Free Crochet Ebook

Thought I'd share the link on where to get a free crochet ebook. Be sure to double check the price before you check out because the price is free for a limited time and I have no idea of how long that will be. On some affiliate links I do receive a few pennies if someone purchases something but I since these are free items I just wanted to share the freebies to be nice. Anyway, here we go--

 http://amzn.to/1R504sq

 And here are 2 adult coloring books for free too!

  http://amzn.to/1LviPGo

http://amzn.to/1RTMwO8

It's always great to get something for free. Hope you enjoy these freebies.

Sharon

Updates...

Hubby has been working hard on the bedroom/bathroom redo. Here are a few updated pictures:

 Hard at work cutting in the new paint

Old carpet gone!

Water to the sink

1/2 wall repaired and primed, ready for paint

Bedroom walls painted and carpet tack strips being removed

Okay, I have some crochet projects to show you but unfortunately I haven't anything "different" to show you too. Here we go

Patterns:

• Bubble dishcloth pattern
• Chrysanthemum dishcloth
• Merry-go-Round Dishcloth

This is all I have for now now folks. I am sending happy wishes to all of you.

Sharon

Carpet and tools for carpet installation/maintenance

More Progress on the Bathroom...

Catching you up with the progress on the bathroom remodel that hubby is doing.  When I thought about redoing the bathroom, I thought it would be a simple job because of the small size. Ha! To do it right, lots of "stuff" needs to be done. New subfloors before flooring is put in, new drywall because the old was trashed and since the drywall was down, might as well put new insulation in too. There were some manufacture things that seemed wrong such as the toilet plumbing would not allow the toilet to be centered under the window--you'll see this in one of the pictures below. Okay, here's the pics:

Vanity with new light. Plumbing needs to be connected. Painting is done

Shower. Linen closet will be installed to your right.

Here you can see the new toilet. If it was centered, lots of work would need to be done rerouting pipes under the trailor.

Another view of vanity. We need to put handles and knobs on drawers and doors.

Light fixture above sink. Mirror will go under light.

"Studs" marked for medicine cabinet install.

As you can see, lots has been done but there is still quite a bit of odds and ends to do. The color is a peach-like color. I had thought it was going to be a blush-looking color but it turned out quite a bit darker. I seem to have a problem with pinkish, coral or orangey colors and I always get them darker than I like. In Kentucky, I ended up with what I thought was going to be a soft pink but ended up being  a cotton candy pink. Oh well, one of these days I'll get it right. 

Y'all take care and thanks for stopping in.

Sharon

Bathroom Accessories

Shawl Completed and Dishcloths Too

In a previous post, I lied about being over my dishcloth obsession. Not true. However, I did finish the shawl I had just started when writing that post. Here's a gander at the finished stuff:

Pattern I'm adapting from a few others. Not quite happy with it yet.

 This turned out a bit wonky so I need to practice more on it. Pattern. 

Pattern for above 2 dishcloths

Pattern is the same as above, just omit the final round.

Pattern

And now for the shawl:

Pattern

I made the shawl longer because I'm on the tall size at 5'9". I think this shawl will be great with jeans during chilly days.

Work Progress on Bathroom and Bedroom

Lots of work has been happening on the master bedroom and bathroom. Finally, the bathroom vanity is out of the living room but 2 chests of drawers have moved in. Here's some pictures--

New drywall on walls in master bedroom

 

New door on closet and drywall and mudding on wall done.

Bathroom--all mudded and needs sanding:

Much more work was done by this afternoon:

Drywall--primed

A bit of miscalculation making the 1/2 wall and a bit of deconstruction took place when installing the vanity.

Vanity is being installed. This is a beautiful vanity that we were fortunate to get second hand. It is in primo condition!

And the spot for the commode. I really like the linoleum in here. It looks great, it's cheap and easy to care for in a vacation/snowbird home.

That's it for now. Things are shaping up and I hope to be able to share the finished project with you soon.

Hugs,

Sharon

Monday's Link to Free Crochet Patterns (07 March 2016)

It's a happy birthday to me--Yay! I'm a classic you know, a 1957 model and as memorable as a 57 Chevy!

Today's free patterns(s) are included in a 52 page pdf document of Barbie patterns. You will find everything from shorts to a wedding gown and everything else that you might want. Barbies were some of my favorite things growing up and these brought back a few sweet memories of a happy time.

(Barbie coloring page)

This is it for now--Y'all have a great day!

Sharon

Master Bath/Bedroom Update on March 2nd

Hubby is still working hard fixing up the bathroom. He has started some projects in the master bedroom too. Here's a look at what he's recently done

New drywall and plastic over door helps minimize the amount of dust flying through the house from sanding the "mudding" on the drywall.

2 walls with new drywall

Mudding in progress and half wall built to butt the vanity against. The vanity is "recycled" and the ends are not finished so the half wall will cover up the rough side. I still like the purple color. I have chosen a pretty color and when it is all painted I will let you in on it.

Closet in master bedroom will soon have a light switch instead of a pull cord.

I've been rather off with my crocheting. Haven't picked up my hook in a few days. I hope to get my crochet mojo back before too long.

So much for today's update.

Hugs,

Sharon

Update on Bathroom Re-do

I have a few pictures of the update on the remodeling of the master bath hubby has been working on. He's slowly but surely getting it done and our neighbor has been giving him a lot of help Okay, here's the latest and greatest updates:

New wall between master bedroom and bath

Shower stall is in with water connected but not drain.

shower faucet

Space next to shower is going to be an extra deep linen closet. Room in the back for things rarely used such as sheets to fit air mattress and sleeper sofa.

Floor got covered up after install with paper and cardboard to protect it before I got picture. This picture and the next are "hints" of what it looks like. It is linoleum.

The towel bars I bought will not work so it's back to the store with them. I bought some large hooks and we'll make do with them to hang our towels on. I've seen that idea somewhere before, maybe on hgtv.

This is all I have for now. Take care my friends.

Sharon

Wrapping up My Dishcloth Obsession

I might be finished with my obsession with dishcloths for now. I can't promise not to sneak a dishcloth or 2 in every now and then, but I have started a non-dishcloth project and I will be focusing on it. I have started a shawl in a pretty yarn that I bought quite some time ago and had stashed away. Here's the dishcloth wrap-up and the start of the shawl and links to the patterns.

From scraps:

 pattern

and--

pattern

I had spent quite a bit of time looking for a casual shawl pattern that would look good with jeans and be easy to make and watch a movie at the same time. I didn't want the half granny square one that has an easy repetitive pattern. I did find The Simple Crochet Shawl and even though it was reminiscent of the half granny square shawl it was different enough to fit the bill. The color of the yarn will go great with jeans. I didn't get too much done last night but I hope to finish this fairly quickly and share pictures.

This morning I found a free kindle book: 16 Crochet Shawl Patterns: DIY Clothing You'll Love. You can get a Kindle for PC app, Kindle for Android, or Kindle for Mac apps for free and are great if you you don't have a kindle and would like to take advantage of these freebies. There were numerous other free crochet books for kindle too. Before checking out, double check and make sure the prices are still free.

Husband is sawing and hammering in the background. I will do a bathroom status update in a day or 2. Time for me to do something constructive here so later gator!

Hugs,

Sharon