Finally Some FO's!!

This is my sons' dishcloth. I think it turned out really nice. He said I could have it, after all... :) I don't think I will use it for dishes, though. Since I pouted so much when he said he wasn't making it for me. ;) I'll have to find a pretty knick knack to put on it in a special place. :D

And, Heeeeere's Dora! (As Tampa Doll says...) ;p This tote bag with Dora was totally inspired by Tampa Doll's Dora afghan. She helped me with the graph, and has been my cheerleader and encouraging me along the way. :) I don't know if I would have taken on graph crochet if I hadn't seen how cute the afghans turned out. Now, I had some moments while I was making this.... Mostly because my yarn would get all tangled up and I had four or five skeins going at one time during this project. I would just put it down when I started getting frustrated. The other thing was I wasn't so sure it was going to look that good. But now that it is finished and all sewn together, I am really happy I stuck with it. I hope my niece will like it as much as I do.

And the finished Big Sister side. I still have to line it. Which will be sewing.... Ugh... But. I have decided I'm not even going to attempt to mail it until after the holidays are over. The post office is insane. So it isn't a big rush to finish. I am so glad I got this finished as fast as I have.

Dora Progress.....

I am getting there.... I think it looks a lot better in the picture than in real life. I hope my niece will like it. I have been working on my table runner, too. For my brother. Dora at home, table runner in car pool. :) Well that's about all for today. Just a quick update. :D

Remember Blossom from Australia?

Here she is having scones with lemon curd and tea. :p She has been doing very well adjusting to life in the United States. Weeeeelll..... Now I can make Blossom some Koala friends!! Cupcake has just put up the pattern at her Etsy store!! Koala Kapers by Cupcake under the Crohetroo banner. Wow if that isn't a tongue twister... I have already ordered mine. I don't know if you had noticed, but I also added Cupcake's button in my sidebar.

Big Sister Tote Bag Progress....

Well this is what I have been able to get done so far. I have just been working on it in scraps of time lately. I have to do it in front of the computer for one thing. We are out of printer ink; and the library only prints in black and white.... I don't mind though. I am actually getting kind of excited with how far I am. I hope it looks good when it is finished.

And here's the front. I posted this one before. So now you know what each side will look like. I will probably have to line it. Well I know I will. The back of the Dora side is a mess. I have two Dora coloring books, crayons, Dora and Princess stickers, and Dora Underoos!! (To put inside the bag.) Our boys love those. The only thing is they are size 2-3T. So I hope they will fit. Has anyone else had problems since Blogger switched over to Beta blogger Google whatever it is..... I have to sign in. Then sign in to the Google.... Why can't you just sign in to the Google and be done with it? Every time I try it says 'invalid password'. I have to try four times. Then, I can't leave a comment on my own blog either! Unless it is after I just posted and am 'signed in'...... It's really getting on my nerves.

My Fourteen Year Old Sons Dishcloths.....

As you can see, he started young in his crocheting career. :p He was under two here. He used to get into my crochet hooks and yarn. So I got him a ball of yarn and a big plastic hook (so he wouldn't poke his eyes out.) He would sit there with his binky in his mouth and try to crochet. :D

This is his latest WIP. I was putting a movie in for the four year old yesterday and noticed a dishcloth rolled up; sitting on top of the entertainment center. I said 'Huh?' and unrolled it to find this. LOL. The reason it is in the dishcloth is because he had started one and asked me 'Is this big enough?' I said 'No. Go get a regular dishcloth out of the drawer and you can measure it that way.' So he was trying to get it the right size. I bought him his own size G hook today so he can have his own. (I need mine for the Dora bag.) ;p And I'll give him his own 'crochet hook holder'- a m&m's mega tube. I asked him if he was making it for me and he said 'No'. :( I said 'Who's it for?' 'I don't know. I just wanted to make it.' He has crocheted dishcloths for his teachers....

For his Great-Grandma....

And it remains to be seen who this latest dishcloth is for.... Stay tuned for more details in future posts.... :p

I Got a Mailbox Full of Snowmen Yesterday! :D

Look at these cute little guys. I don't know if you can see the little one on the back of the envelope, too. This was a total unexpected (but welcome!) surprise. Thank you again, Mimi. :) They are sitting on my dresser next to the snowman I crocheted a while back for the snowman CAL. Now he has a couple little buddies. :p Although when I was putting them by him, our four year old said 'Is that the mumma, and that the baby?' Hee Hee..

