Update, FO's, Patterns & Doggies

Well I seem to keep missing my Thursday DoT posts, so I"ll add a pic or two of the girls towards the end. That will change too.

My Lisa Designs group over at ravelry has been busy lately as the moderator and designer herself, Lisa Gentry, has published a new e-pattern book... called Hooked For 30 Days - 30+ Crochet Designs In 30 Days. Each day she will be adding a new pattern to the e-book . Today she is half way there.

I have done 2 patterns from this new e-book so far...Here is "Wishy Washy Dishcloth"

Just so happen to be Memorial Day weekend so I did mine in Red, White & Blue.

Here is one of the projects I got to name and adopt-Oasis Painted Pedi Socks

First time for me working with a stretch yarn, but I used Patons Stretch Socks in Plum. They turned out really nice and fit like a glove and are very comfy. I just printed out a couple more of the patterns as I get the updates everyday.

I"ll be doing "Save the Humans Market Bag" next, just need to pick a color cotton to work with.

Now another FO and my second pair of actual socks. Sweet Feet done in gypsyknits, sock it yarn colorway called "Galaxy".

I had intended to make these just to see if I could, especially seeings that I had to convert UK to US stitches..easier then I thought and there is the proof.

Sylvie at work fell in love with them, she likes greens too :) So I had her model them and unfortunately only had the camera on my cell phone to take the pic. Very easy pattern and I, me, actually read a chart pattern. I'm thrilled to death and can say Lisa's group and her patterns helped me there! So you can still teach an old dog new tricks..lol and Sylvie got to keep the socks :)

Now I'll be doing the Sweet Feet again, for me in my colors, Lord knows I have lots of sock yarn here.

Now I thought I had more pic to show but they must still be on the camera, so we'll go right to the girls....boy have they been great! Lady has managed to climb over the gate every morning so we picked up another travel type water bowl so she is not without water. So far she hasn't chewed it up..lol Lady won't climb back over like she did the first time, so I'm thinking she may have hurt herself some. She's funny, when we get ready to leave in the morning she'll sit by the gate and some mornings Mike will just let her upstairs, knowing she'll climb over anyways. Coco keeps an eye on Lady, but from downstairs, they do have lots of toys to keep them occupied, though things will change soon there too.

When we're home they do everything possible to stay with us, as soon as we getup, they sit or lay..lol

Like Lady here..I got up and she got in.

When I'm in the kitchen I have my shadows. They are

wherever I am, though this particular day they were under my feet so bad I said in a really loud voice "girls, out of the kitchen" and this is where I found them.

They were still kinda in the same area, just out of the way..I hated to keep stepping on them but I guess they understood..such smart animals.

They won't have to feel like shadows anymore cause last week I was told that tomorrow, June 1, I am put to part time. Kinda sucks, but at least I still have a partial job. It'll only hurt a while money wise, but for the girls its great!

So that means I should be back to posting regularly, I hope. Well, if you made it this far, Than you for stopping by my little corner of the world. Do hope you all have a great week ahead. Make it a good one!

Happy Memorial Day!

Some FO's Recently Finished

Wow, its been a long time since my last post of projects. Its not all dogs around here, but it sure has been busy and somewhat brutal lately. We'll get on with the projects first as I actually have alot. My Lisa Gentry Group over at ravelry has had those hooks flying with finished projects. All these FO's are Lisa's designs. Most recent is my Swing Jacket done in Bay Print from Red Heart. I fell in love with the colors and though it worked up alittle stiff, a good washing softened it right up. I just need to find a nice pin or do a fancy button, haven't really decided yet. The pattern ran large so I wound up frogging and starting over to make a size Small. (and it fits me) so I have some skeins left which I made a hat with just to see how it would look. The hat is called "Palermo" with flower. which Lisa has 2 hat pattens for this month contest and I'm reading too much into the other one and having a devil of a time with it, but I think at lunch today I finally got it! We'll see when its done.

Next I have a short scarf. Lisa calls this scarf Centennial Chains and its named after her town recently having their Centennial Celebration. (I'll try to link that when ravelry is back up). There are so many possibilities with this scarf, but I only had enough to make a short scarf and my lovely 4 legged fur baby had to be enticed with treats to sit so well. She is such a good girl, but I couldn't do it on my own, she is looking at Rob who is holding the treat..lol

I do plan on making more of these as you can use it for a belt, a long scarf, short scarflet, even a headband and I'm sure there are more ideas out there too.

While doing the above projects I was making these...

Beaded Flamboyance these were so easy to make, it really took longer to pre-string the beads. I have a few more of these to make as they are easy to change to make earrings and ring like I did, though for me the ring next time will be thinner and not such a big bead..lol not where I work. I wound up taking it off as I kept catching it on everything. I didn't have enough of those beads for a necklace, but I will be making a set for myself and my DIL for Christmas.

We tried our hand at Hairpin Lace too...boy I learned that before actually learning to crochet a granny square when I was younger. I remember helping mom makes strips for afghans, so this was a brush up course more or less, took me a few to get it started but once I did, I had no problems at all. This is Lisa's Earthy Sun Hairpin Doily pattern.

I had some leftover color that semi goes with my kitchen. I took a finished pic with my cake plate on it, but you can see it better in this pic, while it was blocking. Cake plate was empty but still blocked most of the doily. I am currently and have been for awhile now trying to make the Hairpin Top, though I'm going tunic length with mine. I'm still working on strips, it seems to be the project that sits more..lol I also am working on and almost done with Crochet Twisted Wrap. I'm using the yarn I won in my Dec prize package from Lisa. I hope to have more projects posted soon as I still have a few here that need finishing.

I know I missed a couple doggie posts, but I will have one this week, as we finally have some pics to show. Krista came down with the grand kids so of course doggies go hide...lol Coco is still afraid of them so she's been a mess here lately, no picture taking in a while now...Krista went back home, but the kids are still down here at her moms for a couple more weeks. Don't think coco likes anyone who doesn't live here to come over. Nick came down yesterday, nice surprise for Mothers Day and Coco wouldn't go to him at all either. He's only been gone about 2 and half months, but she finally did let him pet her when he was getting ready to leave..lol silly pup.

We had to add another gate to the stairs. Coco's been bad upstairs, but now Lady thinks its a game or something as she climbs over the gate everyday and lays on the landing..lol This morning Mike opened the gate to let her through before we left, she was headed tat way anyways..lol Oh them doggie woes...but can't blame her if she needs a break from the Coco-mo. Think that's it for now, sometimes I feel like I left my brain somewhere, I know I'm behind on blog reads and haven't e-mailed my friends hardly lately. Get on here and pattern hunt or search for stuff and time just goes by, especially when getting on ravelry...wow.

Do hope you all made it this far and if you did I do hope your Mother's Day went well. You all have a great week ahead and I'll be back here Thursday!

Happy Mother's Day To All