On my way back from the Drs who have more hours, I stopped at Joann's Fabrics

Don't worry about "bad" habits. Sometimes, doing things the "wrong" way works the best. Charlie Daniels springs to mind; he holds the fiddle and bow "wrong," but he is a great fiddle player. The doll hats sound cute. The kids should love them. I haven't done as much crafting as I'd like, and I definitely haven't done anything recently despite collecting the materials to do so. I just have a couple things I need to go pick up, but I keep getting distracted by pesky things. *Sigh*

Oooh, how much was it? I may look into getting it we have a Jo Ann's here as well, and they may have it. I do wish I could pick up crocheting again. I would love to make granny squares. In any case, my story is of a crochet kit. My grandmother bought me a crochet kit years and years ago and I picked it up a few years ago and started making stuff with it. It had several things. A tobagan, a bag, and one other thing. I made the bag. Well the bag was made alright, I messed up on a few stitches and by that I mean did one more row of single crochet then I should have, or one more row of Double crochet, but it came out cute nonetheless.

I love to crochet. It is a quick past time and many times for me a great stress reliever as well. I personally find the more times I crochet something the better I seem to get. I many times find myself not using a patter. Sometimes it turns out while other times it does not. I have been known to sell my items online like in Etsy.com and Facebook as well as various shows etc around here. I also find the stuff I make to be nice gifts as well.

I have a cricut and watched the dvd on how to use the machine and I am glad I did...it gave me insite to all I was missing on my machine!

Hey you guys...make sure you go to Joann's craft store web site...joanne.com or soemthing like t hat...and join their newsletter and you will get 40%/50% off regular priced items coupons and often a 25% off total purchase. Ask at your store, but at mine...they will take as many coupons as you have on the same transaction...as long as the scan/UPC codes are different on each coupon. Also, they take Michaels Craft store coupons too...join there and get theirs. I have a stack of 5 right now that I intend to use next Thursday when I go. I use them on regular priced fabric as I quilt...kind of neat to be able to get $10 a yard fabric, for $5! I usually buy 2 yards of whatever I choose...just to make sure I have enough for when I figure out what to use it on. I also stock up with the coupons on things like replacement cutter blades, notions etc. These coupons are good on all craft mediums. I have not learned any new crafts...back in the day I did SO MANY crafts...all the time and now I am just not that much into crafting anymore so at the moment I am just quilting, I might start Scrapbooking again in the future, but for now...I am fine with quilting.

Sad to say i have not tried any crafts lately as i have been burying my nose on some books...maybe i will try some on the weekend.. it would be nice to make some etsy stuff and again and share it..

Hmmmmm. I cannot remember worth a darn to tell you about my errors. I do better with written instructions than with videos and I borrowed an awesome book about crochet from the Library. I liked it so well that I bought a copy. If I was not so lazy I would run upstairs and find the title. I got it on Amazon. To make the round lay flat you have to increase in every round, I know that. Or you can make a flat circle and then keep the same size and end up with a crocheted Koozy for a water bottle. I make heart shaped dishcloths that I give as gifts and I have some other neat ideas to implement as well. If I just would stay off the computer. The things I want to learn are broomstick lace and hair pin lace. Those are both types of crochet. I have downloaded instructions. I even have instructions for making reusable swiffer bonnets for your mops. I think those would be awesome, if I liked using swiffers.