Hello

Hi!

My name is Bailey and I was looking for a way to share things I am interested in, that maybe family or friends might not be so much.  I am an avid Crochet and Knit Junky.  If I could do both all day everyday my life would be happy and complete.  ^_^  Thoughts on how this Blog may go is me showing off items I'm working on, sharing tips and tricks I've learned or figured out myself, and probably sharing patterns I've come up with.  

I am also a mother of 3 wonderful children, 2 older boys and my baby girl.  As well as married to the greatest Hubby a girl could ever dream of.  And between diaper changes, playing Referee, making dinner and all the fun things that go with being a mother and wife, I make orders for people.  I.E. Someone asks if I can make them something, I quote them a price, get an idea of what they want and make it.  Mostly little things like hats and scarves at the moment.  Until I get money for more yarn and then I was thinking of making bigger things and selling them on Ebay or something.  

I have been crocheting since I was about 7 years old or so, watching my Grandmother everyday.  She seemed so calm and happy as she was stitching along.  I remember asking her one day why she did it everyday and she said it was to help with the arthritis in her hands.  But the blankets she made are divine.  I thought, "I want to be able to make stuff like she does, something so beautiful that can be cherished forever that I made with my own 2 hands."  Now at age 25 (26 in May) I have made hundreds of objects, done thousands (maybe millions) of stitches and have something beautiful to show for my life, even if it doesn't add up to much more than this.

I then started to dabble in Knitting in 9th grade with a knitting book I found at a the free book table at the Library one day.  I did it for a bit and reverted back to crocheting thinking it was easier and faster.  But a few years ago I decided to pick up another pair of needles and that is mostly what I do now a days.  Just recently learning why my items didn't look perfect and even, like those in the pictures.  But I am glad I do know now for my knitting has gotten faster thanks to the little revelation.  

I did something that had been on my bucket list for sometime and knitted myself a sweater with the use of a pattern and my only little twist (literally). Though this picture doesn't do it justice, I will add another later.

This started out as me getting mad because with my long hair up none of the hoods on any sweaters I owned would cover my head how I wanted them to, So I started with the hood first and found the pattern for the sweater later.  **Edit: The pattern for this Duster is no longer available I think.  I hope that I saved a copy that I will add if I did.  Sorry for the inconvenience, and Thank You for your patience!** 

And now I am going to start working on a sweater dress, with a pattern I found but again with my own additions and what-not ( http://www.allfreeknitting.com/Knitted-Sweaters/Grace-Kelly-Sweater-from-Bernat/ct/1#iteDJE6G4D6vB0Og.99 )

I had this gorgeous one in high school that was black and grey but I only got to wear a few times and it vanished :(  So off to add another item to my closet, made by my own hands ^_^.  Have a wonderful day.