Crochet Me Crazy

HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone!! May the new year be full of happiness and health!

I only added one more row to the wool eater pattern I had started. Here's what I ended up with. I'm about to go back to this and turn it into a pot holder.



I wanted to use up some yarn scrap balls so I started another one. I made two of them and crocheted them together and made this potholder.

Here's the front:



Here's the back:

Two more rows and I'll have a potholder!


Probably not a blanket yet. It's such a pretty pattern and I'm just playing around with it using some yarn scraps. I've tried this before and gave up. I don't know what I was doing wrong last time because I haven't had any trouble with it this time. Maybe I was tired or the UK terminology screwed me up.

This patterns can be found here: Wool Eater Instructions � If you need help, she does a wonderful job of illustrating.

I'm jotting down my own notes for this pattern in US terms without the pictures for myself so I don't have to keep turning the pages and reminding myself that its written in UK terms. Maybe this will be useful to someone else.


Wool Eater US Terms Notes:

Ch 6, join with a slip stitch to form a ring.

Round 1:

* ch 5, work 4 Tr cluster into the ring (leave the last remaining loop of each stitch on the hook, yarn over and pull the yarn through all 5 loops on the hook)
{1 Tr Clusters made}
Ch 5, slip stitch into the ring.
Rep from * 3 more times.
{4 Tr Clusters made}.

Round 2:

* ch 2, work 12 tr into the top of first Tr cluster of last round, ch 2, slip stitch into the slip stitch of the previous round.
Rep from * 3 times.
Fasten off.
{4 Tr Clusters made}

Round 3:

Join new colour in between any 4th and 5th Tr of the previous round.
* Ch 5, work back post Tr crochet cluster around the next 4 tr crochet of previous round (leave last loop of each tr crochet on hook and pull through all 5 loops on hook), ch 5, slip stitch in between the 8th and 9th dtr of the previous round, ch 5, work a tr crochet cluster over the next 8 dtr of the previous round (leave last loop of each tr crochet on hook and pull through all 9 loops on hook), ch 5, slip stitch between the 4th and 5th Tr of the next 12 Tr corner group. Repear from * 3 more times, finishing with a slip stitch into where the contrast yarn was joined at the beginning of the round.


Round 4:
* Ch 2, 12 Tr into the top of the 4 tr cluster, ch 2, slip stitch into slip stitch of the previous round, ch 2, 8 Tr into the top of the 8 Tr Cluster, ch 2, slip stitch into slip stitch of the previous round.
Repear from * 3 more times, finishing with a slip stitch
Fasten off.

Here's a picture of a last minute ornament I made on Christmas Eve. He was fun and quick to make!



Christmas is over and I'm still full! We had a fun day. We got up and had our Christmas with the kids. The kid's had a nice Christmas despite it all thanks for generous friends. I wasn't supposed to get any presents but Jeff got me a egg slicer because mine broke while I was cooking Christmas dinner. I got a new toothbrush head which I've been putting off buying and he bought me some "I Love This Yarn" yarn! After that, my oldest sister and her kids came over for Christmas day. We ate and ate, opened presents and played Catch Phrase. Aunt Ro and Angelo gave Alison the game Apples To Apples and we all played that for a while. It's always lots of fun when they visit.

Last night we went to the movies to see Sherlock Holmes.

I'm exhausted today and was going to try to take a nap this afternoon after everyone left. As soon as I layed down, my neighbor dropped by with her two kids and stayed for several hours. We fed them some left-overs and she took a plate home for her husband. Finally, making a dent in all this food! LOL ... Now, I'm about to go to bed early tonight and get a good night's rest so I can rest up to get the house and yard cleaned back up.

My short-lived job watching my nephew is over. She can't afford to pay anyone to watch him so he's going to go to his Dad's house while she's at work. Gonna miss the little squirt!

Hope everyone had a great day celebrating with friends and family today. We had a fun, food-filled day playing games and having a great time.

Here'a something I found for that I might work up to see what it looks like. Maybe save this for next year!

Free Chocolate Bar Stocking Crochet Pattern

There's no picture to go along with this but this might make a quick, cute gift idea!

Preparations for tomorrow's big Christmas dinner are complete! Yay! I'm tired and been in the kitchen since 8 this morning!

Tomorrow's Menu:

Turkey
Dressing
Cranberry Sauce
Potatoes O'Brien
Asparagus Casserole
Brocolli Casserole
Pasta Salad
Deviled Eggs
Touch Down Taco Dip
Hot Artichoke Dip
Shrimp Dip
Mini Sausages in Sauce
Vegetable Tray
Snowball Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Apple Pie
Lemon Cake
Home Baked Rolls

We shouldn't have any problems having food to eat this week!

Yup, we caved in and charged the kids some Christmas gifts on some great deals on Black Friday. It's just too depressing not to watch your kids open their presents on Christmas day!

In other news, Jeff all of the sudden has 4 or 5 new good job leads! Surely, at least one of those will come through for us! Other good news is that we possibly may have an interested buyer in our house. Maybe we'll be getting a contract on the house after Christmas!