KATHY'S CROCHET CABIN

KATHY'S CROCHET CABIN

Sunday, October 28, 2007

UPDATE ON LEEVI - AND - BO'S BABY SHOWER UPDATE

I E-MAILED LEEVI'S MOM TO LET HER KNOW THAT I HAD POSTED HIS PICTURES ON MY BLOG. SHE E-MAILED ME BACK TODAY. SHE SAID LEEVI HAS HAD A HIGH FEVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. BUT OTHER THAN THAT HE'S DOING FINE. PLEASE SAY A LITTLE PRAYER FOR HIM.

WE HAD BO'S BABY SHOWER TODAY. YOU KNOW WHEN I TOOK MY FIRST PICTURE I SAW LOW BATTERY. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY PICTURES TO POST TODAY. HIS DAD TOOK A LOT OF PICTURES WHICH I HOPE TO TALK HIM OUT OF.
HARLEY'S GIFT WAS HID IN THE BACK. IT WAS NEXT TO LAST. WHEN SHE MOVED THE BAG NEXT TO IT SHE GOT SO EXCITED. THE LAST BAG WAS A LITTLE PRINCESS BAG. SHE STARTED JUMPING UP AND DOWN SAYING THIS ONE IS BO'S BIG SISTERS PRESENT. SHE MINDS SO GOOD. I WAS SO PROUD OF HER. HER MOM TOLD HER TO WAIT TO OPEN IT. ( SHE WAS SHOWING WHAT WAS IN ANOTHER BAG TO EVERYONE.) SHE WAS DOING HER BEST TO NOT TOUCH IT. SHE WAS JUMPING AROUND TURNING CIRCLES AND TALKING ALL AT ONCE. SHE WOULD HARDLY TOUCH THE TISSUE PAPER ON TOP,PUT HER HANDS TO HER MOUTH,JUMP SOME MORE AND TOUCH THE BAG AGAIN. IT WAS KILLING HER TO NOT KNOW WHAT WAS INSIDE. ANOTHER LITTLE GIRL STARTED TO LOOK INSIDE AND HARLEY REMOVED HER HAND AND TOLD HER THEY COULDN'T OPEN IT YET. SHE ALSO TOLD HER IT BELONGED TO BO'S BIG SISTER. SHE NEVER SAID IT BELONGED TO HER . SHE'S PROUD OF HER BIG SISTER STATUS. OH AND SHE LOVED HER BLANKET, QUILT AND PURSE.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

LEEVI


WE WENT TO SCOTTSBORO TO EAT LAST WEEKEND. WE GO OUT TWO, THREE TIMES A WEEK WITH MY BROTHER-IN-LAW AND HIS WIFE, AND IF WE'RE LUCKY ONE OF THEIR GRAND KIDS. IT WAS JUST THE FOUR OF US LAST WEEK. WE DID HAVE A CUTE YOUNG MAN AT THE TABLE NEXT TO US. WE STARTED TALKING TO HIM AND HIS PARENTS. TURNS OUT THAT HE WAS BORN EARLY. HE WEIGHTED 2LB. 8OZ. HE IS THREE YEARS OLD. WILL BE FOUR IN MAY. HIS PARENTS SAID HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOUR MONTHS. THEY HAD A LOT OF DONATED ITEMS GAVE TO HIM WHILE HE WAS THERE. TO SEE HOW MUCH THEY APPRECIATED EVERYTHING MADE ME FEEL SO GOOD AND MADE ME WANT TO HURRY HOME SO I COULD CROCHET. SHE E-MAILED ME THESE PICTURES OF HIM.



