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Missyboo has her school Spring Recital tonite. Everyone in her grade is supposed to dress up as Disney dogs for the show. So we took a trip to the local party store only to find out they don't carry costumes except for Halloween. Too bad. They would have picked up quite a bit more business from everyone for this school event. But we did find a headband with Scooby-do ears attached. (good thing Missyboo likes Scooby! She wanted to be a poodle.)
Then we pondered what we could do for a tail. AHA! says I. I had some brown cotton yarn and some brown fun fur yarn in my stash, 
and there was still a good supply of pipe cleaners in the drawer. One tail coming up! Quick and easy. Personally I think it looks more like a lion tail rather than a dog! But I suppose it could be sortakinda considered a type of poodle tail, too, depending on how you look at it. Ah well! At least she'll have a tail. lol
When Missyboo got home from school and saw her tail, she was quite pleased with it! Whew!!!!
After it was all done, I was trying to figure out how to attach it to Missyboo's backside. I had left a fairly long tail on it when done, and her school belt is a braided one, so.......I used the leftover tail and sewed it to the belt between the braids. It seems to be ok that way. She wore it around the house for the rest of the night! :D
It will be fun to watch her and the others singing tonite all dressed up. That reminds me, I have to go back to the party store to get grease paint for her face!!!!! Eesh, better get going! Talk to you later! :D
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I know this is knitting, but we should all be aware that the craft style doesn't matter. Ms. Clara Parkes, a fiber artist and author, had her Optic Waves shawl stolen at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. It was on Friday morning just before the festival started, from the Brooks Farm Yarn booth. She is trying to get the word out about it, so I'm passing the word on to you. Here's a link to her open letter about the "event ". What a shame to have spent all that time making something others would want to see and have a pattern for, only to have it stolen. I hope it comes back to her.
I know it's been awhile AGAIN! since my last posting. Sorry about that! But now that my week of vacation has started........hopefully I can get something accomplished in a timely manner. ;p
I was reading thru some of my emails and found this posted. I find it absolutely amazing that it can be done, and so beautifully too! Check it out. You'll need to go a click or two into the site before choosing the word "WORK" to see more pictures of her projects. Amazing! Here's a teaser picture. Just don't say I didn't tell you so! 
She crochets over objects. Talk about your freeform! lol Actually, to me it looks more like Irish Crochet without the use of traditional motifs. Either way, it looks good to me!
There are lots more pictures on her site to see and "wow" over.
Have a good night, talk to you soon. : )
Hi Everyone,
It's been a while since I've had time to sit at the computer for a bit. Missyboo is a Brownie, and I had the good fortune to be "Cookie Mom" for the troop this year. This was the week for all monies to be collected and deposited from the girls, have cookie booth sales, and get all orders logged into the Girl Scout cookie system. On top of my work hours changing (and not for the better!) Most of my computer time has been spent this past couple of weeks on cookie emails! Too bad they weren't edible. But then, I guess it's a good thing they weren't. I might not have been able to get out the chair!!! lol
Anyway, I turned in three more chemo hats for my local guild club's collection last Sunday. There were 118 new hats collected! I'm guessing that should put us around the 500 mark since January. We had a visitor late in the meeting who came to learn how to make chemo hats. She's going thru it herself, and wanted to make hats for herself and others too. She was told to go thru the hats gathered at the meeting that day and pick one out for herself. And let me tell you, there were some absolutely gorgeous hats made!!!! It ended up she picked one of the three I had turned in! I was so amazed that she did that, considering how many pretty hats were in the bag! To me, mine were just there, and I drooled over the other ones. Is it that way for everyone else too? lol 
At least this time I got some pictures of the hats I turned in. I kept forgetting to take my camera with me, or to take pictures of the other hats I had made. One of the women at the meeting was nice enough to take these pictures and send them home for me to add to my collection. Now let's see if I can get that picture posted here!
I made these using Lion Brand CottonEase, and I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to make 4 adult sized hats out of just one skein each of these three colors. I plan on submitting a picture and pattern for the fourth hat I made to the Crochet Liberation Front group that started on Ravelry as they are in the process of putting a few of their own crochet pattern books together to be published.
So who knows, I've sold one pattern, now maybe I'll get one pattern published! Now wouldn't that be cool?! ;-D
I'm still plugging away on my mystery top that's a mix of knit and crochet. The upper portion is now done. I had to take both the left and right sides apart and frog them twice since I know so much about knitting. They were a bit on the big side. The front portion of the arm hole area just barely covered to the middle of the breast. That's a bit too "open" for me! Rip-it, Rip-it. Downsizing in progress. LOL But it's good to go now! Just need to finish up on the lower portion, add a sleeve or two, and viola, one done top. Hopefully it will be done in time for the CGOA conference in July!
Well my computer time for the day is up. I need to get some pictures taken for Missyboo's science fair project, and put a hem in a couple new pair of work pants before going to bed. Especially the pants part. I kinda ripped a hole in my last pair getting into the car to go home on Friday. I'm just glad it was after work! It would have been em-bare-assing otherwise! LOL
Have a good night. :-)