Another Lapghan in the Works

Getting ready to assemble another lapghan. I am making these from a ton of leftover scrap yarn  for the veterans home that is opening in our town. Currently they are scheduled to open after the first of the year--at least a year behind schedule. This lapghan is exclusively out of scraps the colors loosely coordinating with the camo colored yarn in a few squares.

Enjoy the season and stay warm!

Sharon

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A Different Take on Santa's Hat

Santa wanted a different look for his casual hat hence the tweedy and soft white of the hat in this picture. I have made this hat in traditional Christmas colors many times and enjoy the ease of this pattern. I do like the look of this one; it reminds me of the stocking hats that were so popular in my childhood.

Pattern

Seasons greetings to all,

Sharon

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Another Lapghan Finished

This is another lapghan for the donation stash. This is the one I was talking about yesterday. It is made partially out of leftover yarn and some new too. I used solid grannies to make this.

Hugs,

Sharon

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Assembling a Lapghan

When I was digging in my yarn warehouse (aka craft room), I found a complete set of squares for a lapghan. I forgot about them when I was laid up with my back and husband tossed them in the yarn warehouse. They became an out of sight and out of mind kind of thing. I was happy to find them because I really needed some variety in my crocheting after making a mountain of slippers.

To assemble the squares I crochet them together by single crocheting on the "right" side. I lay them out on the dining room table to establish a layout. I join all the rows going in the same direction first. Sometimes my back feels scrunched up and with my table being one of the counter height ones, I am able to stand up, lean over it and in effect stretch it out and continue working. When I feel like sitting, I can do that too by folding over a joined row to move the "working row" closer to me and joining the next one. Here's a look at my setup:

I hope you are enjoying the season and staying warm. Happy holidays to all.

Sharon ⛄

Slipper Mountain

My stockpile of slippers has been depleted so I have been busy making some for Christmas gifts. Here's my little mountain of them.

Closer look--

We're leaving for Florida late this year and I am freezing even though our temps have only dipped into the freezing zone a few times. My toes are like icicles and that's probably because I have Hashimoto's thyroid condition that has a symptom of cold feet; slippers come in handy.

Sending you all happy thoughts for a wonderful holiday season.

Stay warm!

Sharon

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A "Batch" of Completed Projects--

I have had these projects finished for a couple weeks and have just  now gotten around to taking pictures and posting them. These are for a special person and I don't care if this person reads about them before receiving or not because this person deserves a smile on their face and I hope the anticipation of receiving these things will bring one on. This person has always been special to me and I don't know how to emphasize it enough so I decided to crochet some things. Crocheters know, that when you work on projects for your loved ones, you are infused with love and good thoughts and wishes for that person. I definitely wouldn't spend my evenings for several weeks working on something for someone I didn't care for. Okay, enough rambling on. Here's the pictures and pattern links.

0-980 Carmel by DROPS Design:

Scarf for man made with granite stitch: This yarn isn't quite right for color pooling but the design is unique and I like it.

Man size Slipper Sock:

Granny Goes Ripple Afghan:

The yarn I used for these projects (except for slippers) is I Love This Yarn in "Camo" and "Dark Olive."  For the slippers I used 1 strand of the camo and 1 strand of "Lace" by Caron One Pounder. This is all for now. I still have more finished projects to post but I will save those for later.

Bless all,

Sharon

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Happy Birthday Mom...

Gone but not forgotten. Loved for all eternity. Happy birthday Mom.

JoAnn (nee Jungles) French
16 Nov 1936 - 14 Dec 1969

Off the Hook--

 Getting ready for the cold and the holidays at our house. Here are some slippers to keep someone's toes toasty warm, a cute toddler Santa hat and a hat to keep a gentleman's ears warm. Patterns were all free and under each picture is a link to the applicable pattern.

Slipper Socks

Toddler Santa Hat

"Carmel" hat for men

I have several other finished projects done but I am saving them for another day. 

Hugs,

Sharon

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Patriotic Color Lapghan for Donation

Just finished another lapghan for donation. I have been making these to donate to a veterans home that will be opening here. The opening has been delayed numerous times and I am hoping that it will be opening soon; the latest date is sometime next month. This lapghan is made mostly from odds and ends except for the blue and some of the white. I did not use a pattern, just winged it. Here it is--

I hope this veterans home opens soon so that I can donate the collection of lapghans I have and the veterans can have the benefit of them this winter.

To all the veterans and their family, thank you for your selfless service.

Monday's Link to Free Crochet Pattern (07 November 2015)

picture courtesy of http://www.lovecrochet.com/us/?country=US 

Some of us like to go overboard with holiday decorations and some of us like to keep it fairly simple. Here's a pattern for a Christmas wreath that would be great no matter what your holiday decorating style. Great news, there is still time to make one for this holiday season.

Whatever your projects are, have fun making them.




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A Couple Hats for Gentlemen

Love this pattern, it is easy to make and quick too. The only thing I'm not too fond of is that the stripes are a bit wonky where the rounds start but I guess it's okay if one considers the jog in the stripe to be the back. Here they are--

The pattern is found here. 

Thanks for stopping by for a visit. See y'all later.

Hugs,
Sharon


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