Nice to have live models for my new hats!

My darling daughters came with their families to spend Christmas with us, and were kind enough to model my new hats. The beanie with the flowers I call the "Chloe" hat,and I'm making a spiral scarf to go with it, and will post that soon.

Peace from my place to yours

I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and to thank you for the kind e-mails and the orders. It is SO much fun to create for you and you have made this year very special to me. I've enjoyed seeing all of your blogs and the love you have for your families comes through in every picture. Here's to a great New Year for all of us!

The City Hat

Here's a new hat for you! The city hat is sleeker and a bit more sophisticated than the newsboy cap. The top is flat and the brim band is made of crocheted pull tabs, for a bit of bling. I can see it in navy or rose, or maybe deep brown. $25

Yummy Yarn.....................

Yesterday I went up to a craft fair at the old school house. This school was built in the early 1910's. It is red and just darling, and I'm sure that in it's day, most of the students came to school on horseback. Where I live was just a tiny spot in the road, where farmers were the only residents. The school was a one room school house for all grades. Anyway, I found a wonderful booth of dazzling yarn, from the Brown Sheep Co. I've seen this yarn on the net, but never seen it in person. Oh the colors! Very vivid and cheerful! I made some quick little squares just to play with color and had a most enjoyable evening. Just think, even tho I'm out in the middle of nowhere, I have a new yarn source now, just a couple of miles up the road. It pays to get out and meet your neighbors!

Queen Anne's Lace scarves

These scarves are so warm. What a difference it makes to have a scarf around your neck to stop the cold wind from going down the front of your jacket!!! I can make tham in any color or length. Email me for prices: ladunn@q.com

The Making of a scarf....

Ever wonder how the scarves I make get finished off? Well here's one that I made out of beautiful Noro yarn in the Queen Anne's Lace pattern. After crocheting it, I pin it to the ironing board and spritz it with warm water. Then let it dry, so when I take it off, all if the lacy points will stay nice and pointy! I've made jillions of these scarves and will never tire of this beautiful pattern

More Cutie Pies......

These are the warmers I'm really starting to turn out. They are more simple than my first ones, but a lot cuter I think. I love the flowers on them and I'm having such fun with bright color combinations! The first pair that looks like cobalt blue has almost a purple cast to it. The sap green and orange flowers really pop.

The orange pair were a gift to one of my daughter's sweet friends. The turquoise ones are my personal favorites. Yummy, yummy, yummy!