busy,busy, busy....

It has been really busy around here.March winds are howling today.....

One more game then basketball season is over for the youngest daughter...we have had two tournaments, the first one the team got 4 th place and the second one they got 3rd place. One more game to go. The second tournament had to be rescheduled because a leak in the roof at that gym. One game was cancelled because of weather, as far as I know it will not be rescheduled.

I have been working on a new clown costume...spring themed...butterfly/flower outfit. I have been invited to twist balloons at the local Easter Egg hunt...I really don`t want to wear my apple theme costume to that...besides the school`s Easter party with the children. I am super excited about that, and so are the children. My hubby has volunteered to be my assistant so, I can do the yellow bandana trick, at least for the kindergarten class...( you go to YouTube and look up this trick or skit).
I think the children will love it...last month ..they told me the clowns do magic, so in a way the trick is like a magic trick with a twist.

I have started thinking about getting the incubator up and going as well, as soon as the chickens start laying more.
I have started downloading my cassettes( in which I have alot of them) on to the computer and gonna try and burn a cd with them on their , so I can put them on a mp3 player...
My oldest daughter has this rash of sorts , that we have been dealing with for over a year now and Friday she goes and sees a doctor again for it, hopefully we will find out something...yes ,she has been to doctor`s before with it...about 3 in fact, one was a dermatologist -but not in person, so Friday is the day....I pray we find out something and what causes it and what we can do to make it go away for good. Well  everyone have a good day!

Block 4

I have been very busy with basketball and of course clowning a wee bit.

This block number 4.
It has a multiple of 8 ch sts.

With b, ch 42 for lower edge.
Row1-- right side--work 1 dc in 4th ch from hook, 1 dc in each of next 4 ch,* ch 4, skip next 4 ch, 1 dc in each of next 4 ch; repeat from * 3 times more, 1 dc in each of lat 2 ch.
Row 2 --ch 3, turn, skip first dc, 1 dc in each of next 5 dc, * ch 4, skip next ch 4, 1 dc in each of next 4 dc; repeat from * 3 times more, 1 dc in next dc, 1 dc in top of turning ch.
row 3 --ch 3 , turn skip first dc, 1 dc in  each of next 5 dc,* ch 2 , insert hook under both ch-4 loopes and work 1 sc, ch 2, 1dc in each of next 4 dc; repeat from * 3 times more, 1 dc in next dc, 1 dc in top of turning ch.
Row 4--ch 3, turn, skip first dc,1 dc in each of next 5 dc,* ch 4, 1 dc in each of nect 4 dc; repeat from * 3 times more, 1 dc in next dc, 1 dc in top of turning ch.
Row 5--ch 3, turn, skip first dc, 1 dc in next dc, * ch 4, skip next 4 dc, working in 2 loops of ch, work 1 dc in each next 4ch; repeat from * 3 times more, ch 4, skip next 4 dc, 1 dc in next dc, 1 dc in top of turning ch.
Row 6-- ch 3, turn, skip first dc, 1 dc in next dc, * ch 4, 1 dc in each next 4 dc; repeat from * 3 times more, ch 4, 1 dc in next dc, 1 dc in turning ch.
Row 7-- ch 3 , turn, skip first dc, 1 dc in next dc, * ch 2, work 1 sc under both ch -4 loops as before, ch 2, 1 dc in each of next 4 dc; repeat from * 3 times more, ch 2, 1 sc under next 2 ch-4 loops, ch 2, 1 dc in next dc, 1 dc in turning ch.
Row 8-- Repeat row 6.
Row 9--Ch 3, turn, skip first dc, 1 dc in next dc, working in 2 top loops of ch as before, work 1 dc in each of next 4 ch. * ch 4, skip 4 dc, 1 dc in each of next 4 ch; repeat from * 3 times more, 1 dc in next dc, 1 dc in top turning ch.
Repeat rows 2,3,4,5,6,7 and 8--about 9 ins from beg. Fasten off.

My hubby seen a hula hoop bag on some talk sho and told me that my clown character needed one. The above in my finished bag with my clown name on it.Of course the one that I have found the internet was sprayed black and of course , had white fabric on it...but clowns are colorful...right.

First off, I had to wait until my local Walmart got the hula hoops in...who knew they was a spring /summer item...I thought you could hula hoop in the house. Like you see I chose two different colors.

I first layed a paper down and made a pattern with newspaper of course, as can`t find a pattern for this anywhere. then I sewed up one side at a time and quilted each side

the above picture shows both sides done and the bottom then I sewed it up and then made the flap and decided my name needed to be on it on the flap. Then I sewed the flap on bag and sewed the bag to the two hula hoops and found some real cool duck tape and taped on top of the bag.

No. 3 Multiple of 3 ch sts With A, ch 35 for lower edge Row 1-- right side--work 1 dc in 5th ch from hook for first v-st, * skip 2 ch , work 1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc-all in next ch for v-st; Repeat from * across ch; 11 v-sts. Row 2--ch 4, turn, 1 dc in ch-1 space of first v-st; 1 v-st in ch 1 space of each v-st across row , end last v-st in last space; 11 v-sts. repeat row 2 until 14 rows--about 9 ins from beg.

all squares/block are 9 inches used size g hook Block 2 No. 2 Mulitiple of 2 ch sts With B, ch 36 for lower edge. Row 1--right side--work 1 sc in 2nd ch from hook * ch 1 skip next ch, 1 sc in next ch ; repeat from * across ch; 35 sts. Row 2- ch 1, turn, 1 sc in first sc * ch 1, skip next ch 1, 1 sc in next sc; repeat from * across. Row 2 until 33--about 9 ins from beg. Fasten off.

First Block

Here is a phot of the first block. No. 1 NOTE: All rounds are worked from right side. Round 1 : Right side- With A, ch 4, join with sl st in first st to form ring, ch 3, work 2 dc in ring * ch 3 for corner, work 3 dc--a shell-- in ring; repeat from * twice more, ch 3, join with sl st in top of ch 3: 4 shells Ch 3 at beg. of round counts as 1 dc Round 2:- sl st in each of next 2 dc, sl st into first ch-3 space, ch 3, 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc-- all in same space for first corner, * ch 2, work 3 dc, ch 3 ,3 dc--all in next space for corner: repeat from * twice more, ch 2, join with sl st in top of first ch 3: 8, 3-dc shells. Round 3:- sl st in each of next 2 dc, sl st in first ch 3 space, ch 3 , 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc--all in same space for first corner, * ch 2, 3 dc in next space, ch 2, work 3 dc, ch 3 , 3 dc --all in next space for corner: repeat from * twice more, ch 2, 3dc in next space, ch 2, join with sl st in top of first ch 3: 12 shells. Rounds 4 : -Sl st in each of next 2 dc, sl st into firast ch 3 space, ch 3 , 2dc, ch 3, 3 dc--all in same space for first corner$ * ch 2, 3 dc in next space *: repeat betweens *`s once more, work ch 2, 3 dc, ch 3, 3dc--all in next corner space; repeat from $ twice more; repeat between *`s twice, ch 2 join as before; 16 shells. Continue in this way having 1 more shell between corners in ewach successive round until 8 rounds from beg., ending with last round join with sl st in top of ch 3; 32 shells. About 9 ins squares. Fasten off.

New Project....

I have decided to try and use some of yarn scraps with a afghan

It has 48 different granny type squares. I have three of them done so far, I will try and post one block each day...hopefully it will happen with the busy basketball season.I will try and post a photo and pattern for that block.