voila!

Antarctica

I have always been a very literal thinker. I am very much a "think INside the box" person. I can't help it. I try, I really do! Oh well... since emboidery isn't my forte, I decided to use crochet in my expression of Antarctica for A Collaboration. In doing so, I adapted a square from 200 Crochet Blocks by Jan Eaton (it's a neat book; check it out!).

So, hopefully these pictures are pretty self-explanatory, but just in case, the little popcorn stitch bumps are icebergs and the blue trim is the water. I TOLD you I was a literal thinker!

I actually really like how it turned out. This was my first usage of the popcorn stitch, and it was easy and fun, and I love the effect.

why?

Why is it that I see the Summer 08 issue of Interweave Crochet EVERYWHERE on the net but I can't get it til June 24th? I'm seeing lots of fun patterns that I can't look at in detail because I CAN'T BUY IT YET!! Argh.

J and I started making bibs today. Actually, she started. She's the sewer and I'm the embellisher. Which reminds me, I need to do some of that tonight...

I also abandoned my Tunisian attempt at A Collaboration. It was driving me nuts because Tunisian crochet curls really badly and I hate blocking. So, I found another idea! No peekies this time. :)

in the beginning...

... there was yarn, an afghan hook, and Tunisian crochet. This is my contribution to a collaboration. What will come next?

musings on a collaboration

I am loving what I see happening with futuregirl and ruby-crowned kinglette in their "A Collaboration". I'm so excited, I want to join in too! I'm not going to embroider on a linen square, though... I have wondrous ideas! The word I'm going to begin with is 'Antarctica'. I know they started with 'entangled', but I've already seen what they've done and I'm biased. I want to come up with my own idea. Stay tuned!

long time gone

It's been way too long since my last post. Since then, I've finished the school year, cleaned out my classroom, been to four days of training, babysat, cleaned (a little bit of) my house, driven to Denver once, refilled my gas tank innumerable times, and not once been to the gym, even though I should have been at least six times by now.

On the upside, my friend has come up with a genius idea to make bibs and sell them... we'll make scads of money and never have to work again! :)

woo hoo!

one more day of school! one more day of school! one more day of school!

scary

Our school was on tornado lockdown in shelter mode for almost an hour yesterday. Let me just say that my kids did SO WELL during this time. They had to sit on their knees facing the wall for such a long time. I finally took pity on them and let them sit criss cross applesauce (many of them were sitting this way anyway). They did get to read books but could not talk or make noise. Torture for kindergartners! Our principal did come by and say that the Kinders and first graders were the quietest kids in the school, though... yay us!

It is so scary to think of how close those tornadoes were to us and especially to Hubby... he was about two miles away from the biggest one. But did he seek shelter? Did the office tell everyone to get under their desks? NO!! They just kept working and carrying on as if nothing was wrong. Morons.

In other news, THREE MORE DAYS OF SCHOOL LEFT!!

let the world rejoice!

Or at least let me rejoice! FOUR MORE DAYS OF SCHOOL!

dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb

I was so dumb today... There were two boys playing on my street and when I pulled near them I was so concerned with not hitting them that I drove right past my house! I felt really stupid when I had to make a U-turn and go back to my driveway. OY.

On a brighter note, THERE ARE ONLY 6 MORE DAYS OF SCHOOL LEFT! YAHOOOO! I am so excited about summer.

new necklace

I posted this over at C-ville to get some feedback from fellow crocheters. I made this for my mom for Mother's Day... hubby hates it but I didn't think it was too bad for my rookie go at crocheting with wire.