New Recipes and Ripping Out Mistakes...

I have been trying some new recipes lately. I get tired of the same old thing. I was watching a You Tube video about "forgotten meals of the 70's"..  This one is Hamburger Potato Casserole. I don't remember what recipe I used. It might have been in the video. It was good. I don't remember if I actually used this recipe, this was in my favorites bar. (I went back and looked..) Old Fashioned Oven-Baked Beef and Potatoes.  Okay, I went back and found the video. The directions how to make it are not in the video (Beef and Potato Casserole is at approximately the 35:50 mark.)  Don't ask me why I watch random YouTube videos like that. Lol

Then I made this last week. It smelled amazing and it tasted good, too. (Even though it looked nothing like the picture in the recipe.) That one I do have the recipe for.

Recipe

I had been working on my Evening Shawl... And I noticed I did something really wrong... I don't know where my brain was. So I ripped it out. Then I was looking at it and noticed I did the same thing another few rows back. So I ripped it out even more. I was so irritated, and I didn't want to roll all the yarn back up (I did this morning, though).  Ughhh...  It was in my memories the other day, a navy blue one I did. And I was looking at the picture and I noticed I did the same mistake in that one! (Second picture, if you look you can see it...) But I didn't realize it until it was all done. (I still have that shawl, and I was wearing it the morning I decided to start this one...)

I bought a few new towels for the basement bathroom. We don't use it. But, if any of our kids ever come to visit us and stay here. We'll have towels for them to use at least. I want to get more stuff but it's a start. The shower curtain is (about the same color) blue and off white stripes. And I was thinking about doing a nautical/sea them...  And (of course!!) I was thinking I wonder if I have any yarn that color.... What could I even crochet for it... Duh.... Q-tip holder! I have crocheted at least three of these by now (well, four now since I finished this one, too). I realized I never posted the pattern for this.

It's in this book. Although it's not really a book.... But guess what? It's also a free pattern online. Free Crochet Spa Container. You're supposed to use a D hook and cotton yarn. But I used an F hook and acrylic. I don't care.    My husband is working on the toilet in that bathroom right now. He thought the wax ring seal was broken. But, he took the toilet off the floor. There isn't even a seal on the toilet at all. And the flange is broken.  I cleaned that bathroom for four hours one day. (I will spare you the drama and details...) But, it still smells down there. Hopefully after today it will be better down there. Ever since we moved here it's been one thing after another.

WIPs

This is the Easter Egg Pot Holder I've been working on. I actually have almost all the pieces done. I just have to do the cotton batting and assemble them.... I don't know if I'm going to do the batting. It's not even done yet, but I started another project. (Sigh....)

I don't know WHY I started a shawl. Well, I kind of do. I was unpacking some bags yesterday. In one of the bags were sheets/pillowcases and all my shawls. I put one on because I was cold. Then I started looking on my blog to see what pattern that was....   Then I said "Oh yeah I still haven't made myself a purple one!" The very first one of these I started was the absolute best color. I have been wanting a (plum) purple one ever since then.And I remembered the purple yarn I bought for the hexagon sweater I started.. (Which I need to buy another color to start working on again...)  I really like the purple one I made for my sister in law (which I should have just kept for myself--- oh well hind sight is 20/20)...  I like this purple better, anyway it's my favorite color. I cannot find the Evening Shawl pattern online anymore.  My printed copy doesn't have a URL on it either. 👀  Those are all my W(orks)I(n)P(rogress)s for now....  

Just wanted to add that I crocheted a bunch of shawls when we lived in Tennessee- what's up with that?

New Stray Cat and New Project

First off, what am I, the Cat Whisperer? We haven't even been here in the new house for three weeks, yet. And a cat appears. I don't know if it's a stray, actually. Or someone's cat. I am not going to feed it! LoL

I was trying to get it's attention, tapping on the window... It reminds me of Bagheera. Bagheera was the best cat. 

