Sweater Days

I finished this sweater a few weeks back.  My very first adult sweater.  It’s a little bit too big though.  In the shoulder area.  So I’m thinking I might make another one, but shave off about 20 inches or so, and see if that will work.

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Hope everybody out there is doing well.

Marisa Tomei, Say It Ain’t So

Can you believe this?  I guess I’m kind of late on movies and things, but did you know Marisa Tomei was naked in this movie? 

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I don’t watch movies much anymore, but when I saw this movie on FX, I couldn’t believe it.  I had to google to see if she actually went through with it, and got naked for her role as a stripper.  She did!!!

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How could you?  I thought you were the one actress who kept her clothes on, and she isn’t.  I’m bummed.  Totally bummed.  Even though I’m sure this movie was a few years old, but still, I’m just now finding this out.

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Are there any actresses who have decided to keep their clothes on?  Can anybody help me? 

The Fall Of Woman

Just  something I noticed lately, is it me, or are most women being portrayed as whores, sluts, and/or tramps.  I get the gist of commercials.  The majority of them are just trying to sell something.  I get that.  But the way some of them are going about doing it, me personally, I don’t find it funny.  For example, the Geico commercials.  A gecko first…and now a pig.

I couldn’t find the picture that I wanted for this commercial.  Where there’s a young lady in the commercial who starts eyeing the gecko in this wedding scene.  Flirting I guess you would want to say.  Flirting with a gecko?  Really?

Here’s a commercial from Skittles.  A woman kissing a walrus.  I didn’t want to post the picture where they are kissing.  I thought it was gross.  Now I know, I know.  Some people may think I’m too much of a prude or a stick in the mud, and maybe I am.  I don’t care. 

Here’s one from way back in the 80’s.  Remember this movie.  Howard the Duck.  It seems to be that what these advertisers and movies are trying to tell you is that women will get with anybody, or in these cases “anything”. Gross.  That women have their legs open for anything.  That’s not funny to me. 

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When did the fall of women really happen? Years ago, when music videos first began, and there was half naked women on the screen, a video vixen?  When they first started to make bathing suits more revealing?  When a woman decided she was going to pose nude for pictures or for videos?  Who knows, really.  I don’t. 

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I just find a lot of things out there to be unsettling.  And what makes it even sadder, is that a lot of people don’t care about some of the things that are in commercials and television and movies.  It’s business as usual, and nobody is concerned.

Don’t Worry

I live in a place that I hate.  I wish desperately that I had never moved here.  I can’t wait to get out, and I hope after leaving I never see this lady that I am renting from ever again.  With all that being said, you might ask, “Why don’t you move”?  I believe God wants me to wait.  Frustrating, yes!  Hard, kind of.  I’ve been a Christian for about nine years now, and I have come to trust the Lord.  I didn’t say that I liked everything that I believe He has told me.  And honestly, I don’t want to wait, but I believe that’s what God wants me to do.  Obeying God, no matter how I really feel about it, usually turns out for the best. 

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In other news, the baby things I have been crocheting aren’t done.  I made the hat and the sweater too small.  I don’t know what I was thinking, the instructions called for a size “G” hook, and I used a size “C”.  I don’t know why I didn’t realize this makes a big difference.  *Sigh*  I’m working on a hat at the moment, and hope I can whip up some baby minutes by Saturday and finish the hat tonight.  I’ll try and post pictures when I can, just so gosh darn busy.

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Have a blessed week everybody!  Don’t forget Jesus Loves you and don’t worry!

Busy Baby

This is my next project.  Someone at church is pregnant.  I’m not sure when they are due, but I was asking them if there is something I can make for the baby.  What color should I get.  She mentioned blue, so here it is.  I’m not sure how many items I can really get out of this yarn, I’m hoping a hat, sweater, and booties.  That’s my hope, but we’ll see. 

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Been also very busy trying to add more things to my shop.  I just completed this cute little amigurumi bunny head

And before this I was making a custom order.  She wanted 10 red heart shaped coffee cozies made out of wool.  It took some time, but I finally completed that.  And she loved them.  Woohooo!

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So, like I mentioned, my next projects are the baby stuff.  Maybe some more bunny heads.  A few more coffee cozies.  When I get a chance.  And some heart shaped and flower shaped pink appliques.  Too much?  LOL

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I don’t know what it is about crocheting, I almost always have more than one project going at a time.  Oh well.  It keeps me busy.  I’ll try and make sure to share my pictures with you as I finish each project.  I wanted to share the picture of the coffee cozies I finished for my customer, but I was so happy just to be done with them, I forgot to take the pictures.

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And I can't share the pattern for the bunny head unfortunately.  The owner of this pattern asks that the pattern not be shared or reproduced in any way.  The item finished for the pattern, it's okay to share that or sell it or do whatever you want with it, she just doesn't want the pattern to be shared or given out. 

