Potholders Galore!

Hi All! So I've been busy making hot pads/potholders. I've gotten quite a few made with the scarce supply of cotton yarn I have on hand. I'm trying to find a cheaper way to get cotton so I can have a better color selection at home. If anyone has any secrets let me know. So here are a few of my hot pads/potholders. I didn't save where I got the pattern from, but I'm sure you can find the pattern by "googling" it.

This is the first one, and my favorite. (Of course it's the last one I finished and my "last" project tends to be my favorite). The pattern is called Sunburst Granny Square and the pattern has a 6" and 7" variation. Like I said I'm sure you can find it by using Google or Bing.

This one is called the Pretty Petals Potholder. The pattern is an older one from the looks of the one I printed out, but it looks pretty nice. I've made a few of these in different color combos. They are on Flickr and you can access them by clicking in the right.

Granny Afghan Update: Not much to update. I finished all the squares I had in progress and I still need 18. Of course I have run out of yarn and am waiting on Vanna's Choice to go on sale somewhere so I can finish it up.

Sewing Update: So sewing and I are not getting along at the moment.

Teaser: I bought a great "Scootie" pattern from Annie's Attic last night and I can't wait to get started on it. Of Course I have to wait for a yarn sale but hopefully that will be in an upcoming post. ;)

So that's all for now. I start classes tomorrow night so it maybe a week or two before I can get back on here. Hopefully I will have something new to show you.

Busy as a Bee...

So last week I had finals for the summer semester, I ended up making an A in both classes I was taking so I am very pleased (and not as mad about all the work I had to put into this semester). Hopefully now I might be able to post once a week...that is until fall semester starts up.

Enough with the boring stuff, onto the fun stuff. So first off is the status on my granny square afghan featuring the willow block. Good news is I finished all the blocks I had started...Bad news is that I need to make 18 more. It would be a big enough afghan with what I have, but I'm the type of person that is *serious* about cozying up with a blanket so I am adding a few more rows. Hopefully, I will be finished with all the blocks by next week. I don't have any pictures of them right now, but I will take some when they are all finished and ready to assemble.
I also have another project in the works. I actually started it before the granny afghan but ran out of yarn so I had to take a break till I went to the store to get more. I also can't say much about it, since it is going to be a Mother In Law present. Her birthday is next week so I will post a pic after she has opened it.
I also sewed a coaster, crochet hook organizer, and a checkbook. For some this sounds like an easy task, well for me it wasn't easy breezy, but it was fun. More importantly though they came out looking good. And I completely forgot to take a pic of my crochet hook organzier, hopefully I'll remember for next time.
So this post is looking picture free, huh? Don't worry since my finals I have been on a "deep cleaning of the house room by room" phase. So far I have finished my craft room, my closet, linen closet, and my bathroom. Doesn't really sound like a lot, but trust me I'm making progress. The up side is that I am in love with my craft room and it looks great, but the rest of the house is a mess. So hopefully that is my motivator to get the house finished. Anyways here are the pictures.

So this is from my doorway. The picture isn't great, but it's better than the ones I took last night.

This is next to my awesome big work table. It holds my yarn, scrapbook album in progress, and scrapbook pages that need to go into the album, and magazines with a few other odds and ends.

This is the part of the room I'm most excited about. The shelves are new and hold my fabric, and the top shelf holds my yarn that hasn't been wound yet with a few other knick-knacks. Also, next to my computer is my hubby's grandma's old sewing machine. Of course I have a hard enough time with my new sewing machine that is ubber friendly so I'm just using the table and stool part. But I'm so excited to have a designated area for  it. The little thing next to it holds thread and stuff.

And for my last picture this is my scrapbooking area. I got all these cubes for Christmas and they are awesome.
So now you've seen my studio, and had an extremely long post. So I will sign off until next time...