VA VA VICTORIAN AFGHAN 

Finished!!

I have the one for his brother laid out, so will get to work on it tomorrow.  Want to get it finished before the end of October.

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SEARS

 I am waiting once again for Sears to show up to fix my treadmill.  They have cancelled on me twice now, so this is becoming a nightmare. The first time they extended the wait time for the new appointment two weeks. This time one day. I have not real confidence they will show up, and IF they do I would bet they walk in and say they can't fix it and walk out after charging me $95.

We shall see.

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GHOSTIE IS FINISHED, SENT, AND RECEIVED

 HAPPY  HALLOWEEN  DOILY!

I really do love this doily, but loved more that my DSD loved it, too! I like making her and my nieces things, but my timing is generally off and my sizing seems to be off, too.  Sticking to smaller items might be the trick, but here again you can only have so many scarves and hats or fingerless gloves!

VA  VA  VICTORIAN  AFGHAN

 A sneak peek at what I am finishing.  There are 12 squares ALL from a 2009 swap, so it is more of a lapghan than a large afghan.  I should have used more bordering on each square to make it larger.  I am trying to add about 4" each side now instead since I messed up the other.  

This will be for my nephew and his family this Christmas. One for Steve and one for Andy.

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For myself, I have started using smaller afghans/lapghans because of the weight and clumsiness when seated and too lazy to get up and move around!  Generally my legs are what get chilled from the overhead fan, so they seem to be all that need to be covered.

SWEATER 

I thought I would try my hand at making another sweater for a child. This time not making it for any in particular, but making a medium size so it will fit one of four! LOL! Patriot colors assuming they still love the Patriots with you-know-who gone.

This is a great little pattern in my favorite stitch! Single Crochet and Chain One. Easy!! The pattern is called Noah.

Happy Crafting!

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ALMOST A GHOSTIE or TWO!!

 Only Two More Rows!

I am finally nearly finished. I have been dragging my feet but not on purpose. Too much to do around the house and taking care of my wayward dogs. Right now we are all inside and they have NO outside privileges until the watered-in bug control has dried. 

I did read up on the poison, Fipronil, and it is what they use in many dog and cat flea meds, so the safest of all the bug control you can use. Nothing toxic is good, however, so am being super cautious.

Tra la!!  I think this is super cute and when I put the finishing touches on it I think it will be great! Can’t wait to send it to my DSD for her Halloween Extravaganza!

I changed the Scottish flag to my Texas flag. After having the American Flag at half staff until the 30th, I thought it would be easier to go ahead and put the other one up. Quite a bright showing!

THIS IS A GARDEN SPIDER! They do seem to grow them big in Texas! Below the photo shows him further away from the camera, and in perspective to the fence board as he was climbing. Gigantic by any standards. I let him/her get over the fence safely.

My grandniece Zoe. By bro’, her granddad, sent me this…with her shoes on the wrong feet! LOL1 All little ones do this and they are so proud to get them on their feet. You just can do anything but smile! And she IS so beautiful, like her siblings, it makes you smile even more!

My sunrise in Texas. Was happy my phone actually captured the orange this time! I never know why sometimes it won’t come in, but this is not a “messed with” photo….and this is the way it looked. Once over the trees it wasn’t as red and definitely looked really washed out in a photo.

Brought in six more containers of yarn from the storage unit…and I really have no place to put it all.  I will have to get some help and start putting some up in the attic.  I’d prefer to put it in the air conditioned area that is up there so it won’t melt in 140 degree heat! Or hotter. But there isn’t enough plywood down yet….which I plan to remedy someday.

Happy Crafting!!

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