A thankful heart...and a huge THANK YOU!!!

I can't begin to express how overwhelmed i am at the outpouring of love for little children you don't even know.  this is the 2nd year i've organized this hat drive and i have no words (which is RARE, so enjoy it!) for how fulfilling this is for me.  i can't believe the generous giving and the generous making of hats, upon hats upon hats (and even wash cloths this year!).  this is VERY picture heavy...VERY! there was no way i could leave anyone out, so enjoy!

 OH MY GOSH!!!!! Can you believe it?

and this doesn't include all the cash donations!  to each and every one of you that was kind enough to donate money, thank you!!!  i've still got to get that all added up too!

to all the gals at ravelry, my mom, and friends:  

a HUGE HUGE HUGE 

"thank you!!"

photo of Darlings costume will have to wait... i don't even have time to type what all i MUST accomplish today, including a flight to Washington, DC!!!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

crochet mania!

I've wanted to learn to crochet ever since I saw this book...

so I bought some yarn:

and some books...

& the necessary hooks...

aren't the plastic ones PRETTY!!??

I read the books, I watched these great video's on youtube & NOTHIN'! I can make a mean chain, but I have too many questions & no one to ask! I went to Joanne's & got their class schedule & when I added up the 2 classes I wanted to take it was $75! Hmmm.... at the rate I bore of things I wasn't sure I wanted to spend $75 on 2 classes or just put it toward a great pair of boots. Oh yeah, I already have all these supplies... so I went back to Joanne's & what do you know, they were having 1/2 off all classes- so I signed up for the 2 I wanted! The 1st class is just the basics & then the 2nd class is the Granny Square class & that's a good thing because you'll notice one of the books I got was "101 Granny Squares"! Look out because everyone I know will soon be sporting a granny square vest & isn't it the granny square stitch that you use to make those cool beer can hats? I think my MOM would look awesome in one of these!!

I went to flickr & typed in "crochet"... Look at all the adorable things people are making!!

pea-pod by AnaPaulaRimoli

egg by avoirect

doll by ElisabethD's

dolly hats by EmilySzettella

flowers by HollandFabricHouse

Bitty bears by jojoling

babies by knittingturnip or www.rainbowproject.etsy.com

scarf by LidiaLuz (her stuff is AMAZING!!)

Necklace also by the talented LidiaLuz!

Awww, you know I love the little Asian girl by PlanetaAmigurumi

cats by stripeyblue

bowl by thecrocheteer (isn't it amazing??)

My 1st class is Nov 30th... I hope I don't flunk!

Do you crochet? Knit? What projects are you working on or do you just have a 1/2 finished blanket from 1974 like my Grandma! She started some throw that was made with 100's of separate leaves... My mom took it over about 20 years ago, I've never heard from that blanket again...