My Grannies are here!

Yeeeeah, my grannies arrived!!!  I received my exchange grannies yesterday in the mail.  I was so happy to find them in my mail box and they're all really beautiful.  Now, I just have to figure out what to make out of them.  I think I'll probably try to make a pillow.  It may take me a while, since the holidays are fastly approaching and there are so many other things to do.  

It was a fun project to be in and it encouraged me to crochet again, which I really have missed doing the last few years.  I'm already thinking about joining the next exchange in the New Year.

These are the grannies I received back.

My Grannies

Finally finished them!!!  My grannies are done, yeah!!!  :) 

 I really fell behind with everything this last month, because I didn't feel too well for a couple of weeks and I didn't get much done, other than just going to work. Tried to send these out Friday, but unfortunately I missed the post office by just a few minutes.  Just my luck:(  Have to get them out in the mail tomorrow.  I'm looking forward to the grannies that I will receive back and I'm quite curious about them.  

Crocheting now!

The last week I've crocheted 3 more grannies. I need to have 9 by the beginning of next month, so I can send them off. I'm trying different designs and it's really fun. I've also started a ripple afghan, which I'll continue working on from time to time for a change.

Will show some pictures soon!

Yeah, my yarn is here!

My yarn finally came yesterday. Now I can get started on making my granny squares. Hope it will go alright, since I haven't really crocheted a lot in the last years. I guess it's like riding a bicycle lol. The yarn is also a lot thinner than I'm used to working with, but I'll figure it out.

So hopefully, if it goes well, I'll be able to show my 1st granny here pretty soon.

Back to Crocheting!

It's been a few years since I've done any crocheting and lately I've been thinking about getting back into it. I used to just crochet while watching TV. I guess I got so caught up with work and responsibilities and things, where it doesn't leave a whole lot of time to do much of anything else, because I'm usually too tired for it. So, I'm going to try to take a little time out to do some crocheting again.

About 2 weeks ago I stumbled upon this blog about granny squares. What it actually is: it's a bunch of girls in different groups crocheting 9 granny squares in their color group. Everybody keeps one and sends the other 8 to the organizer of the whole thing. Then everybody gets 8 back, one from each of the girls in the group. I thought to myself, what a cool idea and wanted to try it. Almost all the girls are in Germany, which that's not a problem. As a matter of fact, after contacting the coordinator she was really nice and reserved me a place for the color group I requested. The problem I ran into, was trying to find the right yarn. I searched high and low on the internet and some local stores for the appropriate one for several days and was about to give up on the whole idea of joining the exchange. I had contacted a few companies, and finally heard back from one. They're in Canada and they do have the wool I need, even though in limited colors, but enough of a selection to participate and they ship to the States, yeah:)

So, after placing my order this week, I'm patiently waiting for my yarn now, so I can get started. The group is called Grannylieseln and you can find them here. There's still some openings for anyone, who'd like to join!