WIP Wednesday, 8.15.12

My WIP this week is the same as last week, as I only crocheted for a little bit on one of the flights down to NOLA. Once we were there it pretty much stayed in the closet as we explored the French Quarter each day & night!

I was able to work on him a bit yesterday as I had the day off so now I have two antennae, two eyes, two claws and the beginning of a tail/body. May have had more done but running out of stuffing seemed like a good reason to rest my hands for the remainder of the day.

Lobster Bisque Anyone?

That's it for me this week, hopefully he will be all done for FO Friday! Want to see other WIPs? Check in at Tami's Amis for a whole bunch!

To-Do Tuesday, 8.14.12

I'm back from vacation so I guess it's time to tackle my to-do list once more....

An update for the To-Do Tuesday, gives an idea of what's on the list, what is slow going, what is getting done, and what I need a kick in the ass to get working on! What's on your To-Do List?

Crochet Queue
• Lobster (In Progress)
• Kira's Birthday Present
• Duck
• Giraffe
• Hippo
• Owl for KK
• Elephant for Drew
• Skunk
• Liam's blanket (In Progress)
• Rag Rug (from t-shirts/sheets)
• Crochet Clock {like these}
• Square Curtains (will have to find the pattern for these again...)
• Wool Eater out of my scraps {found here}
• Floor Poof from scraps to use at the Studio for Infant Poses

Home
• Clean out Fridge

Business
• Post Joe & Julie's Wedding Photos on KaitLavinPhoto.com
• Work on Crystal & Bryan's Wedding Photos
• Post Crystal & Bryan's Wedding Photos on KaitLavinPhoto.com
• Make a coffee table book for Crystal & Bryan
• Work on Melinda & Chad's Wedding Photos
• Post Melinda & Chad's Wedding Photos on KaitLavinPhoto.com

Other
• Mara's Birthday Present -- Got a new idea for this, it includes a doily, now just need to find one.

Finished Items
• Work on Joe & Julie's Wedding Photos(See some favorites Here)
• Lego Mosaic of Detroit Lions Logo (See it's Progress Here)
• Birthday Present for Charlie 

• Boy & Girl Baby Stuffies, only requirement is cute (See them Here)
• Mosquito (See Him Here)
• Lion (See Him Here)
• Cheese from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (See Him Here)
• Put Lee Auto Grand Opening on KaitLavinPhoto.com

• Work on Lee Auto Sales Breakfast Photos
• Owl (See Her Here)
• Pig (See Her Here)

• Pack
• Stop Mail
• New Orleans Itinerary
• Owl #2
• Hat for Sage
• Laundry

• Dishes



What's on your To-Do list? I will check in next week to give an update!

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WIP Wednesday, 8.8.12

I started this little guy on the plane but haven't touched him since. Can you figure out what he's going to be?

Linking up with Tami's Amis.

To-do Tuesday, 8.7.12

There is only one thing on my to-do list this week:

- Enjoy myself in New Orleans (in progress)

Year of Projects, Week Six

Short & sweet as I sit in the terminal at laguardia as I write this. Have I started on any of my projects? Nope, however I did use some of the Cascade yarn I had purchased for the purple stitch project project for something else and OH MY! It is soooo nice to work with, I am going to have to find a special pattern to make something for myself with this yarn! I have been thinking of what projects have a due date and which ones don't I will look more into this and it will hopefully help me get more of an idea of what to start on NOW and what can wait.

FO Friday, 8.3.12

Short & Sweet today as I have an Owl to finish before my vacation starts tomorrow at 2pm....

I have for you another Charlotte the Pig (who I think turned out better this time than last time) and  a little hat. The multicolor stripe in the middle is some of my cascade yarn for the purple stitch project, just using this little bit makes me want to do a whole project in it, it's so niiiiice! May have to splurge for more in different colors to make something special for me, but need to find a pattern first :-)

That's it for me! I appologize in advance if next week is slim on blog posts, we will be enjoying ourselves in New Orleans for the week!

PS TSA says crochet hooks & scissors with blades smaller than 4" are ok! Now I just need to figure out what project to bring, I'm thinking one of my YOP projects.

That's it for me, linking up with Tami's Amis to see all the other FOs out there!

WIP Wednesday, 8.1.12

August already? This is awesome in the fact that Mumford & Sons concert & vacation is just days away but not so awesome when I think that summer is almost over! Good thing I'm not in school anymore otherwise I'd really be bumming.

Only one WIP today as I had some FOs yesterday. (One of which I used some of my Cascade yarn and I am itching to work with more of it! It's a dream to work with, feels amazing!)

While on our mini vaca with the family last week I made a bunch of hats for the kids in the family. The DH thinks I will sell more of these than the stuffed animals come the holiday/winter season so I will try to make one in between every stuffie so that I have a bit of an inventory.

So one of my FOs yesterday was a softie so its on to a hat! I am using the Divine Hat pattern I found on Ravelry. So far so good!

While I was working on the other hats and especially the wine cozy last week I noticed that when I crochet in the round I go counter clockwise while a lot of the video tutorials go clockwise. Does this make a huge difference when getting into more complex patterns?

This current hat uses fpdc and what I have always thought as the "wrong side" seems to be the side that is getting the texture in it. Hmmmm will have to see how this turns out. Maybe the next hat should be identical but going clockwise and I will examine the differences.


Also --- any suggestions on airplane safe hooks & scissors?


That's what I'm up to, check out other WIPs over at Tami's Amis.