Oh, where do I start?  Okay, I'm sorry for neglecting this journal.  I got caught up with LiveJournal (my first and favorite journal), MySpace (got roped into it so I could keep track of a profile that (unfortunately) hasn't been updated in forever but got caught up in the connections I could make for crafts.  Work's been great, though busy.  Life's been ... ups and downs you know.

Okay, enough rambling.  Let me get a nice glass of Coke Zero and see if we can't unravel some of what I've been up to lately.

First off, the destash post is (obviously) very outdated.  Disregard, because some things are gone.  If I ever get the time, I will update with a new destash post, but that likely won't be for awhile.

2, I joined a couple of swaps while I was uncommunicative.  I just recently finished the Accessories swap at C'Ville and that went awesomely well.  The person I got as my partner was wonderful, she sent me some of the nicest things and she seemed to really like what I sent her in return.  The one I'm currently in is a Scrap Swap.  LOL!  No hardships there.  I have PULENTY of yarns to share with someone.  I've already decided that the person I'm sending to is getting the mauve(ish) balls of yarn of indeterminate fiber content.  It's actually a bit of yarn, but it's been hanging about too long and I will never use it, so... I do have to be nice and rewind it on the winder first.  I'm still working my way through to see what else she's going to get.  I love stuff like this, because I may end up getting stuff I never thought about getting or stuff I will desperately need in the upcoming months (holidays and all).

 And I've joined another CAL (and this one will not be like Sweet which I was not as ready for as I thought ... though I haven't given up on the chance of making the Sweet sweater. I really want one)  This CAL is at crochet along.wordpress.com/ and the theme - AMIGURUMI!  Now is that up my alley or what?  I've gotten pretty good at these little things and I'm not just tooting my own horn.  I rarely say "yeah, I'm good at it" for anything (and I really need to stop saying "but this is crooked/off/look at that mistake/etc" - it kills my groove).  I have made several, people have loved them (reminds me I have one to finish before Tuesday, thank god it's almost done).  I even went so far as to make a pattern, and it was very well received.  I've got things I'm working on, but I also need to write the Halloween patterns I have in mind.  Challenging, but fun.  I'm just a big kid. 

Projects I need to finish -
The second Dr. Who scarf (and this time I'll take pics)
The aforementioned amigurumi (again I will take pics, but also I don't want to say too much in case the person I'm making it for sees this post in some strange parallel universe I'm unaware of)
The camouflage curtains I'm making for my husband (or trying to anyway, though it just might end up being a blanket)
The Homespun afghan (as soon as I find the hook I was using because I can't remember if it was a K hook or a J hook but I'll know it when I see it)
The denim modular scarf
The Green cable scarf for my husband (maybe I'll have it done in time for THIS winter)

Then I have the Halloween patterns I need to make up and write out, the various Halloween, thanksgiving and Christmas ornaments to make, the Christmas presents to start on (because I won't be caught with my pants down this year),  the Halloween granny square blanket I'm working on for the cats (yes, the cats are getting their own mini blanket in Halloween colors - pattern is located in the current issue of Crochet! magazine if a person really needs it)  There's also a top I keep meaning to work on for myself, a skirt that's also for me and I have an idea for a blanket that I'd like to do if I can get most of the above stuff out of the way before I'm dead and buried.  I'm not ambitious, no.

Let's see if I can dig up a few pics of stuff I've worked on recently.



Okay, most recently I did this hat.  It came out really well and I love it.





These are squares I made from a pattern I got from this lady (http://krochetkrystal.blogspot.com/).  The pattern is free and all she asks is you donate a square to her for the blankets she makes for charity.  I'll not kid you, this pattern is tricky but once you know it then you'll have fun making these.



Here's a really terrific purse I made from myself using a pattern from Caron (it was a Jewelbox drawstring bag pattern) that I used Red Heart Supersaver in Earth&sky to make.  I also changed the regular drawstrings to a backpack style so I can sling it over my shoulder.  It works great and I love using it.



Here's a terrific little teddy bear that I made using KristieMN (who happily provides free patterns to C'Villers and also has a selection of patterns she sells - this being one of them from the Floppy Friends collection)  It went to a church fair as a children's game booth prize and was gone within an hour.

  

Meet Buttercup and Violet.  Buttercup on the left was my very first attempt at recreating a character without a pattern and was a gift to a very nice friend/coworker.  Because I hated to part with Buttercup, I went ahead and made Violet who happily resides with me and will never be given away.  I'm working on making another for yet another coworker (but that would not be the amigurumi mentioned earlier)

And from Buttercup and Violet I came up with a grand idea ...



Meet the Little People.  This is Charlotte, and she's my LP prototype.  She also helped me write my very first pattern.  She's also getting an update for the holidays, Halloween to be exact.  She's going to be getting a makeover, a new outfit and a group of friends to join the fun.  I'm debating on whether or not to give these patterns away as well or to try my hand at selling the on Etsy.  We'll see when I'm done with the prototypes how well they came out.

Okay, sorry for the really long post but that's what happens when I don't update for a bazillion years.  Since I have so much going on right now, I may be updating much more often just to keep track of what I'm doing.  So, that's that.