Canada Day 2007 is almost here!!!

These are my newest creations for Pinky...She's ready for the summer and for the Canada Day celebration!! I'm wondering what to make next...I like the idea of a ladybug sweater!! That's pretty summery too.
You'll have to wait for the next installment to see if I come up with something.












Crystal looks as if she's smiling but that was right after coming in from a very short walk.
It was soooooo hot on Wednesday that we couldn't stay out for more than a few minutes. She is so cute...Max wouldn't sit for a picture, he ran off as soon as he saw me flash at Crystal! He's so cute too, I just love my babies.

Bye for now!

Stash Busting a bit more...

I haven't been crocheting much lately...Now that the Dancing with the Stars and the Hockey are finished for the season I may be able to get back too it a bit more!

These squares that Crystal is sitting with are 2 of the Charity Squares that I'm sending to Krystal from http://krochetkrystal.blogspot.com/ If you want the free pattern you have to write her and she will send you the pattern, all she asks is that you send her at least a square for her charity blankets that she puts together.










This shopping bag is from Crochet Me. Here's the link to the pattern. http://www.crochetme.com/reduction-tote-bag

I did as in the pattern, I used recycled thread that I bought at a thrift store and so it only cost me about $3 total to make. I haven't actually used the bag for shopping yet but I'm sure I will soon enough as I don't want to use plastic bags for my groceries anymore.




I'm thinking of making a summer outfit for Pinky (my plastic lawn flamingo) but I don't know what I want to make for her yet! Maybe a bathing suit or maybe a halter top and hat...Any suggestions???

More using of stash...

Saving of cash...
These are more stash busting animals I made. A camel and a giraffe.
They are from the same magazine as the alligator.

It can be seen here behind the camel and giraffe.
They turned out great and as you can see they are pretty big or should I say tall!

This is the magazine the animal patterns have come from...I got the magazine at a flea market a few years ago.

Gator, stash buster...

This is the alligator I made trying to use up some of my stash....Since I joined the "Save Cash, Use Your Stash" group I will be making all sorts of things. I want to try to use as much of my stash as possible. With this gator I used up about $7 worth...not bad, it's a start!

He's 31" long and the pattern is from an old 1983 Christmas Knit & Crochet magazine.

Even more FO's

I've been testing again...the blue monkey is called Silly Monkey and I tested it for Melissa who has a site with the pattern for sale HERE
I did it in blue for a darling boy.




















The teapot cozy is a knit pattern that I tested for Andrea who has the pattern for sale at her etsy site HERE


















The stuffed Boston Terrier is what I came up with for the CAL at Crochetville.
I made a cat first and now the dog from the same CAL pattern the link is HERE The dog's name is Bear in honor of my darling Bear that is no longer with us.

More Kitties and a Gnome

Here are the latest items that I've been working on....
The Gnome is a pattern from one of the members of Happy Hookers. Thanks Ann for such a cute pattern. I really enjoyed making him!!

This Pink Camoflage kitty is another Amineko that I have named Eggroll...don't ask. It's a companion kitty for Ginger that now has a Marilyn Monroe white halter dress. I made the dress without a pattern and I think it turned out pretty well.


The little kitty is what I came up with for a CAL on Crochetville. The LINK is here. It's a UFO that we were all to come up with something different and since I had kitties on the brain I made mine to match Eggroll. I haven't named it yet.

My first Ameniko

Here is my first....I'm sure there will be others...Ameniko (means Crochet Cat) the translated to english pattern can be found HERE the japanese pattern with pictures can be found HERE
I made her orange like a ginger cat and so her name is now Ginger...I love that she is poseable...just too cute!!














The cat and the monkey were both part of a crochet-along at Crochetville, but there is also an Ameniko-along at Craftster where I'll post a picture of Ginger and therefore become part of that CAL.
I know I want to make another kitty I will have to go through my stash and find another color I like as well as the orange....I think that was a perfect kitty color!



Here Ginger is posing with the monkey that is yet to be named...


So for now I'm off once again!!
Meow ^_^

New stuff that I made...

So this is the monkey I made for a Crochet Along at Crochetville....I have been eyeing the pattern for a while now and the CAL was the perfect opportunity to make it.
The pattern is a free one http://quesera.ojaru.jp/osaru-pattern.html
I hope I've inspired others to make one too.

Oooops I just noticed I forgot to make a tail for him....I'll get right on that....how did I forget that??? Oh my!

The doily is the one I was testing for Kathy White from Crochetville....I love the way it turned out, and the colors are perfect in my livingroom...I love the burgundy!!

The bunny hat is a baby size hat that I made for Mason (step-grandson) He'll be wearing it at Easter and will be too cute for sure...I'll have to take many pictures of him wearing it.
The hat was also a pattern I was testing.

Here comes Rascal Rabbit...

I just finished this Rabbit named Rascal.
It's an item that I was testing, it's still in the testing phase so there is no pattern available yet....He sure is a cute bunny and just in time for the upcoming Easter decorating that I'll be doing this sunday.
Sunday will be the day all of the St. Patty's decorations will be put away for another year and Easter 2007 decorating starts!


