Updating the books read list

More on the books read...
#8 One skein ... Had about 5 patterns that were crochet. The others were knit.
#9 Stitch n Bitch : Happy Hooker
#10 Sew with confidence for beginners by Nancy Zimmermen
#11 Crochet for Dummies
#12 Toilet training in a day
#13 Pottty training

more books for the challenge

#6 So cool crochet by Melissa leapman
#7 stitch n bitch - the knitting version

Borrowed these from the library this week.

knitty spring 07

Looked at the Knitty spring issue. IMHO...Must say some of the patterns I liked so so and some not so much.
Didnt like the bmp since I dont care for the skull/cat? pattern . The Carolyn would add 20 yrs to me.Liked the Tahoe but felt the neck was too deep for a sweater to ski...
The ribena seemed ok to me but would probably fit an ultra thin person( who I am not!)...
The torque would make me look short and fat.

Liked the top part of the isabella and of course the ester.the morestripes seemed to have a deep deep v neck. so wasnt sure if its meant a vest or sweater...
The monica and the vestee... loved it. liked the brair rose,the hey mickey skirt, the palette.
the dashing... so so. The PAPER BAG... Definitely not something I will ever try ... Bauble ... not something i would try out. the queen of cups, quill lace,clessidra not something i would ever try...
Sorry ... this is my opinion and not meant to offend anyone.

crochet me winter issue

I was just looking at the crochet me blog. Wonderful Baby, Its cold outside pattern there...
I've started one too with some modifications. I am thinking of a box neck for the front.

I found that they repeat old patterns from previous issues.

Button for my blog

Soon to be available a button for my site...

Coming SOON!!!!!!!!!

The 50 Book challenge at crochetville

I've joined the 50 book challenge for 2007 on crochetville. Books read so far

1# 12 Easy knitting projects
2# just listen and learn spanish
3#Hip to crochet
4# the fat flush diet
5#the fat flush exercise plan

How much is too much?

Well, to tell the tale... We signed up for a set of newspapers to be delivered @ home. As a result, we r getting weekly sales flyers from all the craft stores one can think of. And guess what... I have been going to all these stores for their tempting weekly deals for satisfying my YAS, PAS and HAS (Hooks AS). I end up buying something useless just to get the deal.
So now i am officially in the YAA list... So much so am going to join Yarn addicts

Buttons!!!!!!!!!!!

Yay! Finally got the crochetville button.
Folks, feel free to take them.

I will start a button collection

Maintaining my 2007 Resolutions

Yes still trying to follow thru some resolutions.

Spend more time on my crochet meaning doing more to satisfy my yas & my pas.
DEstash for the hubby but restash for myself.
Maintain current bloggin spree.

Things on my Wishlist!

These are some things I have been wanting to get.

Hooks = Steel hooks of smaller sizes and B,D,E, L,M,N,P and S . ( Got the L,M,N,P hooks on at a sale last week)
A yarn winder.
A scarf and hat set made for myself
Yarn Guide
I've been planning to try different yarn ( not baby yarn or RH yarn)
a yarn guide ( swatch shmatch ... what 2 those)
a subscription to crochet today! or annies favorite crochet
a row counter ( liked the clover ones)

WIPS

A nice scarf as a belated bday present to self in a beautiful Apple Green Glimmer by Caron, 1/3 done, 2/3 to go using 3 to 4 skeins...
A nice baby blue blanket using doublestranded ww yarn on a K hook.
A pink hat in powder pink double stranded.
WIMS
A pink cloche hat for my DD.
A pink and purple scarf

FOs

Ta da...
Finally some FOs!
A nice thick scarf and hat using a Q hook on the LB Jiffy series to be used by me or the DD.
A nice hat on the knifty knitter using a skein of Rainbow boucle.
A nice poncho in RH Mexicana.
A nice baby sweater in a skein RH powder pink for my friend's new born.
A nice baby sweater in a skein RHpowder blue for another of my friend's babies.
Both were made from Beverly A. Qualheim's baby sweater pattern. Very easy to make.
Some crocheted flowers from scrap yarn.

Bad blogger?

A long time since my last post. Havent been able to do much of crocheting for the past few months.
Hope to make this set of blogging consistent. Very difficult what with an idea to job hunt and the DD starting playschool.

