As I mentioned before, Jen taught me how to crochet when we were in North Carolina. Well, I took the new knowledge and the interest in the hobby and ran with it! James mentioned that he was all for this new hobby because it was relatively inexpensive and kept your hands busy. It does keep me very busy and very entertained, but inexpensive? Only if you don't visit Michael's once per week and purchase skeins and skeins of yarn. There are so many cute colors of yarn and soft textures. And I have so many ideas of all of the projects I want to work on. I guess in the grand scheme of things, all of the gifts that I have been making are cheaper than if I purchased them from a local store. My list of people to give gifts to is just growing and growing. Everyone is having kids, so there are many baby blankets to be made. It's winter right now, so there are lots of hats and scarves to be made. And who doesn't need a gorgeous afghan to curl under while you watch TV. So basically, all of my friends and family are on my list to receive gifts, but I'm still kinda slow at making things. I think my first scarf took two weeks and then it got quicker from there!
So far, my mom and Sam have benefited from scarves. Yael got a blanket and a hat, Sam and I got hats and I'm in the middle of making "Army boy" Brian an afghan. Next on my list - blankets for all of the new babies and an afghan for us. I just got a request for kipah's from Eran for he and Yoni - that I can make in an hour or so. I found the cutest yarn for little girls (see Yael's blanket) and completely bought them out! Sam bought me a gorgeous trunk to keep all of my yarn in and it's full. I think I'll take advantage of Sam being gone this week to crochet a number of projects!
My mom jokes that I'm somewhat geriatric for choosing this as a hobby. Is anyone else into this kind of stuff?? Did I also mention that I taught Sam to crochet and he just finished a great scarf, er, table runner, er long straight crocheted thing (which I love!)
Now, onto pictures!
Sam modeling his new scarf
Yael's hat
Yael's blanket
Yael in her hat with her blanket (with Brenda)
Our new hats (please ignore that I look like crap - I was sick!)
Sam's new hat
5 comments:
you look great for being sick. way more fun to look at than that other guy. what's his excuse? ;)
hey Carlye,
Miriam (Rosenblatt) Druyan gave me the link to your blog, and told me I should check it out. I am really really into crocheting. If you want a really good group of crafters go to www.craftster.org I can almost promise that you will not be disappointed!
BTW: I love the pink camo hat and blanket!
just so you know, the blanket I made was super super easy. It is just a basic granny square that kept growing. Simple double crochets and chains that is it. You can do it.
I admire you! I dont have the paitence to do that. I tried cross stitching once...lol...didnt stick. I think hobbies are great, and I am proud of you for having one. Im no good at them...lol. Love you! Your hats and scarves and blankets are beautiful!
Shay
Did you see the Yael pic on facebook? I tried to call you and tell you that the house fell through, but I got a fax machine once and I spoke to some other lady and the 3rd time just didn't ever ring through right. So I gave up. I'm so sick of this house hunting....who has time for all of that?
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