Sneaky Peak

Just a tiny sneaky peak at my finished granny square scarf. Love it! Love it so much, I made two! I am hating it so bad that I missed my window of the perfect lighting to get more pictures...so, they will have to wait for tomorrow! The colors in these grannies gets me absolutely giddy with that crochet excitement!

Happiness is.....

some pretty yarn, a good snack, a warm sweater, basket full-o-grannies, a little bit of pink, a bright Babette, a sweet little Phoebe, kids at play, and a cool skirt to wear!

Have a great day, blogsters!

Scrappy-Happiness!

This week I picked up that basket of scrappy left over yarn and went to town. I am really enjoying working with these odds and ends. I was literally just reaching in and picking up a little ball of yarn without even looking! Isn't it amazing how all the colors just seem to work together!
Love'n the fuzzyness mixed in there! And that bumpiness of the garter stitch! Okay...I need to curb my enthusiasm, but I just can't help it. I think I was born with it. When I was little I just loved crayons, LOL! And a new box was like Christmas. I even liked the smell...LOL...you can see how insane I am!

So, all this "using up the scrappies" had me craving for more! So ~ I pulled out my crochet hook, and it was on..."Granny Time".
Ruh Roh! I'm like'n it! I am not not sure whether this should be as scarf, a granny blanky...or something else. This time I am making an effort not to use any black or white in the grannies. All earthy warm colors. And yesterday, Halloween, was so perfect to work on this. It was drizzily and foggy...sitting inside with a good movie and crocheting was like heaven to me!
I have done quite a bit more since yesterday! So, I will share some more pictures later!

I have another day of this gloomy cool weather, so I am going to make the best of it! I am off to my crochet corner for some more scrappy happiness!

Stripey Scrappiness

Hey there all my bloggy buddies! My past weekend at SAFF has left me completely excited about all that I saw, and all that I brought home!! I am sure you all checked out my treasure chest of yarny goodness that I last posted!!

I have been busy the past couple of evenings working on a scrappy scarf. Just garter stitch with a lot of changing of colors. So far I am liking it a lot!! There is just a lot of ends to be woven in!! But I must admit I don't mind that at all...I love to see the little clump of pieces of yarn that I clip off. Why this makes me happy, I don't know, but it does. And mixing colors that you would never think would go together is exciting. For some reason it works! It's all fibery and textury! I will have more to come on this coming soon. It is close to being done!

I thought it would be fun to share some more yarni-yumminess on this posting! Unfortunately, I didn't get to take many pictures at SAFF, I was too busy trying to juggle my purse and my yarn purchases. LOL!! But I did get a couple pictures in.

Just look at that fiber!! I did end up bringing two large skeins of this lady's yarn home with me. She dyes it and spins it herself! At 72 years of age and creating this gorgeous wool!! My God! I hope to be that cool when I grow up! She was also selling hats that she makes from her wool. She said she had no pattern, she just did them! My kinda lady. Check em out!All that texture just makes me want to drool!!! I believe the name of her shop is Crazy Daisy (I think Daisy was actually a dog she had) Her name was actually Polly.

I met so many fellow Raveler's at SAFF! Everyone that I met was so nice, I instantly loved them...how could you not...we all had the same thing in common. An addiction for yarn!

During my ride home from SAFF I was able to finish up my crocheted ripple scarf. This is the one that I used sock yarn in. And I am so pleased with how it turned out. This is one of those patterns that I will keep in my library and use several times!

I love crocheting with sock yarn. It's so soft!

Here is a little scarf I crocheted up from a big hank of novelty yarn I bought at SAFF. It was a mixture of all kinds of fibers, ribbons, wool, fuzzy stuff, and glitzy stuff. As I was winding it I was thinking that I could make some of this out of my own stash!!! Just another idea to file in the idea library!

The North Carolina Mountains were gorgeous with that vibrant fall color and that crisp cool air! Loved every bit of it. And even though I would love to still be in the mountains, the color here at home is just as pretty! Let me share!!!

And these are just some shots around our yard! I do love me some Fall!

My SAFF Booty

Just a little peek into some of the goodies I brought back from SAFF! As you can see my treasure chest is overflowing with all thoe hand dyed yarns! SAFF was so much fun with my girlfriends. We did manage to get in some time goofing off and acting silly!

I arranged my treasures in this antique chest nestled with a couple of vintage afghans...it is so pretty, I love to walk by and look at it! The scarf you see there on the right is one I have already crocheted up with my yummy ribbony mixed fiber content called Fantasia that I purchased from Carriage House Woolens. There website is www.carriagehousewoolens.com.

There will be more to come later!

I am already excited about going next year. I have already begun to save money to take with me!

There was so much to see there. I was in heaven!

I will bring you more later, but just wanted to share this with my bloggy buds!

Anyone Up For A Scrappy Challenge?

Here is some wise use of those odd bits of yarn that you just cannot bring yourself to throw away! Just the thought of throwing away little scraps of leftover yarn makes me cringe! I wind up those little bits into balls and store them in a basket.

Just look at what you can get with those scraps! Yes, I know, another scarf. Can't help it...what can I say...I LOVE scarves. They are like little works of art!! The fun thing is that I can look at each yarn and remember what it is leftover from!! Kind of like scrap quilts our grandmothers used to make with leftover fabric and recycled clothing.


Is anyone up for a scrappy challenge?? If you're game, here's what you do.

Use your scraps in a scarf. It can be knit or crochet. The catch, you cannot use the same yarn in the scarf twice. When you finish, send me a picture with a little description of your scarf. Email it to me at ddavis8409@triad.rr.com. I will feature each scarf on my blog with a link to your blog!

Now we need to set a time it's due by. How about November 15th?

I thought this would be a great way to get some inspiration for all of use up those scraps!

Now, I am out of here for the weekend. I am going to Asheville with some knitting buddies to go to SAFF! The Southern Animal Fiber Fair. I cannot wait to check out all that handspun, hand dyed yarn! And add some of your girlfriends in the mix, it's even better!!!

Yummy Yellow Shoulder Warmer!

Just look at this little shoulder warmer!

I am not sure if other crocheters/knitters do this, but I have this thing where I get an idea in my head and I can't stop obsessing about it until I work it up. This is one of those ideas. And even now that I have finished it up, I am thinking of another version of this.

This yarn is some I have had for quite some time, just waiting for me to pick it up and do something with.

Don't you just love the back??!!!

And the little bell sleeve.

I mixed some crochet and some knitting together. It is basically a rectangle of double crochet. I worked the double crochet in the round for the sleeves and the back I left open. So there was no seaming!!! After I finished that it looked like a tube with an open space...I then cast on with a circular knitting needle and did a ribbing of knit 3, purl three and did that for about three inches, and also the same on the sleeves for about an inch...the woi-lah!!! It is done!!!

And I must say it is a nice little shoulder warmer. I have it on as I am typing. It's a great way to keep wearing those little tank tops all year long!

I also finished up a scarf that has been sitting in my yarn basket waiting on me to finish it up. Love this Lion Brand Yarn!!!

It worked up to be the perfect neck warmer. I used this chunky yarn and large knitting needles! Fun mindless knitting that give instant gratification.That's about it for now. I have my crochet hook calling me for an idea for a scrappy scarf! It's so nice to be feeling like this...because I have been down with what the doctor said is a "mild case of the flu". OMG! You talk about feeling rotten. I felt like death on a cracker! Five days of it...finally today I feel normal again!