Bunnies!

Well my friends, my bunnies are completed. They hardly took any time and were a delight to crochet. I first found them way back in July on Attic 24. I loved their colors and their cute little faces. I thought they would make a great gift.

Here is the background on these pleasent faced bunnies: Lucy, from Attic 24 got the pattern from Kate who has  a blog called Greedy for Colour. Kate created them and shared her pattern on her blog. I loved Lucy's colors and flowers so much I decided to try them myself!

What a whirlwind of blog activity if you ask me! But I guess that's one way for the world wide web to share it's abundance.

Kate's directions were easy to understand and being inspired by Lucy's bunnies spurred on more creativity. I used Lucy's Picot Flower pattern to adorn the little girl bunnies. I made the scarf for the little boy of my own accord. And I just thought the little boy needed some adornment too.

I admit I am very excited about giving these darling bunnies away. Unfortunately that is not the end of my gift. I need to get on my sewing/crochet project as well, if it is to be done before October 29th! Thankfully the sewing machine's instructions have been easy to follow thus far. It now is a matter of time, time being the key word here, to trim the edges of my fabric and sew around them.

Nevertheless, I am excited about getting on the sewing machine again. It has been such a long time. At least since Junior High since I really have spent time on the sewing machine.

Wish me luck!

October Craziness

It is a bit crazy thinking a lot of my projects are going to go to good homes soon. A lot of them were prepared just for October.

That is what you get for a lot of October birthdays! Now I'm working on some bunnies that have been hopping around blogs lately. They too are headed out later this month. Hopefully they all will be complete soon.

As well as the bunnies I am also working on a combined sewing/crochet project that will go with the bunnies as gifts. I will update you about both in a post coming up.

Otherwise, I'm thinking quite a bit a head to Christmas. I admit I have three projects in mind that I would like to complete before December 25. Whoa, now that I think of it I have two months to prepare for said projects. Well, not so much to prepare as to complete.  I hope this post finds you all well!

I caught a squirrel finding nuts

Keep smiling!

Getaway

Why do I get relaxed once I'm around water? Is the steady current? The boats buzzing by? The beautiful trees lining it? I'm not sure. But whenever I happen to be near it I immediately get relaxed.

 My family and I took a little excursion to the Ozarks. It was positively beautiful! We stayed right on the lake. One could walk right out the door and touch the water if one wished to. It was splendid. Even hearing the constant boat going by was nice. It reminded me that I wasn't in Iowa anymore.

Inside the boat

This getaway was not just my immediate family, but all of my mother's sisters and her brother were there. A few "kids" were there as well. It was great that we got a large house to rent on the lake. It had a whopping 5 bedrooms, included was a suite that had it's own kitchen. Each bedroom even had a bathroom. Everyone had a enough privacy and we all got along fine.

lunch

It was a "catch-up" trip. We haven't seen our uncle in a little while and it was fun to see his family and enjoy the time. I also haven't seen very much of my aunts (my mom's sisters) very much either. It was nice to see them and see how they were doing as well.

We honestly didn't do much for touring where we were staying. We mostly enjoyed the house, it's several T.V's and the lake. We also enjoyed each other. It was intended that way. The only thing we did in the essence of touring was taking a small lunch cruise on a ship.

The lunch was very American, having pulled pork with a roll, potato salad and baked beans. It was delicious. The pork was tender, baked beans porky and slightly sweet. The potato salad tasted of potatoes and egg. Yummm. Every bite had it's own delight.

The tour had a little history of the Lake of the Ozarks and displayed many of it's homes and businesses. All in all, it was enjoying the lake views and feeling the water under your feet.

After the excursion on the lake we went back to the house to watch the football game and hang out. Very low key, as it needs to be sometimes.

I hope my pictures can speak louder than my words. It was a pleasent time. It was also a time to be with family that I haven't seen in some time. A good vacation isn't always the one where you are constantly doing something. It can be just a time to rest and relax. That was the main point of this getaway. I enjoyed it. And it was nice seeing my family!

My Stash

Who doesn't love to organize? I typically like to. It's a task of putting everything into place, or establishing a place for it. Recently I organized my stash, thinking "my stash is a good stash." It is in some ways.

 I suppose some of you know what a "stash" is. But to put everyone on the same page, it is the collection of leftover yarn or yarn to be used in future projects that accumulates in baskets or in bags or any place that is a good place to stick your lovely yarn.

I seem to have a good collection of cotton yarn. Lots of colors and lots of fun ways to make that yarn pop in a project. In fact I have a whole book of patterns using that yarn that it shouldn't be to hard to get rid of, well, not get rid of, use.

My stash of Araucania is very little. Three hanks. Two of cotton and one wool. My Berroco is for a project that I have yet to get around to.

On the other hand, my acrylic yarn is overwhelming. I have a lot of it, but I lack color!! Mostly it is a shade of green or a neutral color like brown or white. How boring!

But alas, have a decided to make eight quick projects for a quadruple baby shower. My acrylic yarn needed some sprucing up. So I brought more color into the room. The colors I chose I think will look delightful in those projects. I cannot wait to use them!

I wish that it wasn't so much money to buy yarn. Especially the yarn found in fantastic yarn shops. If it wasn't I might have more of it in my stash.

So all in all, my stash is good in the way that some of the yarn is waiting to be used in projects I have yet to get to. It is bad in the sense that I am not moved by it because not ALL of if is yarn like Araucania or Berroco. But I guess one day I could have lots of great yarn to crochet with.

What is in your stash? What do you like to use? Maybe you really like to use acrylic yarn. What ever the case, happy crocheting!