What a Great Day!!

This weekend I scored my first goal of the season. I am very proud of myself because I am not very good at forward. I am more a defensive player. Yesturday was a very good day to play soccer. There was a nice breeze out and it was llike 70 degrees out. Right after the game me and my family went out to see a movie. We saw "Ghost Town". It was fairly good. I would give it 4 out of 5 stars. And of course I knittied in the movie theater while I watched it. I am working on my 4th cell phone case. i really like the pattern and how it takes me less than a day to make one. i'll show you some pictures of the ones that i finished next time. I want to make something else, using crochet, I was thinking maybe a pair of gloves or some sort of toy. HA!!! How about a halloween decoration!!! Maybe I'll crochet a pumpkin! I am going to look on Ravelry right now.....

See you later

Becky

Rain, Rain, Go AWAY, Come Back Another Day!!!

OMG!!! We must of had a least 12 inches of rain from hurricane Ike!!! I was stuck inside and about ready to scream and destroy everything that was around me!! Our street got so flooded in front of my house that we couldn't drive out of it!!! I thought I was gona go mad!! I took some pictures of the rain storm.... here they are....

Our nicely flooded street!!

A nice river that was flowing through our backyard.

A nice little waterfall that was in our backyard

That nice little splash in our river is supose to be a drain but as you can see it really isn't doing a very good job.

Now that that is out of the way why don't I tell you about my latest FO and projects. Well first I finished my sunny set purse from crochet today. I actually finished it like 3 months ago but i couldn't find the right button for it and I was kinda lazy about taking a picture of it. Here are pictures of it.....

full view

Close up

sorry about the ligting. Since it was raining outside I had to take a picture of it inside and the lighting was not good at ALL!

I am also working on my first shrug!!! It is turing out really well so far... I really like the look of it. It is a lace knitting pattern. Here are some more pictures.....

The first image is the best picture of what color it is. It is suppose to look like a sage green.

That's all that has happened here. My teachers are hitting me hard with all of the hw and projects. Who in the right mind would make 2 big projects from different classes due on the same day!!! I should probably get started on them.......

Talk to you later!!!

Mittens!!!!

I am happy to say that I finished my first pair of mittens!!! I decided to make them once I noticied that it was starting to get a little could outside, and my hands started to get could while waiting for the bus to come. I got the pattern out of one of my mom's old knitting magazines. It is dated 1989!!!! It is a simple pair of mittens with a cable going down the middle and garter stitch in the backround. What really subprised me was how they fit me really well!!! Here are some pictures of them....

Sorry about the backrounds. I couldn't think of anywhere else to photgraph them. I really liked the yarn I used. It was a wool/cotton blend and is very warm and cozy!! I donn't know if you can tell but the yarn is green and brown colored.

Nothing else really happend. I started school about 2 weeks ago, I like all of my teachers. They seem really nice. I was planning on posting pictures of all of my projects I finished over the summer, but I don't have time to take pictures of all of them and post them. I might do it over Christmas break.

I am thinking about making a shrug for my next project and I think this one might be a good one to try...http://kellymaher.wordpress.com/2007/07/04/ribbed-lace-bolero/ I think how it is open and seems to have a nice fit. It look fairly easy to knit. I found it on Ravelry.

Talk to ya later!!!!

More projects Finished!!

I just finished crocheting a scarf and 2 hats. I am planing to give them away for Christmas presents. I also made a baby hat for my neighboors 1 year old birthday party. I really like it and it took me less than a day to make it!! The scarf I made used some really fluffy bulky yarn and ened up being about 5 feet long and 1 foot wide. That took me 2 days to crochet. I will post pictures of all of my finished projects at the end of my summer vacation.
Today I trimmed my guinea pig's nails. It was not fun. She would run away when she felt the pressure of the nail clippers pushing on her nail. The only way I got her to keep still was by letting her eat a carrot while i clipped her nails. It took me about an our to clip them!!!

I am back from California

Sorry I haven't posted in over a month.... it is just I have been so busy with vacations and camps that I have had no time to blog!!! Well to start off California was a lot of fun!!! My family and I went to the beach everyday!! I got really babdly sunburned. I collected a TON of sea glass. In all of these different colors!!! We saw dolphins swimming in the ocean one morning!! It was awesome!! The airplane rides went really smothly. We did have some turbulence both ways but we were expecting that. My uncle and I went to a dog beach!! We let the thier 2 dogs off the lead and they ran right twords the water!! I have some pictures....

I made 2 more of those purses from my happy hooker crochet book. I also made the fit to be tied from thier too. I made a hat that has a huge flower on the side too!!! I also made a baby hat for a party that I am going to next week. I have made a lot of things this summer!!! It sounds like alot more when you write them alll down!!!!

I also went to this camp at our local zoo!!! It was so much fun!!! The main topic was conservation! So we learned about how to help the enviornment and what not!!! I also learned that our zoo got a recomendation to breed our snow leopards and lions!!! I am so excited!!!

Thanks for reading!!!

Becky

I have gotten a lot done lately!!!! I made this purse from my Happy Hooker book.....

I am really happy about the way it turned out!!! I like the black handles with the blue body!!

Here is what the inside looks like!! I couldn't get a good close-up picture because of how dark the fabric is.

Nothing else exciting happened. I have just been packing for my vacation to California. We are only doing carry-on because it is much faster and costs less (because of that stupid fee).

I'm Back!!!!

I went to Canada to see my grandparents and cousins. I had a lot of fun and met some of my new cousins. The trip was fun but it was a 20 hour drive their and 18 drive back!!!! My dad does not like to fly so we have to drive to our designated vacation spot. We split the driving into two days. about 10 hours each day. I mostly crocheted and slept during the car ride ( My dad made us leave and 6 in the morning!) While Sitting in the car I made an Ipod cozie and a bunch of Heart Squares that I will soon sew together and make a baby blanket. Unfortunently I can not find my camera so I will show you them later.

I purchased the book Stitch'n Bitch Crochet The Happy Hooker by Debbie Stroller!!!! I love this book!! It is very well written and is detailled on it's directions. It also had great pictures and drawings. This book is great for begginers and professionals.

I am making a purse out of this book. It is called Fat-bottom bag. It has a rounded rectangle shape to in and has hoops for handles. I love it am about halfway through it on the 3rd day!!! The yarn I am using is Sugar and Cream Confectionary colors, in Pistachio. The yarn is made of 100% cotton. I really like the color and the handle bars are a tan color and they are made out of wood.

I'll keep ya posted!!!

*Becky*

First Time!!!!

This is my first crochet blog EVER!!! I am really excited about it. I am making a ripple afghan right know. It snowed 8 inches here!!! I am really bumed about that