More grannymania

Good mornin' everyone!

It's a fine day here in Southern Cali today. We woke up to some much needed rain and I'm loving it!! That means that we will get a bit of cool weather afterwards which means that I can actually wear some of my hand made woolens. I love winter!!! 

I've been working on a few things lately which I will share over the next few weeks. 

This blanket was requested by my dear daughter in law Crystal. She asked if I could please make her an all white granny throw, and that's how it started out, but then I got really bored with just the white and decided to add just one color, I like this aqua-ish Tiffany green-ish color. Don't you?

Do you think she'll notice?    :)

Have a great day everyone !!!

:: Granny Blanket, Finally Done!!! ::

Good evening friends!!!

Way back in November I posted about a granny blanket that I was working on.  Well, with special orders, family activities, and the holidays, the poor little grannies got totally neglected. It was not until, about two weeks ago, when looking into finishing past projects, that I came across a shopping bag with neatly tied bundles of grannies, each marked with a row number, (wish I'd taken a picture).

So, I tackled the job of sewing together all those colorful little squares.

This was back in November

Well, I forgot how patient one has to be to make a granny blanket. Not only putting the squares together, but weaving in alllllll those little yarn ends.  :-/  
It's a lot of work but it pays off. Don't you think?

The blanket of many colors

I love the pink and yellow  :)

Pink is good

I am very happy with this one, and since it was so much work, maybe I'll keep her. We'll see.   :)

Well, this is all for today, I'm working on a few other things, I'll share these later.

Ciao for now!!! XOXO
  

Cristmas Grannymania ::

Good afternoon everyone!!!
Here we go again  another lazy Sunday here at Mimiloves. I was suppose to do some baking, but the hooky got the best of me, so I've done nothing but crochet, most of the day, well, I did make some delicious chicken soup, and I did manage to get out of my p.j's. at about noon. That my dears is rare for me since I'm usually dressed and ready to go by 9:00 am regardless of wheather I have to go anywhere or not.  I guess that goes with the life style of an "empty nester".  :0)

In my last post I mentioned something about a granny something or other on my hook.
Well, you know that book I recently purchased? Granny Square Love? Looking for something christmasy to make I found the cutest stocking in my granny book. It is really simple to make, and it crochets up very qiuckly in a bulky yarn. So I couldn't resist. And since my grandson Oliver needed a new stocking, well, you all know the rest.
If I didn't have so many gifts to turn out by the 24th, I would make one for everyone I know!!!

I have a few small things going all at once, but I'll share those later on this week.

My Oli, he looks tired, but still very happy with his new Xmas stocking.

I wish I'd taken better pictures, but I finished the stocking just before Oliver"s daddy picked him up, and they where in a big hurry of course. But, you get the picture.

This is it for today
For now, have a great week. And don't forget during this busy holiday season to stop and be thankful for every blessing.   
Ciao for now!!!!

:: These Grannies Don't Get Old ::

A quick sneak peek at what I've been up to lately.

This will of course become a blanket, the question is, how big?????? And who will be the lucky recipient. ;-)

I'm loving my grannies!!!!!!

Have a marvelous day everyone.

:: Grannymania Voila!!!! ::

Hello there my dear friends!!!

After more or less a week of fighting off a terrible cold, flu, type thing I am back on my feet.
What I don't get is that not more than a month ago I was sick as heck. Hmmm.

Well, even though I was a total zombie (meds)  for a few days, I did somehow manage to finish my granny project.
It really isn't a big deal, but it was one of those projects that just kept running away from me. I either had other things to do, or I had to stop and get sick, once or twice.  :(

These little cardies were made for great nephew and niece twins Marcus and Octavia.
They are now about 7 months old, and oh so cute!!!  The cardies are size 6 to 12 months so I know they will fit for a while. And I really enjoyed making and embellishing the little beanies. I especially like the over sized flower, so girlie!!!




Granny cardigans

The girl version for baby Octavia



The boy version for baby marcus



I especially like the girls hat.

I decided not to match up the buttons, Idon't particularly  like the  "mitchy matchy"  look.
The pattern for the sweater came from a little booklet I purchased at my local craft store, and the beanie pattern came from, 'Baby Crochet" by Lois Daykin.

I am still on my granny mania thing, so let's see what new things I will come up with.

bye for now and have a great weekend.   :)

:: Grannymania update ::

Hello my dears,

A quick hello, and an even quicker update on my latest "grannymania" project.

I've been a bit busy doing other things, you know, those things in life that absolutely must get done, :( so I haven't done much crocheting lately.
But, I have managed to catch up on my grannies.
Hopefully this weekend I'll be able to put them all together. I can't wait to finally finish and show y'all what I've been up to.

Ciao for now!!! Have a great weekend, and G~d bless.

P.S please forgive the bad pic, no time for the whole camera PC thing. This is an iPhone post. :-/

:: More Grannymania ::

Good afternoon everyone!!!!

So this is my idea of getting out of my blogging slump.
My grannies!!!!

Now you may think that these are just boring little gray and white grannies, but wait till I'm done, oh the things you can make by just putting together a few of these humble, and sometimes taken for granted little squares, the sky's the limit!!!!!!

I'm working as quickly as I can because I can't wait to see the end result. There is one more color but I'll save that for later.

Bye for now my dears!!!

Enjoy October, I can't wait for fall weather!!!!!

:: An after thought ::

I thought I would share a solo photo of the granny baby bonnets, I made these in sizes newborn and 6 to 12 months.
The link for this pattern is in about.com.
Although I did tweak the pattern a bit to make them my own, but you can barely tell the difference.
I think that if you add another round to the grannies the next size up would be an 18 to 24 month size.

Just an after thought.

:) Until next time, keep those hooks going, and a song in your heart. (:

~ Grannymania ~

Hello darlins!!!!

I hope that everyone is having an excellent day so far.

Lately I have been on a bit of a crochet rut, I know that I have project deadlines, but I can't seem to get anything done quickly enough. :-/

So yesterday I gave myself a pep talk, and pushed myself to pick up the hook. Well, it's all about the grannies. They have a funny way of picking me up and putting me in my crafty crochet place.
It doesn't hurt that this soft pink yarn feels so good to the touch.
Yummmmmm. :0)

Four little squares, that's all it takes, just four little grannies.......

Have a fantastic rest of your day!!!!!

Pink and Green Cuddles

'Morning my darlins!!!

I just had to post the latest on the Pink and Green granny blanket.

It was a hit!!! Baby Ireland loved it. Even though this little one has a thing for shawls, she took to this blanket rather well.  I have crocheted two shawls for my daughter and  any time Ireland gets a hold of one she wants to be wrapped and cuddled, and it doesn't matter if it is 95 degrees outside, she can't help herself.

So here are a few pictures of my beautiful granddaughter with her blankie;

Lovely baby Ireland and her blankie.

she posed like a true model!!  I had a hard time choosing which photos to post, they are all so darn cute!!! 

And finally, baby and mama, My beautiful daughter and Ireland, her youngest.  :0)


Bye for now, have a great rest of your day, and an awesome weekend!!!!