LOL @ the ™ (trademark) on Craft ADD. I work online and this summer I participated in this challenge and every time the guys did a video, they would say whatever phrase and then “tm” - it was sort of a running joke but also sort of true because of the issues (both good and bad) they had in business before. Anyway, just a little explanation because I think it’s funny.

Anyway, my Craft ADD ™ is L-O-V-I-N-G crochet!!!!! I know most of the other crafts can be done quickly and get practically instant results. But for whatever reason, I’ve been able to breeze through crocheting. Seriously, this is awesome.

I showed the purple scarf the other day right, I made a little bit shorter and little bit skinnier one for my daughter (same color). Then I made a regular sized one for my other SIL. And then today I made one side of a wrist warmer for myself. I am LOVING this!!! I love all the crafts that I do - what’s the point otherwise right? - but I didn’t realize how fast I could be with crochet. Okay I do make it a point to craft often during the day - I will watch an episode of tv and crochet the entire time. Or just sit with my husband while he watches tv and crochet. I even took the crochet in the car a couple of times!

I have one other wrist warmer to make and then I need a scarf for myself. I need to find a pattern that isn’t as heavy as the one I’ve been using since I want to use the same yarn.

I also want to find a pattern for a baby blanket - I have two new nephews that “need” blankets. LOL I thought I found one but the instructions want me to crochet in the round. Maybe I can’t read the instructions clearly enough, but I don’t want a round blanket, just a square one. I’ve found a few patterns out there but admit I am still searching.

Or stitch? What is it called when you attach crochet pieces?

I am ALL done with the pieces for the two little girl ponchos I am making. I am amazed at how fast it went! Again with the OC behavior! LOL

I need to weave in the ends (I’m sure there is a much easier way to do this then leaving them all hanging like I did here!) and attach the pieces, do the drawstring and then I am done! I am so excited, I was only hoping they were done by Christmas. Wow to have them done this early.

The other two pieces for the other one are the same, but here they are tucked into the box I was carrying them around in ~

There is that organizing bug in me. I bought two shoe box sized boxes for these projects, I didn’t want to get the yarns mixed up because I had to buy different lots for one of the colors for them. I am starting new projects this week/coming weekend though so I know I’ll put them to good use.

Any tips for weaving in those ends?

Earlier tonight I took this picture ~

Of course, my obsessive/compulsive ways led me to finishing it tonight as well! I was only a few rows away when this picture was taken so it wasn’t too much longer. The pattern is from a flyer I bought at the craft store and the yarn is 100% cotton. I wasn’t too many rows into it when I realized it was going to be a thick feeling and heavy scarf. But it is for my sister in law in Montana and I’m sure a thick/heavy scarf will feel good during the cold winter that Montana has. It already snowed their last week!

There is also a pattern for fingerless gloves and a hat. I haven’t crocheted in the round too much so I’m not tempted to do the hat, but I do want to make the gloves. It is a gift for her birthday (in a week) so I will either have to obsessively/compulsively work on them tomorrow or not until her birthday passes so I won’t feel pressured.

I love this scarf though, super fast and easy pattern. I plan on making myself one in a lighter weight yarn since the winter here is not nearly that cold.

Here is what one piece looks like ~

Actually, that isn’t finished but I know my camera battery is charging right now. I made two of these per poncho - one for my daughter and one for my niece. And today I should be done with the last of the four. I need to get a knitting needle so I can sew them together and do the edging and the tie. I’m excited!

I finished Alice’s pieces in about two weeks and I worked like mad and finished my neices two pieces in five days. Yep, five!

I’ll grab more pictures today and share - I’m so proud of myself that caught on to crochet fast, that I can read a crochet pattern, and that I sat and (almost) finished my project.

I have to show pics of these two handkerchiefs I crocheted if only to ask what the heck went wrong!

Can you see there are two laying on top of one another in this picture?

I made the bigger one how I interpreted the pattern - and the smaller one how my friend who taught me to crochet was doing it. She and I haven’t talked about crochet for a few weeks now LOL but I need to ask her what went wrong. Mine (they are both mine, but the one I did all by myself is the bigger one) is bigger (obviously bigger) and stretchier. It is a very odd thing.

Speaking of crocheting, I am going to start a poncho in a week or so. I am going to follow what looks like an easy pattern and hopefully be able to have two finished by Christmas - one for my daughter and and one for my niece.

I need to think of something I can make for my son… any ideas? He’s 3. He doesn’t need any more blankets and we do live in South Carolina so I don’t think he will need too many sweaters.

Can you even crochet a sweater? I have much to learn.