Hump Day Hookerry ---Crocheting Something Unique

I am feeling quite unhappy over my hookerry this week  ..Crocheting has kind of been non existent this week we've had a big change come to our little apartment that has occupied much of my time ....The crochet cable blanket has hit a little hump I finished square 2 of pattern 2 last week and found the finished square to be the exact size needed ....the first square I finished I held the tension to tight and the square turned out to small I will have to redo the first square so unless I can squeeze some extra time out of somewhere I will be a week behind on my cable blanket...

I have started making 'Unique Hookerry" these and it will surprise everyone on what there for ...I just hope that my vision in my head "there is no pattern" will become a reality if not.... I will have a lot of little green hearts lying around

There is still the crochet surprise project on my hook I have not worked on it at all though ..hoping to find time for some hooky ..if only I wasn't so wiped out

Tuesday Thinkers

“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face….You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

Monday Recipes -Homemade Granola

Granola is so easy to make and homemade is so much better than store bought ...My favorite thing about homemade is you can make it with the things you love and omit the pick out items of a store bought box you don't like ...I love a bowl of vanilla Greek yogurt with granola on top of course its great plain too and very versatile you can make it simple or complex the three main ingredients for mine is oats, honey, and olive oil
There are so many recipes out there and varieties google homemade granola recipes add a little this and a little that and fall in love with it too
I chose Barefoot Contessa "Ina Garten" she has quite a few different recipes to give y'all some ideas of what you could make http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/roasted-hazelnut-granola-recipe/index.html

The Granola above in the picture is

Almond Granola

2 cups of rolled oats
1 cup of broken up almonds
1/3 cup olive oil ---I use olive oil because I feel its healthier you can use regular veg oil to Ive also used coconut oil which is really good
1/2 cup honey
1 teaspoon vanilla extract ---I would of used 1/4 teaspoon of almond extract if I had some in the pantry

Throw everything in a bowl toss all ingredients till evenly distributed than put on a baking sheet with parchment paper in a even layer bake at 300 degrees about 15 min stir every now and then you want to make sure it doesn't burn around the edges just cook till golden brown

Yellow Makes It Pop Friday Foto

I admire, I love, Pure Joy Came To ME .....
Something YELLOW

Blog searching brings such unexpected things....
the original post with this picture came from these blogs
http://chocolatepompoms.wordpress.com/2012/03/28/crochet/
http://crochetlatte.com  

My Yellow

Black Eyed Susan

Not Sure if this was a Black-eyed Susan it was growing wild in the back of our lot, in the woods, I dug it up and incorporated the flower into my perennial flower bed now its taking over ..but that's the love of it

the house hasn't sold yet so I'm hoping to go back in March to see all the spring blooming I so miss my garden

Daisy's just scream spring don't they??

the YELLOW and WHITE are one of my favorite color combos

these are another flower that spreads like fire but I cant bare to split

Happy Valentine's Day

Hump Day Hookerry -Crochet Cable Two

Crochet Cables

The first "Crochet Cable Two Square Pattern" is complete the weather has been horrible for taking pictures, but I'll share a better one with y'all on a better day...I am positive that blocking 20 squares is in my near future

Five Strand Braided Scarf

The Five Strand Braided Scarf (This was a start, I plan on making a thicker, wider one using chunkier yarn later, that one I will try to take pics of the progress and make a tutorial)

I used size I hook

First you make 5 crochet strips

Each one Chain 220 (or desired length)

turn 2nd chain from hook start your hdc

make 2 rows of hdc's ---- all the way down turn all the way back

and bind off

you don't have to bind off  the last strip you make you can start the hdc strip to connect all strips together

 connect all five together with hdc across the tops (which would be the ends) make sure all the strips are lying flat--- not on top of each other

braid all 5 strands together "loosely"   and keep the strands flat well braiding it looks tricky and the strands get tangled but once you get used to it, it will go rather quickly than lay flat the other ends and connect with hdc just like the top... don't bind off...  turn the two ends of the braids to meet each other "make sure it's not twisted" and stitch together with a needle and yarn or chain stitch together with hook and bind off  weave in any ends and wah- lah you have a cool scarf

**watch a video on how to braid 5 strands http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZbERIxwP7Y or you can look at this tutorial http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2011/06/repurposing-tshirts-into-5-strand-braided-headbands.html  don't worry about it if you don't like these ..do a google search and find a tutorial you like there is a million out there on how to braid 5 strands

Bones and Tuesday Thinkers

 Son, my oldest of my bunch has obsessively watched BONES for years now. Last Christmas I bought him seasons 4,5,and 6 on blue ray we have done a lot of BONES watching in this house since, besides Son putting in a disc of BONES every chance he gets, we found that one of the channels plays reruns of BONES on weekends, then there's always Mondays, we all stay up late and watch the next episode of BONES as you can see we have all developed a fondness for this show...

Last night's episode...had me thinking

Never Part Without Loving Words.

They Might Be Your Last.

In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, Ephesian 4:26