started my blanket!

So I’ve started the flower sunburst granny square blanket (pattern here), and I’m so excited!  I’ve only got the first three rounds of circles finished.  I’ve got 30 of them, so I’ll probably have to make lots more, but I wanted to share these pics with you of my progress:

               

second filet baby blanket of the season

Here’s that second filet baby blanket I’ve been promising pictures of.  It’s finally finished!  It’s for a friend’s niece named Isabella, for Christmas.  (I barely made it in time!)  The blobs in the corners are supposed to be flowers with leaves, if you couldn’t tell, haha.

My Christmas plans will keep me busy for the next few days — I have engagements with not only my family but my boyfriend’s family as well, which is very extensive and will take many visits to see everybody.  I plan on going to North Carolina to visit friends for a day or two, as well!  I hope it’s just as snowy there this winter!  I know snow’s not good for driving, but SC it still in the 60s and I’d like to get some real winter weather.  It doesn’t even feel like it’s time for Christmas down here, and I haven’t gotten to show off all the hats and scarves and gloves I’ve made since last winter!

I’m pretty sure I’ll be getting a gift certificate to a local yarn shop for Christmas, so hopefully I’ll have some gorgeous pics to share with you throughout January!

Have a very merry Christmas, everyone!

rug thing

Is it a rug?  Is it a table accessory?  I have no idea.  It was modeled after a rug I found on Pinterest, but since it’s small it would work on a table, too. Not sure what to do with it, or even whether or not to give it as a Christmas present, as intended.  Made with Caron Simply Soft.  Used the hexagon pattern at attic24.

Aaaaand, my boyfriend made me some Christmas cookies, so I added a pic of them too.  Yummy!

more ornaments

So I’m ornament happy — I made a snowflake one!  The pattern for the snowflake is found here, and I just attached it to another cheap bangle from Wal-Mart!

makin’ some ornaments

I made this tonight out of crochet thread size 10, a 1/B hook, and a bangle that I got in a set in the Wal-Mart jewelry section.  Cheap, pretty, AND homemade, these would be great gifts!  This one was started out as a granny square, then turned into a circle.  Both the square and the circle patterns are on this site, so you can make these yourself!  I’m gonna make some more — they’re so pretty!