October 9-10, 2010 Weekend

I thought it might be fun to recap my weekends and also learn about what you all have been up to. My Saturday started off with a little designing of a new scarf (big reveal to come soon).

Of course I fixed and ate breakfast with my husband (John Claude Pierre).

 

I sent him off to work and got ready for my last session of this month’s crochet edging class. I arrived at Twist a little early and was asked if I’d like to put a few of my pieces in an exclusive designers show October 21-23. I’m very excited about this and can’t wait to pull the pieces that I want to put in it. My students started arriving and I was very pleased to learn that all but one had completed their first round of crochet on their blankets.

 

Maegan hadn’t finished her first round, but was intent on learning the scalloped edging. As she got to the place where she had finished off on her first round, she picked up and continued with it and went back and forth, which is ok too.

 

I love the way she chose the darker pink for her scalloped row and I think it is a good contrast to her colors in her blanket.

 

Grace chose the straighter edging pattern for her blanket as it is geared more for a boy and she is on the home stretch here and I’m very proud to say that she actually finished the blanket and it was the first crochet project that she’s ever completed.

Shannon is Maegan’s Mother and she chose to do the straighter edging pattern also.

I love the contrast of the yellow and red on her blanket. Shannon even told me that she may add a third row to her edging and I can’t wait to see it when she gets it done.

Jan was moving right along on her blanket and learned how to do both edgings. I love how she used a small square of 2 pieces of fabric for her first project, so she could practice first before she tried it on her actual blanket. I can’t wait to see Jan’s blanket done and the class even inspired her to think about getting her edging book out and try some different edgings out.

Lisa has the largest blanket to crochet around and I love how the shell stitch looks on her fun Halloween blanket, don’t you? When class was over; Shannon and Maegan invited me to join them and Grace for lunch at the Mexican restaurant down the street. Of course I needed to eat and I wanted to continue hearing about some ideas that Maegan is having on recycling and I wanted to share some ideas that I had about recycling too. Thank you Shannon, Maegan, and Grace for an enjoyable lunch with new friends.

I arrived home just in time for my KS My Stitch crochet guild monthly officers meeting. We had a very good short productive meeting.

Spent the evening working on my new designer scarf and I can hardly wait to show you.

Sunday morning; breakfast again but this time instead of eggs I made some waffles. I use a recipe that I got from my Mom. She used to make them for us as children and they are called “Oh Boy, Waffles”. People are always asking me why they are called that and I say, because when you tell them that I’m making waffles they always say, “Oh Boy, Waffles”! Ha! Ha! Then I sent my husband off to work again.

Since today looks like this here I decided to make

a pot of vegetable soup. There’s nothing more soothing for me than to have a pot of soup cooking; smelling the aroma while doing chores, or crocheting without worrying about having to pull a meal together later.

I continued working on my designer scarf and hopefully I will finish it in time to put in the exclusive designer show. This has been a very productive weekend and I feel good about what has come out of it. I spent time with old, new friends, and my hubby. Taught, inspired, was inspired, cooked, and crocheted. What more could I ask for? I hope your weekend was all that you wanted it to be and I would love to hear all about it too. Have a good week and Happy Monday!