Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Valentine Hearts
I finished making this one yesterday. The pattern called for all white thread but I think the colors make it look nicer.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Ooops, I Did It Again!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Rebellious Chi
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Crochet Like Crazy
We're getting 11 inches of snow by tomorrow. I guess I'll be crocheting like crazy with nothing else to do! Well, just as long as the electric doesn't go out. Although, I have crocheted by flashlight before. Now that's dedicated! lol
Monday, December 8, 2008
Not For Sale
I've decided to take the Knick Knack doily off Etsy because I am sending it to a friend of mine for a surprise Christmas gift. She mentioned twice how she liked it.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
As Promised
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Down To The Wire
We're leaving for our winter home in 5 days! I was going to relax and not make anything else until I got there but a made a doily yesterday and am crocheting another one that should be finished before we leave. Also, I have the one I'm making for myself - if I don't give it away. Photos to follow after my husband blocks the doilies for me.
Monday, December 1, 2008
Frozen Lake
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Something To Keep
I'm crocheting a dresser scarf and I just may keep it for myself. I've never made anything for myself. I always end up selling it or giving it away. At least it will give me something to do on the long 1,600 mile drive to our winter home in Arizona.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Second Time's A Charm
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Mr. Snowman
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Unusual Combination
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Something For Nothing
I got tired of my doilies selling for nothing on eBay so I'm just going to sell them on Etsy for awhile even though I'm not charging much in the beginning just to feel the customers out. All my other items will still be in my Tadrick Company store on eBay. Please check out my Etsy store by the name of CrochetGinger.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
New Duds
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Fall Sunflower
Friday, October 10, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
It's A Dog's Life
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Christmas In September
Just finished my first Christmas doily of the season. It was a Patricia Kristoffersen design that I embellished on. I love her patterns but they are intricate and take longer to make. I've already started another Christmas doily. It is a pattern by Elizabeth Hiddleson . Her patterns are nice and most of them don't take as long to crochet because they are more airy. I'm going to wait until I have a few finished then put them up for auction on eBay at one time so if someone looks at one they may look at the other. Pictures to come...
Friday, September 19, 2008
And The Winner Is...
Someone bought the Thanksgiving doily on eBay last night. There was 6 watchers but the first bidder was the only one to bid. So glad someone appreciates my work!
Thursday, September 11, 2008
In The Interim...
Chrysanthemum
Well, gloriosky! The Mums & Pineapples doily sold yesterday! I am making a very pretty doily now called "Yellow Rose of Texas". I bought the kit from Annie's Attic. After finishing it I can use the pattern again to make it in a different color.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Won By A Nose
I did get the doily finished last night but my husband doesn't have time to take a picture of it today. Maybe I can post it on eBay tomorrow. The Summer Flower Garden doily sold last night for $10 Not what it's worth but at least somebody liked it enough to pay for it.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Race To The Finish
I'm trying to get a doily finished in the next day or two so it will be on eBay at the same time another one I made. If someone looks at one they'll see the other. It's going to be fall colors. I'm not good at coordinating colors so my husband bought a box of 64 crayons for me to use for making drafts. I scan a doily picture, print it out and color it trying out different schemes. If it doesn't look right I can keep printing them out and coloring them.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Forgot I Had Made This
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Delusions Of Grandeur
Guess I'm kidding myself about my crochet skills. I haven't sold a doily since the Boneyard Doily. The Frog Doorstop sold for a measly $4.99. Doesn't keep me from plodding along!
Monday, September 1, 2008
Remembrance Of Summer
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Chrysanthemums For Fall
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Daddy's Meadow
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Nothing Stops Me
Not even a knee operation! I had a torn meniscus in my right knee but I just propped my leg up and kept on crocheting. It swells a lot and hurts somewhat but it keeps me from being bored.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Ornery Rascal
Monday, July 21, 2008
A Plethora Of Blooms
Sunday, July 20, 2008
...And You Thought I Was Slacking!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Monday, July 14, 2008
Which Should I Do?
Should I read or crochet? I ought to know better than to get library books. Slows down the crocheting. I've been working on a Halloween doily. The basic design is someone else's but I'm embellishing it with appliques of my own design.
Friday, July 4, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
I Fell Off The Wagon
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Duck Fit
If you make a doily or anything out of red or blue crochet thread don't try to block it the conventional way. You have to iron it or it will be ruined. I know - I just finished making a beautiful red, white and blue doily and my husband dampened it to block it and the red and blue ran onto the white and ruined it! I spent a week making it and had to throw it away. I was so mad I stomped on it and ripped it to shreds. Yes, I threw a duck fit!
