My first proper attempt at embroidery. Made an 'O' for my best friend's little guy. I think it turned out rather well.. and I can make French knots like a champ now!

Christmas gifts

I made a few Christmas gifts this year. I somehow managed to not get pictures of everything tho.
I crocheted a few little dudes out of the "Creepy Cute Crochet" book. I really dig the book. It took a little while to figure out a few of the patterns, but as soon as I caught on I was able to really pump these little dudes out.

I made our friend Jason a robot. He was the most difficult pattern, but somehow I managed to make him faster than all the other guys.
I made a couple of Ninjas too. They were a lot of fun.. especially the throwing stars. I had to use embroidery floss for them. I've never worked with such small thread in crochet.. It took a little getting used to.

Finished

I finished my hat.. It's the "London Beanie" but no stripes. I already have a nice hat with stripes. I made it with an Alpaca/Acrylic mix and it turned out pretty soft and nice. Its a tiny bit long for a beanie.. but it works I think.

Short Update No Pics

Hello..

I'm still crafting.. but I have no camera :( It broke. I finished the magic scarf! Yay! I'm still working on the snowflake afghan. I'm also making a ton of little crochet dudes from the Creepy, Cute Crochet book. I have a hat in progress for me, I hope I can get it done before Christmas gets here. :)

Updates

I've been working on a few things. Mainly, getting my house ready to sell. ( You should buy my house) But also! a scarf. The magic scarf for my husband; it's now about 7 feet long. Only another 5 feet to go I believe :). Then I'll start the snowflake afghan. I think it will go fairly quickly. I am much much faster at crocheting than I am knitting. I've decided to make a few Christmas gifts this year, so I'll have to get a jump on them pretty soon too!

Hats and Things

I finished my hat and was so pleased by the outcome.. I made a second one.




Actually, I finished the first hat and it was way to small for my husband, so I made a second one. Gauge. It's elusive. The second one actually came out much better than the first. I like the color so much that I have about 2 feet of a Magic Scarf started in the same yarn. My husband will have a very warm and toasty head and neck if it ever gets cold again.




In case you were wondering.. I finished my seating area! I don't have any benches or lamps or flowers or anything yet. Just a nice fresh rectangle of cypress mulch and fancy border. I am very happy with the way it turned out. Now if I could only stop being so picky and actually fill it up with things I could start taking pictures. Oh! and using it :/

Not quite hopeless

So.. I've come to the part of the hat I'm working on where I need to switch to double pointed needles.. of which I have NONE. :/ Yes, I did start a project I wasn't ready for.. so what?
Anyway.. I figured it wouldn't be a big deal to pick up a set from any of the big ass craft stores in town.. I was wrong. So very wrong. I just don't understand it. Huge craft stores and the needle selection is useless.. No problem right? There is one local yarn store; surely they have a standard sized set of double pointed needles.. Well, I'll never know. Their hours of operation are as follows: Only open when I'm at work. Period. So after throwing a small ( read: large ) hissy fit, I decided I would just order them from someone online. So i search around and guess what? My local FABRIC store has a great selection of just what i'm looking for! yup.. the fabric store.. so I'm on my way to buy my needles with a big ol' grin!
I hope to finish the hat tonight. I'll even post a picture or two I"m sure.