I was looking for Easter themed crochet patterns this morning. There are so many cute ones. But I wanted to make a cute one you can actually use. Easter Egg Pot Holder. It says it's easy. I wanted to make sure I had enough yarn this time, before I started it. (The runner pattern did not have a yarn amount, technically... Even though I should have known..)  ~Anyway~ I still need to find my "I" hook to start it.

My hip and lower back is not hurting as bad today. (Knock on wood.) It's supposed to get super windy and snow today. 😭  For some reason yesterday I thought it was Friday. But today is Friday. 👀

My Runner Is Finished

I found two more skeins of the cotton in my yarn bins. I forgot about another drawer I started putting all my cotton yarn into and I said "I'll just look". I'm glad I did. Because Walmart did not have any Lily Sugar and Cream yarn. I did not feel like driving all over trying to find any. Traffic is insane and really irritating here.  Anyway. I use four skeins of Lily Sugar and Cream, "Ecru." I vaguely remember buying a bunch of it last summer because I was going to crochet a strawberry bucket hat. (That didn't happen..) 

Here's a close up of the pattern. I think it looks nice. It's the Easiest Crochet Table Runner Pattern.

I don't know why but my bones have been hurting. My collarbone was hurting for two days. Now my hip is hurting and I can barely walk. I don't know if it's from stress, unpacking, cleaning... Or the weather. We had massive hail yesterday.

This is how big of hail.. It had been 62, and blue skies and sunny out an hour and a half before it started to hail. What are we in Colorado? And it's supposed to be windy and then snow tomorrow. Ughhhhh..

A New Runner

I started a new runner today. I had been looking for one I could "customize" to the size I wanted. I needed 13 x 45 inches. And I didn't want anything four different colors, or anything fancy. I just wanted a basic one. I kind of liked this one. I found it on Pinterest. It's called the Easiest Crochet Table Runner. And it is. I just had to redo the first two rows about five or six times to get the right number. It says a multiple of 2 +1. I chained 50 and it measures exactly 13 inches across.

I wanted it to cover up the marks on this old hutch. I got the hutch free on Facebook Marketplace a few years ago, because we did not have enough cupboard space in our old house. My husband said he could paint it and refinish it. But..... It still isn't refinished. So...  Crochet to the rescue. 

I was thinking, I should just decorate for Easter while I'm unpacking. 🐇 I want to get some Easter tapered candles. If they make such a thing.

More Bitty Bunny Bags

All the Bitty Bunny Bags I've done so far. For Alice. I just need one more little toy, maybe a hot wheel...  I also have little popper keychains in each one. I got them at the Dollar (twenty five plus) store, though. A package of 6 for $1.25. They're all ducks, eggs, rabbits... And I got the Easter pencils there, too. I don't know how many grandkids, or great grandkids she has. I don't remember how many kids she has, either. I've been sending her things since our youngest was three. So... 20 years I've been sending her stuff... Wow. I just realized that. 😐I joined the Yahoo Group for Pine Ridge in January of 2006.  I feel like I should put more things in each bag. I don't know what I could do though. (Without going broke-r, LoL). If I get little chapsticks at the dollar store, that's still over $5. I still have to have money to mail the box, too. Since I'm not on Ravelry any more and not in the Pine Ridge groups, I don't have anywhere to post what I send... So I thought I would blog about it. 🙄 I kind of miss that about Ravelry.  I'm going to go crochet something now. (I started another hexagon cardigan for myself, I don't know if I posted about that.) I cleaned all day yesterday. 

~That's all for now~

You'll Never Believe What I Just Found...

My crochet hook I lost last year. Unbelievable. I wasn't looking for it (of course, I was trying to find something else...) And we are in the middle of unpacking after moving. How crazy. But a good crazy. It has to be a good sign.  I feel like I should crochet something with it now. 😝

Happy Valentine's Day

My husband brought me home flowers and a card. I was so busy all day, I feel bad I didn't get him anything. I thought about it. But... 😞   They are my favorite color purple, too.