CLF Book

I just found out I'll be having my first pattern published!  Woohoo! 

I am still in shock that the first pattern I submitted for any kind of publication was accepted! 

It will be put out later this year by the Crochet Liberation Front, a group that started on Ravelry, and has since expanded out into the "real" world. With the possibility of more books to come. There will be patterns from people all over the world in this book, and it is all crocheted, without the usual restrictions/limitations, AND the copyright gets to stay with the designer/author.  Now how cool is all that?!

Here's a sneak peak at part of my pattern.

Hope you all have a good and safe holiday weekend!

Have a good night.  :)

First Visit to WEBS

WOW!!!!!  Just went to the WEBS store in Northhampton MA yesterday with Dee and Grace from my crochet club.  While there, we ran into another member of the club too, Karen.  I have never seen so much yarn in one place before!!!!  WOW!!!  All types, all kinds, different brands, fat ones, skinny ones, naturals and synthetics.  Inside and outside.  There was more yarn outside than most of the yarn stores I've ever been too.  Then there was the showroom floor.  THEN there was the back room.  Or should I say, warehouse!  Of course a big bag of it followed me to the car.  That should be enough to keep me busy stitching for a while!  At least I hope so. 

I even found some great dark olive colored Lily Chin Gramercy to make something up for Hubby.  But just to play it safe, I cut off a piece for him to wear under his watchband for a while, and in his waistband for awhile just to make sure he wasn't going to break out from superwashed merino wool.  So this morning he tells me he forgot to remove the piece from under his watchband, and there was no problem from it.  WOOHOO!  So I think we're a lot closer to saying his wool allergy is more from the oils side than the fiber side!  I'll have to look around some more and see if I can find just the right contrast color for his new sweater-to-be.  There was a lighter green, but I didn't like the two mixed, and there was no off-white or beigey-tan type color available, only bright white. 

Missyboo now has a few things coming to her too!  She picked out a gorgeous cranberry colored chunky yarn, and I added a multi-colored thread to mix with it.  There should be enough of both to maybe make something for Grandma too, as she likes those colors almost as much as Missyboo does.  I also picked up some summery colored heavy thread to make her a beach cover-up for the summer.  Oooo, since my niece is coming for the summer, and there should be enough to squeeze out two..........!

I even found a really pretty light blue Zaffiro mix of cotton, viscose and silk for me.  Wait a minute...did I say ME?!  I did, I did!  That will be a change.  Every time I say for me, it never is.  It always has someone else's name on it.  lol

Karen, did you finish buying out the store from what we left for you?!  LOL  Dee, thanks for suggestion of a field trip!  Missyboo and I had a great time.  She conked out pretty early last nite, too!  Must have been from her allergies. ;D 

Have a good day.  :)

Puppy Dog Tails

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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HELP WANTED!

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.