Right now I am...

     Right now I am enjoying my Tardis blend tea. 

     This is the side table next to where I sit on my sofa. My crochet, embroidery, and nail polish tend to sit on this for way to long. It never seems to ever stay tidy. But I love being so crafty. 

     Right now I love crocheting. 

     I have started another shawl to put into my Etsy store. This yarn is Paton's Firefly. I love the frosty snowflake vibe I am getting from this yarn!

     I love, love, love my shawl. 

     My lovely malbrigo/jade sapphire shawl is on pause while I await a secon skein of the malbrigo yarn. In this picture you can see where I've added the second yarn to the shawl. I kinda wish I had started off the shawl this way, but not enough to frog the whole thing and start over. I know I will still love the finished project. 

     I am loving the morning sun shining into my house. 

     It is just starting to feel cooler and I can just start to smell fall in the air. I love fall. Pumpkins, pies, hot ciders, and fires in my fireplace. I can't wait. 

     I am lovig living in the country. 

     Often you can see deer munching on the grass in my front yard. One of the babies growing up is a piebald deer. It's so pretty. Hopefully I will be able to get a good picture of it soon. 

     So, what are you loving right now?

   Ttfn

        Jenn

And one more year makes Sixteen...good grief, I'm getting old!!!

     So, it seems that I'm great at blogging Wed-Fri, and pants at blogging the other days of the week. I'll see if I can't get into more of a more daily routine. :-)

     This past Saturday, two of my Diva friends, my younger son and I went out to Penzeys spice store, lunch, and then to Buford's Farmers Market.  I love, love, love this store! 

    Food. I love food! And any store that has food from around the world, is a star store for me!!

     Strange colored bell peppers! According to Sheri, these have been grown too close to eggplants and that's what causes the neat color. I have no idea if it affects the taste. 

     So many different kinds and flavored of olive oils and other cooking oils!!

     These are different types of eggplants!! They looked so colorful and tiny! 

     Tuesday was Shae's birthday. (My younger son.)  He has turned sixteen. 

   16!! 

   Sixteen. 

     Cripes. I feel old when I think of that. He is studying the drivers ed book so that he can take his learners test and get a learners drivers license. And that makes me feel even older! I think I need some coffee, now. 

     His dad had sent his gifts, so I wrapped them up when I wrapped the one we had gotten him.  

     The Nightmare Before Christmas is kinda big in my house. At least it is with Shae and I. :-)

     I make a cookie-brownie creation for his "cake". We decided that his piece kinda looked like Oggie Boogie. It was also decided that Oggie Boogie Christmas Brownie-Cookies will become a thing this coming holidays. And I can't wait! I love fall!! It can not come soon enough!

     And here is Shae, trying to decide just which game to play first. LOL he is such a stinking ham! I love this kid! Even when he is being a substantial pain in the butt!!  Teenagers. 

     Will we ever really understand what each generation is going through? I'm in my 40's. Can you just imagine going to school with the technology that our kids are using? The phones? The tablets? 

Well, I'm still working on my two shawls. They are coming along so well. I love the feel of these yarns!

     This is the Noro yarn. It's so thick and scrunchy!!

     This is the Malbrigo yarn. It's so fine and soft and fluffy!

     And this? This is my newest garb project. I need a supportive under garment that will give me comfortable support, and not give me too modern a silhouette.  For this, I've gathered up some scrap patterning fabric, and an old bra to use for a somewhat guide. This will be a fly-be-the-seat-of-my-pants sewing exercise!

    Stay tuned for the, um, fun! LOL

   Ttfn

         Jenn

A pink afghan Ta-Da!! Well, kinda....

     Happy Friday!! The weekend is almost here! Yay!  I am looking forward to heading out to the Buford Farmers Market tomorrow with  couple of friends. This market is full of yummy, yummy international foods! Mmmm. My tummy is excited just thinking about it! 

    Okay, so about the everlasting Pink Afghan?! Well, I have done it! I've used up all of my lovely pink lushish yarn on the afghan!  There however seems to be a problem with it.

     It's so not big enough!! LOL. Right now it's just slightly larger than a lap blanket. I'm hoping to make it a bedspread to go on my camping cot, or just to wrap up in whenever I feel like it. Which shall be often. It's so, so, so soft!! 

     But it looks like I will need so much more yarn!

     I am hoping to get more of this pink, and a grey, or lilac color to keep adding to it's size. If I can not get more of the Cestari yarn, then I'll have to see if my lys has any ideas on what yarn would work.

     The information about the yarn can be found here: http://cestariltd.fatcow.com/store/yarn_cotton_wool_silk_blend.html

     This yarn, I can not tell you enough how soft and Squishy this yarn is!! So, so, so soft!

