Straight from the Life of Kel

This is for my niece who is due in November. I have wanted to make this for a long time and finally had the chance but it ended up being the blanket from hell. I ended up ripping it out 4 times because I wasn't happy with the color or it was getting too big and I need to decrease the rows etc etc. But the big kicker was when I left it out over night and Caleb woke up before me. He decided to "help" mama and he cut ALL the ends to about 2 inches long. There is a color change every 2 rows and I was almost done. I cried but knew it was my fault for leaving it out with scissors. I was lucky the yarn was savable. I am glad this blanket is done and I do like the way it turned out. It did end up big about 60" but hey it is a baby blanket that can be used for a very long time.

Pattern: Round Ripple

Yarn: Bernat Baby Coordinates..lost track of skeins with all the problems

Hook: K

2 Strands together throughout.

Rows 1-3~ 2 white

Rows 4-5~ 1 white, 1 yellow

Rows 6-7~ 2 yellow

Rows 8-9~ 1 yellow, 1 peach

Rows 10-11~ 2 peach

Rows 12-13~ 1 peach, 1 pink

Rows 14-15~ 2 pink

Rows 16-17~ 1 pink, 1 purple

Rows 18-19~ 2 purple

Rows 20-21~ 1 purple, 1 blue

Rows 22-23~ 2 blue

Rows 24-25~ 1 blue, 1 green

Rows 26-27~ 2 green

The lining and the button (lower right corner)

An FO!!! Yay for crochet content. I made the Fat Bottom Bag AGAIN! My 4th if anyone is keeping score. I love this pattern and I wanted one in back with shoulder straps. So here it is.

Pattern: FBB from SnB: Happy Hooker

Yarn: Cotton Ease Licorice 1.5 balls
Hook: I

Adjustments: I continued decreasing the body until I had the width of a strap I wanted. I continued with the strap to desired length and started increasing to match other end's width. I whip stitched the strap to the other end. I lined both the body and the strap. I then finished the bag with a sc with the gathering on the sides.

Happy Rating: ***** I not happy with the gathering because it left gaps which I hate so this only gets 4 stars.

Yesterday, I made this roll up hook case to hold all my hooks!
Rolled Up

All the hooks in their spots
Close up

And speaking of Ryan and because we all love seeing pictures of babies.

Ryan Erich

Born January 5, 2007

8lbs 5 oz 20 inches

Close up of stitches and curly Q fringe

There was a CAL at Fiber Freaks for cold weather sets. I made a hat and scarf set for Caleb using this hat pattern in Debbie Bliss Baby Cashmerino. The scarf is a tunisian style crochet pattern I made myself. Ray's hat is the same pattern as Caleb's but I used Cascade Yarn's Sierra.

Don't my boys look adorable?