Jenna and the hobo gloves

I finished these fingerless gloves last night for Jenna.  She already has one pair that I made and she loves them so much that she wanted another pair, and she picked up this yarn to match her coat.  She loves to wear them driving.  She told me that she wears them over her fingers when she starts out and after the vehicle warms up, she rolls them back as you can see  in the picture below.

She called them hobo gloves when I was taking her picture.  I said "Hobo gloves?" and she said because they don't have fingers in them...like a hobo's, and she started laughing.  What a nut!  Enjoy your hobo gloves Jenna Lee!

Crazy for Cowls!

Here is a picture of a cowl that I recently finished.  I have another one in progress very similar in color to this one, only the one that I am making right now has more teal in it.   So I will have two available.  If you are interested in it.....message me.  They are nice and warm to wear, and are very "IN".   I gave Sarah one for Christmas and it looks adorable on her.  She stretched hers some and doubles it around her neck.  Sooo...cute!  $35.00 and it is all yours (plus shipping)!  They are light so it shouldn't cost too much to ship it if you live far away.  Have a wonderful day!  Elaine

The Frog Prince lovey

This the a frog prince lovey blanket that I recently finished to give to Mason for Christmas.  I am working on a giraffe for Valentina right now.

Here is a closeup shot of the head.  I think he will really like it as he has a train movie that has a Frog prince in it.

It is kind of hard to see but it has a cute little crown on top of the frog's head.

In this picture I have him in a different pose, sitting propped up on my bed.

I spent the day and evening at Jenna's today.  Our Diana is here now and we are all so happy about that.  So very nice to have all my grand kids home and in one spot!  If I think of it, I will try to remember to take the camera along and get a picture of all three of them together.  Valentina took a dive off the bed yesterday onto a pile of pillows Jenna had on the floor by it, so it softened her landing and she didn't get hurt, but her nose hit the carpet and she has a nasty rug burn on it.  As Jenna says...just in time for Christmas!  Typical kid.  I told her that Valentina and I can be a matching pair as my lower lip is all swollen at the moment with about 4 or 5 blisters from wanna be canker sores.  :-(  Bummer....and they are sore!  I am not sure what caused this break out.  Sometimes I will get them in the summer time from eating too many tomato's.  Maybe it has been the brandy slushes!?!?!?!?  Hee Hee.  Any who, as I told Jen, I am not giving them up, so I will have to suffer!  :-)  Have a great day!  Elaine

Play day

It is hard to believe that Christmas is almost here.  My days just seem to fly by.  The older I get...the faster the calendar pages flip by, just like in the movies! 
My day started out with the fingerless glove order being picked up today.  I told Jenna that Mason could come and play today so she dropped him off later morning.  He was happy to be playing with the parking garage and tracks.  The best four dollars I ever spent.  It keeps him busy for hours.  AND...he loves Netflix as there are tons of Thomas the Train shows on it and other kid shows.  Of course he had to watch Thomas first, but later I got him watching the Peanuts gang, and he watched "I want a dog for Christmas" twice.  He was laughing out loud at some of Snoopy's antics!  He likes a Turtles Tale too as they have a turtle at their house.
I worked on sorting, filing, and cleaning up some paperwork and other odds and ends laying on my counter.  I was trying to find a check that I was missing, and I finally found it and some other mail, in a new crochet book I got about a month ago.  The minute I saw it, I remembered putting it in there to keep it in a safe place.  It was the first time, I couldn't find something at this place.  I hope it is the last time!!!   Tomorrow it is getting deposited before I lose it again!!!  LOL

Booties for baby V

This is another pair of booties I made for Valentina.  The color isn't quite right in the picture.  They are a deeper purple, not a light lavender.

These boots were made for walk'in....