Here is part of the Dora graph I have been working on. I have a little more than this done so far. I can't seem to get motivated to finish it. :(

And, finally, some slippers I crocheted for myself. For the Slipper CAL at Crochetville. I finished the second one last night. I've made I don't know how many of these but never any for myself. I don't know if I ever posted about the slippers I made for my husband. He doesn't like them. Well he might like them but they keep falling off. I washed them to see if they would shrink. They aren't wool. Wool-Ease, but not wool.... (They didn't shrink.) So I am going to have to get motivated one day and see if I can crochet some elastic around the edge or something....

Anothe BICO done...

Well, technically, it's been done for a while. I just got some buttons for it and sewed them on today. I made this one in Lion Boucle 'Snowcone'. And Red Heart 'Turqua' for the trim. I don't know if I will make anything else to go with this or not. If I do; it will probably be the same hat I made to go with the pink one I did.

Here's a close-up of the buttons. I thought they were cute for a girl. This picture is closer to the actual colors in the sweater, though not quite...

One Side Is Done...

I went from this ....

To this....

Then last night I finished this side of the 'Big Sister' tote bag. I think it turned out pretty good for my first time doing graph crochet. Now to do the 'Dora' side.... (sigh...) That is going to be hard.

Nothing Much to Blog About....

Well for some reason blogger won't let me post a picture today. No way no how... I was going to post a picture of my progress on the 'Big Sister' tote bag... It is snowing here today. I am going to go see my old dog at her new home this afternoon. I wonder if she will remember us. Last time we saw her, she did. If you like to crochet (or knit) doll clothes, have you ever seen the Close Knit Press patterns? Click on 'Patterns' in the toolbar on top. They have both knit and crochet. I've ordered both. Hope you are all having a nice weekend.

I Got It, Sister!

Hee Hee. I mean, I got 'Sister' done... I love it so far!! It looks like there is a blurb of pink under the big S. Oh, I guess there is in real life, too. From the yarn being carried, I guess.... Well, it isn't 'perfect' so far; but I think it is okay especially for my first time doing graph crochet.

Here is another first for me in crochet... Filet crochet. It is actually so easy. And kind of similar to the graph crochet, in that you follow a chart. But I am kind of stuck on the edge (to the left.) The top was crocheted right along with the graph. But then you have to reattach the thread to do the side, and it doesn't really tell you how to do it. I can't remember exactly; but I think I am off and I don't want to have to rip out all I have done so far! I got so irritated with it that I just put it up. It has been a couple months at least. Since before I joined the tea cozy swap... Any one an expert in filet crochet? I might post a thread in Crochetville to get some help when I start working on it again...

A Baby Blanket for Gavin

I finally finished my nephews' baby afghan this morning. The pattern is in "The Big Book of Crochet"; a book that was gifted to me by a former Secret Pal who goes by the Alias 'Peekaboo'. ;) I like this afghan; I hope they will, too. And, so his big sister (My niece) doesn't get jealous over her baby brother getting all these gifts, I am making her this:

It is going to be a tote bag that says 'I'm a Big Sister'. On the back I am going to do a graph of Dora the Explorer. (She loves Dora.) And put a bunch of stuff inside the bag. Two coloring books, stickers, a pink teddy bear... And if I can find a toy 'kids camera phone' I might put that in there, too. I guess she loves camera phones. (I don't even have one, though, so I'm not sure...) The tote bag pattern is in the December 2006 issue of Crochet World.

I'm An Aunt! (Again) :)

Yay! I wish I knew of some cute baby type picture I could put in here. (Not computer smart like that, though...) Anyway...My newest nephew was born today; about three hours ago! He weighed 8 lbs, 4 oz.; and was 21 1/2 inches long. He has a full head of black hair. Aaaaaw!!! I wish I could see him and hold him. Who knows when I will get to see him, ever. We probably are never going to where they live. And vice versa.... So I will have to rely on pictures... that hopefully my mom will send me. :( I won't get to see him be a newborn, though. I am still excited to be an aunt again and now our boys are not the only boy grandkids on my side of the family.

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow...