Saturday, May 17, 2008
You Have ESP..
...if you knew I didn't finish the bluebird doily. I got to looking on eBay and figured I'd better be working on some 4th of July doilies. I am nearly finished with one.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Knew It Wouldn't Last Long
I only have a few rows left on the afghan I've been crocheting on but the doily thread started calling my name. I will finish the afghan this fall. I have started making a Bluebird chair set. Only thing, my carpal tunnel has been acting up so I can only do a few rows at a time.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Really Is The Last One For Awhile
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
More Frogskins Than Usual
The Queen Ann doily sold on eBay last night for a few more frogskins than usual but not as much as it was worth considering the hours it took. Oh well, better than nothing.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Never In A Million Years...
Friday, March 14, 2008
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Going Crochet Cuckoo
Friday, February 29, 2008
On Another Streak
Monday, February 25, 2008
The Wait Is Over
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Rounding Third
Headed for home! I guess I'm coming down off my 2-month crochet high. It's taking me longer to finish this doily than my usual 2-3 days. Just getting out of the mood I guess.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Don't Throw It Back
The new doily I'm working on looks like a keeper. I'm finished with the tedious part of making 28 individual leaves and hiding the ends on them. That's a major hurdle. This is a pattern by Yoko Suzuki from an issue of Decorative Crochet. She is my favorite designer.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Nirvana
Yes! Valentine's Day is over and Walgreen's brought out the Easter candy and I bought 4 bags of Brach's Bunny Basket Eggs! I'm lucky there are plenty of Walgreen's stores around so I can stockpile them before Easter is over. Aaahhh!!!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Do You See A Trend?
Yes, I got aggravated and cut up a doily I was working on because the pattern was screwed up. No, it's not me - it really is a screwed up pattern! I've been crocheting for 33 years and have created beautiful things. I promise a new doily in a few days.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Not My Whole Life
Guess what? Crocheting is not my whole life. I do other things. Shock! We are going geocaching in the desert today.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Will Wonders Never Cease?
We were complaining how people put signs out on boxes at the end of the road advertising their yard sales and you can hardly read them as you drive by because people write so small. We nearly passed one and my husband said we may as well check it out - and jokingly said it could be the mother lode. Well, what do you know - we did find quite a lot of things there! Yes!
Friday, February 8, 2008
Gold Sale
That's what my husband and I call private estate sales because people think their junk is more precious than gold.
I've been working on a suncatcher doily and want to get it finished soon because I bought a pattern book off eBay and it has such awesome designs I can hardly wait to start making them!
I've been working on a suncatcher doily and want to get it finished soon because I bought a pattern book off eBay and it has such awesome designs I can hardly wait to start making them!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Where Have They Gone?
Where are all the good rummage sales I went to last year and found loads of things to sell on eBay? Maybe I'll hit some in March. Went to one today and found 3 books, 2 pairs knitting needles and one spool of crochet thread. At some of the better sales I've hit the mother lode and came home with a carload of things.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin
The sale today was the worst! I should have seen the handwriting on the wall when they said it was for one day only and for only five hours. I bought a used t-shirt for 50 cents and a tiny teddy bear for my Ginger dog for 10 cents.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Nearly A Rip
We stood in line for an hour at this sale and it was nearly as small. We ended up finding only four books and a few spools of crochet thread.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
What A Rip
Stood in line for an hour in the cold to get into a church rummage sale just to get inside and find a small sale with nothing I needed for my store.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Did It Again
I was making a doily that looked nice in the picture but the directions were screwy. It was 3/4 done, I got mad at it and cut it up!
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Not Too Shabby
We didn't do too bad at the sale. We got there an hour early and already there was 15 people in line. They let 50 people go in at a time and luckily we were in the first group. We made a beeline for the craft table and snatched up all the crochet thread and hooks and all the needlework books before anybody got a chance. By the time I paid for my stuff the place was jammed.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Stand In Line
We're going to a church rummage sale today and have to get there at least an hour early and stand in line. If you don't get there early and be near the front of the line when it opens the older ladies will wipe it out in the first five minutes!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Vintage
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Cut Up
I finished a doily all except the edging. I realized I didn't like the pattern after I worked three days making the doily so I took the scissors and cut it to shreds and threw it in the garbage. My husband just looks at me as if I'm nuts. I am! ha ha
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
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