My new Dishcloth Pattern Crochet this way

I thought I would share this pattern with you crocheters. It is my first pattern and I think the dishcloth turned out pretty cool. Enjoy!!

Oh Orange-Sicle

Ingredients:
Size G crochet hook
1 ball color A (orange) Peaches and Creme cotton yarn
1 ball color B (creme) peaches and Creme cotton yarn
Large eye darning needle for weaving in ends

Stitches used/Glossary:
Ch = chain
St = stitch
Sl st= slip stitch
DC = double crochet
Sc = single crochet
Sk = skip
Sp = space
RS = right side
WS = wrong side

Instructions:
Row 1 RS With color A ch 4. Join with a sl st in last chain. Ch 3 (counts as first DC) 11 DC in ring. Join with a sl st in top of first ch 3. (12 st)
Row 2 ch 3 dc in same sp 2 dc in each st around. Join with a sl st in top of first ch 3. (24)
Row 3 ch 3 sk first stitch sc in next st. *Ch 3 sk next st, sc in next st* around. Join with a sl st in the same st as first st of first ch 3. (12 sc and 12 ch 3 spaces)
Row 4 Change to color B. Join with a sc in any ch 3 space. Sc in same ch 3 sp. *Sc in next sc, 2 sc in next ch 3 sp*, all around. Join with a sl st in top of first sc. (36 sc)
Row 5 Ch 3 dc in next 2 sc, 2 dc in next sc, *dc in next 3 sc, 2 dc in next sc* around. Join with a sl st in top of first ch 3. (45 dc)
Row 6 Ch 4 * sk next dc, sc in next dc, ch 3 * around. Join with a sl st in bottom (1st ch) st of first ch 4 (23 sc and 23 ch 3 sp)
Row 7 Change to color A. Join with a sc in any ch 3 sp. Sc again in same ch 3 sp. * Ch 1 2 sc in next ch 3 sp* around. Join with a sl st in first sc. (46 sc 23 ch1 sp)
Row 8 ch 3 dc in next sc sk next sc 3 dc in next ch 1 sp *sk next sc dc in next sc 3 dc in next ch 1 sp* around ending with 2 dc in same space as ch 3. Join with a sl st in top of first ch 3. (92 dc)
Row 9 ch 3 *sk next dc sc in next st ch 3 * around. Join with a sl st in first st (bottom) of first ch 3. Fasten off. Turn cloth to WS (46 sc 46 ch 3 sp)
Row 10 Join color B with a sl st on WS of dish cloth in back loop of any sc directly behind ch 3 loop of previous row. Ch 3 dc in same loop. *Ch 1 2 dc in back loop of next sc* around Join with a sl st in top of first ch 3. Fasten off color B (92 st 46 ch 1 sp)
Row 11 turn to RS. Join color A with a sc in any ch 1 sp. *Sc in next 2 dc sc in next ch 1 sp* around. Join with a sl st in first sc. (137 sc) Fasten off. Weave in ends.

The Great Lizard Hunt Colorado, ....Calgon Take Me Away ...

Did you ever tell someone you would babysit their pet and then accidentally kill it? We started watching a lizard for Brandon on Monday, and Tuesday morning when I went to turn on the lamp, it was dead. BAH What did I do to it? So into the freezer it went. Yesterday, Saturday, I went on the great lizard replacement hunt. Petco, Buckley and Quincy... a not so fun place to shop ..... workers were standing around looking at lizards and frogs but they were not too interested in helping customers. I finally jumped in and said I needed help. 2 workers immediately disappeared and one asked what I needed help with. Out from my purse came my frozen little lizard. "I need one of these only breathing," I said. The worker studied the lizard for a few seconds and told me it was a Bahama Anole. I said OK, I need one. He said, "We don't have them." I said, "OK, do you know who does?" He said he would check. He walked away and I waited for 5 min. When he came back he said that 2 stores had them. One was in Southglenn at Arapahoe (about 15 miles away)and University, the other store was in Englewood at (about 20 miles away) Broadway and Hampden. So I went to Southlands, because I knew the kid really did not check. Of course Southlands did not have any but, they were sure the dead one was a Green anole. Then I decided to check a PetsMart before going all the way to Southglenn, no anoles. So it was off to Southglenn. I drove around Southglenn for 15 minutes, no Petco. I stopped and asked a security guy to show me where the Petco was. IT WAS NOT THERE! Petco is down the road at University and Dry Creek. OK .... off I go. The guy in his store was sure the poor deceased was a Bahama anole and No they did not have those. But, he was more than happy to call a store and find one for me. Oh Boy, there is one just another 10 miles to the west and they will hold it for me. WhooHoo .... off I go. When I got there, the dead lizard had turned into a Green anole again and No, they did not have any of those! All they had left was 1 Bahama anole that did not look like the dead one.