Just kidding! I don't really want it to snow at all. This is the closest I want to get to snow. :) This is a snowman I just finished up this morning. I've made about three of these now. So far my four year old hasn't said he wants him. So he might be mine. If he wants him though I'll probably give him to him. I made one for our (now) nine year old. He was about five when I made it for him. I know we still have it somewhere; but I think it might actually still be in storage (in Michigan...) :0 He never really played with it, but now that I made this one, I know it will be *his favorite toy in the world* or something.... :p Well that's my crochet for today. Hope you all are having a nice week.

I Got an RAOK yesterday!

Hmmm... yes, I think it was yesterday. Mary Jo sent me these two pattern books from Tampa Bay Florida! She had asked me what kinds of things I like to crochet so I told her slippers (and I forget if I told her anything else.) But, I am in the slipper CAL at Crochetville so these will be perfect. And, there is knitting patterns in it, too. And she sent me a booklet for legwarmers. I have never made legwarmers. I used to have a pair when I was young. Ha ha... I never thought I would actually make a pair! Thanks so much Mary Jo!

Well remember my last post about the candy canes... I finished this one today. I crocheted it last night; and sewed it up about five minutes ago. I think it is very close to the one in that link. Close enough for me anyway! I think it's so cute. I don't know what I'll do with it now, but... :p Maybe I'll put it with the snowman I am crocheting.

And here it is to my coffee cup; to show you how big it is. (Or little...)

Crocheted Candy Canes

They're so cute! I don't even know where or why I started thinking about a crocheted candy cane. But yesterday I was doing a Google Search to try and find any patterns online. I think I went through the whole internet. There are some, but not many. And none like these. :( I did find a pattern (the most similar) in the 2007 CPAD Calendar. The Dec. 21st pattern. I made it last night. (Just have to sew it up and all...) I still want the ones in that link though. They're so cute. Well now that you all are interested in candy canes, I guess I should post some links huh? ;) This one I have bookmarked, it's the one I liked the most. Kreinek candy cane. Another candy cane and wreath. Buttercup miniatures (scroll down...) Maggie's Crochet has one. I don't know why I am all of a sudden obsessed with candy canes. Maybe I was having a craving... (Although I don't even really like candy canes.) I did see some 'Peppermint Chocolate Bark' (white chocolate) at the Starbucks in Safeway the other day; that looked soooo yummy. Of course I didn't have any money to buy it, so maybe it is making me want it even more. You know how that goes... And, a couple hours before the candy cane I was obsessed with snowmen. See what I mean about 'I think I haveCrochetObessiveCompulsiveDisorder'...... :( Well I hope everyone is having a nice week. I'll post a picture of my candy cane when I get it finished...

When In Doubt, Google!

Here is one of the comfortghans my squares were put in to. My square in this one is the top left hand corner, the plum heart.
And here is the other side; this time the bottom left is mine...
And my granny squares (four of them) are in this one. The lavender and blue little ones in the middle on the left, the blue one towards the bottom in the middle, and the lavender one in the middle on the right; next to the white and blue granny square. These afghans are going to the families of the Amish shooting victims. :( I wanted to do *something*; what can you do for someone you've never met; let alone an Amish person? A comfortghan! That's about the only thing I can think of, other than sending a sympathy card. (Which I've also done...) I went to the American Kennel Club site (so, technically, I didn't *Google*, guess that was a lie....) and went down the line to find the breed of my friends' dog. She told me it about three times but the only thing I could remember was Brussel. It is a Brussels Griffon. In case you are interested. I really have been missing our dog; and regretting that I gave her away. :(( I want to go to the persons' house we gave her to and say 'I changed my mind, I want her back...' But I kind of can't. We aren't allowed to have pets here, for one thing. I do miss her though. Well I hope you are all having a nice week. :) Thanks for coming by!

A friend came over today to crochet and have coffee. She brought her little girl to play, too. She brought her new puppy- I cannot remember the name of the breed, it's a rare breed and very expensive. Brussel something.... They only get to about five or six pounds. She laid in my lap the whole time. I put her on our sons'lap, and she got up and came over to mine. :p She did that twice. Then I just left her there. She is so sweet. Well we ended up talking and didn't get any crocheting done at all. But it was still nice. I made some cookies to go with our coffee. (These aren't them- I made these yesterday; 'Pumpkin Spiced and Iced' cookies.) They are all gone. (I took them somewhere last night, though; we didn't eat them all.)
These are the ones I made today. Just peanut butter cookies. I took a dozen to my sons' teacher, and we are eating the rest.
Not much news in the crochet world. Speaking of which, I got an issue of that ('Crochet World') in the mail. I thought I cancelled it, but they keep sending it to me..... There is a baby blanket, a scarf, a set of three Barbie outfits, a pajama bag doll, a schoolgirl and holiday dress for dolls, a penguin doll to crochet... how many dolls can one issue have? There was a capelet pattern and a child's weater pattern. A wrap and a hat... Overall not very impressive (maybe why I cancelled it...) Anyway. The comfortghan squares I sent in have been put into a comfortghan. I'll post about that next time...

