Enwrapture....crochet project

I have been eyeballing this sweet sweater in one of the crochet books my GiGi bought me. It looks pretty easy from the stand point of time so I've decided to tackle that this week for Katy or Lucy. I also have decided to use up the rest of my "Christmas project" yarn and make a surprise for someone special... so that will not be disclosed until later.

My birthday gift to myself arrived yesterday... has anyone heard of "Enwrapture vintage"??? I joined a Co-op group online where they all go in to buy bulk products and unbeatable prices. I don't usually shop for myself but I couldn't pass this one up at $8.50 per skirt... check out how cute these are!! HERE ... I bought 3 because they were so "me" I couldn't pass it up...but the catch was I wasn't able to choose what they send me. I will say... my first impression was... WOW these are really UGLY... truly the prints are horrendous, but in a really fun and trendy sort of way. (which really means I need to buy about 20 more because they are all I'm ever going to wear :) I found this YouTube video online to show you how they work.... perhaps I was drawn to them because I would still be able to wrap myself long after my kids have grown out of our Bundleboo's...haha!

You know its time to clean out the couch when...

The old food starts growing a face...HA! Seriously guys...pulled this old noodle out of my sofa today looking for a crochet hook that the couch was trying to eat. I never saw this before...I'm guessing it was a project at Max's school.

This was what I was making with my crochet hook. I am so proud of myself :) I didn't even use a pattern. I discovered how to do the "S" pattern in the stripes by accident. I was trying to shrink the rows down so that the hat didn't inadvertently become a place mat. I liked the way it looked, so I went with it. Its has a cute little brim and a massive pom-pom on the crown.

OOOOH yeah, I almost forgot...the yarn is made from post consumer plastic bottles...how cool is that??? Read about it here!

I made a hat!!

So I started crocheting this week to try and beat the winters coming blues....I picked up some hooks, yarn and a few instructional books at the local craft store. Its really addictive! I can see how people think this is therapeutic. I picked brown yarn because its my favorite color...I think the next hat I will use lighter more fun colors. It ended up being a baby beret although it was supposed to be a hat for me....lol... I guess it will get better once I can learn to read the pattern books.