Craftiness

Farm life and the kids have been keeping me busy, but somehow I'm still finding time to get some crocheting done.

Since the birthdays and baby showers are past, I can share pictures of what I've been working on the last few weeks.

A baby blanket

This blanket was donated to the therapy center Sweet Pea goes to

A cotton shawl for the cooler summer nights

Fingerless gloves for Girly's birthday

I have more projects in the works, but can't show sneak peaks just yet =)

We've Been Busy...

The summer has once again flown by.  And we've been pretty busy.

We took a trip to the Tulsa Zoo.

Squish got into a bit of a sticky situation ;)

A pic of the kids in the rain forest area.  My parents traveled to Peru to see the Mayan ruins and we just went to Tulsa.

The farm has been growing...

Six new baby chicks.  We now have 33 chickens (and 3 ducks).

We've had 2 litters of bunnies...  11 kits between the two.  This is a picture of Spot.  We'll be keeping this one =)

Progress has been made on the house.

Now the hard part (for us)- filling in the walls with cordwood...  But first we need to chop down and debark a bunch of trees =)

Girly made her first quilt.

I finished up a cardigan.  Now to wait for winter so I can wear it =)

Fresh Off the Hook

I've been taking more time to get some projects done.  Most of them are forcing me to figure out stitches (and how to decipher patterns!).  I'm having fun with all of it and look forward to each new project =)

This one will be on it's way as part of a Cheer Campaign I'm part of.  Can't give any other hints than that ;)

When I first started this one, I wasn't sure about the yarn or the pattern.  It wasn't until I was almost finished that I decided I loved it.  The variations in the colors give me almost an endless palate to match it with.  As I was trying it on at different stages, I have at least three shirts that work with it.

A couple months back, we adopted a cat.  But I've decided that the cat isn't the problem when I'm crocheting.  It's this little cutie.

Craftiness

Since our move, my sewing machine has been packed away in a box, somewhere in the tent...  I was feeling the loss of my craftiness, so I decided to dust off my crochet hooks and start hooking again.  In the last month or so, I've managed to finish up a few projects.  

Cute little Percy went to live with my friend Alison.

Hello Kitty came to live with us.  I think I need to make another one so the girls will stop fighting over who gets to wear it =)

I experimented with some new to me stitches and techniques.

(I need an adult model...  Or maybe get the littles to take better pictures of me ;) )

I love how the collar turned out on this.  So, I think I'm going to modify this pattern a bit and turn it into a dress for Sweet Pea.

And I've found plenty of new patterns to keep me busy hooking.  My sweet mother- in- love is even forwarding me patterns that would make good Christmas presents ;)

Oh, and I'm developing a yarn addiction...