My Bag is almost Finished!!!

At least the crochet part of it....
I'm of the last round of the front and now I just have to sew together the front and back...
Here's the front, you can see my yarn coming out in the middle of the row... sooooo beautiful scales!! the fabric is thick and dense, but not stiff, it just have body and feels great and I definetly LOVE the way it looks... it measures like 10x9in or so.

Here's the back... sorry, it's such a bad picture, and it looks smaller than the front, but that is because the front will have half scale extra on each side... I don't know how to explain it, it'll be clearer when I finish it.

But don't worry about that bad and crapy picture!!!  here's a great one with the close-up of the stitch for the back!!!!

Don't you love that texture???? I think it's called scallop stitch and I found it in the stitches resources at LionBrand page.
And here you can see front and back together....

So I still have to do the sewing, find the right lining and handle!!! I went to Hobby Lobby and I saw several fabrics that I could like for this, but not one handle! today a friend told me that I can find handles at JoAnn Fabrics... I think I'll have to go there... it's on the other side of town, so it'll have to wait till the weekend when MG can go with me...

We are supposed to get a snow storm soon today that will last 2 days...

That's my bag progress... and just really quick before I head to my couch and TV for a bit of hooking before MG comes from work:::

That's the slipper I'm making for one of my best friends... mmm I can't remember if I told you or not...  two weeks ago this friend called me and asked me for a pair of slippers because "the kitchen floor is too cold"... so this is the first one... made in Vanna's Choice... and I have to make the pair for it AND another pair!!! my best friends are twins!!! so I'll make 2 pairs and send them with some treats...

Stay warm!
See you soon!
S.

The Phone Call...

Yesterday was one of those days where MG and myself were both very tired, so we went to bed early.
MG was a bit frustrated of ending up in bed at 10pm on Saturday (we usually don't get there before 12), but there we went and fell asleep pretty soon...

4:30 in the morning and our phone rang... I got up quickly to answer it, not knowing the hour, and my heart was pounding hard and quick as happens when you are waked up suddenly from a deep sleep and also because the phone was ringing in the middle of the night and usually that means something is not right!

So... it was my brother, which was also strange, to tell me that they (mom, dad and him) were in the hospital because my mom had fallen and broken her foot and she needed surgery and they wanted to let me know.
I talked to my mom too and what happened was that they were getting home from a party and she was unloading the car, so she had her hands full when entered the house and she stumbled with something and rotated almost 360° on her foot so it cracked.

She went into surgery and we eventually went back to sleep.

At 8:30am my dad called again to let me know that she was out of surgery, still in the recovery room as she had general anesthesia, and he had talked to the doctor and he said that she had also broken her ligaments and they had to put some screws and metal rings on her! she'll be fine but she can't put weight in her foot for at least 6 weeks and she'll need therapy and rehab...

I'm so glad that we have this phone! It has a local number from Mexico so they can call anytime and just pay for a local call and we can call anytime and it's included in what we pay, so I can talk to them through this... and that makes me feel a bit better, though I feel awful of not being there and with her...

Thanks for reading...

See you soon!
S.

Exhibit Excitement!!!!!

Well hello today!!!!!
I hope you are having a great day and preparing yourselfs for an amazing weekend....

I didn't mention this before, but back in December during the holiday break, I got a message in Ravelry from the owner of the LYS asking me if I'd want to place my crochet things in exhibit in the store during January-February because they are more focused in knitting and she wanted to show some crochet too!

So of course I said YES!!!!!

And during the first week of the year I took a trip to the LYS with a bag and small suitcase with what I thought were my best and more representative crochet pieces....

It took me some time to take pictures of it, so it's until now that I'm posting to share this though my things have been there for a couple of weeks now...

Do you want to see it??
It's all displayed by one of the windows... you can see my small granny square blanket, my cable and knitted-look hats and cable mittens and a gorgeous wool shawl that I have to confess I didn't make, but it is such a great example of crochet that I took it to the store anyways. 

There is a sign with my name!

My "Tree of life" wall hanging in progress and my granny shrug.

MG's Tunisian blanket and a snowflakes garland.

And here is how it looks all together... the pics aren't great... I'm not sure if it was my camera, the light or what, but you can get the idea...

Here the trees from the outside...

 And here how it looks together from the outside...

They even anounced it on their website! You have to scroll down a bit and probably this will only be available while my things are there, but for now you can see it if you want, it has a much better pic of my trees.

I'm SO happy!!!!

See you soon!
S.

ETA::: links to the projects ;o)

Seaman Cap

Hello!!!!
Back in December MG asked me to make him a hat... we searched for patterns and went to buy together the yarn that he choose. He wanted a Seaman Cap and we found this pattern by Beth Hall at Ravelry.
It took me a long time to finish it, I don't know why but my guessing is that the brim was what made me slower in this project. It's all made of slip stitches and they were a bit tight so it cost me a bit to put the hook through.

But finally I finished it, like two weeks ago and until today I remembered to took a picture of it before MG went to work. He had been using it very happy and as he just cut his hair really short it helps to keep him warm because the fabric on the hat is thick and dense, specially the brim.
Here a picture!

I added a round of sc at the end of the brim to make it more even... I think it didn't work great but he doesn't notice those details!!

I love the texture and the closed and thick fabric of this hat, it makes me think that is knitted and it's all crocheted!

Changing subjects::: progress on my scale bag!

I worked yesterday on it and I acheived what you can see in the above picture... today I added like 4 more scales rows while waiting for MG at the dentist office. On that picture it measured 10x7 in, now it's probably 10x9 or so... I'm not sure what size I'll make it, but since I don't have a lot of yarn left in the ball I'm using,  I think I'll just work with it until it's over and then I'd say that's a good size.
I'm totally loving it!!!! it's fun to make, the texture looks and feels great and I am loving more and more the color, which I thought I wouldn't...
Close up!!!

Don't you love it????

I've been peeking into knooking too!!! it's knitting with a hook!

See you soon!
S.

Bag in progress...

I left you yesterday saying that I was going to the LYS...
Well, I went... I knew I wanted to make something with this new Crocodile stitch that I just discovered, and I didn't know what to do with it... the people at the yarn store hadn't heared of it either and the owner liked it very much and she wanted to learn how to do it...

I thought about what to do and discussed it with people at the store and at the end I decided to go for a bag... I like the pattern for a million things!!! scarf, cowl, dress or skirt, a rug, a pillow... endless options... but I liked a lot the idea of a bag... I've been wanting to make a bag for a while now and this stitch will give it a great look, as well as body beacuse the fabric that produces is a bit stiff and dense.
I played with different hook sizes to see if a lacy look will do and I didn't liked it... then I tried with trebles instead of dc and it didn't look bad...

I bought two balls of Cascade 220 superwash... I really love that yarn... the color remind me of wheat...

I think is a nice color for a bag, and it shows the stitch pretty well, while helps it to not get lose.
I started to work in it this morning... and you know, that made me leave aside all the other WiP's that I have at the moment... specially I have to work on The Crochet Club project and I want to finish 2 pairs of slippers for my best friends.... anyway, maybe tomorrow LOL!

I made a 36ch for the foundation row plus 1ch, and worked the first row in sc to give it a firmer edge that will also be useful when assembling the bag. I'm woking with an H/5mm hook.

Have a good day!
See you soon!
S.