An Honor Bestowed!

Friday's are always special in this house (it's date night), but this Friday is extra special. This morning's surprise was to wake up and find that four of the project photos I've uploaded to Ravelry have been chosen for a "Featured Photo" on the pattern page.

It's really an easy pattern and I like how pretty it worked up. The photos don't really do it justice.

If you'd like to take a look for yourself here's a link to the page: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/tulip-baby-bonnet

Mine are the photos with the "Hope4TheBest" caption (my user name).

Feeling rather blessed.

Y'all have a great weekend!

New Items on Petunia Magpie: The Etsy Shop.

BootZee King of the Counter-Jungle

This is BootZee. Not a very original name, but hey - it's a better name than what his former owner called him. "Jinxie, because he's always getting stuck in a door or hurt in some other way." Hmmmm.... Yes. BootZee is a rescue. Probably between eight to ten years old. Tuxedo cat that sheds, sheds, sheds. Gets up on the counter when he wants. Is afraid of the dog even though the dog has never even tried to hurt him. I don't particularly like him up on the counter, but quite frankly I don't have the energy to chase him off. I love him anyway. He is a cuddle-kitty and I enjoy him climbing on my lap in the evenings.

Yep, here is now. Sitting proud as he can be under the plant lamp pretending he's King of the Jungle. I think he's mad because I moved all the sprouting plants out of his reach and he won't be able to have his way with them. [i.e., i gotz some re-plantin' ta do]. I've been placing plants in high traffic areas in an attempt to convince myself that spring is right around the corner. ONLY 59 DAYS!

The wood-man was kind enough to start a fire in the woodstove when he dropped off this month's load of wood. The roaring fire and all the green plants in prominent places are helping keep the SAD at bay.

On to other matters....

Patterns: Free or Purchased?

The Morning Work Table. Check out that basket of booties!

For the last few days I've been looking for small projects that crochet up quickly. How quickly? Say an hour or less.

Preferably easy projects that don't require a lot of thought. [i.e., that can be made while watching TV or a movie.] Twenty to thirty lines for the entire pattern.

With so many choices available it's hard to narrow the search enough to come up with viable results. I DO have a few "go to" sites. Google, Ravelry, Pinterest, Etsy and CrochetPatternCentral. Searching for free narrows the search results, but if you're like me you're likely to follow that rabbit down the hole. Sometimes it can take days of research to find a worthy project.