AS YOU CAN SEE HE'S DOING GREAT. HE STILL HAS SOME PROBLEMS, BUT I KNOW HE'S GOING TO BE JUST FINE. SINCE I DO A LOT OF PREEMIE CROCHETING I JUST HAD TO POST ABOUT HIM. HE JUST MAKES ME SMILE. DON'T YOU JUST LOVE THAT FACE.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

I NEED HELP


I KNEW I HAD A YARN PROBLEM. I JUST FOUND OUT THIS WEEK HOW BAD IT REALLY IS. I WENT TO A WAL-MART IN A DIFFERENT TOWN TODAY BECAUSE I KNEW THE ONE IN MY TOWN HAD YARN ON SALE. I TOLD MYSELF I WASN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING BUT LOOK. AS YOU CAN SEE I DID MORE THAN LOOK. FIFTEEN IS THE LUCKY NUMBER FOR TODAY. TWENTY SIX FOR THE WEEK. SO FAR THAT IS. YOU KNOW I'M GOING BACK. SIMPLY SOFT WAS ONLY A DOLLAR. THAT'S WHAT I USE TO MAKE HATS FOR ST. JUDE. WE SEND THEM OUT IN MARCH I THINK. OH WELL , AT LEAST MY ADDICTION HELPS OTHERS.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

MY WAL-MART TRIP


I WENT TO WAL-MART YESTERDAY. I WAS JUST GOING TO LOOK AT THE YARN. WELL I LOOKED AND WALKED AWAY. I WAS SO PROUD OF MYSELF. AS I WAS WALKING AWAY THE LADY IN CRAFTS SAID KATHY DID YOU SEE THE YARN WE HAVE ON SELL? WELL NO I DIDN'T. I LET HER KNOW THAT I WAS JUST LOOKING AROUND BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO USE UP YARN I ALREADY HAVE. I WALKED AWAY WITH 11 BALL OF YARN. OH WELL.




AS I WAS SHOPPING ELSEWHERE I RAN INTO A FRIEND. HER MOTHER-IN-LAW IS IN A WHEEL CHAIR MOST OF THE TIME. WHEN WE SAID BYE I HAD 12 MORE BALLS OF YARN IN MY BUGGY AND $30.00 OF HERS. AND MY PROMISE THAT I WOULD MAKE TWO LAPGHANS AS SOON AS I COULD. I WENT HOME. I DIDN'T STOP ANYWHERE ELSE.

BLUE BABY BLANKET


I GOT BO'S BLANKET FINISHED. I USED BERNAT SOFTEE BABY YARN. COLOR # 303000 DENIM MARL (BLUE- WHITE). THE PATTERN CAME FROM LEISURE ARTS. I REALLY LIKED MAKING IT. ANYONE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THEIR WORK GETTING BIGGER AS THEY GO WILL LIKE THIS PATTERN ALSO. IT WILL HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHERE TO PLACE THE FIRST STITCH OF EACH ROW.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

HARLIE'S PINK DRAWSTRING BAG


PINK YARN
H HOOK


CH 3 WORK 16 DC IN LAST CH FROM HOOK. (17)

SL ST TO TOP OF CH 3

ROW 2 CH 3 DC IN SAME SP. WORK 2 DC IN EACH DC AROUND. SL ST TO TOP OF CH 3. (34)

ROWS 3-4 CH 3 DC IN SAME SP. DC IN NEXT 3 DC. *2 DC IN NEXT DC DC IN NEXT 3 DC* AROUND. SL ST TO TOP OF CH 3.

ROW 5 CH 2 HDC IN BLO OF EACH DC AROUND. JOIN TO TOP OF CH 2.

ROW 6 CH 3 DC IN EACH HDC AROUND. JOIN WITH SL ST TO TOP OF CH 3.

ROW 7 CH 3 SKIP 2 DC SC IN NEXT DC. * CH 3 SKIP 2 DC AND SC IN NEXT DC* AROUND.SL ST TO BOTTOM OF CH 3.

ROW 8 -14 SC IN CH 3 SP. CH 3 * SC IN NEXT CH 3 SP CH 3* AROUND SL ST TO SC.

ROW 15 SL ST IN CH3 SP. CH 2 2 DC IN CH 3 SP.

*3 DC IN NEXT CH 3 SP* AROUND. SL ST TO CH 2

ROW 16 CH2 DC IN EACH DC AROUND.

ROW 17 CH2 HDC IN EACH DC AROUND.

CH 80 FOR DRAWSTRING.

WEAVE IN ROW 16.

