New in my Etsy Shop...

Hand dyed Merino/Silk Fingering weight yarn :D

Only ONE available...click on picture for more info!

Deal of the DAY!!!

TODAY ONLY:

FOR SALE:

1 skein of Hand Dyed Sock yarn "Summer Bliss"

70% Merino Wool 30% Silk

440 yards / 100 grams

7-8 st = 1" on US1-3 needles

Handwash cold
Price: $22 free shipping USA

 

CLICK HERE TO BUY!!!

 

ONLY 1 LEFT!!!

 

My Etsy Shop is open!!!

All day I worked on getting my Etsy Shop "Beautifulyeah" filled with fiber goodies again...

So here are some examples from my Etsy Shop:

Some updates...

I have been very busy lately, lot of custom orders, new kitty in our family and lots more so I am just going to give you a photo stream of the latch hook projects I have been working on or I am still working on...

 

Latch hook projects:

 

Round Palm Beach (finished):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still working on the Sailors Beacon:

 



Year long CAL (Crochet Along) blanket starting next month

We are starting in February 2012 on this blanket as a year Crochet Along.

 

 

You can sign up, follow and interact with all the participants in our Ravelry Group.

 

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lily-crochet-blan...

or you can find her pattern on this website for FREE: http://www.liveinternet.ru/users/olga_lana/post204121601/

Crochet Alongs / CAL's for January and February 2013

Here are the Crochet Along projects for the next 2 months.

 

January 2013:

"Pimped up storage Jars"

 

Pattern will be up by the end of the week...sorry I got a little behind :)

 

February 2013:

"Spring Petals Scarf"

 

This is the original picture that goes with the pattern:

And here I made the scarf in about 3 hours of 3 balls of yarn (Red Heart Boutique Midnight & Treasure - Whisper & Spectrum), Medium weight (4) worsted weight yarn on a hook size: US F -3.75mm.
Really easy fun free pattern to remember (just one line).
I went for texture in this scarf. If I wanted more stitch definition I would have probably used a bigger size hook and a solid color (see green scarf).
Yes, one side of the scarf will be straight and the other side will be scalloped...it doesn't bother me but it might to some of you.

 

 

 

Hope you join with these Crochet Alongs and send me pictures/ or

post your pictures in my Ravelry Group.

 

Beautiful scarf (crochet and free pattern)

I just wanted to drop by and share this beautiful crochet scarf with you.

You will find the free pattern here (Ravelry).

 

Maybe we can do this as a Crochet Along for February 2013, what do you think?

 

 

Spring Petals Scarf

 

Christmas day in our house...

Right, it's Christmas Day and I had these great plans to work on my poppies wall hanging, relax etc..but...nope, not yet so far.

Since we moved last month into this apartment, I kinda put some in places and said to myself that I would make it work better soon. Well, today was the day!

I was so fed up with looking at some bags with fiber in the dining room that I knew that I didn't have any space in the guest/design room to put it. So the only solution to put my mind at ease was to tackle this problem right now big time! This includes moving furniture, reorganizing the transparent big plastic boxes (in the hope some will end up being empty LOL) etc...

First thing to tackle was to unpack the 3 piece large bookcase in the guest room...ugh...I moved the 2 side pieces by myself to the dining room but I needed my hubby to help me with the big piece that goes in the middle. That done, I had to reorganize the bookcases and walk back and forth with stacks of books from one room to the other.

In the mean time, my hubby and the dog decided that they would be better off to go have a coffee at Starbucks instead of staying around in the house...:) which was fine with me! More "freedom" to move things around and less watching out that I don't trip over the puppy. He likes to know what's going on and check everything again which is very challenging to not step on him.

Now 5 hours later, I am kinda satisfied with final looks of the guest and dining room. Let's see if it's also pratical in the next few days. Here is the (temporary) end result picture:

We didn't exchange gifts this year because we decided that moving back to living at the beach was our Christmas present. It's so good to be back and being able to hang out with friends, visit the beach and enjoy our lives out here. I am pretty sure that our puppy Dr. Snuggles thinks the same.

The Verizon Unit (cable/internet provider) is still peeping it's head off since Christmas Eve, screaming that it needs a new battery, that will be fixed hopefully tomorrow by one of their tech guys that will come out and fix it.

From all of us here:

Preparing for my mug rug sew along tutorial, granny square blanket and ....

For those who follow me on Facebook already know that I almost finished my crochet (granny square) CA King size bed cover.

Just a few more rounds to complete it, so it nicely covers the sides of the bed.

It is a huge project that at a certain stage you can only work on the bed or in a big chair.

Constantly turning it around to be able to keep working on it,

but after finishing 4 previous bed covers (same style, different color combo's) I knew what I was in for...

Blanket is made in Caron One Pound.

 

Last steps are the finishing rounds, reverse single crochet edge and working in the ends, it will soon be used on our own CA King bed.

Video for single crochet edge:

 

 

Puppy Snuggles loves it too :)

He has a fetish for blankets since he was 2.5 months young LOL

 

 

Almost done... :)

 

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I finally made some time in the day to get my nails done (last nail tech flaked on me).

Taking care of myself:

PRETTY!!!

 

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Tonight I found my little stash of fabrics so I can start thinking about combo's, patterns and work on the photo tutorial.

