Hehe..... It's been a while since I have posted on here ... over four years. The crochet bug kinda died, but I am crazy about my grandkids.

My birthday in 2009 was the BEST ever! My dad came to visit and we got all the kids and grandkids together for a family picture. God is good!!

(Click on the picture for a larger image)

ZOO ATLANTA


A few weeks ago we went to the zoo, where I overheard this conversation. "Look, that flamingo only has one leg!" Another responded, "Hey, that one's missing a leg too!" Pretty funny, huh? Well, not really. That was my family talking. :)

I don't want to bore you with zoo pictures, but this was just too cool. If you have never been to the Atlanta Zoo, I have to tell you, the gorillas are an awesome sight to see.

See the gorilla on the right? She is a mommy holding twin babies. I wish I had a fancy camera that could take zoom shots.

Enough about the zoo....... back to my real passion. I bought buttons for rudolph's eyes. I hate to hand-sew, but I can't have him blind for the entire Holiday season. Will try to get to that soon. (Rudolph is a reindeer square on my Christmas afghan.) I'm also working on a king size afghan for my son. That is a story all by itself, but I will save that for when I post the pic of the finished product.

NO MORE TIME FOR BLOGGING (for a while)
I need to get back to crocheting. I'd like to finish 4 afghans and make a few ponchos before the end of the year. We'll see :)

CHRISTMAS AFGHAN




This was a gift for my son and his family a few years ago. It was hard to give it up :) I really like it a lot, but I love them more. :) The pattern can be found on freepatterns.com. You have to sign up, but the patterns really are free, and they are worth looking at. They have LOTS of other crafts besides crocheting, but for this afghan you would go to the crochet section, choose "Special Occasions" and look for the "Christmas Granny Afghan". I used gold Christmas yarn in mine instead of the dark blue. Enjoy!

MY DARLING DAUGHTER'S DAISIES


This was a Christmas gift for one of my daughters. She thought I bought it off ebay because I had shown her one on ebay that I really liked. :) I promise, I made this all by myself - all 70 squares.

"DUCK & BABY" BLANKET


This was a gift to my little grandson. Some say he looks just like me. :)

If you would like the graph for this afghan, go to Knitting Is Fun - so is crochet, by the way :D - and follow the knittingpatterns links.

(The afghan is a rectangle. One side looks longer than the other because of the angle of the camera)

PONCHOS


This poncho was made with Lion Brand Homespun yarn. The pattern is on the A C Moore website. I have gotten a lot of compliments on this one.



My oldest granddaughter loves to dress up. I made this for her last year and it is so exciting to see her enjoy it. :) I modified it because I didn't think she would like all that fur tickling her neck.