my son. The flowers were actually hair rubber bands I found at  Big  Lots and took them apart. The Ladybug is from a package of 12. The face is my favorite. I used it to make my name tag. Isn't she cute!

My CPOEX Group

This is just a few of the ornaments I have received from my Ornament Exchange. I am the coordinator of this great group of crocheters. We have done a round robin twice and two 1 to 1 exchanges. I love getting my "puffy" in the mail and can't wait to see the goodie inside. In August we will do a flower exchange, kind of mix it up a little. If you are interested in joining this group, you must be a member of Crochet Partners. Check out the link above or the CPOEX tag on the right of this page.

My Own Little World

Shimmering Summersgirl

Fooling around in JASC. Fun, fun, fun.
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My YAS

To reveal my hidden secret stash

1. The empty soda bottle to make a yarn holder
2. Yarn and pattern to make a sweater
3. The baby afghan for my niece.. her son is about to turn 4*
5. Yarn for my Cats Afghan (that I must get back to)
6. Baptism afghan for same niece as above*
7. Blue varigated afghan that is not yet complete (only about 9 yrs)
8. Green varigated afghan that I am short 1 skein to complete
9. New Lily Elite cotton yarn that I bought for $1/skein. I loved it so much I ordered more!
10. My Big Lots Fun Fur purchase
??? I don't know what are in these boxes. They were the first box purchases and then realized that I needed clear ones, so it's always a surprise to open them. I think they are mostly Red Heart.

The other unlabeled boxes are other projects, leftover skeins and single skeins.

*I figure these will one day become grandchildren gifts

Great Gift Idea 1949

My PAS has lead me to find Vintage Patterns like the one below.  http://vintageknits.com

is a great place to look.  I have found some very cool

things.  I am especially attracted to this purse.  It calls

for size 5 cotton thread (J&P Coats or Clark's O.N.T> Pearl

Cotton with a #3 steel hook.

Eyeglass case with Big Lots Fun Fur

Isn't this a cute monkey purse? I made it for my niece. The pattern is one of Aunt Annie's Scrap patterns.

Teacher Gifts

These were the teacher gifts for my son's 7th gr teachers. 

I  only got 3 done, so the lucky ones got one, the others just

got nice plants.  They were fun and easy to make .  The pattern

is at Hugg'em Collectable site.  I added my own ruffle around the top and used varigated cotton yarn (Sugar & Cream).