     I love this edging, even though it will not stay an edging. This is how I did the technique earlier in the afghan. The next row will be a *ch 3 (or 4) and sc into center of shell, and repeat from *. 

         My lace shawl is coming along swimmingly! And I had decided that the heavier shawl needed to be done with a much larger hook. So last night I ripped that little puppy out and restarted it! It is now bigger than what I had undone! Thicker yarns sure do work up so much faster than the lace weight yarns! LOL of course, I'm also using the K hook; that just might have a bit of something to do with the speed of the hooking. :-)  

   What projects do you have on huge hook, or needles?

     Ttfn

          Jenn

Taking the dive...

     Oh My Gosh!

     

     I've gone and done it now!

     If you notice, on the left of the screen, there is listed a heading called Pages...? Yes, you see it? We'll see the one that says Once in A Crocheted Moon? Yes? Well, that one is my Etsy Zibbet store!

    Yep, I took the plunge and have put some of my creations on to the store!

      This scarf is there. My son, Shae had a hoot being my model!

     This sweater is also there.

     And this seriously warm, scrummy hat with coordinating flower broach is also there. I plan on making more of these flowers soon. :-)

      I do have some other items there. Some purses that I have sewn. Other crocheted items. Not a whole lot yet. And maybe never a whole lot of stuff, but I love to make, and I always seem to keep giving away what I make, and I never seem to have the money I would like in order to buy more yarn, or fabric. So, after years of my mother telling me to do it, I finally did.

     So, if you would like a fancy, here is the link:

 https://www.etsy.com/shop/OnceinaCrochetMoon?ref=hdr_shop_menu

https://www.zibbet.com/onceinacrochetedmoon

     Or, you can always click on the link listed under my Pages.

     Do you have dreams of having a store? Or do you already? Share if you do!

   Ttfn

        Jenn

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EDIT

     I have changed from Etsy to Zibbet!!!  Come over to my new store and take a look at the same listings I had at the other site. LOL

I did not like that Etsy was allowing mass produced items that were copies of other hand made items of other Esty sellers. So, I have jumped ship and joined Zibbet!!

An "International" weekend!

    Well, it's been a whole week since my last post. I have so, so, so much I want to write about that's going on.
    So, I'll start with the big stuff!

    The Hubby and I were busy this past Sat. First we had to go pick up a new-to-us freezer. I was so happy! Now I can buy more meats and veggies in bulk and keep me in the lovely stand up freezer and we can save more money on he food budget. Woot!
    Well, that is if we can get it home in one piece. I was a nervous wreck with it on the back of our almost flat bed trailer!
    See!!

     What had me more nervous was how my hubby was going to get it into the house with one teen at home, when it took three guys to get it on the trailer in te first place! Not to mention that we had to drive up hill on a bumpy gravel road! 

    Well, the freezer stayed in place! And my husband seems to be related to the hulk! Just with out the anger management issues. LOL Because not only was he able to get it off the trailer, up four stairs, and all the way across the house, but he was also able to get it to fit in the funny built corner! Yay!

    We now have plenty of food storage space. Oh, the brand of freezer? 

    An International!  :-)

     Oh, but we weren't done yet. Nope. Now we, with Shae, the one teen at home this weekend, were off to see the 1974 Airstream International that we are being gifted! I am so, so, so, so, so beyond myself with this!!! 

    I have always wanted an Airstream!! 

    And, now we are getting one! 

    Woot!!

     See?!

    Like a crazy lady, I didn't think to get a full picture of it. 

    It needs quite a bit of tlc, since it has had parts of a dead pine tree fall on to it. 

     First order of business will be to replace the tires and tow it home.  Then will come all the fun! I of course have started not just one, but two pinterest boards about this! 

    The Husband and I are talking about creating a joint blog to detail the transformation. I'll keep posting updates here too. (Since I know y'all will be just hanging onto the edges of your seats waiting for more pictures.)

    ;-)

Oh, and since it is Wednesday, I do have my WIP to show off!

     The lace All Shawl is coming along fantastically! I love this yarn! 

    The yarn is Malabrigo Baby Silkpaca, in color way Abrio! 

    It is so soft, and ... Scrummy!

     Oh, the cup? 

     It was a brilliant idea that I came up with. It holds the ball of yarn, and if I had thought of it sooner, the yarn would be coming out of the hole in the lid. 

    I am so taken with my idea, that I foresee many of my yarn loving friends getting travel cups with yarn for the big holiday that comes in December! (I am *not* naming this holiday because I have not had Halloween yet!) ;-)

        So, tell me, how was your weekend?

   Ttfn

         Jenn