I even found a 2 yard Christmas panel that I still can use to make a Christmas quilt/wall hanging!!!

WOOHOO BONUS!!!

But that has to wait a little bit since the mug rug tutorial has to be done first.

 

Here is a picture of the few fabrics I have left, let me know if you see any combo's...

 

I don't know where I got the Betty Boop Bingo fabric from...????

Did I tell you that mug rugs are perfect fabric stash busters??

 

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BTW did you notice that I have 2 blogs so that it is easier for people to follow:

 

Blog on Wordpress: www.beautifulyeah.wordpress.com

Blogger: www.wwwbeautifulyeahcom.blogspot.com

 

You choose!!! Same posts on each blog so don't worry about missing out :)

 

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So this was pretty much my day today...besides the regular errands/wife duties :)

See you soon again and thank you for visiting.

 

 

I finished the CAL for the Christmas Lights and much more...

Okay, here we go....

 

TAATAAAAAA...I finished our CAL today and it's hanging from my covered front porch/entrance.

Simple, easy and fast crochet project to whip up in a few days. Don't forget it is PERFECT to use up those small amounts of yarn that we all have laying around somewhere...

FREE Pattern by Jean Herman

 

 

My friend Tina finished hers too and send me a picture to share. Thank you Tina for sharing!!!

I love hers too, such a rewarding instant Christmas feeling these lights...

 

 

We picked up our first white (flocked?) Christmas tree ever and we love it!!!

BEFORE:

 

 AFTER:

 

 

 

Now I am in the "Christmas" mood :)

 

 

And like I asked in my previous blog post that I was looking for ideas for my windows for you all? Well I got what I wanted...so many responses and emails with pattern (links).

Finally I decided to make the ones pictured below for the kitchen windows.

Pattern is free from Bernat

I will start them soon and I will keep you updated!

 

LOL

 

 

 

I need your help/ideas for my windows…

Here is my question:

I don't wanna look at my neighbors walls/windows but I want to be able to look outside (not people looking in my house) and don't lose the light coming in, in my kitchen and bathroom windows.

And I don't want it too look like "grandma's" kitchen...you know what I mean something modern, airy in white or color...HELP!!!

 

So I am looking for crochet ideas/patterns to make that happen...

 

btw my kitchen is all white with butcher block counter tops.

 

let me know what your ideas are (please link patterns too).

 

Thank you!!!

Kitchen windows

Bathroom window:

Almost done with my Christmas Lights CAL...

Today I have planned, in between errands and wife duties (laundry, cleaning etc), to make the "cable" for the Holiday Lights from Jean Herman's free pattern that you can find on Ravelry and hang them by the entrance of our front door under the covered porch :)

 

It's so great to see that a lot of you joined this CAL and I am looking forward seeing more pictures showing up in our Ravelry group.

 

And we have to start looking into our next January 2012 CAL/KAL.

 

Before I forgot someone asked me if I would consider doing a SAL (Sew Along) too...

I think that's a great idea so some of you can take a little break in between our CAL/KAL/SAL.

 

I made an adjustment to the pattern by crocheting the connectors on the lights instead of making them seperately and sewing them on later. I just dislike hand sewing...LOL

 

12 lights with connectors:

 

 

 

 

Yesterday I met my knitting/crochet group at Starbucks for our weekly get-together to have this time a secret Santa game. And yes, they stole my presents twice but I got to steal back and ended up with a little Christmas sock (see pic below).

Below is a picture of all the Christmas ornaments that were made for the Secret Santa game: 

 

 

 My Secret Santa Christmas Sock ornament:

 

So this was it for today...I will be diving into finding new patterns for our projects so we can start voting :)

Still I hope I am not boring you all with my blog...

 

Again a beautiful day in my life...

This is the view from my window where I write on my computer the blog posts almost every day. It's in the guest bedroom where all my fiber is stashed in boxes too. Little cramped since I still have to organize it from the move. I know it's been a month but still I like to "live" too and enjoy my life here :)

The beach is only 3 blocks to the left and about a 5-10min walk. We have a doggy beach here too and our puppy Snuggles loves to race next to the boardwalk in the sand to the puppy beach.

 

 

 

Here is the little sand monster (Dr. Snuggles) in his doggy sweater (it's only 55F degrees today), watching the birds at the beach

 

See in the sand NOT on the boardwalk cos you don't get dirty (sandy) on there...LOL

 Here we are on the way back from the doggy beach...

the pace is much slower cos he's getting really tired...little "strikes" every so now and then or as we call it "flat tires" :)

 The locals are playing beach Volleyball so the puppy had to watch for a few minutes :)

 Another beautiful view on our daily beach walk...

Here is a picture of the few homemade blueberry muffins left of this morning...wow they go FAST!! I don't think they will last till tomorrow...hahaha

 

 And a little puppy fight with my mummy on the guest bed...puppy life is soooo COOL!!

 

 This picture I took last night after he walked his last round in the rain. Asked to be put on the bed and dug himself a cozy warm spot under his blanky, while I was reading my book (Nora Roberts - The Search)...

 

So this was a little story about my day, now I have to get cozy and work on our CAL (Christmas Lights string)

I have so far 10 light bulbs ready and I want to do a few more before I start on the connectors and the "cable"

They look so pretty...what do you think we should do at our next KAL/CAL for January?