January Granny Squares

January Playlist

Facebook Album

So as I was fully looking at this they are done in a YouTube video and each one will be added to a playlist(yes the link at the top).  I will try to add photos here but I will probably add them to the Facebook Page Album.

If you are following my playlist I will warn you I have done an major update.  I was trying to update it adding the new day each day(I was failing a bit).  Anyway I went and added up to the 22nd.  The reason being is that I will be watching a friend's dogs and will be most likely with out internet while watching the dogs.  It's not that she doesn't have internet, she uses a personal hotspot through her cell provider, its just I don't have access to it.  If I do go online I have to use Bunny's wifi, he lives next door and if the weather is bad I can't connect to it.  I can also use my hotspot from my mobile but sometimes that ends up slow.  I will also probably be using it mostly to watch tv from my roku so I can keep up on my shows.

Days Crocheted

2/31

New Year's Expected Projects

Welcome to 2018!  Well the year hopefully will be better than the last couple.  So as I try and do every year I kinda wanna give an idea of what I would like to do this year.  I would like to get into the monthly cal for Happily Hooked as well as doing the 365 Days of Granny Squares by YARNutopia.  I will also be posting a group of CAL's and Challenges that I find though out the year.  I really want to compile a better list than I have in the past couple of years.

I'm Loving It! My Michaels Story

Hello, so as promised I want to tell you all about how I'm loving it at Michaels.  I'm working about 12-16 hours a week.  It is wonderful!  I am loving it and yes I will be saying it a lot.  So I have been stocking shelves and unloading the truck.  I will tell you right now I am so sore but it's a good sore.  I'm getting a great work out from lifting all the heavy boxes and everything we have to move.  It was strange for a while not being able to just go off on my own and do what ever I wanted like I do at McD's.  Now it's strange not working in a group.  We all work in a group and I do feel bad because I don't know how to do the stocking and all of this was new to me starting there.  I was thinking I would be doing register ya know the thing I'm used to doing. Well surprise I'm not but they are working with me and I am learning how to do this.

I aint no slouch I'm a beanie

Okay please don't ask me why I just did that title I just did.  So I have one of the gals I work with who likes Slouchy Beanies and has requested I make her some.  So far she has bought me 4 things of yarn.  I say things because it's a combination of cakes and skeins.  I found some yarn, that turns out she loves, from my personal stash and started on it.  I have a second one going from a book I bought from Michaels.  I really like the way the one I'm working on looks and have to say the very gradual color change is nice.  If you all were wondering how I am liking my new job at Michaels I suggest you go over and read that blog post that will be coming up in a few days.  Due to the amount of patterns I am using for this I will be listing them all bellow with links, some are paid some are free.

Sally's Slouch Beanie

Slouchy Hat

Blossom - From Celebrity Slouchy Beanies for the Family Book 2

Peppermint Pinwheels

For these I'm working on them I'm working on them in tandem.  Why?  Well the colors are close to being the same but they are for two different people.  One will be for my MIL and the other is for my grandparents.

MIL's Blanket: (Light Blue & Purple)
This one I have to work on in front of my grandparents well mostly my grandma.  She claims "I don't pay attention to what you are working on".  It isn't true though she had to keep asking me how I was doing on this one.

G&G W's Blanket: (Dark Blue & Purple)
This one I have to work on in my room or when I'm with my MIL.

Baker's Mixes

Pattern

Now this will be for two projects because I am using the same one for two of my gifts.  One will be for my Bunny the other will be for my father in law.  Seeing as there are two I will have them broken down between the two as I did last time.

Sabb Mix(Bunny)

I started this and will be using two of the Caron Cakes Red Velvet to match the car like I did with the last one I had for myself.  He claims my blanket is too girly for him.  IT'S MY BLANKET!  Sorry I made the first one for myself to use in his car.  So I did a "girly" stitch pattern.

GAHHHH!  The colors aren't lining up nicely!  I had to frog and it's sitting in timeout right now.

I think I have figured out how I can make this one line up all pretty.  So I'm going to have to chop out some of the yarn to be able to pull this off but that's okay I will bring it back in later.

Father In Law

This one I don't have to worry about the colors as I did on Bunny's.  I am using two different colored cakes.  It is so pretty though!

Okay so we are 3-4 color changes in and this is looking amazing.  So amazing I can't seem to type anymore.  I really love these colors together it makes me almost not want to give it up.  I will though I have some other cakes I like that I think I will use for my own if I make one for myself.

HHM August CAL

Pattern Found In - May 2016

The pattern was named early but I have this set to release early today.  If you check my Ravelry page I already created the project.  Now the reason I'm so excited to get this all started is because there is a yarn giveaway.  Really pretty yarn!  I hope I win.

So I'm working on the scarf and I plan on making it for my GmaW.  I am using one of the skiens of yarn I bought for her for a shawl a couple years ago that I never finished.  So this will work perfectly.

For some reason the scheduled time didn't work I had this going live early today like just after midnight.

I already finished this cal again.  This time I might make more and have started a second one already.