Some Things I Have Been Working On

...and trying to get finished up... This is the sweater I posted about already that is for my great niece. Here it is with the hat. I may or may not make a pair of Mary Janes to go with this. (Probably not, as I am so backed up in my crocheting... and I've already sent an afghan and toys that I've crocheted, too.)
And the sweater for my nephew (due this month). Both hats are from FCEC Fall 2006 issue. If you are planning on making them, be forewarned: I made them with the yarn indicated (the girls'), and a hook size bigger, and it still was not the right size. In order to get a six month size, I had to make the 24 month size. Same thing for the boys. (Fortunately I was going for a newborn size then...)
Here are two comfortghan squares I made for Lisa from Crochetville for her Grandmothers Comfortghan. You can read about it here. And I got the pattern here. I've made this square before. You can read about that here, if you want. ;p
And this is a comfortghan square for Jessie, you can read all about it here. This is Bobby's Square, which I've also made before. Sheesh! I hope all these links work, cuz I don't feel like going back and fixing them all now. ;p Oh, and I almost forgot, I did six other comfortghan squares, too. For the Amish school shooting tragedy. A bunch of us at Crochetville got together to make squares, and Mary is putting all the comfortghans together. You can read about that, here. And since I forgot to post the picture, you can look at my squares here. :)

Some More FO's...

Baby sweaters. :) This one is the 'Baby It's Cold Outside!' sweater, from Crochet Me. It worked up SOOO fast! I still can't believe how fast it was. I finished it mostly yesterday (and, I started yesterday at about 1 in the afternoon!) Between going to pick up kids at two different schools, and making dinner... Then this morning all I had left was the sewing up the seams, borders, and the buttons. I want to make this hat to go with it. If I can figure out how to size it for a six month old. I saw KnicKnacs', and it must have been what I needed to finally make one. I've had the pattern printed out and been wanting to forever. This one will go to my brother and his wife for their baby boy who's due in November. (I will probably make more stuff for him, too, so stay tuned for that...) :) It's supposed to be sized for a six months, but I just measured it and it is 1/2 inch smaller. So maybe it's technically a three month size... I've actually already started another one of these, in pink and white, for my (great) niece.

Here is the Cuddle Me Hooded Baby Sweater I've also finished. This one is going to Pine Ridge. I used a G hook I think instead of an I. The I seemed too loose for me. So I'm not sure what size this is, either. I'm guessing a 6-12 months, but I don't know. The size it's supposed to work up to is a 12 months, but mine measured 11 inches across the chest. I don't have the pattern right here in front of me, so I don't know.. Well if you're looking for baby sweaters, there's two links for ya, anyway. ;) Have a Nice Day everyone! Thanks for stopping by. :)

A Wedding Gift (In Progress) and a Magazine

My MIL was over this past weekend. We went to an apple orchard (stay tuned for pictures of apple pies!...) :p (Maybe...) She brought over two magazines for me! Both were this 'Piecework'. This one has the pattern for the purse on the cover inside. I was really excited when I read that the pattern was in it (it had something on the cover about 'Win this crocheted or tatted purse', so I wasn't sure...) But after I thought about it, I wasn't so excited... It looks kind of hard. Maybe someday I will try one, though. There were other kinds of things inside, quilting, embroidery... And the other issue had a knitted baby hat by Elizabeth Zimmerman or else her daughter, Meg Swanson... And a pair of World War I knitted socks pattern. Pretty neat. She got them both for only 10c at the library book sale. (My kind of price, too!) ;)


