Get Ready for Easter!!

Easter time means Easter baskets and Easter eggs!!! Here are two great tutorial videos from Teresa of the "The Art of Crochet" on YouTube. These baskets and eggs would make great decorations for the upcoming Easter Holiday. Don't forget to check out her blog: http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com. Enjoy!!!

Crochet Eggs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hWSMbMbohU

Easter Basket: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a81DQmjbRc

All Done!!!

Coming Along

As promised, here is a picture of Baa Baa Sheep afghan after two rows of the little critters. I figured it should be done in another two weeks and I will post the finished masterpiece then!!! This was an original pattern that I was blessed to make and will make the pattern available for sale after the afghan is done.

Baa Baa Sheep

Well Christmas is over and it's time to start manifesting all those great crocheting ideas from my head into baby blankets! Sheep always make great baby blankets. Here are a couple of squares that I finished. Will post another picture when I get two rows done.

New Project: Girl's Crochet Shawl or Stole

Well I'm starting a new project that I'm designing. I usually run two projects a time: A filet thread project and then a tunisian yarn project...just to break up the monotony. I haven't started my new tunisian project yet, and when I do I'll post a picture of the beginning. Here is a picture of the beginning of a pretty pink shawl for my 8-year-old, soon to be 30-year-old cousin, Reghan.

I purchased perle cotton thread from Shady Lane Original Crochet Designs: http://www.shadylane.com/. On a scale of 1 to 5, she gets 5 crochet hooks for quality and choice of colors and here's a bonus: All of her thread is made here in the U.S.A. I don't know about anyone else, but the thread and yarn I've been purchasing from Wal-Mart that has been manufactured overseas is not that great of quality. I've often seen yarn knotted together throughout many skeins that I've purchased from companies whose thread has been made in China or India, yuck!!! Anyone else has had that problem?

But I do have a confession to make. I'm still learning to filet crochet with uniformity. Any tips from you veteran filet crocheters would be greatly appreciated.

And here is the finished product:

Pineapple Curtains

After almost a year, I finally got one set of curtains done. Here is when I first started: