Another New Hat! Basket Weave Design - A Lot of Fun!

It is a little difficult to see this pattern with the variegated yarn. I am working on one with a solid color so the pattern will be easier to see.

Great New Easy Cable Hat!

This is a very easy cable to learn. It is a little tricky, but after the first cable you are sure to have conquered it. Amy & Jenn? Are you ready?

I used Red Heart Super Saver for this one and it took about 2 hours to create, but I was writing instructions at the same time.

New Ribbed Hat!

This is another hat that I finished a few weeks ago. The instructions are almost complete and ready for my favorite testers!

My First Original Hat Pattern!

This is my daughter Amy showing off the hat she made from my very first pattern. My niece Jennifer has also test the pattern for me. I will be selling my patterns for a reasonable price when I have finished setting up my web site.

Thanks to Amy and Jenn, I have the best testers out there!

Where has the time gone?

OK, OK, I haven't posted much. The good news is that I have been working on some new hat patterns - Allison Originals! My daughter, Amy, and my niece, Jenn, have been obliging testers. Thanks! I received some great suggestions and I am incorporating them into the instructions. I will post pictures tomorrow and I hope to have the patterns up for sale on my web site soon.
More tomorrow..............

Holidays are over!

OK - managed to finish all of my gifts just in the nick of time! Had a wonderful holiday with all of my family, friends, and extended family. Now I am going to attempt to create -or shall we say recreate- a pattern that I designed for a quick beanie type cap. The problem is that I gave my creation away as a gift! :) Oh well, off to recreate it while it is still fresh in my mind!

Crochet by Candlelight

Oh my goodness! Never in my life have I ever seen such devastation. We forget how powerful Mother Nature really can be. The Blizzard of 78 was nothing compared to this. We lost our power late Thursday; managed to buy a generator (we were so lucky!) and had power and heat by late on Saturday. We are fortunate as our power came back early this morning (Sunday). My husband is out using the generator to help warm up others - have generator, will travel. We have a big family so he is very busy. I have food cooking for anyone who stops in to get warm. Not much else to do while the power, telephone, and cable companies work non-stop to get power restored to everyone.

My daughter and her family had to go to NH and stay with her Dad for a few days. The little one is only 5lbs and could not have withstood a house with no heat.

OK - so now to the title of this post. Guess what? All I could do was crochet during the power outage. It was tough when nightfall came, but I gathered those candles around me and managed. I complete 4 beanie type caps and will post the exact pics later, but they are similar to the one in this post. The pattern is from www.headhuggers.org. I made several of these for my mother-in-law when she was going through chemo. They are great - they really do hug your head and they are very quick to whip up. Be sure to whip some up to donate!