I can vividly remember when Nancy Sinatra marched across the stage during the song "These boots were made for walk'in" and I was only a couple years old at the time and what a stir it caused....LOL  Just like when the Beatles performed on the Ed Sullivan show.  Any who...I thought it would make a good title for my post tonight.  These are a pair of little booties that I made for Valentina.  The yellow is such a cheerful color  and they look adorable on her.  She has the tiniest little feet.  It seems like the rest of her keeps growing but her little feet stay the same size.  And she LOVES kicking off her socks or shoes.  Jenna has given up on putting shoes on her as they NEVER stay on.  But the boots she can tie around her ankles.  Sometimes V pulls them off, but they stay on longer than anything else and most the time she leaves them alone so Jenna wanted some more of them.

In this picture, Valentina was sleeping on my lap and I had Jenna take a picture of her wearing them.  She is nine months old.  Doesn't she just have the tiniest of little feet?

Jenna and Antonio had an appointment out of town today so I had Mister Mason from 10:30 till 6:30.  We had a nice long nap in the recliner this afternoon and I had to wake him to go over to Heidi's as I had to be there by 5:30 to babysit for her kids this evening.  Dexter calls me Meme now and it is so cute.  We have no idea where he came up with that but it has stuck and he loves calling me it.  Evi calls me Grandma.  Dex has decided that he REALLY likes me now and has gotten quite cuddly and likes to give me hugs.  SWEET!  I had a great visit with Heidi and her mom Colleen when they got home.  So glad to have them as friends!

Mittens for Mason

Today was pretty much a rest day.  I slept most of it.  I woke up this afternoon to the sound of the little neighbor boys laughing and squealing.  They were having a snow ball fight.  Such happy noise!  I did finish Mason's mittens today while watching Chicago Code on Netflixs.  I am finishing the 13 episode and will be sad when it is done.  Just like a good book, I get attached to the characters.  Another series I just finished was the Forsytht Saga.  That was good too.  I started on some booties for Valentina this evening and had thought that I would get them finished but I didn't touch my crocheting tonight while babysitting as Mason was still awake when I arrived.  He fell asleep in my arms about 15 minutes later watching Finding Nemo.  I had just got him to sleep and Valentina woke up crying so I had to go up stairs and bring her down.  I am always thankful to get down those stairs carrying her with out falling....man...those stairs are steep and I sure hate them!  I am so thankful that my apartment doesn't have any stairs, and that everything is on the ground level.  So nice!!!!  Any who... I spent the rest of the evening rocking, soothing her, and keeping her asleep. She was kind of sleeping fitfully but by the time Jenna and Antonio got home she was sleeping soundly and Jenna was able to take her up and lay her back down in the crib.  I guess the roads were pretty slick when Jenna first started out.  She said they were really bad till she got to Hwy E.  They have decided that it is better to drive on worse roads than to be on the interstate as people drive so nutsy on there.

Sarah called today and invited me to come down either tomorrow or Tuesday as she is going to be working on scarecrows and last year I helped them with them one day and enjoyed it so much.  But I am not going to be able to.  I was starting to feel a little better but carrying the kids tonight has set me back again.  :-(  Oh well....hopefully if I lay low now, I will be able to go next time she asks.

If you will be on the road tomorrow, take it slow, and drive safe!  Hugs!  Elaine

Mittens for Mason

 

 

Kellyn's hat

I finished the flower for Kellyn's hat this morning.  Carol is so happy with it.  She can't wait to see KK in it and has promised that she will have Erin take a picture of her in it so you all can see the little cutie pie!

Another busy day today.  I decided to donate my pillows to the church to be sold and all the proceeds will go towards paying off the parsonage loan.  So Carol and I were at the flea market digging them out and we set up a big table of them at the church.  I am hoping that we sell a lot of them and raise a lot of money for the church.

I had lunch with Jenna and the kids, made another trip to the flea market, Jenna's and to the church, plus stopped at Practical Cents and did the bag sale, and bought things for Antonio, Jenna, and the kids.  Gotta keep those babies cutely dressed!  :-D  Mason was especially excited about his new Oscar the grouch shirt, and pajama bottoms with dinosaurs on them. 

