Crochet Purse for DD

After Frog it again I removed a few extra rows on the base piece found the center (of the wrong side) Should have been the RIGHT SIDE ie the INSIDE NOT the outside..


Using the Purple YARN when you find the inside center skipping 3-5 stitch spaces from the sides to keep it from being to close to the sides as those fold up/be stitched in later as you go around with the GRAY YARN. With the purple yarn single crochet down the center then continue creating enough rows I used a Half double crochet going up to create the center pocket divider up as far you want the pocket to be.


As I worked with the gray yarn I grabbed the purple pocket and single crocheted the purple/gray together attaching it together creating a pocket as you work the purse



As you can see now have a bag with an inside pocket as this solid purple ( note next time I would use double tread strand here as well as this flexes too much) I have crocheted using the MC Gray and add CC Purple to mix it up.



















2nd shot of the inside pocket


Currently I have completed the crochet part of bag only thing left to finish crocheting the strap and add the plastic buckles to keep the bag closed :O)

More Slouchy Hats

I find this mulitcolor purple hat to be still to big..

































I love this hat I need to have someone take a picture of me wearing so you can really see how it fits on a person head it is so pretty :O) love this new pattern better then the pattern I was using for the mulitcolor one..pattern is a keeper
































So what do you guys think?

Crochet Slouchy Hat

I want to see if I could make a slouchy hat well after switching hooks 3 times and ripping it out 3 times I got it done. I plan to try a different pattern just to give it a try but this worked well however I changed the last few rows to SC with a decrease since I couldn't figure out how to do a double crochet decrease...:O) I would add extra rows at the bottom as well maybe as many at 5 rows as it seems not to slouch as well like it needs more space on ones head to do that I may just add them in today :O) what you guys think of this hat? Is the hat too big/slouchy? Need more slouchy? or more row near the end forehead area to make it wider/longer?Any comments would be GREAT!!! Thanks for viewing...

Crochet Hats

Adult Hats made it a little bit longer so it would row well for winter

Just whipped this up love the colors made adult & child size

The green one was nice and soft yet very stretchy adult size

This was just a straight whipped up beanie style hat to fit just over the ears

Men's Hat was a joke for the guys at work as last year they were told they had to wear orange reflector vests so I thought a nice orange hat would be good too :O) as you can see it's long but rolls up well.

Baby's Hat

Baby's Hat

Hat for my 5 year old niece

Hat for my 5 year old niece

Baby's Hat

These are a few hats styles I have made the adult colors I made one for a 5 year old as well just didn't repeat the pictures :O) I have made about 20 hats all together.

Applesauce Bread Pudding

Oct Menu

Set the budget to under $300 this month and keep planning and working hard to use the stuff in the freezer and not shop for extras just because it's called menu planning dd is still having issues with not wanting to eat all of the sudden so trying to get a dinner idea out of her is VERY hard...Plus her ODC is up and running right now as you can see with the Tacos

Monday 3-Leftover Chinese food
Tuesday 4- Turkey Burgers and Potatoes
Wednesday 5-Taco and Leftover Chinese Rice
Thursday 6-Leftover Tacos again
Friday 7-
Saturday 8-
Sunday 9-
Monday 10-
Tuesday 11-
Wednesday 12-
Thursday 13-
Friday 14- Happy B-day too me
Saturday 15-
Sunday 16-

Sept Spending

I started off Sept with a fully packaged freezer and pretty stocked pantry however I overspend last month $422 way too much for 2 people now mind you that alot of the things in my spending is not just food it's anything spent at any store be it toilet paper or Ziploc baggies.
This month so far I have been trying really hard to stay under my $300 budget I set at the first of the month currently 4 days too go and I am currently at $271.00.
Update spend only $296.93 I did it now to shoot for lower this month :O)

Freezing Crockpot Steel Cut Oatmeal

1 cup of steel cut oatmeal
3-4 cups of water in crockpot on low 4-5 hrs.

Yield 5 (1/2 cup portions)

I am able to purchase steel cut oatmeal in bulk at Sprouts usually when on sale for 50 cents a pound regular price $1.00 a pound...Cheaper then any where else...most places are $5.99 for 24 oz...

I prefer to cook it on my day off when I am around the house or early evening and then freeze it into 1/2 cup portions that quickly reheat in the microwave anywhere I have even taken it to work in my to go mug :O0 Yummy breakfast... These containers are 5 for $1.00 (8 oz or 1 cup)

Crochet Snood Hair Net Part 3

Well I took a different pattern and made that style it worked up alot better with only 2 row changes using a smaller crochet hook :O) to get it tighter around the face I think the next one I crochet I will use a smaller hook for the whole snood so what you guys think of the snood??








IT'S ALL ABOUT THE RED!!!!!

Crochet Snood Hair Net Part 2

Update while following the pattern LOL!! I found it to be too big!!! I took 2 pictures showing just how TOO big it is...I will be ripping out I am thinking 5-10 rows and they feeding the elastic back in to it :O) wishing me lots of luck...Getting closer to being done...

Crochet Snood Hair Net

A snooding we will go and go still going and going around and round....This project is working up quickly however gets boring :O) but then again will look pretty when I am done I hope..I must make this very large for long hair :O)so I will be working on it for a few more rounds maybe 10 or so?But I wanted to share how it is going.. The color I used is stretchy blue/purple....





I forgot to turn the flash off but this is what it looks like so far pretty good for a newbie..

Crocheted Market Bag

Update 2 more bags I just finished over the weekend..:O) going to be great gifts to give away.....

Top Bag is all cotton yarn

This bag is acrylic yarn plum for the top/bottom and gray for the middle :O) Very pretty

Crocheted Market Bag

I quickly whipped up the market bag to use up some yarn as well as keep my hand busy while sitting at work. I picked of the free pattern from this cute little website
This bag however looks very small yet will hold ALOT see below I stuffed it with groceries from around the house..

Crochet Baby Hat

I have been getting alot of requests for baby hats .So here are a few I made..Using my nieces doll that I bought her lol