Need a Hobby!

So about 4 years ago I realized I was in desperate need of a hobby. One that wouldn't cost me an arm and a leg. There was scrap booking that I used to do a lot and enjoyed. But then there's the questions of which picture do I put where and what theme do I for with for this book and lets be honest, scrap booking gets expensive. I have come to enjoy bike riding but that's not something you can do year round or when your pregnant or living in a dangerous city. I also like taking on house projects. I enjoy painting or refinishing a piece of furniture or reupholstering chairs but again, fabric and paint and house decor get pricey and projects never end up as simple and cheep as you expect they will when you go into them.

I was thinking about knitting but had tried that once and failed. So the next thing I thought to try was crocheting. I remembered a close friend of mine from High School had crocheted a blanket for her boyfriends' (now husbands') parents one year and I was impressed with the results. So, that was it, I was going to learn to crochet. Well, lucky for me a friend was coming to visit us and she used to crochet and got me started on the basics and ever since then I can't stop.

This late summer/early fall I was needing to start a new project. I had crocheted all the baby blankets, Afghans and scarfs I could possibly crochet and needed to challenged myself in something new. Thanks to my dear online friend Pinterest and all those who post on there I was inspired to try crocheting a rag rug and a baby hat. So bellow are the results of those effort

Rag Rug

For this project I weeded through Mona's old receiving blankets. I kept about 5 of them and had 10 left over to do something with. I took those 10 and added 2 King size sheets I found up in the attic of our house. After about 2 weeks I got this completed Rag Rug for Mona's new big girl room. If I had to do over I would stick to using just large size sheets so you have less connecting points in the rug. Overall, though, I love it and so does Mona & our dog Winston.

Baby Hat

I made this for our little guy due in December. I'm not sure the hat is small enough but we'll grow into it. Oh and I think I'm going to add some brown buttons up one side of the brim. Next, I'll attempt baby boots that match and a winter hat for Mona... wish me luck!