Here are three of the latest blankets I have finished. I have been having fun joining squares to make blankets. I love how colorful they are.

Hair Pretties

I have to admit I have been a little addicted to making hair pretties. They are so quick to make and are a great way to use up scrap yarn. I have been using up my novelty yarn to make a bunch of these!! I have made over 200 of them my 2.5 gallon bag is almost full. This is my favorite pattern:

http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/bevs-hair-pretties.html

Easy Crochet Slipper

I made 10 pairs of slippers for Parkland. I got the idea from one of Bev's patterns:
http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/slippers1.html
I made a few changes to the pattern to make these. I used two stands of worsted weight yarn, and used a size K hook. I chained any where from 23 to 28 stitches depending on if I wanted a women's size or a man's size. Then I hdc in the third chain from the hook. Then on the second row I worked in the back of the loops only. It makes the nice ribbing to the slipper. I think it makes it warmer using the two stands and the hdc stitch. Plus the ribbing helps the slipper to fit better. So I crocheted 12 to 14 rows then folded the square in half and crocheted the two ends together about half way up the slippers. This make the top of the slipper. I left about 11 stitches unbound for the foot opening. Then I stitched the back of the slipper together. Then stitched a row of double crochet around the foot opening then the next row do front post double crochet then a back post double crochet all the way a round. Sew the toe together and you have you self a very quick, warm slipper. It sounds harder than it is. Very quick and easy. Basically you make a square, I have also seen patterns similar to this for knit patterns.

Easy Crochet Scarf

I made 11 scarves for Stand for Kids and used up a bunch of my woolease yarn. I used two strands of worsted weight yarn together and crochet the scarf with a M hook. Here is the simple pattern.

Chain 21
Row 1 sc in the second chain from the hook and sc across, then chain 3 and turn
Row 2 sc in the next st, then dc next st repeat across end with a sc chain 3 and turn
Repeat Row 2 (when doing the following rows you want to be putting the sc st in the dc st from previous row before and the dc in the sc st from the row before)till to the length of scarf you want then the last row is a row of sc.

You can also change the width of the scarf by adding or subtracting stitches by 2 ie like 23 or 25 or 19. Use can also use just one strand and a smaller hook.

Here are a couple lapghans I joined with a continuous joining method. I was very happy to figure out how to do this method since there is less ends to join in then, Yeah!!!

I received squares from Merrilee and made two baby blankets and one preemie blanket. I still have a couple squares left I am going to combine with some other squares I made to make a lapghan.

New projects

I have been busy working away on many projects, just haven't had the time to take pictures of everything. I am proud to say that I donated over 700 different items last year to many different charity. It is so much fun to make things for others. I only need so many hats and scarves to it is nice to be able to share with others. Lately, I have been on a big stash busting binge. I used a bunch yarn and gave away yarn that I didn't see myself using any time soon. It is better to give to someone who can use it. So once again my stash fits in several tubs which gives me some more room to work with plus I don't feel so bad about buying yarn now. I still want to work my stash down a little bit more than I will be content. Recently I turned a 5 gal tub of scrap yarn in to many wildlife rescue nests again. I'm not sure how many I made, I still have to count them up. I will try to post a picture again when I get the ends all weave in.