busy busy busy

damn, how did the holiday pre season come on so fast?!!?

hard at work with my hook.... i SHOULD have a pattern to post for mittens (kidlet sized) soon.
MT and i did a drive by on a new apt, hopefully we will get to move. i like where we live, dont get me wrong, but it would be nice to be more "in town" and it has a yard! we are going for a walk thru on tuesday YAY!!!

bags bags bags.......

i find myself surrounded by BAGS. good thing we are doing the craft show in a couple of months. lol
we havent been doing anything, cause we are old and lazy like that. we took PDF to pizza hut the other nite, as it was kids nite and CINDERELLA was there. so does the bugger eat? no because "mommy's pizza is better" which, altho nice, did not make the mantoy happy. so this weekend, when we go out for his and the aunts birthday; PDF will be staying home! (with a sitter, of course)

i (sadly) cannot remember if i posted about recieving my secret pal reveal, but if i didnt, here goes: if i did.... well, ignore this part and remind me to take my ginko.

my pal was CAEDNKAT! we are very similar. she is also a SAHM, but she has 2 kids. (it would be nice if the stick would turn blue or something...for me! lol) she sent me a book i have wanted, positively crochet! and 3 skeins of simply soft to make a project from the book. i also recieved skully potholders, and a pucker purse. heres a picture:




or 5. lol! she also sent me 3 lite up hooks. C, D and E. i am slowly but surely getting all the sizes. i only need F, G, I, and J now. and my birthday is in june!!!
i am testing a pattern for a friend on the ville. i am using some BRIGHT colors. sunshine print, bright yellow and pumpkin, with shocking pink for the main color. its fun!
well, the child is in need of lunch, so i should probably feed her.

THE BANGLE BAG

THE BANGLE BAG




1 oz (or so…) of yarn (I used lion incredible ribbon yarn)
J hook
2 Bangle bracelets (I found mine at Wal-Mart…. 5.00 for about 20)


You also NEED to know how to crochet AROUND an object.
Chain 1 counts as a stitch.

Row 1:
Start with a slip knot on your hook, and insert the hook inside the first bangle.
SC around the bangle 7 times. (7 SC on bangle)

Row 2:
CH 1; turn and SC in same stitch. 2 SC in each stitch. (14 SC)

Row 3:
CH 1; turn and SC in same stitch. *1 SC in next stitch, 2 SC in the next stitch.*
Repeat from * across. (21 SC)


Rows 4 -20:
CH 1, SC across. (16 rows of 21 SC)

Row 21:
CH 1, *SC 2 tog, 1 SC in next stitch. Repeat across. (14 SC)

Row 22:
CH 1; *SC 2 tog across. (7 SC)

Row 23:
Holding other bangle, 7 SC around bangle. (7 SC)

Finish off; leaving LONG tail for sewing.

Sew up sides. Weave in ends.

for your information:

if you use a brillo pad on a cast iron griddle it WILL take off candle wax.
it WILL NOT harm the finish.

that is all.

oh, and my child is a monkey.

so much has gone on.....
for starters, we didnt have internet for 3 weeks. ! why? because that sweater i made for someone (last post) well....the womans check bounced! how annoying. oh well, she is making it right and thats all that matters; right?
ManToy and i decided to join a gym, cause we are getting a little bit LARGE and not so in charge. i weigh 220, he weighs 191. i have decided to keep up my motivation, when i lose 20 lbs, i am buying myself a new mp3 player. i like mine, but its not what i want.
princess dirtyfeet has new friends, 6 of them. MT had given her a christmas gift of a fish tank, so we (finally) got that set up. its all goldfish. she loves it though, and thats what counts.

about time....

well. i sort of forgot about this. ( sad but true....) we have been busy lately, i have been traveling alot..... and noone reads me anyways right?

i have been trying to get our finances back in order, after a rather EXPENSIVE holiday season. im almost there, just one last final payment. WOOHOO!

i have joined the spring swap (secret pals) over on www.crochetville.org
im sure it will be a blast, just like the last two SP's i did.

i made my first sweater! granted, it was a toddler sweater, but i still MADE A SWEATER!

time passing by.....

ok, ive not been here in a minute. i have been crocheting up a storm, i managed to finish ALL the xmas crochet 2 whole days before xmas. altho, i will be starting earlier this next year. today i worked on a toddler sweater for a little boy i know. its supposed to be a 3T, but i think its gonna be a little big. but its fun and easy.

well, i guess i will have to reup tmrw, as i am getting the hairy eyeball from MT.