Rudy the Reindeer

Christmas is coming. It is a little over a month away. Crazy. I, for one, am super excited. One reason -- this cute little reindeer. I have been wanting to make this guy for the past three years or so (ever since I saw the one that my friend made), but just never had the time today. Well, folks, I did it. And in one weekend, mind you! These little guys don't actually take that much time, you just have to dive in and get going!

So I would like to introduce you to Rudy.

Why Rudy, you ask? I have absolutely no idea. Maybe because it is like a form of Rudolph? I do not know. It just popped into my head when I was downloading the pictures. As always, check out the original project page for more info!

Insta-addiction

So I have a new addiction. It is Instagram. If you do not know what it is, you are surely missing out! It is a photo sharing app for the iPhone. I thought it might be fun if I post my pictures here weekly. I hope you enjoy, but if not oh well! And let's be real... what are the odds of my actually posting weekly? hehe

 

Completed Tiramisu Blanket

Finishing up a doily at a local coffee shop!

Celebrating Matt's birthday at the elephant bar

The most amazing syrup from Fresh and Easy

My newest fashion statement -- fun nail art (and having fun with the Label Maker app)

My Mom and I made Thanksgiving dinner together this year. We did the tuirkey in a bag. It was amazing!!

First Thanksgiving Dinner, 2011

That about sums it up. Come back tomorrow so you can see a sweet new finished project!

Giveaway at Happy Together

Happy Wednesday. I still have a hard time believing that Thanksgiving is only a week away (okay, a week and a day). Also, that I'm co-hosting with my uncle for the first time this year -- which reminds me, I need to shoot him an email! Lastly, on this day last year, I was jetting off to Hawaii for some family time.

The family before Thanksgiving Dinner

 Oh how I wish we were there again...

Mai Tais and Pina Coladas on Thanksgiving Morning

I digress. The whole point of this post was to let you know that I am participating in Jess' Giveaway Day today. Jess blogs at Happy Together and she was one of my first blog friends. She is super sweet and genuine and uber creative. She also started doing these giveaways each month. You can check out mine, or all of the others that are going on. I hope you head over -- and good luck! [Oh! The prize is any item in my shop. So whatever you have been jonesin for, well it could be yours!]

You could win this!

Thankfully Stitching

So I have been doing some crocheting lately, but I have also cross stitching. The projects are just much more portable. I finished these little thanksgiving samplers a few hours after I took this picture. Now I just need to mount them and put them on the wall. I LOVE finishing projects!

I am currently crocheting the "table set" of doilies. I am finishing the last motif (this last one is largest with 14 motifs) right now and have the border to go. I will be SO GLAD to be finished with these!! It was an order for a set of three. Totally unrelated... My cat found the empty can of salmon in the trash...

    

Carlisle Cullen's Baseball Scarf Pattern

This pattern has been over a year in the making, so you can imagine how excited I am to share it with you today! So excited that I made it a second post today instead of waiting til tomorrow! It does not take a year to make, I just got distracted by other projects and put it on the backburner. I wish I had finished it earlier though, because it is just so dang cute! Be forewarned -- this has a lot of weaving in. No two rows are the same color and you cannot carry over the yarn, so you have to weave in the beginning and end of each row.

Carlisle's Scarf



Materials:
Size H Hook (I crochet really tight, so use whatever works best for you)
Yarn Needles (for weaving in those really irritating ends, and there will be a lot)
Sport or Worsted Size Yarn in Black, Grey, and White (less than 1 skein each)

Abbreviation meanings:
Rnd: round
FC(sc): Foundation Chain, Single Crochet

FC (hdc): Foundation Chain, Half Double Crochet

sc: Single Crochet
hdc: Half Double Crochet
FO: Fasten off

Rnd1 (White): 16 FC(sc), 220 FC(hdc), 16 FC(sc). FO. Turn. (this is going to be the length of your scarf, so make sure it is the exact length you want).
Rnd2 (Grey): 16 FC(sc), sc into 1st FC(hdc) (17th stitch), hdc through all FC(hdc), 16 FC(sc). FO. Turn.
Rnd3 (Black): 16 FC(sc), sc across hdc (220 sc), 16 FC(sc). FO. Turn.
Rnd4 (White): 16 FC (sc), sc into 1st sc, hdc across through all sc (219 sc), 16 FC(sc). FO. Turn.
Rnd5 (Grey):  Repeat Round 4
Rounds 6 - 20: Repeat rounds 3 through 5 in the same order
Rnd21 (Black): Repeat round 3.

