Crochet Me Crazy

I file my pictures in folders according to dates they were taken on the my computer. As I went back to look at the first pictures of the year looking for my crocheted projects, I realize this has been probably one of the most unproductive years of crocheting I've ever had. It also took me down the trip of memory lane of the last year. The first pictures were of my empty, spotless house right before we sold it, my husband 30 pounds heavier, and the first RV park we lived in Houston where I had my nervous breakdown after it hit me that our house was really gone and we didn't know where we were gonna live! Wow, my old kitchen with all the comforts of home....

The pictures took me through our move to the Teas Hill Country where we met nice people and animals and where my daughter met the love of her life...Princess.



Then, there was the blur of the quickly passing summer of cleaning cabins, picking up trash and working hard in the state park.




There was lots of fun and learning and months filled with hope and fear. Also, many new friends and interesting people were met.


Alison got to start back to dancing...


So many mixed feelings and emotions about the past year. I am grateful for so much. Despite the craziness of the past year, there's no way we could have bought the experiences we've had over the past year. I just pray God will continue to give me the courage to move forward.

My New Years Resolution in next year is to strengthen my relationship with God and my family. I want to have the same attitude and trust in God no matter what the circumstances of my life are.

I wish everyone a Happy New Year! May you all find peace and joy the following year no matter what life brings your way!

More hats....the first one took a little bit of arm twisting to get my husband to model it.





Now, I hate to have my beautiful daughter modeling a Budweiser hat but she was my only available model.

Okay, it took me about 15 minutes to weave in my ends and crochet the brim. So, the total time it took me to make the hat was an hour and a half.



I did all of this not only to answer some questions I have received about the hats but also to figure out how long it is taking me to make one. I rarely sit down and crochet something start to finish so its sometimes hard for me to guess how long it actually takes me.

Now, I wonder why are most of the beer cans blue? I'm going to get very tired of blue.

I joined the panels together. This took me about 5 minutes. Next, I crocheted the crown of the hat. It took about 10 minutes.



Then, it took another 10 minutes to join it to the hat...



Now, I've spent an hour and 15 minutes on the hat so far....

Now, all I have to do is weave in my ends and add my brim. I'm definately on target to finish this hat tonight, right after I finish cleaning up the dinner dishes.

Okay, so our hot water heater quit working last night. Alison and I had to go over to the public bath house to take our showers last night. I get in the car to drive over and the car won't start. Thankfully, it was just one of the battery connectors was loose. Jeff is looking at the water heater today and it looks like its just the switch that is bad. He and Alison just went into town to buy a new switch. Good news is that he came back and said he got a call from one of the flyers he put out in town. Someone wants a quote.

Now onto the hat.... I'm ready to punch the holes using my pre-made stencil.



It took me about 5 minutes to punch the holes into all 6 panels. So now I've got about 20 minutes put into this hat so far.



After I punch the holes, I round off the corners with a pair of scissors. Panels are finished and I'm ready to start the easy part...crocheting!
First stage of crocheting around each panel takes me 5 minutes per panel.



So,now after crocheting around each panel I'm spent 50 minutes on this hat so far today.