Win Christmas Crochet for Hearth, Home & Tree

I've been seeing a  lot of positive hype over Christmas Crochet for Hearth, Home & Tree. So many patterns look like they would be fun, easy and quick to make. If you visit this page on plus3crochet you can enter for your chance to win one. So lets go enter and maybe one of us will be lucky! If we don't win, then we can buy it here in print or for kindle.

Good luck!

Monday's Link for Free Crochet Pattern (10 November 2014)

Today, I'm posting a few patterns for little Christmas items.

* Here's a pattern for a cute gingerbread house. This can be used in any number of decorative ways including on your Christmas tree or on gift packages.

* What's wintertime without a snowman? Here's a pattern for one you can enjoy even if you live in the tropics. What's nice about this one is that it doesn't melt and leave a mess if you use it in the house,

* Our last pattern this week is for another snowman sitting in some snow. This would look cute on a table or the fireplace mantle.

This is it for this week.

Happy crocheting..
Sharon 

A Couple More Pairs of Slippers

Just a quick note to show some pictures of 2 more pairs of slippers.

Here's a pair for a lady:

And a pair for a man:

Pattern is here.

It's Election Day so remember to vote.

Take care everyone.
Sharon

Monday's Link to Free Crochet Pattern (03 November 2014)

It's that time of year again. Crafty folks are busy making gifts and decorations for the holidays. For the next few weeks, I'm going to be posting some links to free patterns of little decorative items that you can make as you watch your favorite shows in the evenings. One of today's pattern is for a cute Christmas stocking  that can be used on your Christmas tree or perhaps on a gift.

Another cute decorative item is this pattern for a Santa ornament. This too, can be used as an ornament on your tree or as a special touch on a gift.

Here's a cute stocking that can be used to stuff with a small gift or as a decoration on a larger Christmas package.

This is it for now folks.

Hugs,
Sharon

Crochet patterns for Christmas

Made Santa a Hat

This year Santa won't be freezing his ears off when he delivers toys because I made him a new hat. I just need to find the address to the North Pole so I know where to send it. This pattern worked up in one evening as I watched a couple Hallmark movies. I only have one gripe with the pattern though. I don't know why, but I really get peeved when patterns tell me to crochet something to a certain size instead of telling me how many rows/rounds to do. Other than that, I enjoyed this pattern. I used a pompom maker that looks like a tuning fork and my pompom didn't turn out quite so plush as the one in the pattern but I'm still happy with it. I'll stop jabbering now and show you the picture.

(Pattern)

Hope everyone is staying warm,

Hugs,
Sharon

It's Slipper Time Again

It's that time of the year when I get into making slippers for the family to receive at Christmas. I have recently finished 5 pairs and have a 6th pair on the hook. Gosh I love theses slippers to wear to bed to keep the ol' tootsies warm. Here are the finished pairs.

For men:

For ladies:

I know these are the same slippers I always make and share. The colors are different so that should count right? Here's the pattern if you haven't grabbed it before.

Monday's Link to Free Crochet Pattern (27 October 2014)

I'm trying to find patterns that are a bit off the beaten track so to speak. Lately I've been visiting new-to-me blogs and sites to see what's available to share with you on Mondays. I saw a pretty, maybe not too difficult to make doily in a blog called Crochet in Pasternoster and it directed me to this pattern in another blog.

I don't have anything else so that's it for now; take care of yourselves.

Hugs,
Sharon

Doily pattern books.

I love the old Dark Shadows soap opera. I remember running home from school to watch it. I've been watching the old episodes online and I'm getting hooked again. I'm on episode 136; each episode is about 22 minutes long. Barnabas Collins, the vampire in the family, has yet to make an appearance. I've been watching the episodes on here or here. I need to find some links for the later episodes when Barnabas makes an appearance.

Hope y'all are having a great weekend.

Hugs,

Sharon

Dark Shadows Videos on Amazon.

Monday's Link to Free Crochet Pattern (20 October 2014)

Almost forgot to post a pattern for today. As I was perusing a gazillion sites for a hat pattern, I found this one. To me, it's a hybrid of a cloche and a floppy brimmed hat. The pattern calls for a bulky weight yarn. I was wondering if I could use 2 strands of worsted weight yarn or maybe 2 strands of sports weight or some other combination of yarns. Has anyone done this? Anyway, here's the pattern.

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy week.

Hugs,
Sharon

Out of the Black Hole...