I finally got started on a wedding present for my brother and his wife; after finishing the baby afghan. (Thank you everyone for all your kind comments, I meant to put it in the comments section, but I have been so busy lately.) This is going to be a table runner. It is from the 'Big Book of Crochet', 'Tailor Made Table Runner'. I have absolutely no idea what to get them for a wedding present. They didn't tell anyone they were getting married so we had months to plan; they just up and did it this past summer. No registry lists or anything to go by. And, I don't have any money right now anyway, so I have to crochet something. :) Anyway... I really like this so far! It is so relaxing to crochet. And I love how it is turning out. I showed both of our younger boys, 'What do you see in this? Do you see anything?' I think one of them saw a spider. They should, after all the spiders we've had lately! LOL... It's a spider web diamond pattern. I've never done anything like this before; in thread or yarn. It is kind of like filet, isn't it? Well anyway I hope they will like it. It is kind of like 'What do you get the couple who has everything?' So; I hope... Well it is snowing like mad here today. Crazy. But the kids love it, they are outside playing in it now. Guess it was getting to be time to find all their snow stuff anyway...

Sweet As A Rose..

Baby Afghan. :) I posted about when I had first started this here. Well it's finally finished woo hoo! I am SO glad. I don't know if I will make another one of these for a loooong time. Too many ends to weave in. She had the baby two days ago. So, I didn't get it done before,but right after is okay, too. It is from a Leisure Arts booklet, 'Sweet as a Rose Baby Afghans'. I was trying to decide if I should make a sweater, too.... (Not...) I would maybe but, there is one more person (on that side of the family), and one on my side of the family. I don't want to bite off more than I can chew (or crochet...) Hee Hee. Besides there are other gifts besides this I am giving them. Well thanks for stopping by. I thought you might want to read about something else, after my last post. ;p

YIKES! :0

I think I found a black widow spider in my laundry room this morning! It looks just like the one on this site: Black Widow Spiders- Desert USA. Scroll down to where it says 'Breeding', there is a clearer picture of it. It looks and sounds just like the one there. It has a black, round shiny body, long spindly legs, and two red dots on the bottom. :0 This is the second one like it we've found in the last couple of weeks, too. We also found a Funnel Web Spider a few weeks ago. It looked most like this one. My husband looked that one up online. They are poisonous in Australia, but apparently not here. Black Widows are, though! My skin is going to be crawling all day now. I did see two Northern Flickers, too, though, today. They were on our neighbors' shed. I think one was a male and one was a female. They were pretty. I want to get my sheperds' hook and some bird seed so I can put my bird feeders back up. (Somewhere where the squirrels can't get to them.) ;)

Well it's been a while since my last post. I haven't been doing much, just the same old, same old.. I've been trying to hurry up and finish a baby afghan I've been working on for my husbands and my niece. She's having her first baby any day now. She's due in two days. I still don't have the afghan done. :( I was on the last motif of this afghan, and ran out of yarn. Waaaaa! I hate that! So, I am going to try to get up to the store tonight and get another skein. I don't even have the wrapper or anything, so I will have to get a close match. :( This is the second full skein I finished. I don't get it.... Well I will just be glad when this baby is done! I'll be sure to take a picture when it's finished. Meanwhile, I am also working on a baby sweater. Dot's Cuddle Me Hooded Baby Sweater. You can find it at Crochet Pattern Central. I'm on the second sleeve. I don't know who I should give this to. I originally started it for our niece, but then thought maybe I should give it to Pine Ridge. Then I thought, no I should give it to the niece, she's 'family', they'll almost be expecting it... Then I thought, 'If I give her an afghan and a sweater, then I'll have to give his sister one, too. (His sister is pregnant, too....) UGH! And his sister has done a lot to help us out financially this past year. So she really deserves a whole layette. Oi~ the joys of crocheting.... Well I bought a new crochet magazine. I have been eyeing the Interweave Crochet issue that's out, but the only thing I really like in it is a ripple scarf. And a pineapple shrug. But, Caron has a very similar pattern, free online, that I like better. And, the magazine is almost $8 if I remember correctly. Today I saw Family Circle Easy Crochet (this is not the magazines website, but...) I looked through it (with three kids next to me, not an easy task...) But it did have a lot of baby stuff in it. So that must be why I bought it. So many babies due not enough ideas.... And only $6. ;) Well that's all that I've been up to. Hope everyone is having a nice week. :)

