Crochet Me Crazy

My kids have never been trick-or-treating but we usually try to take them to a church festival somewhere for some candy. We went tonight and Alison wore her little prairie girl dress. A sweet outfit for a sweet girl.


Our neighbor and her two boys came with us to the carnival and they are with the kids here...


Michael didn't participate this year...he wanted to do Ron Paul stuff instead so him and dad met with another guy from our Ron Paul meet-up group and they held signs on the road. We met them out there when we were done. We got lots of thumbs-ups and honks tonight.

I made this turtle for my niece who just had a baby. The baby's room is all done up in turles so I made this for her shelf.

The pattern was written by Krisie over at Crochetville. The pattern is very well written and you can whip this little guy out in one night!

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A few bath scrubbies and wash cloths I've made over the past couple of weeks. I've given these bath scrubbies to several people and have had rave reviews on them so I decided to make a few to keep around for gifts. Another person was telling me how much they loved the dishcloths. Would you believe I have never used one myself. I always tend to give the stuff I make away. The bath scrubbies in both pictures are the same pattern, I just layed it a different way to show it has a handle. I can make a bath scrubbie in less than an hour so I can usually get one done plus work on something else while I'm sitting in the car on Monday's and Tuesday's waiting for Alison to get out of her dance classes.




This is just a square I made because I wanted to try out this cable stitch.



I'm working on a cotton bath mat right now...and by golly, I'm going to use it for myself! :)

I have a few purse handles I had found on clearance somewhere so I decided to try making a purse. I didn't use a pattern for this...I just sorta "winged" it. I think it turned out pretty good.

These are our two new Toy Rat Terriers...the same breed as Brindy was. The pictures don't do their size justice. They are very tiny. Belle is smaller than Libby. She only weighed 1 pound when we took them to the vet on Saturday.

A day we have dreaded has finally come. Last night, our beloved family pet, Brindy, had a heart attack and died. She had a heart murmur since birth so we always knew that it would eventually get the best of her. We just never expected it to be this soon. She was only 3 1/2 years old. We were out last night and when we got home Brindy didn't get up and get excited like she normally does. Jeff got her and started to play with her. She started playing and getting excited...then all of a sudden, she started crying and we knew what was happening. It happened so fast. There was nothing we could do. We jumped in the truck and sped her to the emergency clinic but she was already gone by the time we got there. This is so horrible...I'm having a very hard time dealing with this. They brought her out to us in a box. We opened the box up and I wrapped her up and held her all the way home and the whole time Jeff was digging her grave. Jeff came and told me I didn't have to hold her anymore. I told him I couldn't just lay her down somewhere. I layed her in her grave with her head on her favorite toy. I just can't believe she's gone. I have to explain to you that I am not a "dog" person...Brindy was not just any dog though. She had completely stolen every member of our family's hearts. There wasn't enough "Brindy" to go around...everyone wanted her at bed time. She was very shy, sweet, and well behaved. She loved all of us and would defend us with her little 6 lb body. She was a "one owner" dog. She was terribly frightened of strangers. She never barked or misbehaved in any way. The worse thing Brindy did was occasionally she would drag a few pieces of trash out of the trash can when we left her alone. She had luxated patella's on her back legs which they say is very common for a runt, which she was, so she walked with a limp. People always thought she was an old dog. She was the little mis-fit of her litter. Her brindle coloring made her "un-breedable". She had never chewed on anything but her own toys right from the beginning. She loved to lay in the sun or bake herself in front of a heater in the winter. She put up with our other various pets over the year...rats, ducks, cats. She never barked except when someone knocked at the door. I could carry her around for hours in her dog bag anywhere and no-one would even know she was there. Her black eyes would blend in with the darkness of the bag. She actually liked to curl up in small snuggly spaces. Her favorite place was under the couch pillows.
The rest of the family is already talkinga about getting another rat terrier puppy. I am no opposed to it but I am scared. I know that the rest of the family will love and bond with any dog we get but I'm afraid I won't. We've have 2 other dogs before Brindy that I couldn't deal with and we ended up giving away. I realize how special she was and I just don't know if I will like the next one. That might sound harsh but like I said, I'm not just an any ol' dog person....I was a Brindy person.

I was going to post a picture of Brindy but the image posting doesn't seem to be working on blogger today.

I got the pattern for this top from the book called Amazing Crochet Lace by Doris Chan. It was an extremely easy to follow pattern.
I had some extra yarn so I started making a skirt to use up the rest of it. The skirt ended up being a little on the short side but I told Alison she could wear it as long as she wears some shorts under it.

I finished another pair of slippers.