You are now done. You just have a million rows to weave in! I chose to use a FC for the beginning and end of each row just looks too thin if you only chain. Need help with stitche? Check out Lion Brand, and here you can find a video for the foundation single crochet and foundation half double crochet. Let me know if you need anything else!

There you have it. This beautifully striped scarf. I LOVE it so much! I'm not as Twilight crazy as I used to be, but I still like the scarf!

Christmas is Coming

I know. It is only November. Thanksgiving has not come. But we cannot deny the one-month-awayness of December, now can we? I may not advocate listening to Christmas music yet (except Charlie Brown, because that's acceptable), but I will totally encourage early-in-season gift making. I made these Christmassy items a few weeks ago in order to just get something off of my hook and feel like I was accomplishing something!

Check out the original posts (star, scrubby) for more details!

PS. I am still learning this whole one space after a period thing. It is rocking my world. And not in a good way.

Sweet CAL Finished Up!

I know, I know... I am like 2 weeks late! I was not super motivated to get this picture up. Probably because I was alone in this CAL. Now, that is just sad! haha I guess I will just hold off on future CALs for awhile. How cute is this candy, though?

Can you see my freaky arm shadow? haha I did finish up a few other projects, so those will be posted soon -- once I get some good pictures! Hope you have a fantastic weekend! And if you did make some sweet candy along with me, please post a link here!

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Update: I was totally not alone! Rengawk made some super cute candy corn. Go on and check out her post for a bunch of pictures, but here is one that I stole.

Thanks for joining in! Any other lurkers out there who played along in this sweetness?

Sweet Crochet Along, Update 2

This week we show off our finished projects.  I know a few of you have started working on some sweet little candies, and I cannot wait to see them!  I actually did crochet a few more pieces yesterday (as I watched Revenge of the Bridesmaids on my iphone), but forgot to get a picture.  So, here is some sweet Candy Corn pinterest love...

via Craftberry Bush

via Be Different, Act Normal

via Your Home Based Mom

I promise to get my pictures up later this week.  But I really want to make some Candy Corn Fudge (it's just Vanilla Frosting and White Chocolate chips, people!!)  Now please, tell me that I am not the only one who crocheted some candy!

Sweet Crochet Along, Update 1

Hello again!  And happy Monday.  Today we are showing off our stash (or leftovers that we want to use up) and introducing ourselves.  Here is my stash of leftover yarn...

As you all know, I am Megan and I write this here blog.  I am trying to crochet 365 projects by the end of 2014 (I posted them all in 2010).  Check out my completed projects page to see my progress.  I added a few new ones this week!

So.  Have any of you made any candies?

Sweet Crochet Along

Happy Monday to you all!  I am super excited about this next Crochet Along.   I really enjoy these, and I think you all do too.  Last year we did the pumpkin, which was super simple, but very cute!  This year, you all chose to do something sweet!  It is actually easier than last year's!

 The choice is any of these three Lion Brand candy patterns.  I chose those because they are in my CED challenge and such.  I actually crocheted all of these last month, so I will create new ones for this crochet along.

I could not decide which picture to use for the CAL, so I just put up both of them.  You pick which one you like best!  Here are the three patterns:

Candy Corn

Roll Candy

Pinwheel Candy

Pick one (or all three) and use up some scraps to make these fun little guys.  If you have a different candy pattern that you want to use, then go ahead by all means.  Just leave it in the comments and I will put up a link! As usual, we will split this CAL into two.  So this week you can post about what you plan to make.  Also, post a picture of your materials.  Any tiny little balls of leftover yarn?  Those are perfect for this project!  I will post links to all of your posts on Monday.  Please leave a comment here with a link to your first post!  I am probably going to do a giveaway with this CAL as well, but it is a secret!