Imitation by Heather Hildenbrand Gets an Afghan + Another Elephant!

Good Monday Evening Crocheters!

Hope Everyone is having a Fantastic Monday!

I am - I've shipped my 1st Etsy Shop Order and my Amazing Author-Employer received her afghan today and I am SOO Stoked about that! She loves it!!!

Check it out!

The afghan with its inspiration!

If you love YA Sci-Fi Fantasy style books I guarantee you'll love this series!  Normally I blog about books on my other site, NCReaderGirl, but tonight I want to share this series with you!

First the Cover

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Summary

Ven wrestles with these contradicting truths every day. A clone of wealthy eighteen-year-old Raven Rogen, Ven knows everything about the girl she was created to serve: the clothes she wears, the boys she loves, the friends she loves to hate. Yet she’s never met the Authentic Raven face-to-face. Imitations like Ven only get to leave the lab when they’re needed—to replace a dead Authentic, donate an organ, or complete a specific mission. And Raven has never needed Ven . . . until now.

When there is an attack on Raven’s life, Ven is thrust into the real world, posing as Raven to draw out the people who tried to harm her. But as Ven dives deeper into Raven’s world, she begins to question everything she was ever told. She exists for Raven, but is she prepared to sacrifice herself for a girl she’s never met?

Fans of Cinder, The Selection and Sara Shepard’s Lying Game series will love Imitation, a thrilling, action-packed novel sure to keep readers guessing until the very last page. 

OhmyGoodyness I promise you'll LOVE LOVE LOVE these!

After Imitation pick up Deviation and coming soon Generation!!! Ahhh I can't wait!!!!

Second to this I was asked to make another Elephant - and I just happened to have a skein of grey yarn in the house, so I put together another one - this time for one of my Scouts' younger siblings

Isn't he the Sweetest?!?!? Oh my GAWD I am loving these Amigurumi's! I have loaded my Pinterest boards with them!

That's all my friends!

Enjoy tonight and make this week special!

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Projects - Projects - Projects

Good Friday Afternoon Crocheters!

Hope Everyone's Week is Wrapping up Nicely!

I have a stack of requests from my friends and family I need to get cranking on - It's going to be a super busy Christmas season for sure!

First one of my other Girl Scout parents has requested hats/scarves for her entire clan, I am starting off with a Minecraft themed hat/scarf for her Granddaughter.  We've settled on these two:

Image Courtesy of DIY Crafts

Image Courtesy of Kid Stuff

So I begin on those as soon as I finish some arm warmers to go with the Monster High Hat I made the other day.

Then she's requested hats for everyone else in her family - one a musical themed one, one NASA/UConn Themed, Flowers and there's like four others!

And I also got a request from another Scout Mom, the same one I made the blue afghan for has requested an infant sweater/hat/afghan set for a baby due in December.  WOW my head is truly spinning!

This weekend though I begin on my Etsy order and I have a secret project I am working on for someone special in my life that I won't discuss because it'll ruin the surprise ;-)

Oh and at some point the woman who ordered the Daisy/Chevron afghans is requesting two more daisy afghans...though she's on vacation for now and then is having surgery so it'll be a while before I get those in.

Busy Busy Busy but I Love it!

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Older Projects Bring Back Memories

Good Saturday Morning Crochet Friends!

Have you ever dug through photos of your old projects and remembered each and every single one of them? I did that this morning and did it bring back memories of each and every single one of them!

Like this baby blanket I made for the receptionist at my kids after-school program, I loved putting it together for her and trying to create a pattern I thought she'd love!

And this Black & White chevron I made for our wonderful neighbor! He takes such good care to ensure our yard is mowed, he's always bringing us food, etc. it was the least I could do for it! He's also super involved in our local POW-MIA group and those are the colors of that group! Win-Win!

Or even this dual-colored blue square blanket I made for my son, at his request, he wanted a blanket of his own, so we decided on these two shades of blue and I came up with this beautiful square pattern! He still has this on his bed today - near 2-years later!

Then there was this gem I assembled for my daughter, our biggest Washington fan in the house, her after school program has them carry cards that they scan in and out for attendance - I put this together one night for her so she could carry hers in style!

Then there was this project - this one seriously got away from me in terms of size...WOW I never expected it to get as big as it did when I was making it - to give you and idea our bed there is a king-sized bed and that afghan takes up the entire thing! I didn't have a purpose for it, so I gave it away to a friend from high school for her teenagers room.  Last I heard she loved it!

Last but certainly not least a tri-colored chevron afghan I made with all intentions to sell - though it didn't - and now it has a home with my Parents! I use it whenever we go visit them! I love this Chevron with these colors!

It's amazing the rinse and repeat of patterns I use and the variety in which things can be made!

Happy Saturday Friends!

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My Most Recent Creations

So for now I am going to share some of my most recent creations!

A Burgundy-Gold Hogwarts Gryffindor/Redskins Themed Scarf

Chevron Afghan in a Wool Yarn

Multi-Colored Daisy Granny Square

A Basic Square made of Two Shades/Textures of Yellow

This is what I do with leftover yarn! A Scrapghan!

A Multi-Shaded Pink Granny Square

A Shell Tri-Colored Baby Blanket

A Shell Tri-Colored Afghan with Fringe

Looking forward to working with all of you in the future!