Latest Crochet Today Magazine

The latest copy of Crochet Today arrived yesterday which was a suprise as I didn't expect any post as it was the Royal Wedding Day. This issue doesn't have much in it that appeals to me but that is the chance that I take when I subscribe to magazines.

Nothing much on this page interests me.

Nor on this page

I have seen designs like these many times before so nothing on this page interests me either.

The little amigurumi figures are quite cute but as I don't like crocheting dolls they are also not going to be on my list of projects still to make.

I do like this cardigan but it is only an advert in the magazine. Fortunately it is a free pattern from the Red Heart website so at least I can find the pattern there.

This Spring like waistcoat is also not in the magazine  but it is another free pattern from Red Heart. Thank goodness for the free pattern adverts in this magazine otherwise I would not have found anything in it that I wanted to crochet.

The sun is trying to shine today but it is really windy. I will be staying home and    doing some knitting. As it is a Bank Holiday weekend  here in the UK my steam mop will probably not arrive until Tuesday at the earliest so that gives me a good excuse not to mop the kitchen floor until then. Not that I need an excuse. Housework is something that I do when I have to. I am definitely not a neat and tidy freak. I like to have my things around me and not put away in cupboards. People have to take me as they find me these days. At one time it would worry me what people thought of my housekeeping so I would be always cleaning. Now I have realised that life is too short to fret about the small stuff like a bit of dust.

Coffee time and back to the knitting. I am really into this big super chunky knitting. Hopefully I will have my jacket finished over the weekend just in time for my next scooter ride.

Crochet Today Has Arrived

The postman brought my Jan-Feb 2011 Crochet Today. I think that it should be renamed the Red Heart edition as so many of the projects are in Red Heart.

The cover Blazing Cowl by Linda Permann is in wool from Stitch Nation as is the long red Hot To Trot cardigan by Elena Malo. The Ranchers Daughter dress by Marie Lynn Patrick is Red Heart as is the Equestrian sweater by Robin Chachula.

The granny squares Snuggle Afghan by Katherine Eng and the circular motif Pebble Afghan by Kim Kotary and Shari White are also in Red Heart.

The hexagonal Wish Upon A Star baby blanket by Marty Miller is Red Heart Baby Clouds and the Cozy Baby Sweater by Ellen Gormley is another sweater in Red Heart.

I have included the back page of the magazine so that you can see the rest of the projects that are in this magazine.

Buster is still with me as he has a bit of an upset tummy. When I rang my son Poppy has also got a similar thing so we are not sure if it something that they both ate or some kind of a bug. Either way my son has enough mopping up to do with one sick dog without adding Buster into the household as well. Skye seems fine and she ate the same things that the other two did.

The snow has melted so I managed to get to Tesco for a bit of shopping. I have bought some chicken to boil with some rice for Buster's dinner to see if that will settle his tummy. I think he is a bit better today with not so many trips to the lawn as yesterday and the day before. He is a bit miserable though and doesn't want to play ball or anything although we did manage a very short walk today.Well he walked and I scooted! I thought that I was having a bad knee day and then I realized that I hadn't taken any of my tablets this morning or at lunch time. Duh!

Not much crochet done again as a sick Buster is a clingy Buster and it's hard to crochet when a big dog wants to sit on my knee.