Maybe some sewing too

Ever since my SIL mentioned that her sis is taking sewing lessons, have been wanting to get my hands messy with sewing... Though its been a while since I used to start things for the famous "Some useful classes wasted" ( meaning spending time on all things related to home science and life science) back in high school which I thoroughly detested.
Well first comes first, plan to get a machine ( of course)

Bags Galore

Since the DD has gotten into handbags - I have started making quite a few. FOs for the past month - one easy poncho, a handbag.
WIPs - a bag based on a pattern from the LB website.
a grocery bag holder and a set of table mats.
Yes and the yet to finish hoodie poncho for my DD.

WIM - a bunting bag for my neighbor.

Time for a change

Since everyone is moving, I thought y not a change to the blog.

Hope everyone likes this change.

I most certainly love it.

Speaking of blogs. A fellow blogger/creator from the Crochet_India yahoogrouphas created a list of shops in India. Thought that was soemthing great for someone like me... A yarn resource in every city. Yippeee!! Thanks to all the group members.

More on the topic of my current WIPS -
:a spring sweater for my friend's daughter ( needs a few finishing touches)
:also a gift for a friend ... a set of dishcloths

Afghan stitch

I found this Mexicana yarn and then thought y not try out the afghan stitch since that was the only thing that i hadnt tried out. It is something thats easy to grasp. I am thinking maybe either a toddler boy's vest. This is going to be a gift for my friend( from engr)'s son. i am thinking a spring sweater would be a good gift for his sister. Still havent figured out what to make for the mom.

BTB, what is with this changing the bandwagon. Everyone seems to be doing it. No I am not joining them. If thats what was on ur mind.

Finally a FO!

Yes! Its been two months and 2 days since my last post.
Since my wip is almost complete now except for the hood, I can say Yes, finanlly a FO to show off.
This is myvery first attempt at a pattern for a poncho that seems to be taking forever to get done. This i one is super duper easy to make... since I have the problem of not being able to follow patterns. Well,most patterns start off fine and i get thru the caston and then after the first row and a few stitches later, it becomes a freefrom crocheted item of despair. And then it gets Frogged.
Now for the pattern...
I cast on 50 stitches using a K hook with doubled up yarn. Then a chain of height of 3 for each row. did a few rows of dc and then made sleeves and then just crochetted in a round to finish it off.Actual time to get it done is maybe a couple of days with only two hours per day spent on crocheting which by my standards togetting a wip done is very very fast.

Frogging forever?

Two weeks or so back I started on a poncho remains just a WIP and soon to become an UFO the rate its proceeding. The Pattern I started on was just half a page and I thot how difficult can that me - I consider my self an intermediate to advanced intermediate crocheter, not too confident to be an expert one. And then following the pattern and some 20 or more rows later, the WIP was too big for me too. My guage was fine. In fact, I was checking it every row. So then my work for the last three or so weeks ( since the amt i get done is mostly 2 - 4 rows a day) gets frogged and frogged and frogged, thanks to some help from Ms.Curious Hands.
So then I started on a different pattern for the same poncho in mind, which didnt work out too as the measurements sure dont seem right.
Finlly on the current pattern seems to progress some what ok. Having done only about 5 rows so far, its getting hard to visualize.
Then the next WIP is a beautiful pattern by whom we will not name seems to turn out fine with very detailed instructions the kind i like. Since its a surprise we will not name it. Yes, I will soon get around to post pictures... once my dcam gets its much needed batteries. Yes, I still didnt get around to shop for them. Lfe is very very slow with a very curious toddler.

Too tired to Crochet

Gosh! I am so tired. I go to put my DD to bed and end up sleeping while my little angel is running around. Keeping up with a toddler who is these days hyperactive is like climbing Mt Everest. Between her classes and playdates, my crochet ( sniff!!) takes a beating.
Everytime I sit down to crochet which is usually after dinner when hubby dear is keeping Ms.CuriousHands occupied, I settle down to crochet comfortably and there comes a little bullet and there goes my WIP yarn and hook and all right out of my hand and then the work of the past half hour or more gets frogged mercilessly.

Then the next hour goes into getting the tangled toddler and yarn, which can be really really frustrating with a nice tug of yarn war with one very curious child. Finally hubby helps to get the whole thing sorted with SOME effort.

And then its bedtime and thats the end of my crocheting.

So my WIP is more of an UFO for now.