Thinking about crafty things...

1. I want to make fingerless gloves out of felted wool sweaters for me and Ross.
2. I want to make a big soft knitted blanket with BIG needles!
3. I want to finish the crocheted fingerless gloves I started for my daughter.
4. I want to make a shawl or wrap for myself for those COLD summer church meetings with the AC on full blast.
5. I want to draw inspirational drawings for my new book I thought of...
6. I would like to make a 1920's hat that will go with my new short haircut.
7. I want to finish the baby blanket I started a month or two ago and make it into a big blanket for use in the livingroom when it's cool in the mornings.
8. Ugly dolls still haven't been worked on... maybe during the spring break?

I could probably think of more to do, but, isn't that enough?

trip to Portland, crochet revelation

We went on a trip to Portland to celebrate Ross' grandmother's 90th birthday.
Read all about it on my main blog. http://roster007.livejournal.com/

Now for the crafty crochet revelation.

Every time we travel to Portland, I end up buying the kids a stuffed animal.
This time it was beavers from Multnomah Falls.
THEN everytime I buy them stuffed animals on this trip to Portland, the kids ask me to Crochet something for their stuffed animals.
Last trip it was tiny crocheted backpacks.
This trip it was log shaped bags for their beavers to live in.
I'll have to take a pic some time. (don't have time right now to mess with it.)

Ross' mom noticed this time that every time I come to her house in Portland I am crocheting something for the kid's stuffed animals.
That was a revelation to me. Duh. Duh! Oh yeah, I DO do that, don't I.

But, I do love making tiny items for small stuffed animals. It's a fun design challenge for me.
And it's something to do with my hands while Ross and his parents talk about Boron, CA (where they used to live) and all the people they used to know (in great detail) and about all the places and people that I REALLY don't know.
Crochet. It's something to do.