Saturday when I brought clothes for the kids, Antonio was there and he said, "You didn't get any clothes for Jenna or me?"   I guess he likes it when I find things for him too!  As Jenna said today, I am their little Santa.  I found a shirt for Antonio and a couple of pairs of black dress pants that hopefully will fit him.  He wears black pants to work and has asked me to look for them for him.

So that's about it for my adventures for today.  I got a much needed nap late this afternoon, and then started working on the fingerless gloves, and I have one just about finished.  Until tomorrow!  Elaine

Black Earwarmers

Black Ear warmers.  It buttons in the back of the neck and is adjustable.  This pair is spoken for.

A crazy busy day today.  First thing this morning I met with the fingerless gloves people and I am going to make some adjustments to the pattern as the person has very tiny hands but they are happy with how they turned out.  So I will be starting on more of them soon.

I came back home and balanced the church checkbook, then went over to Jenna's and I took their van and took Antonio to work for her as she was having a high school friend over today for a play date.  So I made a quick trip to Kalahari and back.  Next stop was at the church to pick up bills that need to be paid and to discuss a few things.

I made some lunch after I got home, took a break, decided that I needed a nap, and eventually I got one after the phone quick ringing!  LOL  It was one of those days!  I really needed the little one that I got though as I did not sleep well last night, had a headache, and was tired.

Tonight was Yackette's which I probably haven't went to for a year and a half so it was great to see everyone and catch up on things.  We had supper at the Wooden Nickel in Grand Marsh.  I had a chicken basket and it was pretty good.  Sandy Mc Clain surprised us all with gift bags filled with goodies.  What an unexpected and pleasant surprise!  Thank you Sandy!

I came back home for about forty five minutes, then headed over to Jenna's to baby sit the munchkins!  They were both in bed when I got there so Grammie had a quiet evening crocheting and I started and finished a hat that I am making for Kellyn, Carol Camp's grand daughter.  I just need to finish the flower and attach it and it will be all done.  Carol knitted a scarf for KK with this yarn, and I made two little flowers two put on it last month.  I guess KK will be in a Frosty the snowman school play and the kids are suppose to wear hats and scarves and they want KK to wear Carol's scarf, and they wanted a hat to match it.  So I am happy that project is almost finished, and I just have all the fingerless gloves to make and then can start on some projects I would like to make before Christmas.  We'll see how far I get!  I am hoping that Erin will take a picture of KK in the hat.  She is such a cutie....I am sure she will look adorable in it!  See ya later alligator!

Fingerless Gloves

I had a request for some fingerless gloves and here is the pair that I finished today.  I will meet with them tomorrow to see how they fit.  They want five pairs.  I also finished a headband today, and I will try and post a picture of that tomorrow. 
I am working on a Packer owl hat right now.  The hat is done, just need to work on the face and ears.
I am very tired.  I have two craft shows left to do.  This Saturday I will be at the Adams Village Apartments from 10 am to 1 pm.
Di and I went to Fort McCoy yesterday to renew her card.  It was very interesting to drive around in there and we were only in a small part of it.  The commissary was closed so we didn't get to go there as planned.  Perhaps another day.  But I did see where the State patrol trains, and the National Guard.  They had a big screen TV in the office we were in and it was showing all the things available on base and I was quite amazed by it all.   They definitely have their own little city there.  We went to Walmart and I did some Christmas shopping for the babies and picked up a few other things.  We decided to have lunch at Kentucky Fried Chicken and they have a fabulous buffet.  I loved it....so yummy!  Usually we go to the China Buffet when we are at Tomah.  Then we stopped at Aldi's and I did my grocery shopping for the month.  Always a big job, but nice to have it over with and things stocked up again!  Off to la la land....until tomorrow!  Elaine

Hey Cupcake!

Today was the craft show in New Lisbon.  After it was done, Diane and I headed back through Mauston.  We made a quick stop at Vinnies and I found a bunch of clothes for the munchkins for fifty cents a piece!  A good score and some really adorable stuff!  The sweater Mason has on in the post from the other day is one that I found for him another day at Practical Cents bag day.  I love spoil'in those grand kids!

