My first sweater

My grandson, Micah, is coming this week for a visit - all the way from Guatemala. Of course my daughter is coming too - since Micah is only 3 1/2 months old, a bit too young to travel alone.
I have been crocheting a sweater for him since February, and I finally finished it. It's the first sweater - actually, the first piece of clothing other than a hat, that I've ever made.

I am pretty happy with the way it turned out, and I hope he likes it. I guess it will be more important that my daughter likes it... I hope it keeps him warm.

My success with the sweater spurs me on to other projects. Maybe I'll have to make something for my granddaughter next. Do you have any suggestions for a cute, easy project to crochet for an 8 year old girl?

Crochet Flower

Here's my newest crochet project. I crocheted this two layer Irish rose using a pattern from this web site:

http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa030803.htm

Then I found a frame, covered the cardboard back with burlap, sewed a button in the middle of the flower, and glued the flower to the burlap.  I love the contrast in textures between the burlap, the yarn and the button.

Even though it's just a small easy crochet project, I love it!

Crocheted With Love

I wanted to make something for my new grandbaby that he could have for a long time, something that his momma could tell him was made by his Nana in Minnesota.  So I decided to get out my crochet hook and make a blanket. I had already made him an owl hat... and remembered how much I loved to crochet. I found a pattern online for the blanket. Then I made a visit to the great yarn shop in Outing and found just the right yarn. I finished the blanket just in time to pack it for my trip to Antigua, Guatemala.

Here's the blanket I made.

Micah seems to like his new blanket!

Thank you, Craig, for allowing me to spend most evenings crocheting so that I could finish the blanket.

A special hat for my Guatemalan Grandbaby

My daughter and her husband live in Guatemala, and they are expecting their first child in just a few weeks. I've recently gotten back into crocheting. So when I was looking for patterns of things to crochet I found this hat and knew that I just had to make it.
Here's my hat for baby Charuc-

The directions by repeat crafter were so easy to follow. Owls are so in right now, aren't they?

Crochet Cozy

I have rediscovered my love of crocheting, but since I don't have a lot of time I just have made a couple of coffee cozies. Here's the one I made this week. As I finished it I realized that it would look great on a candle instead of on a coffee cup. So here it is:

I think it will look great in either our bedroom or our bathroom. We'll just have to be careful when we're burning the candle.