Basic Towel Ring

Just a quick pop in to the land-o-blogs.

I -- literally -- just finished the "Basic Towel Ring" pattern and I love it.  It's simple, clean design would look good in any kitchen (given that it is done in the right colour(s), and now that I have tested the pattern out I plan on making more for winter holiday presents/stocking stuffers, etc.  Later I will post a picture of my tester.

It's been a busy year! Haha~

Holy zombie jeebus, I have not posted in a really long time for either real life stuff or my crochet and knit!  Shame on me I suppose~
When will I ever learn to be a steady blogger?  The world may never know.

The speedy update since my past post is that I am now married to my long time guy  (woohoo!), we have adopted a new kitten (feisty, teething snuggler of awesome), one of my best friends recently had an adoreable baby girl and another one of friends is soon to have a boy.  The husbeast and I finally upgraded to "smart phones" and now we are addicts like the rest of the people in the world with smart phones.

For part of this week we are in Sunriver, OR, (my husband is attending an ODAA seminar and conference while I get to roam around and play).  It is gorgeous up here if you like high desert, mountains, clear skies, museums, golfing, horse back riding, bicycling, inner tubing and shopping (during the summer).  Come winter, I would say it's a safe bet that there are a lot of skiers out here.  I am hoping that we can come out here again sometime soon, or spend our next vacation.  It has been really nice to go somewhere with sun  (this "summer" has been very cloudy, wet and late in arriving where we live), and I am pretty sure that I would be happy just laying around on the balcony or floating in the water for a few more days.  Sadly, we leave on Friday though  (which is the start of the local music festival here).

When it comes to crafting, geeze I have been busy!  Here is the list of things that I have finished:

• 16 amigurui turtles (wedding reception table decor)
• 7 purses for the wedding
• Matron of Honor Purse
• Brides Maid Purse (friend)
• Brides Maid Purse (sister-in-law)
• Mother of the Bride Purse
• Mother of the Groom Purse
• Bridal Purse (used - and apparently I never took a picture of it specifically. lol Apologies!)
• Bridal Purse (unused)
• 2 coffee sleeves
• Feather Scarf
• Iris the Gourmet Monster
• Learn to Knit Cuff
• Head Band with Vintage Crocheted Flower (no picture)
• Bear Ears for Newborn Hat (made for my friends' new baby)
• Harvest Hands (made for my mother)
• Crochet Lace Fingerless Mitts (made for sister in-law)
• Yoga Mat Bag (no picture)
• Pineapple Scarf (made for sister in-law)
• Honeycomb Lattice Cowl (made for my mother)
• 20 Coffee Sleeves (made for my husbands office as a generic winter holiday present)
• One-Skein Scarf (from Stitch 'n' Bitch Happy Hooker - made for one of my aunts)
• Victorian/Steampunk Ruffled Spats
• Easy Adjustable Slippers (I do not think that the pattern was well written at all).
• Crochet Spring Scarf
• Cabled Mitts (crocheted - the is the project where I really learned that using dark yarns for things that involve important design elements such as texture or cables, is not a good idea. lol)
• Fit to be Tied (no picture)
• Perfect Purse (no picture - made for my mother)
• Airport Scarves - Romantic Hippie

Granny Square Market Bag - Completed

I am still not in love with this pattern, so much so that it's a "I barely tolerate it's existence and it's glad that I cannot see where I sewed in the ends otherwise I would have three balls of yarn back to use for something better."

The bag functions just fine.  Aesthetically it's a mess unless it's in use because of how the pattern is structured in making the bottom and side panels.  I was going to put a flower on the bag, but that just didn't look good on the bag for some reason. =^O.o^=  Over all, I love the front and back panels, but I hate the bottom and sides.  The pattern would be much better served if the sides and bottom were done in three separate pieces and attached rather than one large piece of floppy doom.

Materials used:  Lily Sugar'n'Cream cotton - Key Lime Pie (3 skeins), US H hook

Generic picture

Close Up of Front/Back Panel

What the bag looks like when not in use.... 

Max's Shadow Cap

My friend on Ravelry (Melbav) sent me this pattern. :3  I am really happy with how the hat turned out, but I will do some tweaks to the brim and make it smoother and rounder than how it came out this time, the next time I make it. xD

Beau thinks I should make one that is green and yellow to show my UO pride. =^>.>^=;;  That might look a little odd, but that's OK!

Currently, I do not know what to make next.  Since I started taking belly dancing classes off of FitTV, I really want to make one of the following, but I don't have a color of yarn (or enough of it) right now to make a set.
Josephine Halter
Josephine Scarf
Josephine Gauntlets
Although, I could always just make the belt!  (Huge image, apologies!) Josephine Belt