And the winner is . . . .

Would Joan Robertson and Dannie-K118 please send your email addresses to me at Stitch_n_Frog@mchsi.com so that I can send the patterns to you?

Since there were only your two comments, I decided to declare the drawing a Tie and give both patterns to both of you~

Happy Hooking!

Do you ever want to keep an eye on someone?

If so, now is your chance!  To win the pattern for my Bloodshot Eyeball, so you can keep an eye on someone, AND a pattern for my OctoGottcha, leave a comment and a winner will be randomly chosen Monday morning.

The Bloodshot Eyeball is a hacky sack with "blood vessels" hanging from the back of the eyeball. It is approximately 6 inches across, and when filled with synthetic fiberfill, is lightweight.

 

The OctoGottcha looks like an Octopus, but it steals the brain of whoever's head it is placed on. It then puts those brains into their child's head, so please warn the recepient to be very careful not to put it on an animal's head, because he/she will then be given animal brains by their OctoGottcha!

And we don't want to find our children out chasing cars or sprinkling on water hydrants!

A Winner will be chosen early monday morning~

Sybil's Knit Slippers

My dear Mother-in-love taught me to make these knit slippers soon after hubby and I were married.  I've made them for the entire family through the years, more than one pair.  They are comfortable, and warm. They can be below the ankle, to/above the ankle, or up the calf as high as you want.

Grab a pair of needles and make some for yourself, you'll love them!

Sybil’s Knit Slippers

I got this pattern verbally from my dear Mother

I use two skeins of worsted weight yarn, Red Heart Super

Size 8 needles

Use 2 strands 4-ply yarn held together throughout the pattern.

 

For slippers that reach just below the ankle:

Cast on 31 stitches

Row 1: k10, p1, k9, p1, k10

Row 2: k across

Repeat rows 1 & 2 for 4-1/2" for men, 4” fo

Row 1 of foot body: k1, p1 on 11 stitches, k9, p1, k1 on last 11 stitches.

Row 2 of foos body: p1, k1 on 10 stitches, k11, p1, k1 to end.

Repeat these two rows to desired foot length, measuring from heel to to

Next k2tog for 3 rows. Bind off, leaving a long tail to sew slipper together.

Fold up along the P1 line of sitches to shape the slipper. Stitch up the back of the heel. Then stitch

from the toe from tip to start of vertical ribbing to complete the s

 

For Calf-high slippers:

 

cast on 91sts

Row 1: k40, p1, k9, p1, k40

Row 2: k across

Repeat these two rows for 4-1/2" for men,

4” for women. End with row 1.

Next; bind off 30sts, repeat row 2 to end.

Next; bind off 30sts, k1, p1 on 11 st, k9,

p1, k1 on last 11 stitches.

Row 1 of foot body: k1, p1 on 11 stitches,

k9, p1, k1 on last 11 stitches.

Row 2 of foos body: p1, k1 on 10 stitches,

k11, p1, k1 to end.

Repeat these two rows to desired foot

length, measuring from heel to toe.

Next k2tog for 3 rows. Bind off, leaving a very long tail for sewing up slipper.

Fold up along the P1 line of sitches to shape the slipper.

the top of the leg. Then stitch from the toe from tip to start of vertical ribbing, continue up the leg to complete the slipper.

A Beauty Webinar

Cherelynn is doing a free webinar for beauty consultants, if you know an Avon, Arbonne or MaryKay lady who could use more sales and bridal clients, would you share this link? Thanks!

Visit http://makeupuniversity.blogspot.com/2013/02/free-webinar-how-to-build-your-bridal_23.html

She won't steer you wrong!  Go check it out, you'll be glad you did!

Finally!

I finally finished the Kissy! Kissy! Fish Face Hat!  Yay!

I love it, but due to illness and exhaustion, have had a terrible time in completing it.  And I'm very happy to have it done so I can mail it to the pattern writer for donation to a children's cancer clinic.

The lady who wrote the pattern has a shop on Ravelry Crochet By Darleen Hopkins

Moving within the home is a pain in the Everywhere!

Our adult daughter has lived with us for the past few years, and just recently moved into her own apartment.  So we are in the process of moving, but without leaving home~

My old yarn room is going to become the pantry we never had, and my new yarn room is being set up in the den which was her room for those years.  The room is much larger, and better lit than my old yarn room, thanks to this room having 8 windows.

Currently it looks a bit like this - - -

And that's just one side of the room!  So it may take me a good while to locate specific yarn, or pattern, or magazine, or even the container of buttons that I need to finish the new curtain tie-backs that I'm crocheting.

But when it is finished, it will be my Happy Room!  A place that I can go to just to sit in my rocking chair, and enjoy being surrounded by yarn and projects in various stages of completion.  In other words, my dream room~

And possibly the best thing of all, our daughter likes her apartment and likes doing things her way, when she wants to do them. So I don't even have to feel guilty about using "her room" for my yarny goodness.  Besides, her yarn is out there too!  ~LOL~

It just doesn't come any cuter than this!

Little Owl's Hut

I bought the pattern the day it hit her store, and am SO anxious to start work on it!  The patterns at this store are amazing and every time I think they can't come up with another one even half as good as the last, they come up with one equal to or better!

Go take a look and you'll see for yourself.  I do not get anything at all for posting about their patterns.  I do it only so maybe they will get known by more and more people.  And because I believe that their work is of such quality that they deserve every Kudo and Pat On The Back that we can give to them.

Happy Hooking!