Last week or so, I finished the first ghan for the charity, Squares for Survivors. It was awesome, being able to send off that afghan to someone who definitely deserves it. I've found making things for other people is just as fun as making things for myself.



Here it is, in it's tan and red glory! It was interesting, playing with squares made by different people. I crochet tightly myself, so it was kind of interesting to join the looser woven squares.
 
Last night, I also made a cloche from a pattern series I bought on Stitchdiva.com



I didn't like the flower that was in the pattern, so I made a butterfly instead. i would have liked to had a dragonfly instead, but I couldn't find any decent patterns. In retrospect, I should have done the butterfly in a contrasting color, but laziness equals matching. I think I'm going to wear it to my sister-in-law's baby shower.

Speaking of  baby shower, I'm working like a crazy woman on a star blanket for the nephew to give to Brandy next Sunday. I'm not very far, but I have Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Stargate to keep me company.



Wow, I just noticed the metal link camera strap in this picture. Gives it an interesting look, no? And notice the strategically placed DVD remote by the crocheting!

I'm going to make another cloche hat for my cousin tomorrow or friday. My mom leaves on Saturday to visit the Aunts, and since I"m stuck at work (like always), I'm sending the gift along instead of me. I'll get a picture, as I"ll probably find a flower I like instead of a butterfly.

I got my first issue of CROCHET! magazine (I seriously love that random ! in the title), and there's a PERFECT pattern for a sweater that has my  mom's name written all over it. Her birthday is next wednesday, and I"ll probably end up giving her an "I O U A PRETTY SWEATER" since I have NO time to make her something since I"m hoping for mroe squares to assemble, and there's that baby blanket I have to finish by the 19th... anyway, I'm off to stitch, and maybe play some Sims 2 if it's not too late...