Here I am at this year's Morro Bay Harbor Festival! We had a blast. 

Crocheting hats

Orange and gray crocheted hat. For more hats visit my hat blog at http://hatitude.blogspot.com/. 

This will be a hat someday soon. 

This one is called Mermaid's Dream and is the start of a belly dancing costume. 

Free Form Crochet

I've started playing with free form crochet again (aka organic crochet). You know how great chefs never measure...they just use a little of this and a pinch of that? In free form crochet you use your intuition to combine all sorts of colors and textures and stitches into a one of a kind creation. It could be a poncho, a cape, a hat or whatever strikes your fancy. You are no longer stuck with following someone's pattern. Can you handle that kind of freedom? It's a lot of fun. Someone even wrote a book on it called Scrumbles.

Crochet some love and pass it on.

Michael's craft store is sponsoring a project called Warm Up America and a sister project for Canada. They are asking for donations of knitted or crocheted squares in any pattern, as long as they measure 7"x9". They in turn get made into blankets for charity. The Michael's near me has a basket at the front of the store to add the squares to. To find your local Michael's or for more information see the website. http://www.michaels.com/art/online/displayArticle?articleNum=ae0095.

More crochet tidbits

I found another crochet blog with some good links, so hop on over and bookmark it like I did.

http://crochetchronicles.blogspot.com/

The new one has a pink tail. 

My sister and her daughter both had a baby last year, so I'm thinking of making each one a bear. 

Here's my 2nd bear, all ready to go. 

The first time I sewed the tail on it was too high and off-centered. I can see it's going to take some practice to get everything just right. 

And here it is, my first scrappy bear. Like me, it's not perfect but it has personality. 

I'm getting ready to sew the nose on. Now it's really starting to look like a bear. 

All the parts are machine washable.  

The body and head are all one piece. The project is started at the bottom. I had to go to four craft stores before I found the eyes and nose.  

Welcome to my crochet blog. I know some of you are happy hookers already. I hope you enjoy my first project. If you are already adept at single crochet (SC) and increasing and decreasing, this bear project is worth a go. I don't recommend it for complete beginners though.  

Teddy Bear Build-along

I found this Scrappy Bear pattern on this website: http://www.denisecrochets.com/crobear.htm
I thought someone might find it useful if I documented making it. I'm about half-way done now. I need to find my yarn needle to sew the parts together.