A Burst of Color

to send out 2012...

...with a burst of color...

A hippie skirt!

See Mrs. Wild for the pattern.

I just simply replaced the granny squares with granny rose squares from the CAL on the side bar.

Good Bye 2012

Welcome 2013

(I hope you will be colorful too!)

God Jul!!!

Jul 2012 in a nutshell:

Risengrøt

  Loved Ones:

The NVO

 #3 and #3a

#6

and a new addition...

...fortunately...a grand puppy :-)

So missing the other children/families out of State.

Hope you all had a God Jul!!!

Following my own CAL Week #1 & 2

Week #1: 

 Gather Supplies

(and I had to make a few squares to come up with the right color combinations, too.)

Orange, Yellow, Turquoise, and Hot Pink Roses

Green Leaves

Aqua, White, and Pale Violet Granny Row

With an added single crochet row of red

I think they will be joined by red as well. 

(I have some weird thing going on where red and/or white must be included in everything!)

See this link for more on gathering supplies.

Week #2

The Rose

Lots of roses!!!

I'm thinking 120...

(divisible by 4 for the 4 colors and 3 for the 3 different granny row colors)

but then again...it might be based on how much yarn of each color I have...

that bridge will be crossed when I come upon it. :-)

See this link for photo tutorial of how to make the rose...complete with  video.
And if you want to skip ahead, see the side bar for Week 3, 4 and 5. 

In hopes that you are having a colorful holiday season!!!

My CAL Homie Part Cinq

Granny Rose Scarves

By Paula in the South of Spain

with the beautiful blog.

See her post about the scarves here.

So pretty!!!

Lovely work Paula!

Following My Own CAL???

Strange but true...

 To my surprise and joy the Granny Rose CAL continues to be my all time top hit post.

My cup runneth over with activity from all over the world and I couldn't be more delighted.

It warms my heart each time a see a visitor.

So I decided to see what all the hub-bub was about and follow my own CAL.

(Yes, this is the weird part.)

An afghan to match these beddings for our guest room,

which will...

 somewhat coordinate with the "Bobble Zig-Zag" from this post

will certainly keep me busy this winter,

and this WIP

will accessorize the room in this IKEA vase during inactivity.

Join along with me?

See side bar for 5 posts on "how to", including video tutorials or follow:

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

I will post random progress as it is made with an ETA of Summer due to these summery colors. :-)

Thank you all so much for your interest and participation,
and please let me know if you Crochet-A-Long;

 I would be happy to post your pics if you would like to send them to digger.lizzie@gmail.com.

Wishing you a season that is merry and bright!!!

Rockman - The Christmas Version

My friend Linda at Linda's Crafty Corner blog

has done it again:

This is Linda's Christmas adaption of the Rockman Pattern.

See her post about it here.
She'll even tell you how to make the little trees.

See my side-bar for three posts on how to crochet your own squares or click:

here for Step 1

here for Step 2

here for Step 3

So fun and festive!!!

(And I just can't get over how cute those little trees are!)

Twins!!!

 Hippie Dresses 

for a dear friends' granddaughters

Headbands, too.

Adapted from a pattern purchased from the "Wild About Color" blog.

Click here for link.

Granny squares were replaced with "Granny Rose" squares from these posts:

Step 1 Here

Step 2 Here

Step 3 Here

Mojo, Gift Bearer

What is this lonely cup of coffee missing?

Swedish Tea Cakes....

Ahhhhhh...that's better.

Thank you Mojo!