Embroidery,

My second attempt at embroidery and first attempt at following a pattern was a lot of fun. Not sure why, but I am a big fan of little red mushrooms. I feel it must stem from my childhood addiction to playing Nintendo's Super Mario 3. lol

Getting tired of free hand embroydery, I decided to follow a pattern. I found this cute little pattern from Andrea Zuill's Blog. She also has a lot of other fun free patterns on her blog. I took this mushroom off of her free Gnome Pattern. I am very happy with how it turned out.

Patterns,

I had the privilege this week of spending time with a lovely lady who is an avid crocheter. We spent a whole afternoon talking about crochet. She has patterns galore that she has collected over the years! She even let me take a stack home of new and old crochet patterns to borrow and look through.

I even found a vintage gem! A bookful of lace edgings, copywrite from 1937. I have been wanting to crochet lace and am very excited to find these vintage patterns. Sadly, I have to give them back. But until then, I plan on soaking up all the beautiful patterns. Take a look at the inside of this vintage gem!

and Ripples! Oh My!

She even let me borrow her most used afghan pattern: The Granny Ripple. I was able to see many finished examples of this quilt pattern she had done. Loving Ripples and Granny Squares, I had to try this pattern combination! Already, I have my yarn and am 5 rows into it. I am in love with this afghan pattern!