Just hangin' out...

This is pretty much what we've been doing all weekend....

Granny Square Madness!

Here are two more pictures of yarn that I have received from the Granny Square materials swap on Swap-bot.

From Sandra in Portugal...

... and Karrie (aka Girl on the Rocks)


And here is a granny square creation that I made with this wild acrylic rainbow yarn that I couldn't not buy! (It's a cat mat for Andrew and Tony - I sprinkled a little catnip on it and they slept on it most of the weekend!)

Norwegian goodies!

Thanks Nina in Norway for the Granny Square Materials (and more!) from the Swap-bot swap!

Sweathogs and more!

My grandmother is awesome! We went in to visit the family this weekend for Mothers' Day. Before we had arrived, Grammie called my mom and asked her to tell me to stop by because she had some knitting needles and buttons for me! So, yesterday morning we stopped by to visit.

Grammie hooked me up with a bunch of knitting needles and crochet hooks that were hers and her mothers.
She also let me pick through some of her vintage buttons.


There was also a new knitting book full of great quick projects!


And some great art books that Pop Pop found.

I really appreciate all of this great stuff from Grammie and Pop Pop, but there is one more thing that Grammie gave me that is now one of my most treasured possessions.

As we were looking for more buttons in her bedroom, Grammie told me that some day she'll have to really go through things and see who wants what. Well, I had been admiring one of the 'decorations' on her dresser. It was in amongst old pictures and other odd things that have been there since I was little. I told her that I definitely wanted this 'decoration' and she told me that I could have it! I don't know why my 81 year old grandmother had this on her dresser. When I asked where it came from, she said somebody gave it to her! So, here he is...

and another picture just for scale...


Jealous?

The lion is finished!!!

The crocheted lion is finished!!! Woo-whoo! I finished him tonight and then we visited our new friend Cash (who is 5 days old today) and gave the lion to him! The lion is bigger than Cash is right now!

Goddess swap

Here's what I received from another swap-bot swap. The theme of this one was to celebrate the goddess you are!

It has been a fabulous weekend!

I have not had time to crochet (or create anything for that matter) this weekend, but it has been an incredible weekend!

Thursday afternoon I got to see our friend Karla who had been in Ireland since the end of December. Thursday night we saw the Indigo Girls. Late that night our friend Merissa gave birth to a sweet little boy that I got to meet on Friday!!!! Friday night was spent hanging out downtown with all kinds of friends including Cori who came in from NYC! Saturday was more time spent with friends - eating Thai food, a little bit of custard at Rita's, shopping, eating some chickpea curry, and playing a little Cranium! What a day! And then today, we had a little hot dog picnic, a really good nap, and then a visit at Jamie's. What an awesome weekend! And obviously I'm about blimp size from all of the eating!