FM 11/3/08

Some of you may remember me posting about my great nephew, Payton, the little boy who slid down the slide that was covered in acid. He is getting another skin graft this week, so please send good thoughts his way. Thanks a lot.
If you're a fan of art dolls, this one by Bonnie Prokopowicz is featured in the Winter 2009 "Art Doll Quarterly" magazine. I'm not sure if the word "cute" is used to describe art dolls, but it is a cutie.
http://www.prokopowicz.org/dolls/crochet/happy/happy.htm

Not a pattern, just a thought / inspiration here.....
http://thesmallobject.com/stenopad/wordpress/?p=1046

For those of you who follow Noreen Crone-Findllay's blog, she is no longer at "Hankering for Yarn". She is now at www.tottietalkscrafts.com

Crafty Corral is having a contest on the website - the deadline is quick (November 14, 2008). You have to make certain items for charity. Check out the drawing at:
http://craftycorral.blogspot.com/

Now for the free patterns:
once again, Teresa has come thru - here's a beautiful potholder pattern using the "magic square" technique. She is amazing.
http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com/2008/10/crochet-magic-heart-potholder.html

another one from Teresa
http://crochet-mania.blogspot.com/2008/10/crochet-thread-angel.html


I've seen a few flakes of snow, so it's probably time to crochet this - an ice scraper mitten
http://doyourworsted.blogspot.com/2007/01/ice-scraper-mitten.html


This pattern is the reason my sons are happy the internet wasn't accessible to me when they were kids - otherwise, they'd be wearing hats like this:
http://www.piece-by-piece.net/Crochet/baby_hat.htm

I have a lot of those clear plastic cds left over from my beloved's projects. This is pretty cool way to use them - a Christmas wreath cd hotpad/trivet
http://www.crochetmemories.com/archive/december13.html


_Enjoy_

Hooked on Annie's Favorite Crochet?

You probably know, if you got the June 2007 issue of "Annie's Favorite Crochet" that "Annie's Favorite Crochet" and "Hooked On Crochet" merging, with a "bright cover wrap" announcing the news in August. I'm not too thrilled about it and there was no real reason given - just "in order to serve our readers better". How does getting one magazine instead of two serve me better, unless the magazine is a total of 94 pages, double the current page count.
I shouldn't complain, I don't even know what it's going to be like yet. Hopefully it will be a good thing. But I'm never happy when a crochet magazine bites the dust.

Payton update:
They put a feeding tube in his nose so they can bolus a liquid feed. The pain medication is making him very lethargic and he doesn't want to eat. So they did this because he needs a lot of calories to help his body heal. They are supposed to take out some staples on Tuesday. They have to put him under to give him a bath because of the pain and they can't have him thrashing around.