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    Herimone Heartgoblin

    Let me introduce you to Hermione. She is based of a pattern from Stacey Trock called Sparkie The Monster.Ā Ā  Ā The original pattern is a very cute little monster. However for Valentines Day Stacey challenged her Ravelry group to take one of her patterns and use it with her Heart PatternĀ . Ā Hermione is what I came up with. I made a few modifications to the Sparkie pattern, created a dress for her and added the heart for her ears and antenna. Bellow I tried to write down with the modifications I had made. I hope they make sense to you and if they do not let me know and I will…

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    Ho Ho and some FO's

    Wow I can not believe that Christmas is in 3 days!!! I am not happy that Thanksgiving came later this year. It really messed me up. I love Thanksgiving don’t get me wrong I have about 4 totes of Fall/Thanksgiving decor that goes out every year. However, with the mixture of the boys being sick over Thanksgiving holiday and the beginning of December and then last Sunday I was sick, I feel like we missed part of the season. Speaking of December…. it has been cold here. We had several cold nights where we could actually the fireplace. It was so nice being able to knit on my Christmas socks…

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    Alfo the boogying Monster

    Ā Meet Alfo! Isn’t he cute? He is a pattern from Stacey Trock. You can see him and my Ravelry project page here along with a link to the pattern.I made his arms and body longer I also Added pipe cleaners to one arm so he can hold it up and dance since he is a boogying Monster šŸ™‚ I also added some detail around his mouth to give him lips. the hardest part was trying to get him to stripe like I wanted and I love how he turned out!

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    TMNT Birthday!

    I am in a whirl wind of emotions today… My oldest turns 6. He started kindergarten two weeks ago and has been loving it. Everyday when I drop him off he gets out of his sit comes around to my door and gives me a kiss goodbye. He then blows a kiss to his little brother behind me and walks into the school like he has been doing it fr years. I am so happy to see him growing up but so sad at the same time. Its a scary place out in the real world. This year he still is all about trains but he is also all about…

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    I am feeling so educated

    You ever figured out somethingĀ and had that “ah ha” moment. Isn’t it awesome! I mean I don’t like to toot my own little horn but man I feel like a am becoming a yarnie! The first post on this blog was written a while back but I never really published it. I thought I would blog my journey down this road so I can look back on it later on. So here is a run down of things I crocheted in January. So this is my oldest sons teddy dog. He wanted a collar for it.. The name on the collar turned out a little goofy but he likes it.…