As I am new to the blogging scene, I thought I'd take a few moments to introduce you to my little world in Upstate NY ...
My husband, Bruce, is a teacher, tennis coach & ski instructor -- but best of all, a wonderful father! We've made a beautiful family together ... three boys and one little girl: Bruce III (Fox/Foxie) is 12 and in 7th grade; Millicent (Millie/Miss Muffett) is 10 and in 5th grade; Benson (Bennie/B) is 6 and in 1st grade; Oliver (Ollie) is our babe at 3.
Although, at times it feels as though I've entered the loony bin, I wouldn't change a thing! I truly do adore motherhood ... I marvel at how love multiplies when you have babies ;) plus, we never lack for excitement and laughter at our house!
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And now, a bit about me and my love affair with crochet ...It all began last summer. My friend Lindee was happily crocheting granny squares (her crochet hook whirring away) as we chatted, drinking tea. (I confess, this was quite a marvel to me, as the only people I knew that crochet are my grandmothers ...) I had to learn!
As soon as I was able, I went to the store, bought myself a book on how to crochet, a couple hooks and a giant skein of yarn ... then it began. The basic stitches solidly under my belt (how easy it really is!), I began the creation of my first granny square (the squealing excitement by me) ... the dragging my family (hubby too) to the fabric store to find yarn - and GASP! The colors ... I bought at least 15 skeins (I let my kids choose their colors) and the hooking maddness began, but with very happy results ...
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| My first blanket! |
My first project, a blanket for my eldest son, Foxie, was a great achievement for me. I was super excited to show it to both of my grandmothers & my mom -- who were all proud. And through my enthuasiasm, my mother has begun to crochet again, as has her mother (my Granny Smith). I've taught my daughter crochet (although she prefers weaving) and have tried to teach Bruce - he claims the look of contentment on my face while I'm crocheting is enought to convince him to have a go at it, alas, he's much too impatient!
I was proud to have given many homemade gifts this past Christmas: a Granny Square for Oliver; a gorgeous Chevron/Ripple afghan for my mother-in-law & 6 or 7 scarves (excellent teacher gifts!)
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| Oliver's Granny Square blanket |
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| My mother-in-law's afghan |
At present, I have quite the assortment of crochet happening:
2 ripple scarves (waiting on more yarn); Millie's blanket; Bennie's blanket; my blanket; a prayer shawl; some frou-frou fun scarves; and kitchen goodies - I made my first hot pad - my goal is to study my Gran's potholders and re-create them!
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| a super close up of one of the ripple scarves I'm making - it's a beautiful wool blend - Red Heart Boutique, Midnight Serenade |
The above fails to mention the giant cache of yarn I have yet to get into! I keep becoming inspired by all the beautiful things I see online - last week I got my Mary Maxim package with a beautiful afghan kit & loads of Bernet Waverly yarn for a Circles in Squares pattern I found; then I'm waiting for my order from Herrschner's with yet another bunch of yarn & patterns for beautiful afghans; then, I ordered the rest of the Paton's wool yarn I needed to create the Crochet Bag from Attic24! Phew! I had better get hooking!!
And, as I promised yesterday, these are the octagons I have been crocheting to make into an afghan for my bed! (or, more likely, the back of the sofa...) I need to do some reading up on how to join them ... Lucy from Attic24 had a link on her blog to a wonderful lady who has a step-by-step tutorial on how it's done - I'll be sure to read that soon ...
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| love the vivid colors!!! |
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| Little Miss Muffet helping prep the dough ... |
was their choice, of course!!
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| my little man rolling out the dough ... |
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| patting the cheese just so ... |
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| mmm ... let's eat! |
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Waiting for the spring is always hard for me, but I came upon these photos from a few weeks ago and was reminded of the fun we always have playing outside!
all four kiddos, trudging through the snow to the back field, to go sledding
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| our golden, Winnie, ensuring "her" kids are ok! |
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| a view of the backyard winter wonderland from my kitchen ...
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~smile & be happy ... aimee
xoxo
Great blog, Aimee...you've inspired me with your crocheting!
ReplyDeleteGail, thank you! It means so much to know I've inspired you with something I love to do! ;)
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