Getting close now

Well, with another year creeping up on us..... quickly, I can't help but think just how quickly time is getting away from us. It seems like yesterday that I was playing with my barbies at my friends house, graduating high school, having my children, you know all of lifes first and seconds. I don't feel 40 in my mind I know that I am. Time seems to be getting faster and faster every day. I turned around to find that my children are half grown. I remembe when they were small and how I would half wish they would get older so they could do this or that by themselves then the other half wanted them to stay small forever. When they were babies I would pray to God please let them stay small for a little while longer but it was not to be. They have to grow up. My eldest will be 16 this coming year and driving is in the future, gosh that scares the pants off me. He makes me nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs as is but driving I don't know that I'm going to make it thru it. 16... geez where did the time get off to??? It wont be long that they will be in college, getting married and having me some grandbabies and yes in that order. I can see me know sitting in my rocking chair with 10 cats around me (with clean litter boxes no if ands or buts)knitting or crocheting away with my grandbabies around me. Believe me when I say that will be me. I can wait for all that I still want to be young right now, not youngER just still young.
I wish everyone a very Happy New Year everyone stay safe and out of trouble for the new year. Happy Crocheting/Knitting!!!

The Mississippi Hooker
www.stitchandprayer.com

Whew!!! We made it!!

Whew I made it!! I got all my projects completed and everyone loved the afghans and ponchos that I crocheted. I gave my niece a basket full of yarn and a case full of all the hooks, plus a book on teaching children to crochet. I can't be with her enough to actually teach her and she begs me to teach her but they won't let me have her over so I gave her the stuff and when she has questions when she is at my moms I will help her out. It's a long story about her but her mother is trash and her grandparents have joint custody and the mother doesn't want me to be around her because she is afraid that I will take her back to court for custody for what Brooke tells me and I will if ever I find bruises on her or her sister. Ok another subject before it gets my blood pressure up. I have also learned to knit and have knitted my first pair of wrist warmers I used a half a skein of Lamb's Pride bulky wool in Victorian Rose. I actually made these for my friend at work. When we are in court it is soooooo cold in the court room that we can harldy type in the orders from the judge so I made her a pair to keep her warm in there.





I'm pretty proud of myself seeing that this was my first. I thought I needed to know how to knit as well as crochet because when I open my yarn shop.
I received some pretty good and special gifts this year. My husband bought me a 1/2 caret diamond ring and I got a great photo printer. I have never gotten a ring before so that was something special. I hope that everone has had a wonderfull Christmas and a very happy and safe New Year!!!.

Carol
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To Felt or Not to Felt

I made an adorable hat last night and started working on a scarf. Tonight, if I get out of court at a decent time (which at this point it is not looking good) I plan on felting it then on Thursday I hope to dye it. I don't think I can get both done in one night especially if I have to work late. I'm sure we have several trials today and they are going to move slow so its probably going to be a long one. I know as soon as its done and it turns out the way I think it will my daughter is going to confiscate it from me. I'm going to dye it with Kool-Aid color/flavor black cherry. I have seen it used before and it turns out beautiful. I may just have to hide it because I know she is going to get it. I might even use it as another Christmas gift for my sister in law. I don't know if she would like it or not but maybe she would.

I am just about finished with all my Christmas crochet and I think I will make me something. All the stuff I have made I have never made myself a thing. I want to make me a big afghan for me to curl up in while I'm hooking or reading. I had made myself a hat but my daughter once again confiscated it. She is always getting my stuff. I let her I can always make myself another one.

I'm adding a picture of my oldest boy to this post. I rarely have a picture to show of him and I'm rather proud of this football picture so I want to share. He is a goodlooking boy and I am proud of him.

Horn Lake Christmas Parade

Our city had their Christmas Parade last night and me, 2 of my kids, and my niece rode on the City Hall Float. We about froze our butts off!!! We were on that thing for about 3 hours sitting in hay with Santa Clause over our heads. He was throwing candy to all the kids which was hitting us in the head. My kids and my niece wore the scarves I made for them and they looked so cute.



Today I took a couple of pictures of My daughter and her friend wearing the scarves that I made for them and the first hat I had ever made.

Fingers are numb

My fingers are numb, thats if there is actually fingers still there....oh yea I see them!! I have crocheted till I can't feel them any more and still want to do more. I made all the kids a scarf including my niece and a couple of kids that go to my daughters school. My kids and my niece are going to be on the float for the City this year in the Christmas Parade. They want them to wear pj's and sit in front of a fake fireplace with an "old" lady reading "Twas the Night Before Christmas". Its going to be cold so I made the scarves. I don't know how to do mittens or socks yet. I'm going to try my best to take a picture of all of them on the float wearing their scarves, I just think they are to cute.
I still have 2 more scraves to go and I hope to get them done this week because I have some yarn in my stash I want to make something out of this next week. I really don't think I can finish any more big projects before Christmas because I have so much else going on. But maybe I can try.

The Mississippi Hooker