Hilly went skiing Sunday evening with the Youth Group at Church. They were just about done skiing when it happened. She fell and injured her knee. Her orthopedist was with them on the ski trip (she also babysits for him and his wife). He got her off of the slopes (gave her a piggy back ride), got her ski boot off (he told her the weight of the boot could do more damage) and checked her knee. He told her it looked like there was nothing broken. He told her to come in to see him on Monday if it was no better or was worse. She woke up Monday (after a rough night) and she was in a lot of pain, her knee was pretty swollen, she couldn't bend her knee and couldn't put any weight on it without a lot of pain. I called the Doctor and got her in to see him. He took X-Rays, then told us she needed an MRI. He is checking for torn ligaments. She keeps it elevated as much as possible, is putting ice on it, and is taking Motrin. She is in pain still, but is dealing with it all pretty well. We will have to figure out how she will get to and from the bus stop once she gets to go back to school. It looks like I will have to have my work schedule modified so I can either drive her to and from the bus stop, or drive her to and from school.
She noticed that the crutches are rubbing her a little bit, so she asked me to make her something to put a little more padding on them for her. I let her pick out some cotton yarn in the color she wanted, and this is what I made for her while we were watching Harry Potter. Hopefully they will do the trick for her. If not, I will make 2 more and make it thicker for her.
Well, it has been a while since I've posted. I've been busy making things, then I got sick and time just got away from me. But I thought I'd take a few minutes and post a couple of things I've finished. This is a Round Ripple Rug I finally finished for Hilly. I put this on hold so I could get all of the Christmas presents made, then decided to get it done. She knew it would eventually get done. I was going to make it a little bigger, but decided against that for 2 reasons.....1)-I was tired of working on it....being a 2 strand RR rug, I used a smaller hook and it was killing my hands and wrists, 2)-If I made it much bigger, it wouldn't fit in a washing machine. So this is the final size of it.
Here is a rug I made this week for the Living Room. I didn't have a particular size I wanted to make it, I just chained it the width I wanted it, then crocheted until it was the right length. I love the tweed look on this one. I love it so much, I have started another one, but am using a different color of variegated yarn. I am about 1/3 done with the new one, then I have a few more color combinations I want to try.
Well, Christmas has come and gone for 2007, most of the presents have been delivered, so I can post pictures of the Round Ripple's I made. I used yarn from my stash for these. I had all of the variegated already, and I just had to buy a few skeins of the black. They are my version of a Stained Glass RR.
This is the RR I made for my Mom. This is the color of variegated yarn she commented on the most in her Side to Side Ripple I made for her when she was in the hospital, so I decided to make it with that. Her RR is the inspiration for all of the RR's I made this year.
This is the RR I made for my Dad. He sees me crocheting all the time when he comes to pick up Hilly or to drop her off. He made the comment that this one 'Looked Manly', so right then and there I knew it was for him.
This one I made for my Derek and Caren (my nephew and his wife). I wasn't sure what colors variegated to use for theirs, so I just grabbed some yarn and this is theirs.
This is the one for Ron and MerriJo (my brother and sister in law). Her favorite color is purple, and since this one has green in it, I decided to use this for theirs.
This is the one I made for Charlene (MerriJo's Mom). She sent a message to me saying I was not to buy anything for her. Well, I didn't buy anything for her, I already had all the yarn, and the yarn wasn't bought specifically for her, so I got by with giving her a gift on a technicality. 
I have 2 more to post, but can't do it yet since they haven't been given out yet. They weren't able to be with us this Christmas, so as soon as I see them and give them their RR's, I'll post pictures.
I have been so busy I haven't been able to update this in a while. I have been working long hours (just gotta love working retail this time of year), making lots of Christmas presents (still have a few more to make), driving my daughter here and there, etc.
I did take a little time last night and this morning to make myself a couple of things. I found a skein of yarn on sale at Hobby Lobby and just had to have it. The problem is that there was no label on it, so I have no idea what brand of yarn it is. It is so soft and fluffy, I just had to buy it. It looked so lonely sitting there all by itself. So I brought it home, grabbed my N hook, and whipped up my new soft fluffy scarf.
Then I grabbed some thread and started working on a snowflake, but my wrist wanted no part of that, so I put the thread down and grabbed some cotton yarn and whipped up a snowflake. I used CottonTots in the color Confetti. It is white with specks of pastel colors. I should block it, but right now I just don't have the time.
I have more pictures to post, but that will have to wait for another time. I need to grab my hook and get busy on finishing the Christmas presents.
I have been so busy crocheting scarves for orders that I haven't been able to make many other things. The orders are finally done. So before I start back on Christmas gifts I thought I'd make myself a little something. So I made myself a shawl. I made this in 2 days. It works up super fast. I really like making this one, since it starts from the bottom and you can stop whenever it is the size you want. It is a triangle granny. It is 3DC, then 3DC between the 3DC's. Super easy. I made it with Sugar'N Cream Cotton yarn. It drapes nicely, and is warm. The picture on the left has a vintage brooch holding it closed.
I have gotten orders for scarves from some of my co-workers. I have made 2 with this yarn so far. It is Red Heart Super Saver and the color is Zebra. It is a nice variegated that works up quite nicely. I have orders for 2 more with this particular yarn.
I also have orders for 2 more scarves. Then I will be making a scarf and a shawl (and I am not quite sure what else) for a friend that will be going through chemo and radiation. I am also trying to get my Cincinnati Bengals scarf finished. I've put it on hold while making all the scarves for orders and then making Viv's things. Hopefully I will be able to get it done soon. I'm trying to work on it a little here and there.
Here is a scarf I made using Lion Brand Boucle. 
I have quite a bit of this type of yarn, and have never used it before. It took a little getting use to, but all in all it wasn't too bad to work with. I have heard horror stories about using this type of yarn, but since I used a big hook (size N), it wasn't too bad. Now to decide what to make with all of the other skeins and colors I have.