We had a scrumptious dinner at the China Buffet.  They really have a nice one in Mauston, and we were STARVED!!!!  Everything tasted soooo.......goood!  I got back to town around 5:30 and was so exhausted that it hurt to breathe!  We had to get up at four am so it was a very long day!  But I dozed in the recliner on and off for about three hours and am now feeling a little better.

Above is a picture of a new cupcake hat I am making.  This one is a size 3 to 6 months.  I also have a newborn one available right now too.  I hope your weekend is going great !  Love, Elaine

Mittens for baby V

Here are the little mittens that I told you I was working on for Valentina.  I finally ran across the pattern on Pinterest.  I had this pattern when my girls were little.  Jenna was rattling off all the places she remembered wearing her's when she was a little girl.  It is the easiest mitten pattern out there, and the very best part is that they have cuff's that you can stick up their coat sleeves so that no snow goes up their arms when they are playing in the snow! 

I have been busy crocheting all day trying to finish up some orders, and Carol stopped in and we had a nice visit.  I am heading off to bed now.  I have to get up very early for the craft show!  Have a great weekend!  Love, Elaine

Green Bay Packer Hat

I just finished this Packer hat in size 4T to Adult, and also finished one in size Adult.  I do have some smaller sizes available but I would need to check my inventory to see what I have left.

Greetings to all!  As usual I am burning the midnight oil as the old saying goes.  I got some much needed sleep last night and this morning.  I have been exposed to the flu as Dexter had it when I was babysitting so I wanted to make sure I got enough rest.  Jenna and the kids were over this afternoon and Jenna treated us to Papa's pizza and bread sticks which was very yummy!  It has been along time since I have had there pizza.  I entertained the kids while she was working on the computer on a job application.  They were very good and Valentina and I had a little snooze until we were woke up by the phone ringing.  Valentina is on the verge of crawling and she is so fun to watch as she pivots around, and rolls to where she wants to go!  She did give me quite the scare today though as she had rolled over by the stereo, and managed to push the button to turn it on, plus opened the door to the CD player and the carosel inside started spinning and her hand was inside there!  I quickly ran over there and got her out of there.  I was so afraid she was going to get her hand caught or dragged into it.  I can already tell that she is going to get into twice as much trouble as Mason did when she gets mobile!!!!  Of course all the different toys at Grammies house, and Netflix's keeps them very happy here!  Mason came in the door saying "Thomas the Train", and I told him he had to say "hi" to Grammie first!  I did some bill paying for the church before going over to babysit tonight.  After I got Mason to sleep I started working on a pair of mittens for Valentina.  I have one of them done now.  I ran over to the church to drop off pay checks and other checks into people's mail boxes before heading home.  Now I am trying to wind down to go to sleep.  It takes me a couple of hours after I get home to get sleepy so most of my blogging will probably be done around this time of day.  Stay warm!  Elaine

Owl Hat

This is the latest owl hat I crocheted.  It is size 4T to Adult.

Sorry it took me so long to post again.  It has been a crazy week...or should I just say past couple of years!  I did the Holiday Taste Tour craft show in Westfield on Friday and Saturday, and saw lots of familiar faces.  It was just like Christmas to me!  I couldn't bend by the end of Sat. and fortunately some of the other vendors were so very kind to help me tear down, and get loaded up to head home.  Diana was here and Antonio was off so they had a mini Thanksgiving dinner Saturday night which they invited me too.  Yummy food as usual!  Sunday morning was the quarterly voters meeting at church and I am church treasurer of Immanuel so I had to go and give a report.  I was still in pain so headed right home after it to rest up and relax.  Later in the afternoon I was feeling better and back to my normal self again and I was so thankful!
Yesterday and today I helped Heidi Homp Ides out with watching her kids in the afternoon, came home for a few hours last night and then it was off to watch my grand kids.  Tonight I had supper with Jenna and family as Antonio is off.  He made a Mexican soup.  First time I ever had soup with a piece of corn on the cob in it!  It is always something new to try when you eat over there!  Now I am in my jammies, in the recliner, all snuggled up with a quilt, ready to fall a sleep.  I am still trying to get rid of the cold I started on November 2nd, sure wish it would go away completely!  Have a great night!  Elaine

I am ready for the weekend!

