Minnesota Musings

This time of year we say, "Spring is coming, I can feel it!" Well I can honestly say I do not "feel" spring this week.
You ask why? Well the weather has turned a bit cold for us, we had a typical storm move through and afterwards came the cold winds and temperatures, like below zero temps and wind chills again. Not too much fun this late in the winter.
They say we are going to get warmer, like temps in the 50's in a couple days, maybe then I can "feel" spring is in the air.
This week, I started a college afghan for my nephew and Godson. He will be attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This warrents a special afghan pattern, so I am experimenting, with the shadowbox stitch. And red and white colors for Go Badgers!!!

New Spring Design

So do you remember the exciting new spring design I was working on?

TA DA....drum roll please.....A New Spring Purse
The purse is done and I absolutely love the finished product!!!! (I just may keep this for myself!!)

I designed the yellow colors together for hope (remember Michelle Obama's Inguaral dress) and yellow is the new color for spring.

This spring purse is 12 inches tall, 14 inches wide and 5 inches across on the bottom. It is full lined, has 5 pockets, and a magnetic bottom closure on the top.

The model is my daughter, I took the photo as she was heading out for Nordic skiing. (The only time I could squeeze the picture in.))))

Hope you like this spring purse as much as I do!

Dishcloth Scrubbies

Dishcloth -scrubbies brighten up every kitchen. One can can clean the dishes in one step as the Scrubbie is inside of the cotton crochet circle. The cotton crochet is 100% cotton, made in the USA.

Dishcloth scrubbies:

• Measure 8 inches in diameter
• Machine washable
• Durable for repeated use
• This saves on the environment, too!!

Price 4.50 + shipping from Minnesota.

Thanks for shopping!!!!

New blog

Well here I am, a new blogger. I have thought about starting a blog for awhile, so am glad to be "on board"

Since I am a creative person, this blog will feature some of my creative inventions. My forte is crocheting, and I also like to sew, stamp and knit.

When one thinks of crocheting, they think of their grandmothers crocheted items. Even though crochet has a rich history, there are many modern patterns and items we create today. So I guess you could say, this is not all your Grandmothers crochet....

I create modern, practical and enviromentally friendly items and of course fun items too! Many of my designs are practical, like dishcloth scrubbies. Other designs are modern designs, like the afghan I created for my brother in law, which is a variation of a basket weave pattern. Several designs are environmentally friendly as I believe we can all save on the enviroment, even if we feel it is in a small way. And then there are the fun items, like flowers, and yes, you can even crochet food items.

I hope you enjoy my blog as much as I enjoy writing and putting it together. Please feel free to comment any time to my writings and pictures. Looking forward to hearing from you.