Chilly Days....

It's been so cold here, the wind is blowing, the snow is drifting whirling around through the air. The temperature I don't even want to know, it just feels incredibly chilly. Seems mother nature has decided two years of being nice was enough. I can't say I blame nature without the really cold winters, veggie gardening in the spring doesn't produce much, so I have to say we are chilly, but grateful. It will bring a much better spring, oh were are you spring...just around the corner.

On Christmas Eve my oldest grandson, Brennan, received something he's been dreaming of since he was 3. As a young toddler all he ever spoke of was being a guitarist in a rock band. Since guitar hero came out on on Xbox he's been jamming away. I thought it was time for his dreams to come true, from what I hear he's playing away learning more with Rock Smith. This little guy as tons of potential and he's letting everyone know at just 10 years old. However, the little guy below is not appreciating the amp that puts out all the sound.

Owen, is 6, turning 7 tomorrow and a bubble boy all the way....and grammie made sure he got what he wanted. It's the beauty of being a grandmother, spoil them as much as we can and I love it.

But the last few days, of this chilly weather has me thinking blankets and searching for patterns, wrapping myself up in warm handmade deliciously soft one sound so good right now. I found this one Basel Throw free pattern, I feel in love with the design and adding another project to my already long...list!

Then I stumbled across this on  Pinterest which I have been spending a lot of time trolling...isn't it just so cool. The things one finds is amazing there are so many creative people in this world that would have gone unnoticed without the internet.

This one totally had my attention although it didn't lead to any real pattern just a error, but I still love this one the best. The colors, the way the grannie squares mix with the double crocheted rows. This is another one I would love to make, in the meantime I will keep trolling, as I sit on the couch wrapped up in a blanket enjoying the quite days of creating.

Granny Square Crochet Pattern Hunt!

 

It's a beautiful day today, the sun is shinning everything outside is good and I am inside on a Granny Square Crochet Pattern Hunt! Yes, you read right!! And now I explain....

 

 

I have fallen in love with all things Granny Square and I can't believe it, especially after years of avoiding anything to do with the darn squares. It's this drops pattern just awesome, I mean what I realized is it takes the right color combination to make a statement, right!

 

 

And this one does... oh who would have guessed ripples and granny squares. Now the original pattern colors do nothing but this color combination is just too sweet! Here is the link to the pattern.

 

 

In my quest to find something that was just bugging me, running through my mind, I found this top! Whee...now that's stunning. There is a link to this pattern too, that is if you speak Swedish which I intend to do...break down the pattern for you. Of course I am sure if your an expert at crocheting this one would be easy to do just by looking at the photo...not this girl, nope I need a pattern, especially for something like this....

 

 

Okay so I added a word poster...now if you have been following me than you know I love words and especially when put together the meanings that follow. Oh...how I love to learn!!

 

 

Then again I went off course when I found this! Whee! Wait until you see the next photograph it went from that up there in the pic to.....

 

 

THIS...Whee...isn't recycling something in this new Era of going Green. I love the mind of this person who took those shirts and did that...

 

 

So I kept trolling and came across these...of course...Emma Lamb. I want to make these they are just too darling.

 

 

Now my hooded poncho is really just about done...sadly I ran out of yarn by 3 balls and need to make a run to the store. I will say I am all done with the exception of adding the hood and the buttons. So with that sad  said I think I'd like to do this one too...a girl can never have enough to create, right..hehe!

 

 

 

Does this look familiar? It should it was here yesterday. Why is it here again? Well it was this darn thing that sent me on my crochet hunt. Yes, I thought I had saved the pattern to my library on Ravelry, nope, notta, not me...like when I put something away in the apartment and say to myself...I'll know where that is now next time I need it, WRONG, I always scramble to search. Note to self...get organized..Note back...gosh I've tried really I have! Finally note...don't answer your own note. LOL!

So here it is.. the link to this beautiful pattern...

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/maduixa76/the-original-half-granny-square-shawl

 

Now....it's off to get more yarn! Yippy!