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A Crochet Market Bag

source Lion Brand Yarns I had made a bag like this a couple years ago but had given it to my daughter so I do not have completed one to show. Like I had posted yesterday for Plastic Free July here is a pattern for a crochet market bag. I'm using Peaches and Cream cotton yarn and a free pattern off of Ravelry. Just started it this afternoon and it's a quick one to work up. Could go quicker if it was not for the carpal tunnel in my right hand and crocheting is harder than knitting for some reason. I went to take this picture and my new kitten "Bob" had to help again, he is very helpful. Now if you do not crochet you can get reusable bags at most grocery stores or reuse the paper sacks that are used in some stores. There are some in my car at all times, but have to admit there are times I've ran into the store and forgot to grab a bag or two. Have to make a conscious effect to keep it a habit. But one well worth it. Now for

Over Half Done

From the title you probably thought I was going to show a quilt or knitted item but I'm referring to the year. Here it is July 1st. Can you believe it, half the year gone. I did want to share with you that it is  That's right A few year back this started in Australia and has now become global. It is a conscience awareness of our use of plastic. The use of plastic is so common, most of us overlook how much we do use. So there's a Challenge The challenge is quite simple. Attempt to refuse single-use plastic during July.  "Single-use" includes plastic shopping bags, plastic cups, straws, plastic packaging...basically anything that's intended only to be used once and then discarded. If refusing ALL single-use plastic sounds too daunting this time, try the TOP 4 challenge (straws, plastic bags, plastic bottles & coffee cup lids). The rules Attempt to refuse single-use plastic during July. Remember it's not going to be easy!

Slow Sunday

I'm having a wonderful Sunday.  How about you? It started by going out to the garden to do some weeding and picking a few vegetables that had ripen.  And just a daily go around and check on how everything is doing. This is the time when I see all that still needs to be done so I plan out what I'll do next. There is always something to do. The squash that was planted on Thursday is already up.  The heat or should I say the humidity is something else today.   Wasn't able to stay out as late as I would've liked, but it was plenty long enough.  Been spenting the rest of my day sewing, working on my Curvy Log Cabin. Decided to make mine a twins size which means, needed to increase the amount of blocks from what the pattern saids.  Also decided assembly line sewing would be the way to go, doing 40 blocks at a time.  Woohoo! Then later after dinner I'll do some piecework, maybe kni

Some Farm Photos

I haven't shown pictures of around the farm in a few months. So here are some that I had taken these past few months. Thats why some are with the trees still bare. These are their natural color, not dyed Thank you

Oh My

Tell me it's not true I saw this on Facebook so I had to do the math. It's not correct. There 26 weeks till Christmas and according to the site  Your Christmas Countdown , thats 187 days. Just shows you that you can't believe everything that is posted. Or was that part of the meaning to this. Scary part is that half the year till Chrsitmas has past. So we have 6 months to get our presents made.

Yarn Along 6-18-2014

I have done very little knitting this week that I believe if I was to show you a picture from now compared to last week you couldn't see a difference. So instead here are some stitch markers that I had made a few weeks back. These are some beads I picked up at Hobby Lobby that were on sale. So I purchase rings also from the jewelery dept.  The bead ring has a slit that I could open and then close up after attaching it to the larger ring. They are very pretty, don't you think. Crochet some flowers on rings. Then while at Hobby Lobby I found these wool balls in the clearance section. Did the same as before attached a ring to each ball.  Turned out cute. What I like about the ones I made is the fact they are small and do not get in the way of my knitting.. I have a request, I am looking for sites to visit besides Ravelry or Very Pink Knits which I do now. What are your favorite site? Could you leave me yours in the

What's Up 6-16-2014

Hey there,  I have some progress to show in the quilting department and it has been awhile since I say that. I'm so excited to be able to show you what I've done. Did get one Nested Churn Dash block made that I told you about last week  here   Just love this pattern for some reason. Been wanting to make a quilt using the gray and yellow fabric I've been collecting for sometime now and this pattern is perfect for it. Do have quite the collection. It's an easy pattern and love the size of the blocks, 24 inches But that's not all, I'm on a roll or you could say I found my Mojo. I took a class Saturday to help get me motivated. It was one using Creative Grids Curvy Log Cabin trimming tool. Makes making this block a breeze. Was able to get 20 blocks done Sat. The pattern has you making 16 more but that is for a quilt 60" x 60" but I would like mine to be at least a twin size. Which means I&#

Something New I Heard

I heard the other day about this Shop Hop called Row by Row  Experience This information comes from  their website   Row by Row began in 2011 with 20 quilt shops across New York State. In 2012 the event grew to include 62 participating shops. Pennsylvania came on board in 2013 for a total of 138 shops throughout the two states. In 2014 the event is moving across the country. Over 1250 quilt shops are participating in 34 states and Ontario and planning fun for quilters everywhere. Although the quilt shops are organized by state, quilters have no borders. Travel, shop, collect patterns and add rows to your quilt from any area. For more about how it particapate check out it here Here is an example of a quilt from a prior Hop.