Feb 22 2009
March lessons
So I’m using the next week to gear up for all of March’s blog posts on crochet. It’ll be titled Crochet 2.0 which means I’ll go over the simple things we learned way back when and then show you how to do other things with crochet. It’ll be fun!
Back in June 2008, we learned all about the basics of crochet. I taught you how to single, double and triple crochet. I showed you tons of neat patterns on using those stitches. March will be even better! I’ll spend the first week of March reviewing the basics. Then I’ll spend two weeks showing you new stitches complete with patterns. In fact, I just made a dishcloth using one of the stitches I’m going to show you and I have another project that I plan on working on that shows you a new stitch. The last week of March will be patterns, patterns and more patterns! I’m going to try and write some new ones if I can (March is so busy for us), but I’m trying to start selling the patterns that I need to have some people testing them. So be ready to make some new things!
April and May are Knitting 2.0 and Sewing 2.0 which is basically the same thing as Crochet 2.0. I am lining up some of my friends who love to sew to write some tutorials up for you guys. I know some great gals that love to sew! Be ready for that! During April, I’m also going to feature a lot of mailing lists that I’m on that if you’re a knitter, you’ve got to be a member of. Not only will they help you with the basics of knitting, they’ll show you these new stitches too that I’ll be teaching you.
So that’s just a preview of the next few months. Like I said, March is busy for us, but is there anyone that’s not busy if you’ve got four kids and a husband? LOL! Well, hope you have a great week! TTFN!


So I found these on the internet and they are too CUTE! At least I think they are! You can purchase them
So I know that Valentine’s Day is over, but it’s never too early to start thinking about next year or adapting these ideas for other gifts throughout the year. For example, see this cute picture? It’s a cute Valentine’s card for girls (you can view how to make these
Now, I don’t think that I ever showed you what I got for Valentine’s Day. Well, I actually got them on Friday the 13th, my husband (who doesn’t celebrate the holiday) said these weren’t for Valentine’s Day, they were just flowers because I love you, but they happened to arrive around the holiday. I personally didn’t care, I got flowers which only happens a few times a year so I’m blessed! I thought they were very pretty and they even came with a balloon that said “I Love You!” which was cute.
I hope that everyone had a fantastic Valentine’s Day! We had a nice day. I dressed the kids up in matching shirts (well, the girls at least!) and we had a nice dinner out and went to a museum. I then surprised the kids with their gifts! I usually get them candy or a stuffed animal, but I went practical this year and made them the pillows and Jonathan the Mickey Mouse ears.
Here are the kids with their pilows and the cute Mickey Mouse ears! Jonathan loves them, but won’t keep them on for very long! I think they turned out cute. I will post a pattern to make them soon. I didn’t write down what I did, but Megan wants some ears, but wants them pink so when I make hers, I’ll write the pattern down. It was super simple.
While I’m not a huge fan of chocolate, it seems to be the thing to give on Valentine’s Day. But, it can get pricey if you have a lot to buy!
I love knitting dishcloths (if you ever came over and saw my stash, you’d know I like them!) so I always think it’s neat to make them to be able to give away at anytime of the year. So one of today’s patterns is a knitted dishcloth with hearts on it! The pattern can be found
Now if you’ve read any of my blogs, you know I have three girls. And my three girls love socks! Yes, they do! So when I saw these, I was like, I must make these! Now, since i’m not very fast with socks, I’m not sure when I’d have these done, but I can sure try! Thanks to
The final small little cute knitted item that I found were these cute little hearts! These are from
The first one that caught my eye was this
The second one that caught my eye was this cute “I Heart U” pillow. Isn’t that adorable? You can check out the pattern
The third one is this cute little
In my search for Valentine-themed craft items, I came across this one item that would make a great gift for your daughter, a niece, your grandmother or make it for a teacher gift.