I was done, I bought the stupid lizard and made it home before 9:00pm. Now what am going to do when Little Jared notices that this is not his lizard?

do you know where to find a nice background for this blog?

This blog needs some spiffing up. Any ideas?

The weather around here this summer has been colder and rainier than I remember and the garden is gone. I am so discouraged. Nothing grew as well as in past years and the growing season has been cut way too short. We only got 2" cobs of corn and only 1/3 of the squash that we got last year. The plums and pears fell off the trees before they were ready to be picked. The peppers were all miniature. The pumpkins got to be a good size and then they started rotting. The weather has been a big factor in the slow start and slow growth. The hail in the spring devastated the garden not just once, but 3 times. Then the cool temps and lack of sunshine .....

The Good News:
We harvested 4 heads of cabbage that made wonderful coleslaw. The beans were the very best. They were a great success. The tomatoes grew to a large and juicy size but they are still green and the nights are getting down to the 30's. We have been able to eat a few of them. They are yummy.

Anyone need corn stalks? Come 'n get 'em!

Name that plant .....

Do YOU know what this is?????

More Knit and crochet pictures

I found a pattern for 'green' shopping bags. They are very fun to make. I made 10 of them before I realized I had made that many. Oh, and these darling little apron towels.... Look over it is hanging on the fridge.








I have been home for 2 weeks and working hard. With spring comes all the yard work and preparation for a new garden planting. We have doubled the size of the veggie garden so I have decided that most of my energy this year needs to go into it. There are still a lot of projects that need to be done:

Paint both decks
clean up back yard
clean out grasses in front and plant Cameo Quince
weed and mint control

But I have finished several projects already. I pulled out several vines from the front yard and cut back a rose bush. Sanded and painted a fence, replaced the mailbox, raked, hoed, and planted the garden with peppers, tomatoes, radishes, carrots, beans, pumpkins, regular and lemon cucumbers, strawberries, spaghetti and zucchini squash, cabbage, corn, and an artichoke. I have planted one tomato upside down in a bucket to see for myself how they grow that way. The artichoke is probably in the wrong place because it grows huge and I just planted it on a whim. They get to be 6 feet across and are in the Thistle family. The part that you eat is really a bud. If you let the bud grow it is supposed to become a spectacular flower. I may have to let one flower just to see it. It will also come back every year. So we will have to plan next years garden around the artichoke... : ) so much for not doing your homework before your impulsive plantings.....

Knit a little then crochet a little

I belong to a Yahoo group called Monthly Dishcloths. Each month we participate in 2 dishcloth KAL's (knit-a-longs). The dishcloths have been great this year. These are just a few of them. I have also been crocheting like crazy. This is the best way to keep the mind on something other than all the sadness.

I'm Lost

I've lost my friend, my playmate, my mentor, my inspiration, my hero, my MOTHER. In a time frame of just 7 weeks life turned upside down for our family. Mom started exhibiting stroke symptoms. After several Dr. appointments and tests, brain surgery to remove one tumor and 8 more being found, mom was diagnosed with Gliosarcoma. 3 weeks later she was dead. What happened? How did this happen? How can a healthy, energetic woman of 74 just be gone in a matter of a few weeks? I still feel as if I am in a dream world. I am lost. I want my mother back.


Marilyn Jeppson
July 22, 1934 - March 28, 2009