Maggie’s Hats

Maggie’s Hats, originally uploaded by jezmynne.

I made three hats for my dear chemist friend, Maggie.

Baby Things

Made these hats n booties for a friend who will have her baby in November. First time I ever made booties. : )

Hat for Melanie

Made this hat with this cute and super soft microspun pink yarn for a friend Melanie’s Pick Me Up boxie sponsored by Crochet List. I like the ruffly shells on the edge.

Hats for Jakes

One of my math faculty at work is going on sabbatical to Canada next semester, and, in passing, he mentioned his 2 girls had no hats. Hmmmm, I can do something about that!

So I made 6 : )

Yea, I know… “Where You Been?”

This time of year is always full o sparse postings as I’m busy getting things made for xmas gifts. Luckily, my fam always gets together AFTER xmas, so I get a few days of extra Hooker time, which is nice.

Work’s been crazy busy – I’ve been getting rid of the many flavors of Rats (those pesky buggy things that always pop up and multiply like rabbits that arent super important but must be taken care of nonetheless) this week, as well as catching up and keeping up before my lovely 10 day break from work. Yaay, xmas. : )

Lila is such a good girl. I attended an assembly last week at her school where she received a merit award for reading. What a good girl! I am so proud of her. : )

I got a new phone… an iphone, if you can believe that, which rounded out my istuff quite nicely. It’s a glorious little toy that everyone loves to play with. The best part – work is going to reimburse me for it since I use it for text, IM, and phone contact with my peeps who need library stuff. Even Lila loves the little thing and runs around the house snapping pics like crazy. Here’s some of my Lila iFavs:

And my Favoritest of all…

Oh yea, speaking of iStuff, you *so* have to check out the The 2007 Holiday Guide To iCr@p

Been really busy pumping out hat n scarf sets. Like this one, for my niece. I figure it’s safe to post it here, cuz she is 3 and definitely doesnt read my blog. =P

Baby Hats

I love this pattern – http://www.angelscrochet.com/patterns/mountainpat.php
for hats of all sorts and I regularly modify it for different projects depending on what I want. I love to use it with a D or E hook and finger weight yarn. I think it makes lovely baby hats that stay on baby and help to keep little ears warm. I made these two for recent baby gifts; the pink goes to baby Rebeckah who will be born next Wednesday, and the blue went to baby Isaiah, grandson to one of my online friends.

current WIP(s)…

my online friend told us that her DD came home pregnant, surprise! so i’ve been putting together a package of stuff for her – burp cloths and rags and the like – so i’m whipping out a baby hat for her right now. i have this pretty acrylic blue yarn from my stash and it is working up quickly. i’m using this pattern – http://angelscrochet.com/patterns/mountainpat.html – but with a size D hook and the finger weight yarn and minus the tangly rein-like things. i’ve done this combo before, and it results in a lovely, close fitting baby hat that needs no ties. plus, the flaps cover teeny baby ears, too.

for this month’s charity challenge, i’m making 12 inch squares for Heartmade Blessings. i’ve pledged 2, but want to make more. i’ve never made 12 inch squares before, and all i have to say is, wow! what a lot of work and what a huge square! i imagine they join up quickly, though. i started one, but was expanding on the square from PFH1 and misgauged the stitches. it didn’t turn out right so it’s out for a HMB square, but i’m going to make it into a baby afghan for Karen’s DD. one big, giant, slightly off square blankie comin’ right up!

lemme see… oh, on DH’s insistence i trotted out PFH1 (he was insinuating that the top i’m working a filet yoke for (in a size 12 steel hook, i might add) was never going to be finished). PFH = Project From Hell. anyways, this PFH is a great pattern, this glorious victorian baby granny pattern complete with teeny hook size and many, many squares. they’re not hard to make, but time intensive. plus, the yarn doesn’t play nicely with anyone. however, i recently got my first set of bamboo hooks and wonder of wonders, the bamboo G hook makes this project fly. that hook insists that the yarn play nice, and that’s great! the G blows my gauge and makes a larger square, but they join up the same so i’m sticking with it. anyways, i’ve had this one on the hook for 5 years now, so i’m trying to bust out a square a night. missed last night (needed a new headband) but i banked 3 extra squares from over the weekend. =P

other things coming down the wire… 2 housewarming gifts need to be made; i’ll make a potholder & trivet/hotpad set for each, which won’t take a bit of time. plus, another baby hat and some cute booties for a baby due in April, and it’s nearly time for the next round of swaps. guess i’d better get hookin’!

hoping everyone has a frog free day!

jez~