Get Hooked ~ Crochet by Erin

I love how Etsy keeps track of my sales. I realized this week that I have made over 200 Cabbage Patch Kid hats in the past few years. WOW! It seems like more, When I first made them ( Aug. 2013) I didn't think I would ever make 200. I guess alot of people what their little girl ( and themselves - I've made a few adult size hats too) to look like those adorable dolls. :) I think the most popular color has been dark brown followed by maybe blonde or light brown. I recently got an order for a cream colored hat/wig. Most popular size: 18-14 months . I want to give a BIG thank you to all the people who helped me get here. Here is to 200 + more !!

I FINISHED the Boston Bruin blanket!!!! You can see that post here . No need to post about it again. :) I learned a new stitch! Reverse single crochet / crab stitch. I love it. A big thanks to Moogly! My zombie sock monkey hat will be so cute once I finished it. The crab stitch is the red row after the white row. Also I finished the Rainbow scarf. I want to add pockets.  On my down time I've been making hearts to scatter for the Peyton Heart project.  .  I added a few more rows to my fiance's c2c blanket, but didn't take a picture of it .  The Halloween rush is starting. That's why barely anything is accomplished and I am doing 3 weeks in one post. Hopefully I can get in some time to make some Halloween decorations. I have a few patterns on my Hook Challenge list I want to make.  P.s . Please post your blog so I can comment back :) 

Its finally done and I have no idea what to do with myself. hehe.  Ive had a few ups and downs with this blanket. Last friday I was just about finished with it. I was sewing on the last row of squares and I noticed one of the squares wasn't matching up. I have no idea how this happened. I unsewed the right side of the blanket and re sewed it . Better. I might of stretched a square too much. Oh well. its done! Now to get more black yarn to make a boarder to hide some of the imperfections  and make some numbers for my fave players. Since I started this blanket 2 of my faves have left the Bruins ( Thornton and Lucic ) but I think I will add them anyway. Here is a look at the blankets journey in case you missed it. I started this in Feb of this year. FINISHED! thanks to my wonderful fiance for helping me take this photo :)   Now can it be hockey season?! :)

As I sit here thinking about this weeks post I realize I should've added more larger projects. I look at my list every few days , and even with a schedule , I don't want to make anything. :( I don't really like making scarves but I am on my second one. And I have another 2-3 on my list.  This week I added an item. I added a C2C ( corner to corner ) blanket of Monkey D. Luffy from my fiance's favorite anime One Piece. It won't be all that big, just enough for Jon to keep warm in the colder months while he plays his video games, Its a bit cold in this corner.  The shark blanket had to be restarted due to it being two different colors. I picked up some Lion Brand Hometown USA in Dallas gray thinking that's the color I had the most of... Nope. So the search continues, I don't know why the label was not on the other 2 skeins. But I don't think it will take me long to make once I get the 7-9 skeins I need.  I am so glad that I am almost do...

This may be one of my last updates for a few months. It's Halloween hat making season so I will be busy with orders. Yay! I really love making part of some one's Halloween costume. Last year I made 99 hats within 2  months. I still have to add a few items to my shop . For a better selection. In other news I think I will be finishing up the Boston Bruins blanket today. I have the bottom of the B to sew. It is actually under my kindle right now as I write this post. This is the back side.  When ever I sit down to sew this blanket I ask myself why I torture myself so much. Because I love the Boston Bruins , thats why :)  Well thats my update for the week. I hope I will have more next week. This past week I had a few orders to make so nothing else was made. Last year after making  so many hats for customers I took too much time off and ignored my yop list. This year i refuse to get lazy :)

Getting back on ( to my ) schedule I made for August I made and finished the Pokemon Pokeball hat, Jack Skellington hat and most of the Snoopy Scarf!! I just need to crochet the house for the other end and make Snoopy's body.  I also sewed more of the Boston Bruins Blanket. I think I may be done with it this month. I have to make 2 big squares . I noticed that a few were too small. I have to sew the yellow to the black. i wanted to make sure everything matched up.  I accomplish alot when I put down that lily pond blanket..hehe   Ive also started my hubby to be's Shark blanket,....

Yes I should be crocheting instead of sitting at my computer. I have a big list that won't finish itself . This week I have been mainly working on my Lily Pond blanket. I just want to finish it so I can see what it looks like. This blanket is NOT on my YOP list.  I've also been planning out my craft area. Its at the end of a hallway in our little apartment. It has 3 long shelves and cabinets on the left sides. (mostly filled with my MIL's stuff.) What I want to do is clean off the shelves ( i hate clutter) and organize my crochet and other craft stuff.  My cat uses that area to eat. As you can see in the bottom left picture.  All my yarn is in one of the cabinets ( bottom left pic- with the bags) and I have a shoe rack on the side of the door for yarn I want to use in a project and my works in progress.  I have moved most of the stuff at the end of the hallway , in the top pic, the block box and the vacuum that does not work. I cleaned off most off the se...