Published

I am over the moon

this arrived today

This is the first time 

I have had something published

Its so exciting!!

Robin

Bright Crochet Waves

I can't believe that its

been almost two months

since my last post

Where has the time gone??

I have been busily working on this

wavy blanket

With bright pink pom-poms

(tutorial here)

And lots of color

A fun birthday gift for my

oldest grand daughter

who's turning 8

Now back to weaving in the ends of this

So many ends

So little time

I love making these 

mixed stitch striped blankets

This is the third

But I hate weaving in the ends!

Robin

My Other Obsession

I took a break this weekend

from crocheting to make some jewelry

My other obsession

I have had this idea in my head

and finally took the time to

see if it would work

I purchased some turquoise

stones at the 

Rose Bowl Flea Market

the last time I was there

and I wanted to see 

if I could solder 

one onto something

I had taken a class some time ago

to learn how to etch on copper

and made this copper heart

It went perfect with the stone

that kinda looks like a heart

I love how it turned out!

I have 3 more stones

waiting to be turned

into something

Robin

A Better Way

I have been crocheting since 

I was about 10 or 11

and throughout my life 

I have gone thru phases

where I don't crochet at all

and times like now

where all I seem to do

in my spare time is crochet

I love how Pinterest

(a current addiction)

has allowed me to find

new ways to do old things

Whenever I think "there has to be

 a better way to do this"

I start searching thru my pins on 

Pinterest and explore my options

Since I have been making 

a lot of granny squares lately

I find standing double crochets

look a lot better than 

a chain 3 for starting a round

They look just like a regular

double crochet

Here is a great tutorial on

how to start a new row with a

standing double crochet

Using this method leaves both ends

of your yarn at the top of the stitch

I just tie them together and

weave in the ends across the

top of my stitches

That way I can just crochet

over them in the next round

I LOVE not having all the ends

to weave in when Im done!!

Another great find is this

"Magic Knot"

to join my yarn

Its truly is magic!!!

I also like to use this

 standing double crochet

to start my rows

  Being the perfectionist that I am

(yes I will admit this)

I think these truly are better ways

to make my crocheting look better

I hope you will too!!

Robin

The Silver Tree

For a while I have been wanting

a vintage silver Christmas tree

I looked at them on Etsy and

Ebay and even told Tracy

(at my favorite place to 

get all things vintage)

to keep an eye out for one

A few weeks ago I went into

Kohls to buy a bra...

my least favorite thing

in the world to do...

and spotted 2 seven foot silver trees

sitting in the center of the 

Christmas clearance aisle

They had been used as display trees

for their Christmas ornaments

and I had lovingly admired them

the last time I was there

After looking at their website

to see if I could have one

of my very own

I found out that those

trees were $499.99!!

Don't think so

Anyway...

I looked...walked away..

looked again…walked away 

…and came back again

It was calling my name..

Robin come back…

You need me

After having a discuss 

with the store manager

(because I had a price of $100 or less in my head)

it was decided that I

could have an additional

30% off the $124.99 price

YES…silver tree 

you will be coming home with me!!

So I brought it home

and set it in my living room

Admiring my new tree each day

I didn't want to put it away

for a   l o n g   year

I decided it needed a skirt

to match my collection of

vintage Shiny Brites

that will adorn it next year

So I went thru my stash of

yarn and found the colors

I wanted and it all

came together

I picked up some buttons

at Walmart and

another project complete!

It looks great under my tree

I love the pom pom edge

The pattern for the tree skirt

can be found here at

Smooth Fox Knit & Crochet

(image from her blog)

I did add the 

buttons and pom pom edge

(tutorial on a previous post)

I will be retiring

my little pink tree

♥I still love you little pink tree♥

 I have already started

another project

Imagine that!

Crochet on…

Robin