Finished!

It measures approx. 4 1/2 ft. wide by close to 6 ft. long. It took 12 skeins of chenille. This will look great in our log home!

Christmas Hats

A close up of some of the hats I crocheted for Christmas gifts. I used the same pattern as the blue striped one below. My favorite is the one on the lower right. All were made using two strands of yarn.

Finally chose the colors...

Above are the colors I chose for the Cathedral Window CAL. All are Lion Brand Homespun: Cobalt (lt. var.), Corinthian (dk. var.), Grape (instead of black) and Golden (instead of white). I was notified today that the pattern is on its way!!!

I just finished this hat tonight...


I used two strands of Caron Simply Soft held together as one. The colors from left are, Grey Heather, Lt. Country Blue & Dk. Country Blue. The pattern is called Boyfriend's Hat from the book "Cozy Crochet" by Melissa Leapman, ISBN 0-8118-4079-4; www.chroniclebooks.com.

Now that Christmas is over...

...I can crochet some things for myself! I made several gifts for the holidays:



And not everything made it into that picture!

Now I'm working on an afghan to keep using Lion Brand Chenille in off white (antique white), browns (desert print, khaki, chocolate) and black. I'll post a pic soon.

My next afghan will be the Cathedral Rose Window Afghan. I discovered this gorgeous afghan on a Crochetville CAL (crochet-a-along). I ordered the pattern and already purchased the yarn. Can't wait to get to work on it and see if I chose the right colors! After agonizing all day this past Saturday at three different craft stores, I finally decided on using Lion Brand Homespun in blues and purples - Cobalt, Grape and Corinthian. I also got a skein of Hepplewhite, but might change that to a light gold if I can find one.