The sun is shining again in Southeastern Ohio and its also warmer than it has been in the past few weeks. One more frigid morning and then it should be warming up. According to the weather it could actually reach 60 by Sunday. The kids around here will be getting their short and flip-flops out.

I am a member of the Red Hat Tamales and have been making a few red hat items. I made little red hat pins for the ladies this past Christmas. Here is a picture of my latest project.

She looks like she is on a swing. I adapted the pattern a little so she could have a red hat. I thought I might try another only using different colors. She is a "crinoline lady". I am also making a crinoline lady to put on a T-shirt. We have a "Red Hat Day" coming up in May at the Bob Evans Farm and thought it might be fun to wear. The crazier, wilder, and louder the better.

This past summer there was a "Red Hat Day" at the farm (I think it was the hotest day of the summer, too) and there were over 500 women running around in their red and purple. It was great and it was LOUD! The organizers of the event never dreamed there would be that many women come. Our group was the hostesses and we were busy, busy registering these women. We are looking forward to this again this May.

Until next time!

Maybe a New Generation of Crocheters

Today has been a good day here in Southeastern Ohio. The sun was shining and I actually heard some birds chirping. But the best thing was, my 5 year old granddaughter wanted to learn on to crochet. I was delighted to show her. My daughter has started to pick up crocheting again and now for my granddaughter to wanting to learn is great. By the time she went home she was doing pretty good on her chain. She took her hook and ball of yarn home to "practice." She is my son's daughter, one of the triplets, and seemed very pleased with her new toys.





My grandmother taught me to do a chain and that is how I started. But back then she only had the small hooks and the size 10 crochet thread. It was definitely harder then. She also showed me how to tat and knit, but I haven't done much with either. I work so much better with one hook rather than two needles. I did knit the triplets little caps for Christmas but that's about the extent of my knitting.





Here is a picture of one of my latest projects. I especially like to work with thread. This angel is a tree topper. My first real attempt at a starched project. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be and now I have done several others. I finally wised up about taking pictures of some of my projects because I give almost all of them away.

I have been a lot of scarves this year for some reason (I think because they are quick to make). I also like to do small baby afghans, the size that fits over car seats. I have made one for all of our 14 grandchildren and moms like them because the do work well with the car seats.

Its late and hubby will be wondering why I'm so long at the computer.

Until next time!

My First Post

I am so excited about this! This is the first time I've ever done anything like this. I was visiting some other blogs and thought - I can do this. So I'm giving it a try. I started posting things on Crochetville that I have crocheted and now I'm getting hooked on this.

From time to time I hope to put some pictures of my hand made items on here. Today is probably not a good day to do it because we have 5 of our 14 grandchildren here and you can imagine what it is like here! UGH!

Lunch is ready so I must go help!