It's been quite awhile since I posted anything. I've been working on this "Hex-a-ghan" as I have been calling it since last October. I had joined in a crochet-a-long with Lion Brand. I thought I would finish by Christmas to give to my mom, but no, that was wishful thinking. I finally sent it out today for her birthday on Monday. Sewing in all those ends took forever!

The pattern was easy. It took me a few tries to make the hexagons correctly. I used Wool Ease yarn in four colors. I made one hexagon with a red center just to be silly. Turns out it was a useful thing as it helped me to find my place each time I got back to working on it. I also learned how to crochet the hexagons in as I went, which I thought looked much neater than whip-stitching them all together. I made a pile of them for each row and then attached them with the dark green yarn for the last row around. Here are some pics.




This is an early picture I took back in December showing just a few rows done.



Took this today outside. Finally done!



Here you can see the hexagon with the red center all by itself.


Hope my mom likes it. I have plenty of yarn left over. I was thinking I might make a pair of fingerless gloves and/or a scarf. She get then get all nice and cozy in her chair while she is watching TV.

Here's the link to Lion Brand's website and the crochet-a-long I participated in: http://blog.lionbrand.com/category/crochet-along/

Thanks for looking!

This is my first post so we'll see how it goes. My daughter (5) had her 100 days of preschool party last week. She was sad to miss it - we went on vacation. All the kids were supposed to bring in 100 of something. I had the idea before we left on vacation to make a t-shirt. I found a lizard rubber stamp and my truly ancient box of fabric paints and started working on it once we got back. It took a few days and my daughter loved it.

The front


The back


Detail - note: the black and white ones are kissing!


I dabbed on fabric paint directly to the rubber stamp and then smooshed it around the stamp using a wet paper towel. After printing a bunch on, I added white eyes and a little design for each one. I'll wash it in a few days after paints have a time to set.

Thanks for looking!

MollyGee