Another Lovely Weekend

Two more off the list - I went to the Maryland Renaissance Festival, which given the multiple artisans at the festival, I'm counting this as a craft fair, and I finally tried tai chi.

The festival was awesome as always. I bought some beautifully crafted leather goods from Holy Cow (a great name, don't you think?) - a belt and pouch for my festival garb. (Sorry, no photo at the moment.) While the little pouch will hold my wallet and phone, I'll have to find or create another bag in which to hold my crocheting/knitting. There were many times during the day I wished I had brought a small project on which to work. Those were times when there wasn't a frosty ale or giant turkey leg in my hand. :)

I had my first - and what will be my last - tai chi class on Saturday. The instructor's teaching style just doesn't meld with my learning style so I'm going to get a partial refund while I can and try to invest in a good tai chi DVD. All in all, not a failure as I did find out that I would enjoy learning tai chi, just not from this particular instructor.

My hooks were also quite busy last week and through the weekend. The secret projects for the craft swap are well underway and I am actually hopeful that I'll be done in plenty of time to mail them to the recipients.

Oops...I hope these are not famous last words and I'm forced to stay up all night, multiple nights, to complete the projects. It wouldn't be the first time I've procrastinated to the last possible minute.

Speaking of procrastination, I'm still far behind in completing my crochet Masters course. But really, I work best with an unrealistic deadline for such things. This weekend looks like it will be my self-imposed final, final, FINAL deadline to get my rear in gear and complete it.

How lovely was your weekend?

The Secret Revealed!

I was going to unveil the secret projects once I had them shipped off to their respective receipients, but I don't know when I'm going to have time to go to the post office. I'm just too impatient to wait to blog this so....


The secret projects are....



BUNNIES!!!




Hook Size: G (The pattern calls for an H hook, but I can't find my H hook)

Yarn: Leftovers in my stash, no labels

Pattern: Best Bunny


Backsides:


This grey and purple bunny is a dustbunny...and yes, t'is a present for the Queen. Queenie - you can pick up this dustbunny when you come down for MS&W unless I get my rear and gear and go to the post office to send it.





This yellow and blue bunny is for a baby on the way. I guess that blogging about this reveals another big secret... The momma-to-be was one of my bridesmaids - and given that 3 out of 4 of my bridesmaids read this blog, I'll let you girls guess who is prego. :)





And thus, as I finish the current baby blanket, there will be another one to finish by July. I can't start it until I know whether it will be a boy or girl, but I do have a pattern picked out if it's a girl. I'm waiting to get this pattern from Krochet Krystal and before I start the baby blanket, I'll send her a couple of squares for her charity blankets. A great idea for sharing patterns!

Part Deux

(Again - please indulge me by reading the following with your worst French accent.)

Part deux iz so close to being fini! Such a quick little project, and she iz so cute! so cute! I believe that during ze big game today, I will finish ze project.

Ah, mais oui!* You must wait for ze final unveiling to find out what ze secret project iz. It will not be too long now - be patient, mes amis!


*pronounced 'may wee' and translated is 'But yes!

C'est Fini!

(Please read the following in your worst French accent)

The progress of my fabulous projects are shown on ze side bar...

Voila! Ze secret project, she iz done!

What iz ze secret project, you ask?

Oh, you must wait, mes amis, until part deux iz complete! Part deux iz a gift and she must be completed and sent before any photos can be shared.

Au revoir, for now.