I finished working on the stall at the flea market this morning and hit three garage sales but I didn't buy a thing.  I had to stop at the old house to pick up a table that I want to use this week end at the flea market, and little Mason man did not want me to leave and he wanted to go home with me.  So I took the stroller and walked him over to my house.  He played awhile then we read some stories, and we both fell asleep watching the Aristocats.  He loves coming over here as he has no competition, and is King Pin at Grammies house.  Jenna wanted to mow lawn tonight and wanted me to watch the kids so we were suppose to be back at 4:30.  She couldn't get the lawn mower to start so she will have to do it another day.  Antonio got it running so we know that it starts, she is going to have him show her how.  We had supper together, and visited.  Plus she did some cleaning while I fed Valentina a bottle.  She is such a laid back baby, but when she decides to get mad, or wants to eat, she goes from calm to mad....it is kind of funny.  It is like she is saying, okay guys, I have had ENOUGH!  She is so smiley and full of dimples.  She sure is a cutie pie!!

Today I am going to show you some hat that I recently crocheted.  Two of them are the Newsboy which is so popular, and one baby bear, another favorite.

I'd better hip hop off to bed.....it is going to be a long weekend.  Stop down to the flea market and say hi if you get a chance!  Elaine

Ear Warmers 3

Wow...has it been some weekend.  It was another busy day at the Taste Tour in Westfield.  I made lots of new friends, the vendors were all like family by the end of the weekend!  A lot of them plan on coming over to the flea market this summer to sell so I will get to see them again there and one of the gals from Berlin plans on coming over and we will go for lunch and to the thrift shops.  That will be fun.  I took two orders this weekend for earwarmers and need to get those finished up.  The one just needs a button sew on and that will be done.  I stopped at Pamida on the way home and picked up some yarn so that I can start on the other one.  I will drop it off in Westfield on my way to Milwaukee.  I am looking forward to having tomorrow off to relax and sleep in!!!

Baby hat

A very busy day at the craft show.  Sales were very good and I am a happy camper!  I was tickled to see some familiar faces today.  It is always good to see old friends.....and I love making new ones too!  I am off to hit the hay for awhile.  It's been a very long day, and I am starting to get a headache.  If you get a chance, stop over at the New Beginnings Church on County Highway E by the Haystack at Westfield.  They have wonderful roast beef sandwiches for sale, really nice plates of Christmas cookies, and a real nice assortment of vendors.  I hope you are all having a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!  Elaine

Size 0 - 3 month baby cloche hat

Baby bear hat

  We had a fun thanksgiving day today.  Lenore brought 3 different gingerbread house kits that we decorated and it was so much fun.  I enjoyed the quality time with Brooke and Ben.  I am headed off to bed now.  Big day tomorrow and Saturday with selling at the craft show in Westfield during the Taste Tour.  I will be at the New Beginnings church near the Haystack on Hwy E.  They will be selling food and will have a bake sale going on too!  Stop out and see me!  Elaine
                                                                                                                                                                      

Baby Bear Hat size 12 to 24 months

Ear warmers 2

I set up my space today for the Taste Tour.  Man...what a job.  It took me 4 hours to get it how I wanted it to be, and I am bringing back with me a few things on Friday morning to tweak it a bit.   They didn't have the heat on, and man am I hurting.  My muscles can't take the cold, and the combination of bending and lifting, plus the cold is not good.  So I am hurting, but hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.  I will survive...I always do!!!   I am going to go crawl under the covers and try and warm up!

Pretty little baby hat

Size 0 - 3 month baby cloche hat



I have been busy getting ready for the craft show on Friday.  I found out today, that I will be able to go set up tomorrow, so I am going to go do that.  It will be good to have it done before Thanksgiving and to not be worrying about it!