My First Sweater

Made from a pattern in this book Crocheted Sweaters, by Susan Huxley. It was a challenge to do, because the yarn that she used in the pattern is no longer manufactured. So I had to try to match, as cheaply as possible (because I am not made of money), the type of yarn that closely resembles what is in the pattern. I went with Lion Brand Cotton Ease, which, by the way, in no way resembles the yarn the pattern calls for LOL. But it is a fantasic yarn, easy to work with, and a pleasure to use.


This book has beautiful sweaters in it, I want to make almost all of them!

A pet peeve

When news reports say "so and so gave birth today to a baby girl". Why do they say "baby" girl? What, do they think they have to say that because people might think she gave birth to an ADULT girl? So they need to specifically say "baby" girl?

This has always bugged me.

A comforting quote

The other day when I was reading about Skidboot the dog, I read one of the comments that someone made about animals and I really liked it. If the bible is true (word-for-word), then this is a comforting quote:

"You are So RIGHT. Animals are souls created by God and, let's face it -- as far as the Bible is concerned, only the HUMANS were kicked out of Paradise. We owe the animals alot of respect and compassion. Let's remember also that DOG backwards spells GOD -- Who is faithful to us, Loves us no matter how bad we are, would even DIE to save us from danger."

Crochet Squid

Made from this pattern here. I used a size K hook, and two strands of Caron's Perfect Match, Deep Violet, so it is slightly bigger than what the pattern called for. It is not a very soft squid, but I think over time it will soften up. I made this for my nephew Ben for his birthday.