Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winter. Show all posts

Thursday, January 15, 2009

My Rant - It's COLD!!!


It's -8 degrees Farenheit outside, and our heat pump doesn't want to work because it's soooo cold. The girls and I have spent the day shut up in my bedroom under the covers. The electric space heater in my room is reading 56, although with 10 layers of clothes and blankets on, we're surprisingly comfortable. lol It might have something to do with burning off the calories from the can of frosting we ate. Not much homeschooling going on today, other than teaching them bad eating habits. When we made the decision to homeschool, I wanted to spend more time with the girls, but being in bed together all day may just be too much togetherness.



Sooo, here's a site that tells you what your name would be if you were a snowman. Ironically enough, I'm "Muddles Cold-Bottom."


And here's where you can create your own snowman like the one at the top.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Spiderchick Hat Pattern

Ok, I actually had requests for the pattern, believe it or not, so I'm going to write it out for you. lol If anyone would like to test the pattern for me, I'd really appreciate it, and I'd love to see pics of the finished products too!

Materials:
Red Heart Worsted Weight Yarn- small amounts of red, black and blue
Hook - Size F or size needed for correct guage
Gauge: 10 dc = 3 inches, 5 dc rows = 3 inches

Hat Instructions:

With red, ch 6, join with sl st to form ring.

1) Ch 3, 2 dc in ring, (ch 2, 3 dc in ring) 5 times, ch 2, join with sl st to top of beg ch 3. [6 ch-2 spaces formed]

2) Ch 3, turn, 2 dc in ch 2 sp, ch 2, 3 dc in same ch 2 sp. (Ch 2, 3 dc in next space, ch 2, 3 dc in same sp, ch 2) 5 times, join with sl st to top of beg ch 3. [12 ch-2 spaces formed]

3) Ch 3, turn, 2 dc in ch 2 sp, ch 2, (3 dc in next ch 2 sp, ch 2) 11 times, join with sl st to top of beg ch 3. [12 ch-2 spaces formed]

4) Repeat row 3. Fasten Off.


With Black, ch 4, join with sl st to form ring.

1) Ch 5, (tr in ring, ch 1) 11 times, join in 4th chain of beg ch 5. [12 tr]

2) Ch 7, (tr in tr, ch 3) 11 times, join in 4th chain of beg ch 7. [12 tr]

3) Ch 9, (tr in tr, ch 5) 11 times, join in 4th chain of beg ch 9. Fasten off. [12 tr]


With Blue, and holding red piece and black piece together, join with a sl st in ch-2 sp of red piece and ch-5 sp of black piece together.

1) Ch 3, 2 dc in same sp, ch 2, (3 dc in next space, ch 2) 11 times, join with sl st to top of beg ch 3. [12 ch-2 spaces]

2-4) Repeat row 1. Fasten off after row 4.

5) Join black with sl st in any ch-2 space of previous row, ch 3, dc in same sp, (dc in each of next 3 dc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp) 11 times, dc in each of next 3 dc, join with sl st to top of beg ch 3. Fasten off. [60 dc]

6) Join blue with sl st in any dc of previous row, dc in ea dc around, join with sl st to top of beg ch 3. Fasten off. [60 dc]

Friday, September 07, 2007

Spiderman Poncho


Am I the only mom out there with a daughter who loves Spiderman? Probably. But now my daughter has the most awesome Spiderman poncho for school.




I even designed a matching hat!

I used the Halloween Ponchos pattern from Mrs. D Crochets: http://www.geocities.com/mrsd2688/index.html Believe it or not, I've never made granny squares before, so there was a bit of a learning curve when I started joining them, but I'm very pleased with the result. I'll write up the pattern for the hat soon; just in case I'm not the only one out there with a girly spiderman fan! lol