Crafts at Three or More Tuesday

I have been on a crochet kick lately.

And for Three or More Tuesday I have at least three of 

crocheted items I have made.

Thank you to Tam at 

 The Gypsy's Corner

for hosting every week.

So what have I been making??

HATS!

I found this pattern in Crochet World.

Lots of neat projects in that magazine each issue.

Hard to decide what to make next!

 This is the first hat which I made for myself.

It came out kind of loose for me.

But I still like to wear it when I am cold.

This hat I sent to my daughter for Christmas.

I used a self stripping pattern in sock yarn.

This one I made for one of my nieces.
She loved it.

Here she is modeling it for me on Christmas Day!

I made one for my other niece as well.

Finished it in the car on our way to their house to celebrate Christmas.

This one in brown colors I made for my dad.

He is cold easily these days. 

My mom told me he wore it all day after I gave it to him.

I have since made a couple more hats.

They are fun to make and it is fun to see how they turn out with the different choices in sock yarns.

Happy Crafting!

~Linnea~

Pink Saturday Girls

It has been a long time since I participated in a Pink Saturday with Beverly at 

How Sweet the Sound.

But here I am again finally.

I call this post the Pink Girls because I now have TWO granddaughters!!

Our older granddaughter is now 4 1/2 years old.

Kaylyn the new granddaughter arrived on Nov. 13, 2010.

We are thrilled to have two precious grandbabies, but we are not thrilled to live so far away from them.

But we did go to Florida in December for my birthday to see our kiddies. And to make it even more special our daughter flew to Florida to be there too. I loved having all my kiddos together for my birthday!

Here I am holding Kaylyn and she is in adorable pink. She wore a lot of PINK while we were there.

And yes I did cut my hair. Some of you may remember it used to be much longer.

My shoulders could not handle messing with long hair anymore.

When we found out our new grandchild was going to be a girl,

I decided to make prayer shawls/blankets for them.

Above is the one I made for Shaylee, the 4 1/2 year old.

It is a shawl I made from an adult pattern, but made smaller to fit her smaller frame.

I used a self patterning yarn called Cuddle Muffin made by Sensations.

For Kaylyn I made a prayer blanket in a pink patterned yarn by 

Bernat. I used their Softee Baby yarn in Baby Pink Marl.

We found out I could take a crochet hook on the plane with me.

Since this was not finished yet when we left home, I was able to work on it on the plane trip there.

I finished it before we left to return home.

Our last night there, I presented the prayer shawl and blanket to the girls.

We all stood in a circle as I said a prayer for each granddaughter and blessed them with my

prayer shawl and blanket for them. 

It was very touching and we all got a little teary-eyed.

Here we are as the PINK Girls.

Shaylee with her PINK shirt and prayer shawl.

Kaylyn wrapped up in the blanket. 

And I even have a PINK shirt on under my denim shirt!

I don't know when we can get there to see them again.

My hope is that it will be sooner than later.

Happy Pink Saturday!!

~Linnea~