I was all excited to finish this scarf a few many years ago., but I ran out of yarn, bought some more and by then, the partially completed scarf ended up in a black hole. Recently I found the scarf and the yarn and today I finished it. I used Lion Moon Mohair to make this. Here's the pictures--

The pattern I used is Cascade Scarf. Now that I have this done, I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it. Originally it was going to be mine but now that we'll be in warmer weather for the winter, I might put this in the gift drawer.  

Hope y'all are having a great week.

Hugs,

Sharon

  Bulk Buy: Lion Brand Moonlight Mohair Yarn (3-Pack) Rain Forest 510-201

Monday's Link to Free Crochet Pattern (13 October 2014)

I love round(ish) afghans. I fell in love with this baby-sized one. For the past few years, I noticed owls have really become a "thing" and this trend kind of sneaked up on me. I wonder did it come from a movie or something? Awww, who cares; they're cute.

Happy Crocheting!
Sharon

Hat and Scarf Set

Just finished a hat and scarf set for a Christmas present. Here it is:

Hat pattern here

Scarf pattern here

I've used both of these patterns many times before. I know I tend to get "hooked" on certain patterns and make them over and over. This time, instead of the bow the pattern calls for or the flower I usually put on the hat, I used a different flower and you can find the pattern here. I put a button in the middle of this flower to dress it up a bit.

New Yarn Closet

We have this bedroom in our house that didn't have a closet. We did away with the closet to put a doorway to our garage from the house. Previously, we had to go outside and walk around the house to enter the attached garage. Then we ended up with a bedroom without a closet. Well, hubster built me a closet and I'm working at storing my yarn in it.

My previous yarn storage setup just wasn't working. I had yarn popping out everywhere. The organization is coming along verrrry slooowly mainly because I have a touch of ADD and get distracted very easily by things such as the box of granny squares I found and I've "taken breaks" to make more.

Just wanted to show you the closet and publicly say "Thank you" to my husband Ray for all his hard work.

In the above picture, you can see that the door needs it's knobs and a bit of paint. Don't know if you can notice the paint color of the room but it is a very soft, crisp green called Mischievous that I got at Home Depot.

Two sets of shelves are in the closet and they're filling up fast.

Going through my yarn is a bit like Christmas. I actually found a few small skeins of glow in the dark yarn--YAY! There are a few other skeins that I forgot all about but the glow in the dark is my favorite find so far.

Y'all enjoy your weekend and I'll be seeing you soon in blogland. Take care my friends.

Monday's Link to Free Crochet Pattern (06 October 2014)

Lately, evenings have a chill in the air. There is still time to crochet a Christmas afghan. Here is a nice looking one, called Christmas Granny Afghan that would be great to curl up on the couch with to watch television, read a good book or surprise, surprise--crochet.

Doc McStuffins Toys

Monday's Link to Free Crochet Pattern (29 September 2014)

The weather is getting a little cooler especially the evenings. I like to break out a shawl to ward off the chilliness. Here is a pattern for a pretty looking shawl.

Hope y'all are doing well!
Sharon


Patterns for Shawls

Toddler Slippers for Boy and Girl

The toddler slippers I mentioned yesterday are finished. I think the pattern is cute and it's pretty easy too. I made one pair in boy colors and 1 pair for a girl. Here they are--

Pattern

Hope these fit the little people I made them for. 

It's great to be back with all of you again.

Hugs,
Sharon

I'm Still Here...

It is hard to believe that I have been gone from here for so long. Hubby and I went down to Florida for 3 weeks and worked on the trailer we bought for our winter home. It needs more work than we expected. Lesson learned--don't depend on a home inspector to give an honest opinion on what is good and what is not. I've been feeling rather strange lately and was just diagnosed with diabetes.

Anyway, we didn't have Internet in Florida and I fell behind on my blog. It has taken me a while to get back in the groove after not feeling too swift also. I have completed some smaller projects and an afghan and I  want to share some pictures of these projects with you.

Here are the dishcloths I made from cotton odds and ends. I'll use these as everyday dishcloths. I don't like to waste yarn if I can still use the odd bits for something.

Here are a few that I made and put in the gift drawer--

Click for pattern information for above dishcloths

Here are a couple that I used a new-to-me pattern for--

Pattern Information

I made a few pairs of slippers--

Click for Pattern Information

Pattern

Pattern

And I made an afghan out of a super-sized granny square. I wonder why the middle square is so wonky? I never had that happen before although I had read about this phenomenon several times on the Internet. This is going in the guest room in our winter place.

I have 2 WIPs. I'm making toddler slippers and I'm spool-knitting acrylic scraps and crocheting with an S-hook into a rug for Nellie Belle to take naps on this winter.

This is it for now. Hope everyone is doing good.

Hugs, Sharon