Not dead

I've been gone nearly a month, but I'm not dead (though at times I felt like it). My daughter is in town for spring break so I'll be back next week with a new crochet pattern and the introduction to what will be the first ever embroidery patterns for sale in my shop.
So until then Enjoy your spring time!

Thrift Store Finds

Some of my goodies from our thrift store outing this presidents day

I'm not sure why the crochet hooks have the curves but I had to get them anyway :)

Okay I know the plants aren't from any thrift store but we had to go to the co-op and I couldn't resist the bunny tails :) 

and lastly, here are some of the gifts my fiancee and I exchanged for V-day

The fiddlers were from him, the smart ass embroidery was from me :) {pattern available soon}

Tertius on the left and Primus on the right {in case you haven't just recently watched the movie or read the book Stardust, that's where I got the names for all of my Crabs [the other's are Ditchwater, Thorne, and Septimus]}

Valentines free pattern

As Promised here is my heart for you :) The pattern that is, enjoy

Small Heart

Hook size G with medium weight yarn will give you a heart that's three inches

Curves (top) make 2

Foundation: Ch 2   SC 6 in second chain from hook

Row 1: *2SC in each* across

Row 2. *SC   2SC in next*

Row 3-4. SC across

Finish off

Joining curves

Place both curves together as shown in photo, SC through both curves 5 times

Row 1: Without finishing, SC all round both curves for a total of 28 stitches

 Row 2: *SC 5   2SCtog* across

Row 3: *SC 4   2SCtog* across

Row 4: SC across

Row 5. *SC 3   2SCtog* across

Row 6: *SC 2   2SCtog* across

Stuff very firmly, filling out the curves of the heart

SC all together

Hope you like it!

Plus you can make them into a very cute garland, to make a garland: Cut a length of yarn as long as you want the garland to be then add a third.

Ch 4   Slip stitch in first Ch made   SC 10 in loop created.

Ch 8  Finish off, thread through heart.

Picking yarn back up on opposite side of heart Ch 8 finish off and repeat for as many hearts as you want to add.

TO finish garland, Ch 12 Slip stitch in fourth Ch from hook and SC 10 in loop, finish off and tuck ends and you're ready to hang your garland

Introducing Septimus

Our newest Crab, he's quite a love and likes to walk in circles around your hand until you're both dizzy :)

And a real quick list of my current projects:

1. Re working all of my patterns (layouts, better photos make sure there aren't any errors, etc.)

2. I'm working up a yeti pattern

3. finishing touches on my first few embroidery patterns (three I think :)

4. packaging up my daughter's v-day care package (last minute I know, thankfully for a small fortune it can be overnighted to arrive only one day late)

5. crocheting up a little heart plushie for previously mentioned care package (pattern will be available for free here on V-day

6. dropping dead from exhaustion :)

just a quick peek

Just a small peek, still really busy more coming soon!

Busy busy girl

I'm working on three new patterns and my first ever series of embroidery patterns so I have just been swamped, in addition I'm reworking my old patterns to jazz them up a little and triple check for errors. I will have some sneak peaks ready for you tomorrow.

New Photos for the Deviant Art Group DAKnitters

Some images from my photo shoot for the new journal over at DA Knitters, the main theme is bringing yarn to life

Craft spree at the local thrift stores

We went out yesterday and spent the whole day exploring the local thrift stores for what treasures could be found and here is what I brought home with me.








{the trick here is now to figure out how to store these so I can still see them or I'll forget what I have}
{no, there is no baby on the way but I couldn't help myself, I've never seen the lorax on baby clothes before so I had to get it.}



{by the bye I spent less twenty bucks on of this}

It was such a good day and I have so many plans roiling around in my head for what to do with my new goodies. First things first though my desk space is not nearly as functional as I was hoping so I'm going to design a new one that I will (hopefully) build myself.

After that, I plan on re working my patterns into something a little more ascetically pleasing and I will be releasing some of my first ever embroidery patterns in February, so stay tuned!

My new space and some more little critters

So things are settling down a bit here, and I thought I'd take a minute to show you my new (very tiny) craft space :) It's not finished yet but it's perfectly functional.I plan on making pockets for the curtain/divider and making curtains for the window. There are also a few things I need to hang on the wall, plus I really want to make myself a small braided rug for the area.

And I started some seeds that I will plant outside my window when it gets warm, along with my pretty new hummingbird feeder. :) I'm so excited for spring XD


The big one is a girl, her name is Ditchwater and the little one is Thorn. If you look closely Ditchwater has her legs on the shrimp, she won't eat it but she won't let Thorn have it so he pouts. :)

Utter Chaos

I'm a little late but if you saw my house right now you'd understand. My mother-in-law-to-be moved out a month earlier than expected and left behind an entire house full of furniture for us to deal with. In some cases it worked out in our benefit (i.e. the couch) but we have so much stuff that moving anything is a huge task!

enough of my whining, here are my goodies



Oh and meet our new fishy friends, Goldie, Rainbows, and Scrambles the Deathdealer...all named by my darling son