What's On My Hooks

Happy Monday! I hope you had a great Easter. I did. I went to a friend's son's house and had dinner with her family, as I do every year. This year I made a homemade carrot cake. Have you ever made one? This recipe that I found on allrecipes.com called for 3 cups of shredded carrots. How hard is that....right?? Do you know how long it takes to shred 3 cups of carrots, or how many carrots that is?  Well...I can tell you this. NEVER again. It took me almost an hour and a half and 17 carrots. And some of my fingers and knuckles got shredded in the process. No extra meat in the recipe, I promise, but holy cow...my hands are beat up from that. And talk about rich. I left the cake there for everyone to take some home. I did not need to bring any of this back home with me. lol. It was good, but right now I don't need the temptation of sweet stuff like that to pack on any more pounds. :o)

So anyways.....I thought I would finally share some of what is on my hooks at the present.

I've used this pattern many times, although I have altered some of the stitches to suit myself. The current application above is done out of my Ocean #3 thread (which is actually two #10 threads together) and using a B or #2 hook. I think I will be making quite a few of these for Christmas presents. With the #2 hook they are turning out big enough for coasters. I have already started another one at home with #10 purple and #10 cream intertwined together. I love this pattern.

This is the baby dress I was telling you about. I'm really pleased with how it's turning out. The back where the buttons go is different than the pattern, but other than that it's straight according to pattern. I've picked out some pretty white buttons in the shape of hearts. I think I may border the neck and armholes with the shocking pink so that the hat and booties will match.

When my sister came to stay with me when I had my gall bladder out she brought me a 'project'. As if I don't have enough of my own right? :o) Well she was a little dismayed when her slipper didn't turn out to look like the one in the picture in the book. She got this 'kit' from Annie's Attic. It was the book, the yarn and I think the hook. She wanted to make these slippers for her granddaughter, my great niece, to wear at the dorm in college. I decided I would do the other slipper and see if mine turned out like hers, although hers is not done. She was concerned because the front of it didn't look anything like the one in the pic. So I am not that far with mine yet, just at the first round up from the sole. This is the first pattern I have worked with two yarns together. I've worked patterns with two #10 threads, but not yarn.

And finally......this is my miserable attempt at starting a doily of my own. I call this my 'purple mess'. :o) I will be frogging this.
May your day be everything you hope it to be.
TTFN
Kat
xoxox