I finished the doily that I was testing and will post a picture of it as soon as it's dry and stretched into shape...It really needs to be blocked to show it's detail and beauty.

I will be starting a baby hat next....it's so cute and it has an Easter theme too...I'm looking forward to starting and finishing it...I know of a little guy it'll look too adorable on!

Burger anyone??

I just finished testing this Burger Coaster pattern....it's so cute, I just love it. It's designed to recycle 4 old cd's and the cd spindle. It's really ingenius isn't it??

It kind of makes you hungry for a burger...LOL!!

I'm also testing a doily but I'm not quite finished it yet. I'll post the picture as soon as I am.

Bye for now!!

A good Sunday to you all

St.Patty's is soon approaching and so I made a couple of new things to celebrate the day!!
I've had my eye on the hat pattern for a while.

Pinky got a new outfit as a leprechaun, beard and all...LOL....Easter is next!!

No I'm not Irish but think the shamrocks and leprechauns are just too cute not to decorate for the day...I'll be getting a new shamrock plant too, I get one almost every year and am lucky if they are still alive come the following year. I need a green thumb to go with the season but mine seems to be black as far as keeping some plants alive...I really want a purple shamrock (oxalis) this year but they are really hard to find. This is what they look like...I love it.

Hopefully by the next installment I'll have a picture of a purple oxalis that I bought, until then Bye!!

I have more FO's to share

These are the newest additions to my crochet FO's and the stamps are just because I'm thrilled with them!!

I added the ribbon to the heart purse and am using it as a decoration...I like it much better that way.




























I finished the Retro Mosaic Tote Bag yesterday that was part of a Crochet Along...it's huge. I didn't realize it until I was putting it together just how big it really was.







































I had ordered some Beatles Stamps from the Royal Mail in the UK....they arrived friday and I'm really pleased with the assortment I got. Hopefully they will increase in price, they may be needed to fund my retirement!



























The flamingo is my idea of dressing up a plastic goose....since I can't find a plastic goose anywhere here in Ottawa I decided to dress up my flamingo that I call Pinky
She's out in the garden all summer and now I will be dressing her up for all occasions...lucky her!!LOL
The 2 here are the January/Winter one and the February/Valentine one.
I got the idea from the Annies Attic book of Goose & Gander Fashions. Since there are no Flamingo fashions I make them us as I go by looking at the goose patterns.
March should be fun I'm thinking of a leprechaun.











Until the next installment Ciao!!

Happy Groundhog Day!!!

Don't you just love this groundhog...LOL
I think he's great.










Here's a couple more items I've made in the last little while....the doily is not from a free pattern so I don't have a link for you. It's from a House of White Britches leaflet. I pressed it lightly so that I could take a picture of it, but I have to press and starch it much better before I actually put it out on display.



















The little purse is from http://www.crochetnmore.com/heartpurse.htm and I made it as a purse/tote challenge on one of my crochet groups. The object of the challenge is that a purse or tote is picked as the challenge. The first person to make the purse and post a picture of the finished item gets to pick the next challenge for the group. When this purse was posted I got right to it and finished it in 2 evenings.

A couple more FO's

I finished a couple more items from my groups Crochet Alongs. The links are posted below with the pictures. I have 2 mystery patterns on the go and until the weeks are posted I can't continue so they will be done in another week or 2. They are both thread items.
I'm still working on the Retro Bag. That doesn't have to be done until April so I will work on the other things in between.
It's almost February and Valentines Day is coming quick. I have made another heart doily but I still have to iron and starch it and weave in the loose ends. I'll post it when I'm done with that!!
I didn't do much Crochet during December but is seems that I'm making up for it now...OK, off I go to get something done.


http://www.fortunecity.com/littleitaly/pisa/22/patterns/thread/aprilflower.html

http://pandacrochet.8m.com/bean/dropsq.htm

A new CAL

I've joined the first Crochet Along on my Happy Hookers group. The pattern we are making is this Retro Mosaic Tote Bag and have until April 15th to finish...

So far I have finished one of the sides and one of the edge pieces. The picture doesn't show the colors as nice as they really are...I'll post more as I get it done...

My first post of the New Year

Hi and Happy New Year 2007...how quickly the years are passing.

Max got a new ball for Christmas...he still doesn't let it out of his sight
















Crystal got a hoodie outfit, she is so cute wearing it!

I didn't crocheting much through the holidays but I have just finished these 2 items and thought I'd post the pictures...

The doily is for a Crochet Exchange, I'll be mailing it out to my exchange partner next week. The pattern is a free one here http://www.crochetmemories.com/archive/february5.html

This square is from a Crochet Along that one of my Crochet groups is doing....we will have made 12 different squares by the end of the year. The pattern for this square is free http://www.heartmadeblessings.org/patterns/4-Crosses.asp

I'll try to post a little more this year...until the next time!
Bye