TIE ENDS TOGETHER. THEN PULL THOUGH SO ENDS DON'T SHOW.


THIS PATTERN HAS NOT BEEN TESTED. IF YOU FIND ANY MISTAKES PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

DISH CLOTH PATTERN


1 CHEAP WASH CLOTH ( THE KIND THAT IS SURGED AROUND )
SCRAP YARN
C AND H HOOKS
PRICING TOOL (I USED MY EDGERYDOO TOOL )
HERE IS WHERE YOU CAN FIND OUT ABOUT EDGERYDOO.
USING MY EDGERYDOO I PUNCHED HOLES AROUND THE CLOTH.
USING SMALLER HOOK
ATTACH YARN AND SC CH 2. SC CH2 IN EACH SPACE AROUND.
SL ST TO FIRST ST AT END .
CHANGE TO LARGER HOOK.
WORK 2 SC IN EACH CH2 SP AROUND. JOIN WITH SL ST TO FIRST SC.
CH 3 WORK 4 MORE DC IN SAME SP. *SKIP NEXT 2 DC AND WORK 5 DC IN THE NEXT DC* AROUND. JOIN WITH SL ST IN BOTTOM OF FIRST DC.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

OUT WITH THE OLD IN WITH THE NEW




AS BAD AS I HATE TO IT'S TIME TO REPLACE MY DISHCLOTHS. AS YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE GOTTEN RATHER THIN. O.K. SO THEY'RE FULL OF HOLES. THEY STILL WORK GREAT. I GUESS I CAN STILL USE THEM WHEN I'M HOME ALONE. NO ONE WILL NO RIGHT. I'LL BRING OUT THE NICE PRETTY ONES WHEN I HAVE TO. I FEEL BETTER ALREADY.


OH AND JUST FOR THE RECORD. I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE BLANKIE. I HAVE 38 ROWS SO FAR. I HAD A NEED TO SEE SOMETHING FINISHED I GUESS.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

I'M STILL HERE

SORRY IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE I'VE POSTED. I CAN'T SEEM TO GET THINGS TOGETHER LATELY. I WANTED TO MAKE AN AFGHAN TO DONATE TO A LOCAL SCHOOL FOR THEIR HARVEST FESTIVAL THIS MONTH. WELL ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. I JUST CAN'T GET IT FINISHED. I NEED TO GET MY GREAT NEPHEW A CROCHETED BABY BLANKET MADE THIS MONTH. HAVE I EVEN STARTED IT? I NEED TO MAKE BEREAVEMENT ITEMS FOR MY BABIES. I HAVE THINGS IN MIND FOR CHRISTMAS I NEED TO START MAKING. THERE'S MORE I COULD LIST BUT I'M NOT BECAUSE I'M STARTING TO FEEL LIKE ITS ALL HOPELESS.
I'M GOING TO FORGET ABOUT EVERYTHING BUT THE BLANKET. I NEED IT BY THE 28TH. I FEEL BETTER ALREADY.
I'VE ALSO HAD A LOT GOING ON WITH OUR FAMILY. EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE GETTING BETTER NOW. WELL TIM HAS BEEN HOME FOR TWO DAYS. HE HAS A BAD HEADACHE, ACHES ALL OVER, WATERY EYES, SINUS DRAINAGE, AND JUST DON'T FEEL GOOD. OH YES HIS BLOOD IS TO THICK. HE GOES MONDAY FOR MORE BLOOD WORK.
A LADY I MADE FRIENDS WITH WHILE TIM WAS IN THE HOSPITAL CALLED ME TODAY. I LOVE HER AND HER FAMILY SO MUCH. PLEASE PRAY FOR THEM. HER HUSBAND STILL HAS MEDICAL PROBLEMS. HER SON MOVED IN WITH HER AWHILE BACK TO HELP HER OUT. THEY ARE A VERY CLOSE AND LOVING FAMILY WITH TONS OF FAITH. I KNOW THEY WILL GET THROUGH THIS .
WELL I THINK I'LL FIND A PATTERN AND START THAT BLANKET NOW.