Monday recap

I've been away longer than I would have liked, it's so irritating how life gets in the way of my hobbies. ;) I've had ONE entirely free day in the past two weeks and I'm sure you can guess how I spent it... crocheting of course! I ended up having to do dull housework on the side, but managed to get quite a bit done anyway.

In my last post I mentioned redecorating my parent's home when we go to dogsit in January... I found this spectacular fabric (someone had made curtains with it) at the flea market. It's such a pretty pink! I think I might try to incorporate it somehow into the living room decor, just haven't figured out how yet. Here is a picture of it draped over our couch.

In person, it's a lot more pink, I really hate the yellow lighting of our apartment as well as the fact that our camera SUCKS. I'm hoping that we'll get a better camera for a wedding present. Or cash to buy one...

Well, back to my lovely Monday; the day started out gray and cold....

But ended up becoming SUNNY! It felt like I hadn't seen the sun in weeks, I felt so energized and happy! 

I spent the morning making my sister a pear, her favorite fruit. I really liked how it turned out, making several of these and displaying them in a bowl would be quite cute. Too bad I only have enough time to make one!

 The pattern for this can be found on this blog: Amigurumi Girl

I love making the snowflakes, pattern found on Attic 24. I am sure I've probably already linked that, but it's just so fun to make. I tried it in a blue for my sister. I hope I can make a few more of these before my mom leaves on Wednesday to stay with her. Fortunately these are simple and fast, so I just might be able to pull it off.

I also made my lovely nephew an owl! I've seen so many owl things lately and have been wanting to make one. I originally planned on making him a dinosaur but with time being short and so many other little gifts to crochet, I decided against it. The pattern for the owl can be found here: Curiouser and Curiouser blog. My wings ended up getting sewed on a bit wonky. Oh well. I don't think he'll notice. Lol! I didn't have safety eyes so I "embroidered" some black circles. I say "embroider" because I have NO IDEA how to do anything related to embroidery. Oh well, I don't think he'll notice that either. It just adds character! =) I also didn't have felt to make the nose, so I made up how to crochet a small triangle. Something to do with dc and a triple chain. I don't remember how I did it, but it wasn't the most perfect triangle either.

Here is the owl waiting for his round body...

And here he is all done!

I've been so in love with the blog Attic 24, I'm sure before long I'll have used all her patterns. They are such beautiful and cute things! Right now I am working on the springtime wreath she has posted, really brilliant idea. I am making a Christmas one and a flower one. You can find the pattern HERE
Here is my progress with them:

Here is the Christmas one. I am going to make some poinsettia for it once I find a good pattern for them.

Here is the base for the flower one. I love the blues and greens! The third round is going to be made with that darker skein in the picture. I think I'll add some purple flowers to it and send it to my godmother in the states. I never ended up making her another purple scarf. Maybe next year...

All that's left for Christmas gifts that are going with my mom to America is the snake for my newest nephew and some more snowflakes. I still need to assemble the cat, shark and mushroom. I really dislike the finishing stage of projects. I hate the sewing bit because it never quite turns out all that great. Of course, practice makes perfect... but it's just a bit of a bummer when everything gets sewed on wrong or completely crooked and then it's back to the beginning.

Thanksgiving was yesterday back home and it's always a bit sad to miss out on such big family holidays. However, my fiance and parents are set on keeping up tradition so we are celebrating on Saturday when I get out of work. We aren't making turkey because it's so expensive and I think it always tastes a bit funky. So I'm making some tasty oven-roasted chicken breast, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole and cornbread apple stuffing. For dessert we're having pumpkin pie! It's a bit of a challenge to bake and cook for my dad now, since he has a special gluten-free diet. Hence the cornbread stuffing. I had to make the pie crust with gluten-free flour (aka wheat starch). It'll be interesting to see how it turns out, I haven't made a pie crust yet with it. Here is a picture of my pie before and after meeting the oven. Can't wait to eat it!

Here is my cornbread cubed and waiting for it's turn to be stuffing. =)

Well, that is my post for today. I hope I can make it back before too long. I really enjoy sharing what I've been up to. Thanks for reading, have a happy weekend!