Simple yet satisfying.

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Ah-ha. I have a pattern to post, yet because the google servers and unhappy right now I can't put up the pictures yet. The pattern is very simple and I will happily repost it when I can do so with pictures.
Moms short stole pattern.
Measures approximately 2' x 4.5' when finished.
First, grab 3 or 4 skeins of worsted weight yarn (I used a fun fuzzy acrylic variegated I was given recently) and your favorite J (6.0mm) hook.
Chain 77 fairly loosely, then chain 3 more (total of 80 chains)
Row 1... dc in the 4th chain from the hook. Do a total of 77 dc into the chain, chain 3 and turn.
Row 2... dc across (total of 77 dc) ch 3 and turn.
Row 3...One dc in top loop of the first stitch, ch 1 skip 1 and dc in the top loop of next stitch. (creating and open space) continue to ch 1 skip 1 and dc in top loop across. ch 3 and turn.
Row 4 through 9, repeat row 3
Row 10, 11 repeat row1.
Repeat these rows until you have 7 (or more) sections of open work and end in 2 rows of solid dc.
With 3 skeins I got seven sections easily. If you want more sections I suggest figuring on 3 sections per skein. No, I didn't do a gauge swatch...Sorry

Alive and Spinning.

So, for those that are interested... Small one is doing much better. Back to normal breathing and not running scary temperatures anymore. There is a long story about a local child that actually passed away from complications of the same thing she had but I haven't wrapped my head around it fully yet.
On to the fiber related stuff. I am actually learning how to spin on a drop spindle and learning how to prepare fleece in both woolen and worsted methods. I have a wonderful teacher that I will ask if I can put her info up soon. She has been spinning for much of her life and teaching for about 30 years. I am so glad to have found her... Yet another good thing to have come from the county fair.
Since my brain was not allowing me to finish anything without major frustration and frogging I haven't made anything to sell this month. I hope to remedy that this week and put up stitch markers at least. I make markers for both knit and crochet and occasionally even use them myself.

This would be the first thing I made from the wonderful book that hunny ordered me for V-day. Mr. Funky's Super Crochet Wonderful. Small one has informed me that I need to make them all.

This has been in the "unfinished" drawer for months. I started him using a "basic amigurumi" pattern I found on Ravelry and improved the arms and legs. He also has Dreadlocks because I couldn't help myself.

Ha, a swatch! Attempting to get the working of lace in my brain so I can design a stole for Grace to knit... (= I am happy with how the pieces fit together and I will likely make a few more swatches before the pattern comes together for me. I used P&C cotton for this and finished the top edge with an i-cord bind off... My teacher thinks I could add beads and turn it into a necklace... What do y'all think?

And finally, this... It is a head warmer. Not a hat, just the ribbing for one. I went up 4 needle sizes and did some funky lace work at the top to create the fluffy bits. Felted it and viola. An anemone on my head. Small one stole it and it looks a whole lot better on her than me. This just means I have to make another one for me using my new Harmony needles from Knit-Picks. I got the circular and DPN's in size 10 because I didn't have DPN's in that size and I really wanted to have a fixed circular of that size. I have an old Boye set of interchangeable points that work for most things but the threads are starting to get loose so I have to keep an eye out to make sure they don't come off while I am working.
I an also hoping to someday try to manage the magic loop for socks because I think that if I could do it that way there might be a PAIR in my future.
On to the rest of the day with coffee.
And again, Thanks so much to those that have been with me through the last couple of weeks. You will likely never know how much it helped knowing there were people across the country that cared enough to look in on me. <3 to you all.

Stuff and trubble.

A mixed bag of posting bits.
First, Reading material. Spider Robinson is an awesome writer. I started and finished Time Pressure today. I have read anything I could get my hands on by him and somehow had missed this one. Definately worth the reading.
Second, Crafty stuff was put on short hiatus due to a leak that occurred between the bathroom wall and the craft room/Hunny's hidey hole. Some things were rescued, others were not. I should not have collected so much paper stuff without proper storage (tupperware).
Third, I now have camera capability and will be posting pictures to both this and to my ravelry account... Mystarfalling... In conjunction I will be looking for people to help me test a pattern for knit fingerless mitts. Anyone reading this is welcome to comment and get me more motivated to type it up.
Thank you and that will be all for the time being.

Ahem.

That thing came today. The one that I can't take full advantage of due to my inability to post pictures....I can't exactly list all of my projects and stash and needle/hooks without pictures now can I... Thats right all, Ravelry. I be the Mommastormy forever and ever without end. No, not a link but my excitement. And now I have some other lovely news. Went to the Doctor today. Explained the litany of owies. So I probably do not have bursitis in my hip, knee and ankle... I did however have to go get dosed with x-rays. 3 shots of my ankle and 5 of my neck. I may have to begin physical therapy and many other lovely things. I was also offered anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication along with optional mood "stabilizers" to give me some help with the ADD/HD symptoms that I have been medicating with coffee and Mt. Dew for years. Another subject... My poor Puter. It has been replaced and I will have to spend some serious time replacing and transferring information that is vital to my mental health. Music... Pictures... More music. (=
As always, I look forward to reading the trials and tribulations of my friends the craft world. Wishing you the muse and the time to craft.