It's been way to long since last posted.

Well now that the holidays are over and we have slowly gotten back into our daily routines I can finally sit down and use my pc. Our holidays were cheerful and blessed we are so thankful for the family and friends in our lives. Santa was able to spoil our children this year which makes getting up to go to work in this frightful weather alittle easier. The snow fall amounts have been unreal but the worst of it has just started>>FREEZING TEMPS<<!!! Yuck!! Well with the weather being stubborn and cruel I have managed to get some projects completed to share with everyone.

First is the hat I made for my daughter from the pattern published in Crochet Today magazine for Jan/Feb. I used purple and black because she got a new coat and snow pants for her 5th birthday on Dec14th. I wish I would have made the heart black instead of purple so it showed up better.

The next item I finished was the brimmed hat pattern from crochetville member.I tweaked it a bit adding the ear flaps. It was suppose to be for my mom but she decided she didn't like it's fit. Well below is the new owner, my dear daughter.

The next request from my mom was to make her new mini pin puppy a sweater. I found a easy and cute pattern on crochetville that is specifically for tiny dogs. The colors were yellow and pink scraps I had left over from another item.

Finally my latest finished project is for a dear friend who just celebrated her birthday on New Years Day. She liked the look of the hooded scarf in the Crochet Today issue Jan/Feb so I made one for her in the colors of her jacket.

Last but not quite finished is a pair of mittens to match the purple hat for my daughter. This is the first pair of mittens I have attempted to make. I feel proud that I am almost done just in time for the freezing cold!

Started on the couchghan.

Started working a round ripple pattern in two shades of blue. Wanted to make it more of a mans snuggle than mine since I already use one that was gifted to me by my hubby's aunt. So far moving swift to get it done late at night and early in the mornings working an hour at a time. Here is a pic of the progress so far.

Almost without my PC!! UGHHHH

Today decided to move around the furniture including relocating my computer to another room. Well things were going great until around supper time I turned on Taylor Swift videos for my daughter to watch and off popped my computer. At first I thought she may have been messing around and hit the power off. Well tried it again and same thing. After dinner I decided to check out the back of the tower. Wow!! Needless to say I need to regularly dust this old thing to make it last until after the holidays! I pulled out the vacuum and went to town      unclogging the fans and anything covered in dust. Must have worked cause here I sit typing away. LOL

I decided I need to get busy making a new afghan to put over our new love seat. It is a cream colored leather that I do not want marred by the kiddos. Have to decide on the colors of if i want to just make a nice cozy scrapghan. I prefer it to be WARM since the weather is changing fast around here. We had our first taste of snow, luckily only 2 inches of powdery stuff. Not looking forward to later this week dealing with the wet winter mix they are forecasting.

Taboggon hat

Made this to keep my daughters ears warm this winter. The pink and black colors match her coat which is reversible! Just  need to get it back from her long enough to add a tassel or fringe to the tip. Please leave me comments or suggestions. Still have enough of each color yarn to make a matching scarf.

My little kitty girl

A few pictures of the make-up to go with the kitty tail I crochet.

Some costume prep

Took my daughter to pick out a Halloween costume tonight. She needs to have a friendly costume, as she goes to preschool at a church. We decided on a black cat ear piece she can wear with a black jogging suit or leotard w/ pants. It gets very cold here every Halloween  (as it is now with 60 mph winds. )More than likely we will need to wear our winter coats and not be able to stay out trick or treating too long. Good thing her coat is black. We could not find a tail piece so I plunged and crocheted one using fun fur and a strand of black ww. I used the I cord pattern only a larger hook than called for. When I got it to the right length she wanted I sewed it right onto the butt of her pants. checkout the pick and let me know how I did. I will take better pics on Friday morning before she goes to school with the face paint applied.

After a long weekend shift

Well I survived my first weekend back at work. (hopefully find out tomorrow if it's the last, crossing fingers) Being away from my little ones for 12hours is asking a lot outta this momma. Daddy did an awesome job taking care of them both. Used quite a few diapers, but he was kept clean as was the house!