Elf Hats Galore

   Finally got the little Elfies finished. Hope they go over well. They are for a Christmas Program at a local church. The boys (7) will have hats and the girls (7) will be in matching tutus.  My friend is doing the tutus. I didn't have a pattern so just winged it. Like I do everything. It is more exciting that way.

 

Ellie is modeling for us. You can read about our girl here >ELLIE<

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Dance or Skating Anyone? Maybe Just for Fun!

   This little dance set puts snow and ice into my mind.. Not sure why. Since it is probably not very warm. This one is a 6 and I am also making an 8. We will take them to Stephaney's Boutique in the mall one day this week. (Marion, IL)   It feels good to be making again.
  There are 4 elf hats left to be crocheted too. Also an owl bag to be finished ( crochet).  All between everything else. Oops almost forgot, my yard needs to be mowed at least one more time before winter..
   Nope! I am not busy...
God is awesome.
Have a great day.
~ Ginger



Crushed White Velvet over Blue Metallic Checks.

 

Baby Seraphina is Here

It has been a couple weeks since she was born. We have been very busy trying to get everything ready for baby, Christmas season and so many things.
   Now that Little Miss is here maybe I can get back to creating and blogging .. I so badly wanted to post crochet tutorials. :(  However having to get several hats finished. Many leotards to make and all my other things needing to get finished, it might be after Christmas before I try again.
   Almost forgot to mentioned. Miss Ellie needs to have surgery again. The sooner the better as far as she is concerned.
God is Awesome. 
Good night.
~Ginger

 

Camera Silliness....

   I am sure having difficulty uploading videos from my phone to this blog. I can use the built in web cams but it is hard to crochet with a laptop between it and me. My phone takes much better videos too.
  It seems my only recourse is to have someone else (Ellie?) hold the phone and take the video -then we can upload to the computer.
  Anyone that knows Ellie.. Stop laughing. :)

Nesting..... Baby Watch

   It has been a long 40+ weeks. Or so it seems to me. We are so eager to meet Little Miss Seraphina. There was an area on her wall where Mira was wanting to put some shelves in to hold all of the children's books. That has not happened yet. For now she did make this sweet little hammock out of the yarn we used at her baby shower. The game was to guess the length to go around her waist.
  It just made this little hammock very sentimental and a nice way to keep a piece of her shower around long past the diapers and pacifiers.

Crochet 1

I recommend getting a size J or K hook for learning reasons.

 Some regular white or very light colored yarn and we are all set to begin.

Watch the video first, then I will add some notes.

The reason I prefer you get a large hook and light yarn is so we can see what you are doing. If you have a problem and send a pic. It will be nice if I can actually see it. 

I am getting very frustrated trying to load a video here. I finally figured out my problem. My youtube and google are on different accounts.  Makes me quite silly *rolls eyes*

Tomorrow if we are not on babywatch, I will remedy this.  :)

When you first start go ahead and rip it out as many times as you need to,

 until you are sure you have the beginning and chain down pat.  

This video is not very good, but other things came up today. 

Then the ones I did after dark did not work at all. 

We will get a better one up though. With instructions on it. 

God Bless

~Ginger

Crafting Friendships

Another day with not a single thing made, except a strengthening of faith and renewal of spirit.
We had our weiner roast and hay ride at church tonight. They counted 130-150. Hard to say for sure. For a little country church we have a lot of souls. This is probably one of my favorite church activities. I did not stay late because I had taken a couple other kids with me. Smore's are just not my favorite food. The blackened hot dogs however I could live on YUMMY!!

DITNEY RIDGE BAPTIST CHURCH