a fun day, first day of parenting class

Today was so much fun. I've got that happy and tired feeling. Feet are aching but my soul is satisfied. This morning I went to our very first mommy and me class. It was so neat. I just love it. How much fun to see your child having fun with other kids. Then this afternoon, a couple friends came over and we had a nice time together. One of them is a new Mary Kay "Independent Beauty Consultant" and so we did her very first Mary Kay party, just the 3 of us. That was different. I'm not used to fussing with my appearance with other people watching. We laughed a lot though so it was cool. I didn't buy anything although perhaps I should have. Instead I just let my friend get all the cool free stuff because she was the hostess.

Now I get to relax and crochet. I'm trying to finish a large, queen-sized afghan that I have been working on forever. It's taking more time than I thought.

I was able to stop at Michaels craft store today and purchase a set of Susan Bates crochet hooks. I decided that I just had to have them because I'm so tired of my Boye hooks snagging the yarn as I'm working stitches. I was having a big problem when working with pompadour yarn for some baby items. I also picked up a few skeins of RH Supersaver to put a fancy edging on my queen-sized afghan. And I also could not resist buying a set of heart-shaped cookie cutters. I want to make some cookies as gifts this Valentine's Day. Corny but sweet. I want to find a spicy gingerbread recipe or something unusual. Although I have a Williams Sonoma recipe for Raspberry Linzer Hearts which are really amazing looking cookies. Perhaps I will make them.

New Year, No Hooks!

New Year's Eve and New Year's Day were spent visiting my family. It was great! What a lovely time we had. But I made a terrible mistake when I left to go home: I forgot my crafting bag which has all my crochet hooks and most of my knitting needles in it!!! What a ghastly thing to do. Because I now find myself in the new year, all jittery from lack of crocheting and knitting. Yesterday, I found myself wandering from room to room, mindlessly looking for something to work on. I found a Tunisian crochet hook and some old Red Heart Supersaver yarn in a garish teal color. So now I am doing a simple afghan stitch panel. I was not sure what I was making. It was just a big swatch of plain afghan stitch. But then I had a moment of inspiration. I remembered that you can cross-stitch on tunisian afghan stitch! So now I am going to find some goofy cross-stitch charts, such as for mushrooms and squirrels or something weird like that. Then I'll decorate the fabric. And I guess then I have to decide whether I am brave enough to send it to my friend who is having a baby. I was thinking I might tell her that it's a changing pad for when you want to change your baby when visiting someone (and you don't want your baby to pee on their sofa, or whatever surface you are laying the babe on.)



So much fun. I love making stuff!!! So this is my new blog for recording my zany ideas. I am calling it humble threads because I usually work with inexpensive yarn and make simple stuff.