Waiting for Snow and Another Hat

Now I'm hoping this has all been blown out of proportion but if you listen to some people you'd think we're expecting the storm of the century. References to the storm of 93, very full Walmart parking lots, and having the coats ready put aside in the end we're just waiting for snow.

The kids and hubby are very excited about the potential for a good amount of snow to be here soon but I'm just going with the flow. It's also interesting how yesterday it was predicted that 4-5 inches....then 2-3...then 1-2 oh and it will be here later than expected supposedly so at this point who knows. We're just....waiting.

I did actually venture to the store today because we needed some groceries not in the snowstorm preparation sense really at all and though slightly busy it didn't seem that anyone is in too much of a state of panic. The only thing they were low on was eggs (not really the best survival food to stock in my opinion).

Luckily, in the case of ice, hubby's schedule does not include a Monday class anyway so I'm not as worried as I would be about that. It will be really nice though if we do get snow if hubby and I get to play with the kids in the snow and maybe make a mini-snowman or something. Maybe we'll put out a pan or bowl tonight and make snow cream tomorrow (if we have enough accumulation).

Anyway not too much more to report other than the impending snowfall lol. But I am ready in one sense in that I have a new crochet hat which I finally got pictures of. It's the easiest pattern I've done yet actually with a very nice result. If you're thinking about starting crochet I would definitely recommend this pattern as a starting point.

Also notes on the pattern for me it's pretty perfect size though a little loose. For hubby it's too short so if making for a man I'd increase the width to 35 or 40 stitches and if I make another for me I'd stop before the recommended 18inches width.

A Matching Hat for C and joining Ravelry

Another step in my crochet career working with sizing. C wanted a hat like E's but purple so I had to adjust the pattern to work it out. Finished it last night. Turned out pretty well and now she's planning her next mommy commission lol.

I love that I can use this blog to write down memories, traditions, and thoughts as well as share the projects I create and craft. I hope that years from now this blog will be a source of information for my children on their childhood and help them see how certain traditions were developed and acccomplished, as well as give them another glimpse of their mother and what I did when they were little and how I grew as they did often. Even my little crochet ventures like this for them to look back on and compare to what I'm creating 20 years from now should be fun.

I will continue to post a lot of these projects here I'm sure but I've also joined ravelry.com to extend keeping track of my crochet (and soon knitting)endeavors. I'm babybaker on there so if yall join or already have accounts, feel free to add me if you want!

Another Day, Another Hat

Playing with another crochet pattern, and making it 2 colors, and giving it a 'star flower'
I'm pretty happy how it turned out and it went really quickly. Now trying to work on a version for C (working with sizing)

Here's E modeling her newest hat.


E needed a hat to match her shoes and this was the result.

Another Hat

Forgot to add this yesterday but I made another hat. A lot simpler (though smaller) stitch than the hat I made for E but adult size so it took a lot longer. It's just a simple cap but it fits and is warm so I'm happy about it. I used this pattern(a great one for beginners but it does take more time to finish in case anyone's curious about starting to crochet) and I didn't want it to fold up at the brim so stopped a little early but you can continue if you want.

Please overlook the tired Mommy model (took this pic right before bed lol)