My Tea Cozies

This is Cupcake's Scalloped Tea Cozy. Tami said she liked bright colors. I really like the way this one turned out, too.
Then this one is one I made up. It's supposed to be 'Poison Ivy'. I don't know if I'll make another one of these or not. I might, just to sell on my etsy store. Which, by the way I opened up an Etsy Store! So far I only have one scarf pattern on there. But I have a few ideas in my head, like this tea cozy pattern and a couple more...
And here is a bracelet I tried out. I *think* this is my first experience with crocheting with beads. I can see this becoming a new obsession, easily! I made this one for my mom. She said she liked it. I think she would tell me if she didn't like it. Well anyway, I like it and I plan to make some more in different colors, too. I want to buy some different colored beads soon. You can find the pattern... where else, but at Crochetville, of course. :p I strung fourteen beads on size 10 thread and used a size 6 steel hook. Then I cut two pieces of the thread about four inches long, tied a big knot in one end then strung about ten beads on (five for each end of the tassle.) Then tied a knot in the other end, strung it through the end of the bracelet with five beads on each side. (I made two of those.) Then for the toggle, I just sewed them on with thread and a needle like a button. Thanks for stopping by; I hope you all have a nice week!

My Tea Cozy Came In The Mail Yesterday!

Here it is, on one of my tea pots. :) It is the Rosy Cozy. It is so funny, because this is the exact pattern I had started for her! But when I found out she liked 'bright colors', and 'whimsical', I changed what I was making for her. (Pictures of what I made later in a different post...) I just love this tea cozy! Thank you, Tammy! It is keeping my English Breakfast Tea (which Tammy also sent me, below...) warm. :)
Look at all the different teas she sent, too! Earl Grey, Lady Grey, English Breakfast, and Irish Breakfast. And a 'Tea for Two' kit: two tea balls, a honey stirrer, a little dish to set your tea balls on, and a book on how to make the perfect cup of tea, with some recipes and instructions on the perfect tea party inside. I love it! Also, some coffee singles, too.
And two dishcloths she made. These are too pretty to wash dishes with. I think I will use these to put under my tea pot. (Maybe that's what she intended them for..)
And look at the adorable cupcake!! I love this!! Inside were two Creme Savers candies. 'Cinnamon Bun', and 'Apple Pie Alamode'. I tried the cinnamon bun and gave the applie pie to the nine year old. I'd never tried these flavors yet, next time I go shopping I will have to see if they have these flavors. :)
Tammy sent three skeins of variegated yarn, too! How did she know I like variegated yarns lately? Hmmm... she must have been doing her research. ;) Thank you again, Tammy. I just love everything and can't wait to try out all the teas and to use the yarns you sent me, too! :)

Just Finishing Up a Few Things...

Here is one of them. A polar bear I just finished testing for Crochet_Queen_03 at Crochetville. His name is *supposed* to be Caldwell. But, when our three year old saw him he immediately claimed him and renamed him 'Bo'. Here is Bo and Blossom having a tea party. They are already close friends. Hey I have to occupy my time somehow. I missed having tea parties and stuff when I was a kid. Speaking of tea parties, that is another thing I have finished up over the four day weekend. My tea cozy swap partner Tammy's tea cozy! I will wait til she recieves hers in the mail to post a picture of them. (I made two.) I kinda liked what I came up with; I hope she will too. Now, to finish the baby afghan for my hubbys' niece.... Oi... Well it is half done, and I have faith in myself to finish it, but will it be in time? (The due date is October 1st...) :-0 Well I hope you all had a nice long weekend. I didn't really have a *break* from anything except driving the kiddos to school and getting up early, but it was nice! :)

Aaaahh.... Frankenmuth... (Don't read if you're hungry!) :p

Most of you are probably thinking, 'Frankenwhat?'... LOL Frankenmuth is a little town in Michigan that is a German town; "Michigans' Little Bavaria". The whole town is German restaurants~ Zehnders-my favorite, fried chicken dinners to die for! Bavarian Inn; shops, inns... german clock stores... Rau's Country Store was another one of my favorites. We'd go in and get a bunch of candy and the hugest and most delicious pickles you have ever seen or tasted! Oh! I almost forgot, my favorite store there for yarn lovers! Rapunzels! What brought this on, you might say? Well today I went to a little German bakery here called Wimbergers Old World Bakery and Delicatessen... And I got to thinking about Frankenmuths... Wimbergers has a lot more than just baked goods, though. Coffees, teas, jams, cookies, candies, German magazines, smoked sausages and other meats, cheeses... We got some pretzels (big pretzels; nice and salty!) and sauerkraut and smoked sausage for dinner tonight. I got a couple of little goodies for my tea cozy swap partner, too. Well I hope you weren't hungry. If you weren't, you probably are now! ;)