Favorite Things Swap & My Crochet

I joined the Favorite things swap that Connie was hosting.  My partner Laurie does not have a blog so I wanted to show you the package I sent her.  

I sent her some shell buttons, a market bag I crocheted, a vintage bureau scarf, a piece of fabric with travel themes, and some Patons Bamboo and silk yarn.

I received an amazing package from Laurie.  I forgot to take a picture before I ripped into it.  Each item was wrapped in a beautiful pink rosebud paper.  Look at all these wonderful goodies she sent me.  I feel absolutely spoiled!!!

As much as I love other crafts my favorite by far is crochet.  I have started on another bag.  I made this with some leftover yarn.  It is a practice bag because I wasn't sure how it would come out but I am happy with it so far.  It is done in single crochet so it's quick and easy.  I am planning to line it and add some handles.

This is the bottom of the bag.  It came out great and I will be adding something sturdy to the bottom before I line it.

My sister in law is having a baby and I decided I would try to make my first baby sweater.  This pattern was very old and some of the directions were not easy to understand but I muddled through it and the end product is not too bad.  I was quite happy with it for the first sweater I have crocheted.  Somehow the first time I crocheted the sleeves they were huge and I had to redo them but otherwise it came out great.

Crochet is my favorite hobby and I love to try new patterns.  Next, I hope to try a tunic for me that I saw in a book recently.  Wish me luck.

The ac has been fixed.  It is another very hot day here and we are thankful it works.  It will be a better night to sleep with it on.  The man who came was very nice and he checked the fuses first, that's what I thought might be wrong, and that was it.  The total bill was $170 which was not bad.  I was so thankful.  Then that night our monitor decided to stop working.  It wouldn't do anything.  I had no idea what was wrong and hubby was not home.  The next day he worked on it and it came to life.  Thank you God for such a handy hubby.