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Crochet Christmas Star Ornament Pattern

CHRISTMAS STAR ORNAMENT

Cotton thread, size 10, light yellow
Cotton thread, (about 3 yds), gold
Crochet hook size 1.5mm

Finished Measurement:
Approximately 3 1/2 inches across at widest point

Star

Ch 4, join with sl st to form a ring.

Rnd 1:
Ch 3 (counts as dc), 14 dc in ring, join with sl st to beginning ch 3. (15 dc)

Rnd 2:
Ch 3, dc in same st, 2 dc in each dc around, join. (30 dc)

Rnd 3:
Ch 4 (counts as dc and ch 1), dc in same st, *skip 1 dc, (dc, ch 1, dc) in next dc, repeat from * around, join. (45 dc)

Rnd 4:
Ch 3, 3 dc in ch-1 space, * dc in next two dc, 3 dc in ch-1 space, repeat from * around, dc on last dc, join. (75 dc)

   Rnd 5:

* Ch 1, skip two sts, sc in next st, 2 sc in next, hdc in next, 2 dc in next, dc and tr in next, tr and dc in next, 2 dc in next, hdc in next, 2 sc in next, sc in next, ch 1, skip 2 sts, sl st in next st, repeat from * around.
Rnd 6:

Ch 1, * sc in each of the next 3 sc, hdc in next st, 2 dc in next st, dc and tr in next, tr in next two sts, ch 2, tr in next two sts, tr and dc in next, 2 dc in next, hdc in next, sc in next 3 sts, sl st on sl st of previous rnd, repeat from * around. Fasten off light yellow. Attach gold thread in same st.

Rnd 7:
With gold thread, * sl st in each of the 10 sts up one point, (2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) in ch-2 space, sl st across each of the 10 sts down the point, sl st in between points, repeat from * around. Fasten off and weave in ends. Dampen and iron to shape. Attach thread for hanging on ch-2 sp at the tip

This pattern originally printed at:

Simple Crochet Kid Size Slippers Pattern

 

I’m going to just any patterns that I want to share with you here on the blog.  I’m not going to make a special page just for patterns.  The way blogger/google has it set up, you don’t even really have any room to have a separate page just for patterns.  So from now on, I’ll just post any interesting patterns, and if you want to find them, just click on the label “patterns” that’s on the side of the page.  Thank You!

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I used a size G crochet hook and any kind of yarn that will fit that hook.

The slipper should be about 5 1/2 inches long.

Sole of the slipper:
1. Chain 15
2. Round One:
2 single crochets in the first stitch
A single crochet in the next 8 chains
A half double crochet (hdc) in next stitch
A double crochet (dc) in the next three stitches
Finally, make 5 double crochets (dc) in the last stitch
And then working along the opposite side of the starting chain, double crochet (dc) in the next 3 stitches
Next, make a half double crochet (hdc) in the next stitch
Then a single crochet (sc) in the next 8 stitches
And then, 2 single crochets (sc) in the last stitch
And finally, join with a slip stitch to the beginning single crochet
Round 2:
1. Chain 1
2. Make a single crochet (sc) in the first stitch
3. 2 single crochets (sc) in the next stitch
4. Then make a single crochet (sc) in the next 13 stitches
5. Make 2 single crochets (sc) in the next stitch
6. Then make 3 single crochets (sc) in the next stitch
7. 2 single crochets (sc) in the next stitch
8. A sinle crochet (sc) in the next 13 stitches
9. 2 single crochets (sc) in the next stitch
10. And finally, a single crochet (sc) in the last stitch
11. Join
Round 3:
1. Chain 1
2. Single crochet (sc) in the first stitch
3. 2 single crochets (sc) in the next stitch
4. A single crochet (sc) in the next 16 stitches
5. 2 single crochet (sc) in the next stitch
6. 3 single crochets (sc) in the next stitch
7. 2 single crochets (sc) in the next stitch
8. A sngle crochet (sc) in the next 16 stitches
9. 2 single crochets (sc) in the next stitch
10. Finally, a single crochet (sc) in the last stitch
11. Join
Round 4:
1. Chain 1
2. Make 2 single crochets (sc) in the first stitch
3. A single crochet (sc) in the next 18 stitches
4. 2 single crochets (sc) in the next stitch
5. A single crochet (sc) in the next stitch
6. 2 single crochets (sc) in the next stitch
7. 3 single crochets (sc) in the next stitch
8. 2 single crochets (sc) in the next stitch
9. Single crochet (sc) in the next stitch
10. 2 single crochets (sc) in the next stitch
11. Single crochet (sc) in the next 18 stitches
12. Finally, 2 single crochets (sc) in the last stitch
13. Join

Google/Blogger Stinks

All I wanted to do, was post a comment on YouTube. They wanted my birthdate. I didn't want to give it. So I gave a made up date. All of a sudden, the page changes, and the words on the screen said that my blog has been removed. Then, they wanted my credit card information, and they charged me 30 cents to have my blog reinstated.

Uggghhhhhhh!!!!!